This is my longest break from blogging! I have been chased to write something and yes I do have stuff to write, but for now, I wanted to say...


Analytics revealed that someone got led to my blog and he /she was searching for "im the boy who never smile". HAHAHA. Presumably, he/she got led back to my blog hoping to find something.. 


CUTE.

Twelve Cupcakes

Lovely! I have read about Twelve Cupcakes and 8 Days rated the cupcakes pretty high, I thought they were just being kind to the celebrities in a show of support. Not true! The cupcakes are really good!

I got cupcakes from Kevin, and boy I want to get more! It's delicious and the chocolate is rich! Yummeh! I am thinking, this should make good Christmas gifts. For real! :)
Oh yes, thank you Kev, now I feel bad for always poking fun at you. :( But... can I have more cupcakes!? Lol



On a sidenote, I will treat myself better in 2012.

And on another sidenote, there's not a single day I don't miss my sister. :(

God bless the people still reading this blog! I never ever keep my promises! Hahhaha I believed I would to be more free after my exams were over, however I just keep finding more and more plans to occupy myself, and no, I'm not any less busy than I was!

I'm glad I will get to catch up with ex colleagues from Parkway and PCS, and Christmas is always a good time to do so! In fact, I am meeting both groups this week! Excited max. :D I am very blessed to have such wonderful colleagues and really, it's amazing that 4 years down the road, we are still meeting up!

Although truth to be told, I didn't have much of a good time in PCS, thanks to the "bang tables" culture and the perverse nature of the guys there, what I found endearing during my time there was this bunch of "hipper" people who loved gossiping about the Company Bitch (CB in short)! And I must admit I enjoyed pitting myself against her, what with the looks, the lifestyle and I remember CB will always strut past my desk in new dresses and handbags. Not to be outdone, I would get myself spanking new 6" shoes and carry my beloved handbags in a fashion that she'd notice! When it comes to clothes, how can she ever beat me to it? She has not seen my dress mountain! Wahahaha GIRLS! You'd never understand. :D

So there was this time she drove a Mercz with an old carplate no, and lied through her teeth that the car was brand new. (Now, the CB really loved flaunting her "wealth", and she has this impression her hubby is loaded or something, I definitely did not and still do not agree!) Maybe she didn't do her research or maybe I'm just good with cars (you didn't know that right!) but Mercz had just rolled out the new E Class, which makes hers an old model. So I took the chance to shame her, and I tore down her wall of lies. But she didn't stop at that. The next time she drove that same Mercz (and she changed the car no plate), she actually told everyone her family had 2 Mercz. Oh really?? In the same colour, and that same model?? *Rolls eyes* This is just one of her antics, seriously, I could write a book about her! I don't even want to mention her flighty character. Maybe my colleagues will bitch more about her when we meet next week!

Some photos of the PCS people! <3<3


This place is really love! It's Shunjuu at 30 Robertson Quay and it serves very good sumiyaki! I used to go pretty often, and have brought several friends there, however of late I haven't had the craving..  I'm going back!




KTV soon, you guys!!

P.S: Thanks for reading, you love! More posts soon, HUAT AH!

Some things happen for a reason. I don't think it can happen too many times that when I mean well, the other party thinks I'm trying to sabotage her or hope she doesn't do well. And what's my agenda for pretending to be happy for you about your new found job? Cmon don't be naive, as if you are going to be the one who's paying for the stuff you bring home for me? And you don't think those didn't need money, you make it sound as though I would be troubling you very often? How often would I be asking anyway, maybe once, twice? And seriously I've my ways when it comes to getting stuff from overseas. About my friend who dare not leave because she can't get the same paying job? I didn't lie about that, I asked again and she said it's true. And all the more I didn't say that to put you down. You wanted to know my opinions, I told you I didn't agree about you leaving school since it's only one month to graduation and I told you what my friend shared to sound you out, is that so bad? Or is it your pride and over-sensitivity that cannot take it? And haven't I said that it's your decision, you go and pursue what you want. I don't know how that equates to looking down on you. I think you really think too much into it.

You are your biggest enemy and there is so much for you to prove to yourself that you can do better than others, you can have better, you want better. You think I don't understand? I understand! I've been there, done that.

And when have I left you in the lurch when you need the help? Have I complained to others about you? It's all in your head because you think I'm reluctant based on one issue. And I will say it again, I don't like others forcing on me to help when I did not agree to. I did not agree readily and told her I will help if I can. Honesty is not hypocritical. How is my lifestyle very different from yours? I made myself sound pitiful? That was nothing but the truth, why don't you ask Juve where the money came from and from what means I got it? Fact is, you just cannot handle the truth when I tell you as such. If you're negative, then everything I say you perceive it to be negative what. I'm upfront and I speak my mind when I'm not happy about something you did. I tell you what I think, and not keep it in my heart about what I think about you. But you don't like that. You feel I talk shit about you, and put you down.

