Skincare: What am i currently using~~

Day Time : Protection - Prevention is better than Cure

1) Wash with water! I do not suggest using cleanser unless you use some overnight sleeping mask which have residue that needs a cleanser to wash.
Product used: NEWater

2) Tone with a whitening toner. I'm switching back to L'oreal coz i cannot find a whitening product better than this. Any recommendation?
Product used: L'oreal White Perfect Toner

3) Aging starts from eyes, anti-aging eye cream is important
Product used: Estee Lauder Night Repair Eye Cream - usable for day and night

4) I get totally hooked on Pre-essence. I'm currently using my 3rd bottle~
Product used: L'oreal Youth Code Pre-Essence (as good as Lancome Genifique)

5) Whitening Essence is one good way to help me be fair & fight the sun!
Product used: L'oreal White Perfect Laser Essence

7) Hydrating Essence to protect my skin in air-con room
Product used: Laneige Water Bank Essence

8) In general i use a whitening moisturizer, but i may use a hydrating moisturizer, if i feel very "Dry"
Product used: L'oreal White Perfect Laser Whitening Cream OR Laneige Water Bank Moisture Cream

9) Love my new sunblock! It has a nice water smell and it is water-based, yet waterproof~ ^^
Product used: Shiseido Perfect UV Protector SPF 50+/ PA+++

My makeup comes after the sunblock~

Night Time : Clean & Repair

1) Lazy me love one-bottle-do-all
Product used: Fancl Mild Cleaning Oil

2) Basic Cleanser vs extreme cleansing
Product used: Biore Mashmellow Foam VS Laneige Multi-Cleanser

3) Hydrating the skin w toner before the start of repair
Product used: L'oreal Revitalift Toner vs Laneige Power Essential Skin Refiner Moisture

3) Eye Protection. Hyrdating before i sleep my air-con room
Product used: Laneige Water Bank Eye Gel Cream

4) I just love this so much that i have to use it again..
Product used: L'oreal Youth Code Pre-Essence (as good as Lancome Genifique)

5) Anti-aging must starts once after 25yo!
Product used: L'oreal Revitalift Anti-Aging Serum

6) Total hydration for a dry skin like mine~
Product used Laneige Water Bank Essence

8) Lock in the hydration!
Product used: Laneige Water Bank Moisture Cream

9) Sleeping mask for my last step~
Product used: Laneige Sleep Pack EX OR The Face Shop Raspberry Sleeping Mask

Recently i review my steps and change a bit. Due to some readings, i stopped using SK-II unless i'm using it nia. I pat it by itself but i kinda dislike the smell. =( I doubt i will buy again after i finish this bottle. But maybe i will switch to SK-II after 30yo.

Have been thinking if i wanna use full Laneige Products. Thought it is not too expensive, it is also not as cheap as the drugstore products. I was wondering why not spent lesser if they are just as good?

I'm now busy with X'mas so i'm not reading any skincare stuff, so let me know if you have awesome recommendation.

I may.. ended up switching to Laneige for my 27yo - 29yo skincare, shall i?

Things that i should avoid buying

... for at least till end this year or even next year..

This morning while dressing for work, i was thinking "how many new/unopened eye-shadow palette do i have?"

I grasped. 2 Lavshua, 2 Integrate, 1 from sephora, 1 Urban Decay and 2 Anna Sui
It was in the 2nd drawer so i open the 1st drawer and see.. Clinque eye-shadow only used twice. Haiz...

There are alot more that i cannot buy...

I'm using SK-II eye-cream, finally it is finishing.. But i still have 2 more eye-cream in queue. Estee Lauder & Laneige. I bet they can last me till nx June coz i have been using the SK-II since before wedding and it last me abt 4-6mths. To think that it is a small bottle and laneige is big.. OK, i guess i have enough eye-cream till Dec2013.

Bags... I love bags... and i have quite some and i'm saving for the next Designer Bag (maybe Celine).. so maybe i should stop buying 1st.. (Urgh..i just saw the green one at new look that i really like)

Shoes... after coming back from honeymoon, i bought approximately 8 pairs of shoes. One down (meaning like in bad condition), and most not even wore once. Yes.. i better stop buy HEELS in specific.

Foundation/BB Cream.. I have SK-II, L'oreal x 2 type, Maybelline x 2.... Enough till Dec2013 too

Hair Treatment... 2 big tubs + 1 tube + 10 one time use tube + 10 hair end treatment.... Enough till end this year i believe

Cleanser... at least 3 new bottles =(

Body Bath. Yes, i have erm.. too many bottles to count

Body Butter/Body Lotion/Hand Cream... COUNTLESS TOO

Mascara.. 1 lavshua, 1 Maybelline, 1 L'oreal, 3-4 Majolica, 1 Estee Lauder unopened

Eyeliner.. more than 5 and less than 10 from Majolica

CRAZY.... stock i have..

How do u spent your bonus?

I reward myself when i get a bonus. After working hard for a year, it will be good say tell yourself thanks.

I started work in year 2008.

2008 bonus was pro-rated. I did not get anything for myself.
2009, Boss Fou was in france, I got him to buy me a LV card holder. I was really poor, but wanted something.
2010, I wanted a bag, but again was poor due to saving for house & wedding, i got myself a longchamp.
2011, I save up the bonus coz the following year i'm gg to europe. I bought myself a prada wallet & key-pouch
2012, I bought myself a miu miu bag with the bonus.

what's in for me in 2013? I'm looking at mont blanc now. =D

Genifique vs Youth Code.

