Nails for the week - 27 Dec 2011

It's the last week of the year!!! I decided to get something that's hotly but yet not OTT. This manicure took me a long time to finish because I had to wait for the layers to dry and then there's the thing abt cutting the stickers to the correct length for my nails. Linda reminds me of the San-X colour scheme for Sentimental Circus, which I love!!!!

Anyway, here's wishing all of you a happy happy new year!!!

Breathless

I had the worst allergic reaction last night. My eyes were itchy and swollen, causing them to water like mad. My nose was blocked and I started sneezing really violently. Worst of all, my heart was racing and I couldn't breathe properly, even through my mouth. I was wheezing.

Thank god for anti-histamines. Took a pill and willed myself not to panic. After half an hour, heart wasn't racing and my eyes weren't that swollen. Another half an hour later, I could breathe easily despite the blocked nose.

That was rather scary and I still don't know what I was reacting to cos I didn't eat or breathed in anything unusual. Ah well, thing is-it always pays to have some anti-histamines lying in your first aid kit if you have allergies or sensitive nose.

Nails for the week - 19 Dec 2011

Merry Christmas! Snowflakes design this time round. Simple but yet really pretty. I highlighted the snowflakes with white crystals. I might do a reindeer design for next week! :)

Googlism!!

Check this out...was invited down to Google Singapore's Holiday Gathering and Open House last Thu (yup, when MRT decided to break down) at their new digs at Asia Square - part of the new buildings at the Marina Bay Financial district.

Google hired the same photography group that took those instant-print photos at Wenqing's wedding!  Below is me taking a photo of Willy taking a photo of me. Haha!

I found it so cute that they named their staff restaurant canteen 'Goopitiam' which is in reference to our Kopitiams (coffee shops).  I am soooo jealous of it though.  Imagine - free lunch everyday?  They also have cans of lemon tea, soda, coke, litres of soya bean milk, Snapple and even a machine that squeezes fresh orange juice! Heard from my salesperson that the kitchen serves porridge and other foods in the mornings. 

Banana leaf curry anyone?

Wine, pistachio ice cream topped with candied peanuts with candlelight setting amid the Goopitiam's other lighting.  Both were yum. :)

Their reception - cool and very approachable.  Very Google, isn't it?

Check out their 'micro' kitchen.  It's freaking huge.  It's even larger than my home kitchen and the spread of food and drinks reminds me of 7-11.  And they call it 'micro'.  To make things worse, it's only ONE out of the several other kitchens that they have. I have kitchen envy now.

They also have TWO, not one but TWO, massage rooms in their office!!! How cool is that?  I didn't manage to snap some shots but the Google Singapore office has a karaoke room, a games room with Playstation, a ping pong table, a pool table, 2 hammocks and a swing.  I'm sure they've got other toys for their employees...just didn't manage to see them.

Sir Stamford Raffles the rap star/ graffiti artist?  I guess he was one of the pioneer men to stand with his arms folded in the super cool manner.

Now...we come to their massive kitchen. That's just the dining portion.  I already had major kitchen envy so...let's just say that the portion with the fridges, microwave, dishwasher etc is larger than my bedroom and parents' bedroom combined.  Imagine.

This wall is so cute.  True Googlism.

Although I didn't win any prizes that evening, I had fun and am looking forward to next year's Holiday Gathering!! :)

Christmas Wishlist 2011

Let the countdown to Christmas begin!!  I'm pretty simple...this year's wishlist is going to be the same as my birthday's: subsidy for my LASIK.  I've already done it, but to pay over $3k for anything is no joke. Unless you're a millionaire, which I'm unfortunately not.  I will gladly accept other things and it is also my tradition to do a non-wishlist...to eliminate dust-gatherers.  Here I go...

Things that I do not want:

• shower foam
• body lotion
• soft toys
• jewellery
• bags
• socks
• perfume sets

Besides a subsidy, a maid would be good though. LOL. I seriously need help with ironing all of my clothes and doing the housework.  My schedule for the weekends are jam packed too. 

Nevertheless, no matter what my friends do give me, I'll accept them with a grateful heart. <3  I already know what to get for my besties and I also bought a leopard print shoe bag for Leopard.  Now...what to get for the rest of my colleagues?

Have a Happy Christmas everyone and all the best for the rest of 2011!!! 