It's you who is petty and can't let go. You want to keep harping on my past and judge me, then you will never see anything good in what I do. Don't tell me that's not true, you know what I'm talking about. You already look at me through tinted glasses and this is not the first time you make remarks of who you think I am. Nobody thinks they meant harm in what they say, myself included. Don't you think some of the things you do are extreme and beyond reason? You just want to do things your way and you don't spare a thought for others when you do it. And don't cast the first stone at me when I know that you'd would have done exactly the same on FB, especially after what you smsed me. Isn't that what you wanted anyway?

It saddens me to know that you feel I've not been sincere or that I've an agenda for things that I've done for you. When I ran all the way to Katong to pick you up immediately after your calls, when I got others to come with me to pack up your stuff, how when you called over the years and tell me that you loved me and am glad I'm always around for you (were you lying when you told me all those?), when I offered to put you up without qualms, when I supported you through your bad times at work and relationships, when I never said no to meeting your needs - tell me what is my agenda for doing all that? Who doesn't say things when they are angry?

Ok, you want nothing to do with me now, it's your call, you made the decision. I merely went along with what you want. But I won't say I'll prove to you wrong and make you swallow back everything you said like you did. Okay you prove what you want to prove, it will not make me upset or angry that you are doing well, and I know I'd be proud and happy, there's no reason for me to feel otherwise. I'm not spiteful to the people I love. Your trashing things out is not resolving the issue. It's pulling the plug. I'm not stopping you neither do I want to do anything about it as I don't feel this is my issue. I'm not saying it's your issue either but I'm just going to take it as a petty squabble between sisters. When the time comes and you're ready to talk, my door is always open. And whether you like it or not, or feel that I'm pretending, I stand by what I say. Your walking out doesn't mean I have to do the same.

I will not shut the door.

Shangri La The Line

I hate blogger's new layout, but then again, I resist almost anything new.. Maybe I'm getting old but if technology moves too fast, I really have trouble catching up! Here's a confession: I'm not yet onto smartphones like BB and iPhone! Haha Slowpoke.

Exams are round the corner, (like, again right??) and this time, I'm going to start studying early! I wanna ace every subject. Last sem was disappointing as I got complacent. After the straight As in my first year, I thought every paper would be too simple! Haha I was too cocky!

Earlier in the year I had a first at Shangri La's The Line. I thought it was good, but still, second to Basilico. At least the spread is really international, unlike some crappy overhyped buffet places like Changi Village's Salt Water Cafe.

I went on the day where they had the Seafood theme, so I was really enjoying the scallops, mussels, oysters, king crabs, sashimi and what not!




What I liked was also the ambience, I am a sucker for poolside ambient, the water has this calming effect and maybe it's psychological, but when I'm calm, food inevitably taste better! I really love food despite my petite frame and really, I can eat anything! I love dinner dates and if you have a lovely place to recommend me, please, get me out on a date! :)

Happy Deepavali friends!

High Heels and Pain

It all started with some foot pain, and then the pain traveled upwards to the knees, with aches and slight pain every time I bend my knee or stand in those beautiful 5 - 6" killer heels, and then it went up again to my lower back. My spine hurts pretty much that it took me half an hour oF shifting about in bed to find an awkward but more comfortable position to fall asleep in. This morning while I'm here sitting on the chair with a cushion  supporting my back, even looking down at my chest induces pain to my back... :( And yes, I can't help but admit that all this is a result of me wearing high heels almost daily and I start on my first heels way back in my teenage years.


Will I give up on my high heels? I really can't imagine life without them.. and as I always tell myself every time I contemplate buying a new pair, "Style over Comfort". And now I'm paying for that mantra. So I'm currently on this short term remedy alternating between my keelers (killer heels) and flatties and man, I can't help but feel the outfit's not complete or perfect without my keelers! Like many shoe aficionados out there, I feel confident in my high heels, so much so I walk better, greet people better, and couldn't help but feel sexier in them, I thought they not only help with my posture, they also give my buttocks a nice perk and my legs look more defined too. I would sleep in high heels if I had to. If anything, keelers is the best invention followed by the push up bra. Some genius made the world a better place to live in with high heels!