I have this weird habit of looking at the Skin Care product by family. Example, Lancome & L'oreal Paris are all under L'oreal. So with the want to try out lancome Genifique, i went around searching for a replacement in the L'oreal family and yes, i found it under L'oreal Paris. =)

In case some of you dunno, Lancome Genifique which is suppose to re-activate the youth genes in your skin. I google online and found that the ingredients are generally similar.

The colors helps to match the similarities. =)

Genifique Ingredients:
Aqua/Water, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat., Dimenthicone, Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Phenoxyethanol, Adenosine, PEG-20 Methyl  Glucose Sesquistearate, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Salicyloyl Phytosphingosine, Ammonium Polyacryldimethyltauramide/Ammonium Polyacryldimethyltaurate, Limonene, Xanthan Gum, Caprylylglycol, Disodium EDTA, Octyldodecanol, Citric Acid, Citronellol, Parfum, Sodium Benzoate.

Youth Code Ingredients:
Aqua/Water, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat., Dimenthicone, Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid, Peg-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquisterate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Salicyloyl Phytosphingosine, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Adenosine, Ammonium. Polyacryldimethyltauramide, Disodium EDTA, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Xanthan Gum, N-Hydroxysuccinimide, Chrysin, Octyldodecanol, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol, Limonene, and Parfum.

Considering Genifique cost 3 time of Youth Code, i choose to test out Youth Code instead. And it just prove to be so awesome! =)

Use Youth Code before your serum/essence and see the effect yourself =)

About Me

*Decided to write a post about me to post at my profile*

Yukifumi aka yukifumihime aka hime aka Datenshi aka lucifer aka 666. If you like, you can call me yukifumiluciferdatenshihime666, but i wun answer you. I still have other names but i dun think you are interested in those common plain names. If you do, follow my tweets. I thought i was born on 6 June AD6 but it seems like i have an identification card in the country that i'm at now and it says "Proud Leo born on 3rd". So well, i use that date to celebrate "birthday" with commoners and fellow hell-mates.

In my hidden life

I hide in one of the smaller country in earth with a found male-human and we recently conducted some humanly-ceremony to gave me human-right to build a clan to spread my thinking. In fact, the male-human's (i hid his identity with name of Cinderella). eating habits and living style, i secretly suspect that he comes from heaven. ENEMY!!!

More about my hidden life.

I started with my hidden life in August 1985, with Daddy & Mummy, Jie Jie & Kor Kor. Then more ppl join in and little babies join in too. The most recent addition is definitely Cinderella, which also makes me an addition to his family.

Studying vs Working.

I studied in CSPS which is totally closed down. Luckily ZHSS is still around, NYP & NUS will confirm stay for a longer period of time. My results in Primary & Secondary School is close to crap, but fortunately i kinda found my direction in Poly and i graduate with a Silver Medal. Surprisingly, when i graduate from University, they gave me a Gold Medal on the commencement day. Lucky or not?

Then i started work in a big but typical company. Overall is so-so, and i have been looking out for better prospects.

ゆきふみ姫の物語

Is a blog i started to spread my evil thoughts. I started trying to write one in LiveJournal but fail. After a few post i gave up and start searching for a new site and yes, i have been with Blogspot for over 7 years since 31 March 2005.

If you ask what i write, i have no particular direction.
My blog is not a food blog, but i write about awesome food that i eat.
My blog is not a beauty blog, but i write about some products that i like.
My blog is not a journal, but i pen down my thoughts and other random matter.

Over the years, the things i write may change from time-to-time but it tell you what is my main focus right now. I may be missing on & off but after some time i still come back to this miserable corner with small number of followers and people who read it regular(arigatou gozaimasu)

I do not post alot of photos here coz i'm a lazy fallen angel so i resort to facebook for photos uploading and then twitter for real-time updates. You can join me at either side and come back for a more wordy post here.

For Friends & Buddies & New friends

A day has 24 hours and it is never enough. My schedule is very packed and some days are reserved for Cinderella. I suppose it will be good if you wanna book my time earlier for any meetup especially when you are looking at Fridays. Saturday is kept for Cinderella & Family except for certain occassions, Sundays are good but after my lesson if any.

To-Do List of this week.

This is last week of the month, some stuff that i hope to clear

Monday
1) Complete Japanese Homework - 10Qns Nia
2) Ripped all CDs
3) Sort the DVD into "to-keep" & "to-throw"

Tuesday
4) Figure out how to rip DVD

Wednesday
5) Send co-workers Low-Res Wedding Photos and ask them to email me for high resolution if interested

Thursday - Sunday
6) Load new drama into my iPhone
7) Choose more wedding photos to email to Douglas

Then for September..

I shall..
1) Finish converting all the dat files to mp4
2) Pass Peiyun/Candice the wedding pictures/video when i meet up with them
3) Start & Finish ripping "to-throw" DVD
4) Start ripping "to-keep" DVD
5) Run 25KM in total
6) Prepare my shopping list to buy in TW - Eyeliner, Mascara, Masks
7) Prepare a purchase list for mayu to bring back from JP - Fancl mild cleansing oil, etc
8) Celebrate my MIL birthday~
9) Conquer Harry Potter exhibition

I hope to ...
1) Look for a good anti-aging eye cream
2) Plan for house-warming
3) .....

A little long weekend~

Thanks to Hari Raya Puasa, we had a slightly longer weekend that usual.

Extended to Monday, it makes Tuesday the new enemy for the working adults (or maybe student too), but well is only temporary..

This weekend, Hubby and I listed out 5 Task each and we suppose to try to complete it. Well, did we complete all 10? I doubt so.

