Makeover Madness

Item#26 on my list of Things to do in Life:

26) Join a beauty pageant/ cover girl contest (any contest that involves beauty-lah:P)

I can cross it off today since I joined the Estee Lauder Model Search contest and got myself a makeover and other goodies at our local Parkson this afternoon ;) I doubt I'll be one of the selected semi-finalist, but still, it was fun to get all made up =D Besides, key word here is join, not go far hahaha...=p

Anyways, here's some titbits on my makeover experience:

The face experience :

- I got like 3 layers of foundation put on my face =p

- Gold+reddish colours for my eyes

- Fake eyelashes!

- Nice warm earthy colours for my lips, which I liked =)

The hair experience :

- For once I got complimented on my naturally wavy hair =D I say for once because whenever I go to get my hair trimmed, the hairstylists (regardless of which salon I go to) always recommend getting my hair Rebonded ie Straightened, so it's nice to hear that compliment instead of the usual comment =p

- The hairdresser decided not to do any drastic change to my hairstyle. With a few turns of the curling iron, I got a headful of soft waves.....I like =) (though the style does tend to make me look older I think =p)

The wardrobe experience:

- I got dressed up in a shiny red, knee length tube/sheath kinda dress. Felt very weird and even exposed in it cuz it was definitely not something that I was used to. Oh, and I was also worried that it might fall off as I don't believe I'm well-endowed enough to keep it up should the shark clip on my back that held it tight accidentally gave away =p (All the clothes available were of a looser size and most contestants got their outfits tightened and fitted by shark clips).

The posing experience :

- Arms there, body lean down a bit, chin up etc etc.......Felt very unnatural, very awkward, and again, very worried I might accidentally flash unknowing Mirians should my dress fall off in the midst of my posing=p

The photo touch-up experience:

- This was VERY cool ;) I sat beside the computer dude and watched as he erased all my blemishes and smoothed out my face, made my peepers slightly bigger, slimmed down my arms and face and made my skin positively glow with radiant fairness...all in the course of 3 minutes! =p I asked him whether this happens to ALL those gorgeous pictures you see in magazines, to which he answered :"Yeah, actually they (ie models) all also, not really beauty lah hahaha"

So what do you think, do I make the cut? ;)

From The Cube

Unlike in my previous job, I can't access the Internet at work, which is a bit troublesome, especially when inspiration strikes (blog-wise) but I am unable to post the entry up....normally I type them offline and tell myself that I will go around posting them up sometime soon....which normally never happens =p So to make up for those times I am posting up not one, not two, but THREE random thoughts that went through my mind while at work....random no doubt, but still insistent enough to be written=p....

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3 Simple Rules

3 simple rules I try hard to live by, despite the hectic pace of life:

i) Take time to read.
ii) Take time to write (ie blog =p).
iii) Take time to keep in touch with those I love. =)

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What in the what the......?

At the receiving end of uncalled for sarcasm when you were trying to be helpful and efficient (you thought!!!) sucks.

Just another typical day in the life of a corporate lemming.

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Consequences

I should have known better.

And now we are locked in a gridlock, and any actions I take from now on will just seem selfish and fake.

It's a sad thing to not be able to express your true feelings, to have them reined in because its the right thing to do.

If I told you that I know how you feel, that I've been there before, will you believe me?

It's not just lip service you know. It's probably one reason why I like you so much, because I've been there, and I know how it feels.

I really should have known better.


*just an afterthought: shit, this is such an emo entry, I've been reading too much William Liew! ;p heheh no offence Will, for the record I DO enjoy reading your blog =)

Foodies Unite!

By a stroke of luck, the venue for my 1 week meeting which was initially scheduled to be at Kota Kinabalu was changed to KL at the last minute...

So after a week's sojourn in Jesselton (though it being a business trip, it was definitely more hectic than the what the word 'sojourn' will imply=p, but that will be another blog entry ya;)), I spent another week away from office in KL... and with the long weekend looming thanks to the double whammy Public Holidays of Labour Day and Wesak Day, I took the chance to scoot up North to Penang to meet up with my Sayang and Juney bear...=)

Looking back at the few pictures that I took of last weekend, I realized that this trip was really all about the food....;)

With the sinful Mud Pie at TGI Friday's....the ultimate dessert for a chocolate lover like me;)

Juney & me with our Mango Snow Ice....Simply Mango-licious!!! =D

My Sayang's a foodie too ;)

Penang Char Kuay Teow - Hawker food at its best!

My Starbucks' caffeine fix, and not forgetting their Yummy Siren's Salad =)

And finally, just a nice steaming mug of tea....=)

What better way to spend a weekend than with good food and great company ya?;)

Adieu...

Just a little entry to bid farewell to my favourite cream coloured jacket, which I accidentally left in my KK hotel room while I was there two weeks ago on a business trip =(

I bought the jacket just before leaving for Paris for the Brandstorm International Finals while Woonie and I were shopping for our team's uniform (probably the only time that shopping came close to torturous for us both=p) in Mid Valley...and its kept me warm on countless memorable occasions ever since, and I will always remember it very fondly...

Me & my jacket in Torino, Italy

On arrival in Cairo, Egypt

Who's that NLDS Faci in the Cream coloured jacket? ;)

Laughing with Woonie and Ngiammy at Ming Tian..in my favourite jacket ;)

One of my last trips with my faithful companion - At the Japanese Garden in Bukit Tinggi

Adieu adieu...