Jem-mich Wedding

Attended yet another JC classmate's wedding on Sunday and it was held at the Grand Hyatt hotel's Grand Ballroom.

The presentation of the first dish was rather interesting.  They dimmed all the lights and then they played the Disney song "Be Our Guest" while the wait staff came out with the platters.  I tried taking a video but there wasn't enough light. :(  Anyway, below is the platter of the Grand Hyatt delights, which is mainly chill clam, fried prawns with mayo, some kind of sushi, fried yam (was fooled into thinking there's prawn cos they stuck the prawn tails into the yam 'balls') and...I can't remember what the last fried thingy was.

We didn't manage to take any photos with the couple due to time constraint...so...Jem & Mich, maybe we'll photoshop you guys into this photo later...ditto for those classmates who couldn't make it either. LOL.

The couple entertained us by doing the tango!  Wow! Never knew that Jem had any dancing bones in him!! Hahaha...that was good fun.

Could tell that there was a lot of love and spiritual connection between the couple because of how they met, their 'brothers' and 'sisters' were mainly from church and how they praised and thank god for bringing them together. Awww....

Chok asked me and Moon when it was going to be our turns. Um...find me a suitable bf first, then we'll talk k? Haha. ;)  Ok...no more weddings lined up till end 2012 (I think).  Phew. My wallet can now take a deserved break while I sit back, relax and enjoy Christmas!!!

MediaCorp Event @ Zouk

 Is anyone able to tell me who this actor is? Oops...I haven't been watching Channel 8 dramas for ages so I have lost touch with all the upcoming newbies.  I've got to admit that he's quite good looking though. :) So...I went to this MediaCorp Channel 8 event in which they were promoting their latest drama "A Song to Remember (星洲之夜)" which is set in the 1930s.  Pity the cast didn't turn up in 1930s wear.

 Above is my glowing Gin & Tonic (it glows due to the tonic water) and buffalo wings.  The food for the evening was quite meh~.  Loved the free flow of house pours!  Had a cranberry vodka, 2 bourbon cokes and 1 Gin & Tonic. :))))

 Since it's the 1930s, it brings to mind cabarets and gambling dens so they had a 'Big Small' table there! All of us were given a small bag of chips to play with and the person with the most chips at the end will walk away with $500 worth of shopping vouchers.  Too bad, my team didn't win...despite us pooling all of our chips.

Sing came in full out 1930s gear while I tried to go with something inspired but I wore that to the office...so I had to tone it down lots.  No time to do the finger wave hair either.

 The cast went on stage to introduce themselves, their characters and the whole drama.  The person on the extreme right is a DJ from 93.3FM.

  They displayed the costumes used during the drama as well.  Quite like the cheongsams but I wonder...why didn't they also dress some of the women in the western 1930s fashion too?  I bet there must've been some rich girls during those days who wore similar fashion as those in the West. Hmm...

Besides the pregnant Sing, her hubby and another friend, most of us stayed behind to party at Zouk and I was very surprised at how fast the Zouk staff tore down the stage, red carpet etc!  They did it all in 10 min flat!

Another thing that we were treated to at 1am was the Pre-ZoukOut party with DJ Dirty South (Aus) spinning his set.  I can't remember when was the last time I clubbed so I was quite happy.  As usual, there were a few entertaining people on the floor - one ang moh woman who looked like she was doing aerobics; a group of people who looked like they were screwing and unscrewing lightbulbs; bunch of people who had finger LEDs AND another group of friends who turned up dressed as Japanese High School students.  Gotta love the crowd at Zouk!

Alrighty...that's all from me today as I've got a BAZAAR happening at Clarke Quay!!  Details below...

Date:  Sat, 10 Dec
Time: 4pm - 1am
Venue: Clarke Quay
Stall:  Oct 1983
Booth: No. 22

See you!!!

{Oct 1983} Glam Christmas 2011

Our Christmas collection is out!! We promise no tacky Christmas ornaments but wearable pieces that will last you throughout the year.  Perfect as gifts for your loved ones and you won't even have to break the bank.

Visit www.oct1983.com.sg to view more pieces and to purchase.

Wenqing & Kelvin's Wedding

Here it is...the post of Qing & Kelvin's customary wedding dinner!  It was held at Capella Hotel, Sentosa.