1. Ripped All VCD - DONE 
2. Ripped ALL CD - FAIL
3. Change Bedsheet & Quilt Cover - DONE
4. Buy extra quilt cover & go muji to get my drawers - DONE
5. Hang up Wedding Photo in MBR - DONE
6. Sort his Documents that are lying around in study room - DONE
7. Do my Japanese Homework - DONE
8. Bring down extra pillows and bring to mum's house - DONE
9. Choose wedding photos to develop for his/my relative - FAIL
10. ARH.. I FORGOTTEN - DONE

Well anyway, it was 8/10 for completion. =D

While ripping all the VCDs, i found some awesome movies of certain age like Inochi
So I dragged hubby to watch together~ haha.. he thinks it is awesome too... especially the scene where the baby was delivered (bloody). Super touching!

Apart from the task we did above, we also went mum house twice, including one game session where the lucky Cinderella won enough to cover our taxi for 2 days. =)

Seems like the "writing X task" each weekend works for us to get things doing~

How did you guys spent your long weekend? =)

When i'm 30yo...

This is how i look like now.. I can't say the same when i'm 30yo.

Therefore there are some targets that i would like to set and work towards to and hopefully i will achieve it before or by 30yo. Every 6 months i will check against these targets to see if i'm progressing towards it.

There are some targets that i will never set. E.g. become a mum. Coz they are the unforeseen.

3 years from now, 30years old - 03 Aug 2015

1. Money 
There is an Amount i call it $X, which i shall not declare the amount here. Ask me if you are a friend.

a) Cash-on-hand + Dividend-provided shares.
Target: 6 x $X 
Currently i only manage to save like 20% of my target. Jiayou! 80% more to go!

b) Monthly Salary
Target: $X
My current salary is abit distance away from X. So i dun think it is a too far away dream.
Originally $X was my target for 28yo. But this year the increment was so bad that i think i will not hit $X so i decided to push it back to 30yo. If next year the salary goes to horrible stage, i think i better change my job.

c) Insurance Coverage
Target: 100 x $x 
My current coverage is abit on the low side. Apart from hoping that i have enough coverage in case of misforture, this can also serve as retirement $. =)

2. Life

a) Japanese Language Proficiency Test
Target: JLPTN3
If i continue my Japanese without any break in between, i will be take JLPTN4 at 28yo, JLPTN3 at 29yp and JLPTN2 at 30yo. But, JLPTN2 will be in Dec 2015. Therefore my target is get JLPTN3.

b) Blogging
Target: Make my blog more awesome, organised.
Now i'm starting to re-organise and retag all the post correctly. Hopefully this blog is still alive when i'm 30yo

c) Travel
Target: Conquer a total of 10 Countries
Till this age, i have been to Thailand, Malaysia, Netherland, France, Switzerland, Italy. I have never been to places that most ppl have went and i really looking forward to my nx trip. 4 more countries, i hope i'll go for the deserved holiday and hit my target soon.

3. Beauty

a) Skincare
Target: To conquer SK-II.
At 30yo, my skin needs alot of nutrients so i decided that i should move to a better brand, piece by piece, step by step. Ganbatte!

b) Make-up
Target: Keep up with trends.
I got a shock each time i see woman drawing their eyeliner ON TOP OF their lashes. ex-si-cu-si-moi! That's so oldie! BUT! It was in trends maybe in 80s? i dunno.. so whatever in trend or nice now may be different later. i want to keep up with the fashion!

4. Health

a) Weight
Target: 20kg lesser from what i'm now. 
It is a lifetime battle. I went to gym and got it down only to suffer from slipped-disc after that.
This time round, i change my strategy. I'm jogging with my hubby. I need to be healthier so extreme diet is not my task but i will try my best to exercise instead.

b) Taking care of health
Target: Regular Annual Checkup.
I take in pride to make sure i take care of my hubby health, so i going to start it from this year to make sure we both have regular annual checkup.

A post for the ladies~

I'm a skincare junkie~ The private sale on robin makes me crazy. I bought things that i wanted to buy since sometime back but i never. Love staying in my new house coz it means able to buy new skincare products without worrying too much.

In the private sale, i bought
1. Laneige Water Bank Essence - this will be my spare
2. L'oreal Youth Code Pre-Essence - It just works amazingly for ppl who suits it
3. L'oreal Revital Life Essence - Testing a cheaper anti-aging product
4. Shiseido UV Perfect SPF50 PA +++ - Heards abt the raves
5. Shu uemura Make up Base- I wanted this for years! at least 4 years of waiting!
6. Fancl Mild Cleansing Oil - Need one to survive while waiting for mayu to bring me more stock from Japan
7. Laneige White Plus Renew Skin Refiner - to replace my finishing L'oreal White Perfect Toner

When i reach home, i pack my barang barang and realise i have so much things!! =P

But with my recently skincare "breaking" task, it is ok to use all =P

Day Time! Rise and Shine!

1) Wash with water, or sometime with Cleanser if the overnight sleeping mask is overpowering (coz i generally sleep for 4hrs, so it may not have absorbed)
Product used: NEWater OR Biore Mashmellow Foam

2) Tone with a whitening toner. The sun is a killer so whitening should start from this step
Product used: Laneige White Plus Renew Skin Refiner

3) Aging starts from eyes, anti-aging eye cream is important
Product used: SK-II Sign Signature Eye Cream
*Thanks miya for getting this for me at good/cheap price =)

4) I learn that applying pre-essence help your serum to absorb better.
Product used: L'oreal Youth Code Pre-Essence

5) Special Skincare! Introducing my start of using SK-II Facial Treatment Essence. Unless it is awesome, if not i will never but after this bottle. But it is seriously a bit bottle and i have no idea how to finish using it

6) I'm crazy about fighting against the sun in the morning so i think about the sun when i do my skincare
Product used: L'oreal White Perfect Laser Essence
*I read about the crazy things this can do and i'm really looking forward to the effects

7) Since we worked in a air-con enviroment, we need something hydrating too!
Product used: Laneige Water Bank Essence

8) Finally is time for Moisturer! I alternate between a awesome product vs a freebie. Generally use the freebie on days i dun go out.