I also thought that I would wear keelers even when I'm preggers, just like the way classy Mrs Beckhams does it! And the man I marry must not interfere with such decisions, even if he has to stay buried under my shoes! So in 10 months, I've amassed 10 pairs, which means a pair a month, and over the years the stilettos got taller, from 3" to 4" and now, 6". I created an album on FB, showing off my collection and I love it. Well, all I can say is that I don't want to have to retire on them before getting my first pair of Louboutins. This is not happening!!

I doubt the short-term remedy is working anyway, for as soon as I forsake the flatties thinking that all is well, the pain comes back again.. it's recurring.. Oh no... somehow being young, I can't help but see this in a very superficial way. I'm actually more concerned of how I'm going to cope without my shoes than how this is affecting my body and health. I've read that wearing high heels for long term can wreck alot of havoc as it alters the spinal position,  persist nerve pain, and the altered posture may cause knee osteoarthritis, a painful, degenerative joint disease.Other than these, there're also common symptoms like bunion or hammertoes, which thankfully, I do not have!

So anyway, there is this article I extracted from another article from Asia One which I thought to be a really good one; authored by British writer A. A. Gill, who gave his honest thoughts on stilettos. In his words,
'Like women themselves, a contradiction. On one foot, they're symbols of authority, intimidation, emancipation and sexual domination. They give height and form and a skillful dexterity. On the other foot, they're a self-inflicted Western version of Chinese foot-binding, a painful mutilation. They hobble women, making running impossible.

'The position of the foot tilts the pelvis, accentuates the buttocks, raises the organs of sex to the height of a male groin. They make women available objects. Just as instantly as the stilettos became a fashion classic, it also became a pornographic one, dribbled over and fetishised. Like pornography, the stilettos can boast being one of the few symbols of both feminist equality and sexual exploitation.'

There's another reason women love high heels: they equate youth.
Old women don't wear heels. They've reached a stage where safety and comfort are more important than style and striking a pose. They no longer wear heels because they no longer need - or want, or will get, in any case - a second look from anyone, men or women.

A study in Britain found that the height of a woman's heels varies throughout her life. In her 20s, she favours high heels. When she starts a family, heel height drops. In her late 30s and mid-40s when her career hits its peak, heels start to inch higher. Then when she moves into her late 40s and 50s, it drops again.
The study by department store Debenhams found that on average, a woman will give up her heels by the time she's 63. She then settles for inch-high footwear.

'Deciding to put away their high heels for the last time can have the same psychological impact upon women that retiring from work has upon men,' a spokesman for Debenhams told Britain's the Daily Mail in a story in February.

'It's an all too public admission that they are getting older, and so naturally many women want to postpone this evil day for as long as possible... It's a climb down which can cause a lot of heartache.'

Damn good article! Very apt. If like what he says, stilettos equate to youth, I cannot and must not trade in my keelers for old-fashioned comfy Scholls, or less than pretty Fit Flops or Crocs. To top it off, shoe giants don't make gorgeous to-die-for flatties anyway.


Maybe someone should show me the door to rehab. Isn't that kind of brilliant, to offer help to shoe druggies like myself to re-hab, re-condition and re-educate?  I would probably resist and sing like the late Amy Winehouse, "they try to make me go to rehab, I say NO, NO, NO!"

Helloooo... It's been one month, and I think I've been more active at FB.. I do miss blogging but there is really not much I can do with the updates here especially when I've a madhouse schedule.. My inventory for Mori Vie is also a total mess.. I need to find time to update that mini warehouse back home (I converted my storeroom!)

I have alot of appreciation for the boy who never smiles lately.. He faithfully sends me to work every morning and even if I offered to take the bus, he would insist on driving me there as he reasoned I slept late the night before. And this is even if I report to work at the spa studios, that means him spending close to $10 on ERP.*Awww*

Sunday night I slept at 6am, and woke up at 8am to prepare for work, crazy? I know. The school assignments drive me mad but the system to upload the assignments drives me very mad! That Blackboard system the school uses is a real pain in the ass! But this is another story for another time. So he sent me to work, and the whole day I was a walking zombie and off-work I really didn't want to go back on my own.. actually besides that I'm really tired, I bought new shoes and didn't want to walk in them.. so I thought, let's call the boy who never smiles and tell him I'm exhausted. I didn't have too much hopes he would come as he would say I'm really troublesome! Well, he didn't complain and came all the way to take me home! And he made his way to a bubbletea shop because that's routine. 

Did I mention he helps me do my assignments too? If I asked, he would spend the afternoons working on it and he will remember to check with me what kind of grades I got for them. Lol. Anyway, I'll be back. I hope to be able to blog daily but that is still an unachievable task, maybe for another year. :)