Cousin Ai Lian is the hottie in red while Jesslyn is in the middle.  If only I'd known, I would have worn my falsies too...can't see my eyelashes!!

Above is the sweets table where guests could load up on lollies, golden choc coins, marshmallows, cookies and cupcakes.

We cousins with the bride!! Darn it...as usual, I'm the shortest...Ailian - stop wearing heels!!  Qing's dress was customised but she didn't manage to tell me who did it for her.  Haha...I didn't expect my lace dress to match her lace sleeves.

The flower girl aka the niece.

The door gift.  Inside was a bookmark, which my cousin is now using as a 'badge'.

The couple cutting the cake which was a green tea chocolate cake.

 My nephew (cousin's son) was fooling around with the napkin, pretending to strangle himself and what not.  He soon took all the door gift boxes and turned them into a train.

With the lovely Patricia Mok.

Very red dress change where Kelvin wore a matching red Chinese vest with a Mao collar.

All in all, it was quite a lovely event and all the best to the couple!!  Enjoy your honeymoon and the many years to come.  Um...will I be expecting any more nieces or nephews? Hehehe....

Updated as of Oct 2014:

As most of you know, Kelvin and Qing are currently separated and divorce proceedings are underway. I'll leave them the due privacy in this personal matter. 

Nails for the week - 21 Nov 2011

Leopard prints!!! My friend said that it's so boomz so maybe I should call it leopard preentz. Lol.

Thank you for the loads of compliments that I received for my leopard print nails!!

Anime Festival Asia 2011!

I went to the Anime Festival Asia 2011 yesterday with Conrad and Zedd. It first started off with Conrad and I going to watch the Naruto "Blood Prison" movie at 10am. We paid $10 for the movie but we were pleasantly surprised to receive a poster each!Check out my loot for the day below...

I bought the cat paws ($30) to match my cat ears, the latter being a gift from Satoshi many years ago.  I did find the paws with the exact similiar type of fur as my cat ears but they cost $30 EACH!!!

After the movie and lunch, Zedd and I went into the main stage area because I wanted to see the appearance of Flow @ 2.05pm.  As we were early, the Vanguard showcase was still on.  On stage were Danny Choo, popular blogger and host of 'Cool Japan' (left) as well as Milky Holmes and homegrown cutsie girl-group Sea(star)A.

 

Flow!! Saw them in the flesh!! But they disallowed photography during the whole session (bah).
After the appearance was the 'live' dubbing by voice actress Chiwa Saito.  I'm not into voice actors or actresses but it was fun to watch how things are done as well as the enthusiasm from the otakus around me.


 After the dubbing session, I took a quick walk to the main exhibition area.


Look at the crowd!! Spot the cosplayers!!  I counted 3 Narutos, 2 Clouds, a couple of Gundams and a leopard.  There were many more of course but I didn't recognise the characters! (T_T) I've been so out of touch with anime!!

After that quick round, I went back to the stage area for the Gundam movie.  I fell asleep during the middle and seriously, I am STILL not a fan of Gundam.  Sorry Zedd.  Thank you for explaining to me the storyline and the various Gundam characters but alas...a gundam convert I am not.

Above reads "I Love Anisong presents Rock Your Soul" and this is the concert that I've been waiting for!! FLOW!!!!!  I still find it stupid that they don't allow photography.  I can somehow understand no flash photography/ video taking but concerts are all about fans being close to their idols and taking photos of them live!!!!  Ugh.  This is the ONLY concert I've been to that doesn't allow photo taking. Boo.

Here's me waiting for the concert to begin and although I only started queuing at 6pm, I was very lucky to get pretty front row standing area.  The artistes performing were Sea A (gah...too cutesy for me), Ichiro Mizuki (I sat down half way...I am not into Kaisen Riders/ Gundam/ Natto...yes, he actually sang a song about natto), Lisa (she really revved the crowd and I think I might have turned into a fan) and Flow (they rocked the house down!!!!).

To make up for the lack of concert vids/ photos...please enjoy the following music videos to savour a fraction of the energy and music that was played...

If Flow comes back next year as they hope they will, I think I might be willing to pay for the expensive tickets just so that I can see them closer AND get to sit on a proper chair during Ichiro Mizuki's set.  Haha.  AFA 2012, here we come!!