Both products has basic SPF which is enough for me if i just go market to buy some food back. =)
Product used: L'oreal White Perfect Laser Whitening Cream(Awesome) OR L'oreal Revitalift White Day Cream (Freebie)

9) Sunblock! The last but not least to block block block the awful sun! My current sunblock was good coz i have been using many many bottles for years but it is starting to get oily, perhaps my skin has changed. Thus, i bought a new sunblock to try =)
Product used: L'oreal UV Perfect SPF 50/PA +++ (Current) OR Shiseido Perfect UV Protector SPF 50+/ PA+++ (New)

My makeup comes after the sunblock~


Night Time! Clean the Face!

1) Removing makeup. Sometimes i do use a point-makeup remover (like L'oreal Eyes & Lip Waterproof makeup remover) but that is only when i do very smoky eye (which i seldom). Being a lazy ger, i prefer something that cleans everything.
Product used: Aqua Label Deep Cleansing Oil (Now) OR Fancl Mild Cleaning Oil (Next)

2) Cleansing with my basic cleanser
Product used: Biore Mashmellow Foam

3) Wipe my face with a neutral toner to check that all trace of makeup is gone
Product used: The Body Shop Aloe Vera Toner for Sensitive Skin
*Going to stop this step after this toner is used up

4) Spray my face with a face mist to keep myself slightly hydrated while i work on my housework or watch drama
Product used: Random Products. My fav so far is still Evian. Currently i'm using some korean face mist that my cousin bring back for me

Night Time! zZZZ~

1) Sometime exfoliate is needed, from face to body, once a week or twice a week.
Product used: CURE

2) Basic Toning. At night, i care more about hydration. Hydration started from Toner.
Product used: Laneige Power Essential Skin Refiner Moisture

3) Eye Protection. I have 2 eye-cream in used currently but i spent more time with my SK-II than the other hydrating one. But hyrdating is good considering that i sleep in air-con room
Product used: SK-II Sign Signature Eye Cream OR Laneige Water Bank Eye Gel Cream

4) I skipped my Pre-essence coz i have something more amazing coming up later. But well, for now, i pat on some miracle water
Product used: SK-II Facial Treatment Essence

5) Recently i'm crazy with fighting again anti-aging so i'm introducing anti-aging serum to my skin. =)
Product used: L'oreal Revitalift Anti-Aging Serum

6) As usual, a hydrating essence comes after my target essence
Product used: Laneige Water Bank Essence

7) Having more time at night, i pat & lock my essence into the skin =)
Product used: Aqualabel Enhancer WT

8) Moisturing is still as important at night or even more important if you sleep in a air-con room like me.
Product used: Laneige Water Bank Moisture Cream

9) Last but not least, i top up a sleeping pack to make my skin dewy~
Product used: Laneige Sleep Pack EX OR The Face Shop Raspberry Sleeping Mask

That's all! Haha

It may seems like it is alot alot alot.. but... i'm not THAT hardworking la.. Sometimes i do skip a step or 2, sometimes i do sleep with a no skin-care face when i'm too tired to do anything except remove makeup & sleep. But this are typical steps that you can consider if you have time coz u need at least 5-seconds between each step for absorption and also time to apply each skin care correctly. It won't work if you have the greatest product but you use in a wrong method.

The most truthful steps above are definitely the morning steps. I'm quite crazy about protection against sun coz i worry about pigmentation after looking at my mum & grandma. Nowadays i started to get concern about anti-aging too. In fact considering the humidity of our weather, hydration is THAT key thing for us. Other countries like Japan or Korean or even the west are must drier than us so their focus & ours are different. Perhaps all of us should consider blocking against the sun, not for whitening effects but for the prevention of pigmentation-creation? =D

August I need/hope to.... (Updated 26 Aug)

I need to ...... ALL DONE! =)

1) Buy clothes from Dorothy Perkins and Espirits for my 20% discount sake. More TOPs coz i have been buying alot of bottoms
Throw in a whopping $500 bucks on this! =P
2) Buy drawers from muji to help organise my barang barang. For clothes, bags, accessories etc.
Bought the one for clothes & bags @ ION MUJI, accessories @ Bugis MUJI
3) Go Watsons to do my BIG PURCHASE. x5 Bonus Points for this month! Only 1st purchase
The key thing that i have bought alot should be the shampoo. Surprisingly i never buy any cosmetics. Maybe becoz taiwan trip is coming!
4) Go Aussino to buy my comforter cover. 40% discount.
PS branch is selling it at 50% discount just that it dun have the pillow case! I dun need the pillow case so i'm so happy to leap home with a half-priced
5) Buy a whitening toner coz my current one is finishing..
Laneige White Plus Renew Skin Refiner

I hope to ......

1) Hang up my wedding photo in the room.
Did it during the long weekend! Cinderella's effort. I did nothing except saying "left abit, right abit"
2) Finish uploading all wedding photos on to facebook
Decided not to continue the uploading coz the behind portion dun tells a story.. =( 
3) Email fellow colleagues with the Low-Res Wedding Table Photo and ask them to email me for high-resolution
The very stupid me bring the wrong folder to work =(
4) Pass Peiyun/Candice the wedding picture/videos
5) Finish ripping all the VCDs, impossible to finish converting, but just ripped 1st
Thank God, i did it!
6) Buy a new sunblock coz the current one is too oily
Bought Shiseido UV Perfect SPF50 PA+++
7) Go have a meal w my in-laws @ sushi tei since i got 20% discount
8) Load new dramas into my iPhone~
9) Finish ripping all the CDs.

September Targets

1) Is there an IT/PC show? i need a big HARD-DISK.
Awesome Max 5 is gg to buy for me =P
2) Finish ripping un-wanted DVD.. meaning DVD that i dun wanna keep
3) Start ripping DVD that i wannted keep. Want to keep also must ripped.
4) Run 25KM in total
5) Finish converting all rmvb, dat dramas into mp4 format
Converting dat in progress. May have chance to finish by August~
6) Look for a good anti-aging eye cream + anti-aging serum
Bought an anti-aging serum in Robinson Private Sales.
7) Find a good hand-cream, research, not buy.
8) Prepare my shopping list to buy in taiwan (the basics)
9) Prepare a purchase list for mayu to bring back from jp~ =)

July - Activities

XY ROM

I started July by attending XY ROM. Though some ppl supertitiously think that i should not attend since i just got married, but it is just ROM not customary and i not that pan-tang, so i don't really care. It was a fun afternoon! I reached earlier with J who came to drove me and we were busy setting up the place at before the guest arrive. Love the pictures i took that day, my face looks great. Guess i recall how i do my makeup that day. Perfect face contouring~ =)

HOT STONE SPA

Yan brought me to thomson to enjoy a complimentary trial of a hot stone spa. It wasn't amazing. Through out the 40 or 45 mins, we were asked to sleep on the HOT STONE, which i got bored after a while and sit up and start chatting with yan. Dinner was at a nearby korean restaurant that we spoke and discuss about life & money..

CASH STUDIO - DAM

This is one of my fav days in July. Though turn-up rate was bad, but mayu, shuhan & I had a great day singing & singing~ We had dinner in a Japanese Soba-ya at Paragon which i think that Shuhan's vegetarian set is much better than ours. ^^ I'm so happy that mayu is back to drama-ing!

Japanese Placement Test / Japanese Lesson

Went for a simple Japanese Placement Test at ikoma to determine which stage should i resume my Japanese Lesson. And yes, i started with my intermediate class in the same month! It feels great to be back in class. Targeting for my next JLPT Exam! Hopefully i can passed!

Shoes!

Bought very nice shoes from a shop in JCube (a place i generally wun go, unless under the command of Cinderella). Follow me on twitter to see more~

miya farewell

We had a simple dinner farewell at coca restaurant. miya who is gg for her JET program will be out of SG for 2y. (In fact she has already flew when i typed this). But this is not the last day i'll see her. =)

Universal Studio Singapore

Had an awesome triple date night with miya-vince, mayu-shuhan, me-cinderella. With these crazy bunch of ppl, i finally pick up my tiny courage and went on HUMAN with them. I totally regretted when i was up there. But it was ok when i came down, and i'm glad that i went on the right. BUT I WILL NOT GO UP AGAIN. hahahaha.. freaky.. All except Shuhan & i went on CYLON and Cinderella say that it was nothing. He wasn't booasting, just that it was really NOTHING to him. Now i know what freak i have married. Haha~

Cinderella's Birthday

I refused to take leave that day coz he said he couldn't take leave on my birthday as his colleague went overseas. So i kinda not happy with that colleague and him. Therefore, the celebration was after work, and we went St Regis to had dinner at Yan Ting. Pictures are all on FB. =) I'm too lazy to upload here. =P The awesome birthday was FREE from Marriott, coz it was the wedding cake voucher. Haha.. my "stingy" Cinderella say use that will do, dun spend $ to buy cake. =D

Steak Day

This round steak was at Tavern. The steak was pretty good, comparable to the steak at salt grill. The Foie Gras, was normal, not the best i eaten, but better than one at Lawry's. Best foie gras so far is at salt grill. Best steak is at Fat Cow.

Shopping Day

I haven been shopping in SG for looooong... Finally drag my hubby to do so with me after my Japanese Lesson. Sadly, i only shop for shorts, stationaries, Some skincare, & Household stuff.. Aw~~ i miss shopping with kkg!

Baby Shower

Attended a colleague's baby's baby shower. Babies are so cute! =)

This & Next month - August/September

My dates are fully booked except 29 Aug. =)
Start booking for September! =)

July - Drama Clean Up Project

We have started a new project in July called "Music-Drama Cleanup Project". ^^

Music-Drama Cleanup Project

1. Separate the CDs into 2 stack
a) To Keep e.g. Lucifer, Arashi etc
b) To throw e.g. Countdown Jpop 2000, Westlife

2. Ripped the music files to mp3 out for those "to throw"

3. Pick out all the VCDs

4. Ripped the VCDs

5. Convert all the rmvb files to mp4

6. Convert all the ripped VCD(.dat) files to mp4

So far we are still working on the above 6 steps (only step 1 is completed)

It is not easy. My AIO is working 24/7 to help in conversion and my Cinderella is complaining that the AIO needs a rest. >_<

I'm still ripping the VCD while Cinderella ripped the CDs for me. My 1.5TB external Hard-disk is almost maxed out. I need at least 3TB external Hard-disk to house my dramas.

Don't ask me to throw them away~ Dramas are my precious babies.

After this will be DVD & Anime.. Haizzz

Friends etc - part 02

Continuing on this topic, it is all about gers.

Gers that matter to me (from Schools)

Amelia (Friends of 12y aka mayu aka 50% of kkg)

i was struggling if i should write about them as kkg or as individual. I treat them as individual but used to hanging out with them as a pair. But considering the recently MIA from sg period of time, i spent alot of time with them individually. Our friendship started with my sudden interest in anime & japanese drama & japanese culture that direct towards this quiet ger in our class with specs & plaits. In between lesson or any so-called "free-time" i would move to her seat and ask her more about the japanese stuff. A surprising trigger that bring us close and we even went to the same 3-month Pre-Uni before our O'level results release. We skipped lesson to pop over to standard place such as Orchard (HMV) & Suntec (Tower Records). I wonder why we never got bored of those places during that period of time. The interesting thing about us is that we never purpose arrange to meet, but we always meet just becoz we have something that both of us wanna do. Unlike some groups who we will arrange for a gathering, i always meet her for non-gathering matters, but just becoz, both wanna sing or wanna do some activities together. And P.S. I love bitching to her. =)

Adeline (Friends of 10y aka miyabi aka 50% of kkg)

My 1st impression of her is "scary". I recalling gg kkg house and she came back from school and probably in a bad mood. But that strong 1st impression is enough to make me treat her carefully for the nx approx 1 year. We seldom contact each other directly during the start of the friendship, but as both of us got that "character" or you can call it "attitude", we hit off well during some "internal-issue" for kanojo-tachi. In fact, we were kept out of the issue-discussion, then sometimes we just happily go shopping. (I wonder if she remembers). The turning point for both of us is when mayu goes to study in Japan. Like mention earlier, we never been out alone just the 2 of us, so after mayu fly, we arrange once to meet. In fact i was nervous, as nervous as a first date. After the "date", i realise that she was also abit nervous but yeah, we manage to connect directly without mayu's help ^^. In fact, to think about it, we went to some random activities while mayu is not around such as F1 (with my hubby as the light-bulb). It was really fun and now i think i gg to miss her since she is flying off soon.

KKG as a whole.

I mention this randomly to my mum once. The 2 of them is like family to me. We literally grew up together, listening to music, watching drama, anime, learning makeup (i rmb how lost we were with eyeliner & mascara last time), changing from jeans to skirt & dress, changing from sport shoes to heels & wedges. I, who seldom have close ger-friends, i would say they are gems to me. =D

Suchun (Friends of 12y aka chun)

I was closer to her before i started sticking around with mayu. Chun is the only ger-friend whose house is a place i loiter at everyday after school. There was this period of time who i went to her house everyday, be it watching chinese-drama or doing homework. Once, i even went her house to prepare yun's bday present. She is one of the sweetest ger i ever knew, and even though we seldom contact now (we do meet up once in a while), she stay in my heart as an impt dotter since i have been like her mum for over 10y =P. She is the only one who i would contact her hubby if i can't find her, without the need to worry that she might get sensitive over it (which i would fear for some other friends). She is probably the kindest ger i ever knew. Love her max!

Shuhan (Friends of 6y)

I told someone this when i was trying to know her better "If we become friends, i believe she is one who will stay and will be there for me". Till now, this statement nv change. I always feel guilty towards her because of my busy schedule. But she nv grumble and always be there for me. The most ever sporting ger who went clubbing with us on my hens' night though i know it is never her cup of tea. =) 6y gives us little history for me to write, but i know we have alot of future to write about.

I will be writing on part 03 soon which are friends of shorter years but they are just so awesome to me. stay tuned. 

Skincare~

I have posted a question on twitter asking ppl how many skincare products they use.

Day

Whitening Toner > Eye Cream > Serum or Hydrating Essence > Moisturizer > Sunblock

Night

Toner > Eye Cream > Serum > Hydrating Essence > Moisturizer > Sleeping Mask

I thought it is alot till i read that a average asian woman uses 9 products. So maybe is ok?

Just watch michelle phan video, she has more products than i do.

Shall i start investing in anti-wrinkle essence? ^^

Just another note, my serum change from time to time. i switch between anti-aging products and whitening products.
In fact i'm a collector of serum, i have a few bottle unopened =P

Time to watch my drama~ Tata~

Beef Journey

With the latest tasted on the top of the list, i shall continue to add more

Yum Yum!

Jun-12 ~ Salt Grill
May-12 ~ Lawry's
Apr-12 ~ Bistecca
Mar-12 ~ Bedrock
Feb-12 ~ Gyu-Kaku
Jan-12 ~ Prive Grill
Dec-11 ~ Aston Prime
Nov-11 ~ Fat Cow
Oct-11 ~ Aston Prime
Sep-11 ~ Porterhouse
Aug-11 ~ The Prime Society
Jul-11 ~ Ministry of Steak
Jun-11 ~ Hippopotamus

Friends etc - part 01

It started with me reading my cousin blog and thinking what was i doing when i was her age. The easiest way was obviously to dig out my old blog post and see what i have written previously.

But it does make me sad.. Coz it reminded myself of losing friends whom i once was very close with..

Therefore, i feel that it is amazing to be able to keep my bunch of lovely friends. Since i'm meeting up with yan today, i shall talk about Max 5 1st.

Liyan (Friends of 14y+ aka yan)

The two of us have alot of ups and downs. Was very close during Sec 1 & 2 but slightly move away due to difference in thoughts. Then we went on to different classes in upper secondary with different groups of friends and we remain as friends but wasn't as close as before.. But she is always there when i need someone to talk to. You know this is very amazing when you are in your teens. Most ppl are so self-centered (esp me) and you seldom find someone like her. Since secondary, she seen me through my relationships, breakup, falling-in-love, getting out of it without starting a relationship and till the day i got married, she is still around. When i got lost touch to meetup, she will prompt me. I have no common interest with her in comparison to KKG but we never have problem talking during a catch-up. She is one who i can tell my deepest secret to, and one who i meet up with not becoz of what we are going to do, but just becoz i want to see her. Sometimes i feel that this friendship is really a miracle.

Chang Pin (Friends of 12y+ aka pin)

When ppl say man & woman can be good friends, the 1st person i thought of is him. You know, we have never been in the same class, and i don't even remember how we became close. All i remember are days when we talk on the phone during school time and sometimes i even talk to his mum. When we say talk long hours on the phone, we exchange no lovey-dovey message, but if you ask me what we chat about, i seriously don't remember a thing. He is probably the only guy in my life who i went to watch a movie alone with and we are not dating. In fact, i enjoy watching movies with him. We will forever have the memories of watching JuOn on X'mas eve (or X'mas) with some ger behind throwing down some popcorns.

Peiyun (Friends of 14y+ aka yun)

I had my 17th, 18th, 19th birthday lunch with her. We became closest when both of us are the NYP and the rest of the clique were in JC. Separate life we lead with meet-ups with Max 5 during holidays. Among Max 5, i spend most time with her during the poly times. I think that she bring the fun to Max 5. Her reaction towards things will make us continue to make jokes and had a good laugh about it. With her around, i never fail to laugh utill stomach cramps when i go out with Max 5. By the way, if you never heard this before, i have once declare that if i were a man, she will be my ideal wife. ^^

Yan Hao (Friends of 14y aka boss)

Before pin comes into the picture, our clique is me + boss + yan + yun + kee + teck. 6 of us do our project together and had alot of fun. But in the end, only this 4 of us survive in this group, and pin join us. He is like liyan number 2 to me. When liyan is away from SG for 2 years and i badly need a listening ear, he came out and listen to me. Boss is a very humble person, no doubt born in a good family, he have never show us any spoilt brat characters and i even thought he came from a humble family util the day i step into his house, i was stunned. Nicknamed Boss, he is really Boss. He always bring us gifts back from his holiday trip and always drive us back after an outing. =)

Hello July~

Half a year has passed, have you done what you wanted to?
Usually at this time i would be counting $$ and thinking what i wanna do..

After i got my bonus, i drop a big amt (big to me) to my parents and left with peanuts to continue.

This time is great. Coz i no longer have to save for wedding or house. Thus my pondering started

1. Is CPF really enough for retirement?
Consider that i bought a flat at age 23, i would need to pay till 53yo. And at 53yo, i'm like 12 years away from the retirement. Retirement nest will be like so small and how am i suppose to survive? Therefore i dig out the retirememt plan that when i was 22yo. Oh shit, i need 1.2m to retire lor.. so now i'm like gg 27 thus 65 - 27 = 38 years to save. Using a linear algorithm, i will need to save abt 31.5k per year. This seems damn tough, so i change to a non-linear curve instead.. also need abt 20++ k.. =(
Nevertheless, this amount is important. Whether i need it or not considering about the Special Account in CPF, i still need some savings.. so gotta jiayou on saving without compromising the life i wanna live. And this means a pathetic result. I gotta find a high-pay-job. I'm looking for a job with minimum annual pay at 80k. Please reco if any (i'm not joking about the 80k)

2. Car or no car.
I really wanted one even though i cannot drive. Afterall driving is tiring that's why i hate to do so. But my hubby can drive, so he can drive me around while i enjoy KOI and music in the passenger seat. I'm looking at the list of 2nd-hand car but provide the hubby is working well. He is looking at a change of job and he is really working hard on it. But i can somewhat feel that the response of that job is bad.. shall i apply for that instead? If hubby fails to get the job, shall i go for it? But the idea of working at TUAS and 7am - 4pm with alt sat makes me wanna cry sia~ =( However if i get this job, i may consider 1)buy car, 2)learn to drive.

3. What is the next target in life?
I suppose to go for japanese lesson placement test last month. Coz the japanese lesson will start this month. Up till now, i have not went for it, and i'm utterly disappointed at myself. Haiz.. should make a phone call soon.

I start to wonder if i can live like the way my hubby & his siblings does. Have a simple life and ask for nothing much. In fact, the way i'm brought is not so simple. We were taught to look at higher points and move upwards whenever we can.. so it is going to be very tough when i have someone who is not moving with me.

Into June...

I have finally uploaded more honeymoon pictures on facebook.. was really alot of pictures and i'm still thinking how to sort them up before uploading. Apparently, my hubby dun cares abt sharing photos, so he totally leave it to me and now is his lala land.. 


June is finally here and i have not completed clearing the house (any volunteers?). I have yet to sort out the discs to give more space to the house. 


Last friday was a fun time shopping during lunch where i bought so much that i got a free luggage from laneige. =P a cabin size which i think should be pretty awesome for a short trip. 


Last night was a bad night. Daddy started his emo-ing. I'm praying damn hard that it will not happen to my Cinderella when he is old. If he really does, i'm gg to make him slip on his glass shoes and walk around SG.

We are now really taking care of our health starting from food. Avoiding dinner outside and stick to simple vegetable soup, or stir-fried veg along w some meat or fish for dinner at home. Rice is still available, but generally only hubby eats it. Breakfast we opt for fresh chicken breast meat as the sandwich filling and not processed meat such as ham. Once i finish all the processed food in the fridge, i will probably make sure they only appear like 10% of our household diet.

The good thing about having our own house is managing our own food. For instant, my mum gave us alot alot of food, but i can pack and eat over a period of time. In the past, my mum will probably force me to eat on the same day coz it is fresher~

Time for some light shows before sleeping. I learn to sleep earlier than usual. ^^

My June Schedule

Busy Busy~~ Juggling between work, 2xfamily and alot of lovely friends is definitely a tough task~

By thumb of rule, i try to keep to 2-3 weekdays to spend with my cinderella each week.
Thus i post my June schedule here so that all who have not secure a date can do so asap.

By the way, for any weekend booking, please let me know like 2 weeks in adv? I usually go back our parents place on weekend night. Just let me know in advance, so that i can reschedule and give you time! especially for special events~ ^^

X - Date Blocked (Generally for family)
R - Reserved Date
O - Free Day
A - Best Preferred Days to meet
B - Second Preferred Days to meet
F - Can meet, but i rather don't if possible

Week 1
01 (Fri): X
02 (Sat): X
03 (Sun): X

Week 2
04 (Mon): O - B
05 (Tue): O - B
06 (Wed): O - F
07 (Thu): Meeting Shuhan
08 (Fri): Amanda's 21st Birthday
09 (Sat): X
10 (Sun): Doreen's Bday Celebration

Week 3
11 (Mon): O - A
12 (Tue): X
13 (Wed): X
14 (Thu): O - A
15 (Fri): Dinner with Poly Classmates
16 (Sat): R - Reserved for in-law side
17 (Sun): Father's Day Celebration

Week 4
18 (Mon): O - B
19 (Tue): Pedicure
20 (Wed): X
21 (Thu): preparing dumpling ingredients
22 (Fri): make dumplings
23 (Sat): Dragon Boat/Dumpling Festival + Max5 Gathering
24 (Sun): R - Reserved for in-law side

Week 5
25 (Mon): O - A
26 (Tue): X
27 (Wed): O - A
28 (Thu): Manicure
29 (Fri): Monthly Steak Day
30 (Sat): O - B

Reserved Dates can be open up later so let me know if u wanna meet up on that day instead.

July is open for reservations, part from 1st, 20th, 26th July which is out for now. Tata~

Calling a new flat "my home"

It may sound abit silly. But on the friday night after gg back from a date with MAX 5, i actually missed home. Missed my old home i mean. Coz on friday nights, i generally do not sleep early, may chat to wee wee wee hours with my mum and into bed after 6am(sat) and only wake up after the sun way high up & bright.

But busy really will help one to forget this. I kinda salute my friends who went overseas work or study for months or years. I guess they do miss home too, but i guess i'm kinda kiddish.

The biggest problem about marriage is accomodating another person. Mon - Fri, when no OT, no meet up with friends, i cook. Planning is very impt for this. Do not cook fussy food, and make sure food and be ready within 30mins - 45mins max. Sat - Sun, gotta go back my house or his house. When i request/suggest to go back on a fortnightly basis, my hubby will frown like a child who wanna go home right now. =( As a result, lesser private time after wedding, more "family" time.

Though said so much, hubby still gives me my private time. He knows that i need me-time, so he will give me my private time doing my web-stuff, skin-care stuff or drama stuff. However, i haven even start watching a japanese drama since back from honeymoon coz time is all spend on the taiwan variety. Maybe can catch up on some this weekend..

Sunday, we finally fixed up the outdoor shoe-rack. Alot more of touching up, deco and fixing to do. we are now ripping the VCD & DVD into our hard-disk so that we can have more space to accomodate my massive barang barang.. In fact, i can "proudly" say that i took over 90% of the storage space at home, and i gotta clear to drop the number 80% coz hubby makes me feel he very poor thing.. (and plus sales is coming)

So if you guys are interested to know when is house-warming.. I guess it wun be so soon. I'm hoping to have one by July, but highly dependent on when my wedding album is ready, i would love to share the photojournal with all of you.

Hopefully more updates during this weekend. + photos~

How's marriage life?

Finally back to my essay days~ ^^ 


2012 is a real hectic year for me. So bad that for this is the 2nd post of the year. But if you follow my tweets, you still get live updates of me!


So finally, 21 April 2012 we finish the customary wedding. It was a dream wedding. I had the string quartet to play live music, and i have wedding tickets design by yun, custom-made angbao box by the gers, dessert bar and many many more awesome stuff~ i'm waiting for the pictures from photographer and will be posting up on facebook. 


After wedding, we had days of packing & packing for the honeymoon! I'm really really happy that we went europe and it was really fun~ more updates later and till then..


Meanwhile, it is alot of unpacking, washing and till i'm back on track, i will hold my house-warming~ ^^


P.S.: I'll pull out some nice photos and blog on it shortly.. Tata~

New Year Resolution 2012!!

Happy Happy New Year~ It has been a while since i last posted, i hope i'm not missing my readers~ ^^

It has been a busier time since after i got my keys and things are getting so crazy!

Alot of things to prepare for house & the upcoming wedding in April, so i thought it means a new phrase of life and the more i should write my new year resolutions though i dun really keep to them =P

1. Say goodbye to work at 6pm.
Or latest, additional of minutes that i'm late.

2. Keep new house clean & tidy, forever!

3. Eat at home as often as we can!

4. Save $$ for our 1st automobile~

5. Sleep earlier..
Wake up earlier..

6. Better care of skin
aging in progress

7. Exercise regularly w hubby
jog at the park or a swim in the nearby pool

8. Plan my leave way in advance to prevent any unrecorded leave.

As far as now, i have started to plan tons of my leave!! ^^