How to look like a million bux(without actually spending a million bucks) pt 1

Hi all.. first of all i want to say i'm sorry

sorry for neglecting this blog...

i know that some of you have been waiting for  a new post and i haven't been diligent enough to regularly update my blog....

i know that i said that i'll write something about childhood paraphernalias that brings back memories...

but i think that i'll go in a different direction... because that topic doesn't really inspire me anymore

instead i'll talk about beauty products that i am currently using and that i've found to be working for me.....

as most people know.. i'm a new mother... my son is currently 9 months old... and since i moved to indo 2 years ago... i haven't been working..... so yes.. money is a lil tight right now....
however since i'm extremely vain(yes i admit it ok??) and i'm a hardcore product junkie.. i've been switching from having expensive salon treatments, using expensive lotions(such as crabtree), expensive face moisturizers... to budget friendly drugstore products... or even generic brands of ointments...

anything to save money and to let me get by without looking unkempt...i thought the tips that i give will be of help to some of you who are in the same situation as me....and if i can help anyone look fabulous... then i'm happy :)

1) moisturizer...

i truly saved a lot of money when i switched from expensive brand name mosturizers such as estee lauder....my sister uses hydra bright moisturizer which works well for her...
however at 600 K a jar(which only last 1-2 months) with twice daily application(1.7 ounces)... this isn't really the best buy for stretching out your dollar(or rupiah in that case)

the current moisturizer that i'm using is actually a combination of 3 products...

1)qv cream.....

qv cream is also prescribed to my son when he had eczema... but my hubby bought 100 ml of it.. and when my son's skin healed... it was just lying around there.... so i decided to use it on my face.. and guess what... i liked it.... i have an extremely dry face.... so it works really well for me.....i don't know how much it cost... but i'm pretty sure it is extremely cheap... as chemistwarehouse sells a tube for $12.99 (500 grams)

2)the second cream i am using.. is an AHA moisturizer.. probably can be found in any skincare clinic... my skin was really really dry and flaky after having a baby...i don't know why... and it was extremely sensitive too.... but after a using AHA moisturizer (8% exactly) it started to "eat up" all the dry scaly skins, and seems to make other mosturizers sink in easier....

AHA is short for alpha hydroxy acid...... it works on "eating up" dry skin by dissolving GAG (glycoaminoglycans).. what is GAG? gag is the "glue" that holds skin cells together....

and if you dissolve that glue .. the dead skin in the epidermis will have an easier time sloughing off..
revealing the "new" baby skin underneath.....

i do not use my AHA everyday... as it can be irritating.. instead i use it on the second day.... i buy mine from a skincare clinic that doesn't have a lot of bells in a whistles.. in fact the place kinda looks like a dump... but as long it's a doctor that perscribed it.. and there's a BPOM number(kinda like fda) it should be save..... ... mine cost 170k (about 20 bucks) it last 3-4 months since i'm not using it everyday

3) since i'm 28 now...i know i needed a product with retinol.... (vitamin a derivative) but i refuse to buy drugstore brand creams that claim they have retinol in them... because the concentration is so small( the minimum amount of % of retinol you should look for is .25%).. that it would not have a great effect of skin....

optimally, has a life of about 28 days... (since it was born in the innner layer of skin, called the dermis) and then it travels outward... as it ages.. to the outer skin you can touch)

as we grow old... the time it takes for skin to mature slows done...it takes longer than 28 days....so what happens? skin sags.. it becomes dull.....

the retinol helps make the skin renewal process,, so you keep having new "baby" skin....
overtime.. it also helps produces more collagen in skin, so it becomes tighter....

retinol is.. THE BEST proven anti aging ingredient.... it's been scientifically proven over and over again ...to help hold off the aging process.....

so when i started to shop around for retinol cream... i looked at sephora... and i gasped at their prices

any moisturizer/serum with retinol in them all cost over $50 dollars


for example this wonderful cream by peter thomas roth

Retinol Fusion AM Moisturizer SPF 30, $78 dollars

 i knew i had to find a cheaper alternative.... so i asked my friend... who is a doctor...

she told me to buy a generic ointment called "vitacid" which cost about 35 k(4 dollars) for 30 grams...it comes in 3 different concentration of retinoid acid....

.025% .05% and .1%.....

i started off with the lowest concentration, because retinol can be extremely harsh on skin and cause a skin reaction.....

i bought the 30 gram tube a month ago.. and it isn't even halfway finished yet..

TIP: i also use this on my stretch marks as retinol also helps with the appearance of stretch marks....there is actually a scientific study that proves 1% retinol helps reduce the appearance of fresh stretch marks... i read it somewhere but i forgot where....

anyways... i rotate these 3 moisturizers every night...

so if

day 1  i use qv

day 2 i use aha

day 3 i use vitacid

*note.. i ALWAYS use qv during the daytime.. as AHA and retinol can make skin more sensitive to the sun.......

2)sunscreen...

ok i admit it... i do splurge on my sunscreen....

sunscreen is the most IMPORTANT anti aging product you can have... why?

90% of aging is caused by the sun.... 10% is intrinsic... that's right./ no matter how healthy you eat.. how much you exercise, how much serum you slather on your face....if you love to tan like then you'll still end up with burnt// damaged.. skin

UV rays not only increase melanin production, but it also destroys collagen...and if you do it overtime... imagine how much damage it can do to your skin...

the best sunscreen i have ever tried and used... (and i refuse to use anything else on my face)

shiseido sunscreen...

i love love love love love love love this sunscreen.. i love it so much i had wanted to write to shiseido proclaiming my love for this suncreen... 

i buy the 100 ml for 50 dollars in the duty free shop......

i love the texture of it.. it isn't greasy  AT ALL or clogging and it's very runny(not thick).....

i always buy the SPF 50 because i believe anything less isn't protective enough....

don't buy the one for face only... because it is more expensive...

but the one that says for "face and body" .... 

100 ml last a long time... maybe 6 months(granted i don't use it when i don't go out)... and my room is super dark... ( i cover the windows with dark paper)...

anyways i'm going to end my post with this....as i don't like having a post that's too long....

but don't worry .. i'm not done yet... i'm going to go into detail about every product that i use...

starting from cleanser.... toner, serum, body lotion.... etc....

allright...

have a nice day readers

todeloo

xoxo

introductory -Blast from the past...

Hi readers...sorry again for not posting for a while... a lot has happened this month..... my hubby got sick of dengue fever... and i'm moving in to my new house....

i know that this blog is supposed to be about glamour and luxury... but my readers said that they feel more connected when they read stories about my real life experiences... 

...For those of you who doesn't live in south east asia.. dengue fever might be unfamiliar to you.... it's basically a dangerous fever caused by a virus carried by a mosquito..... you need to be bitten by the infected mosquito to be infected.. and if that mosquito bites another person.. that person will also become infected....


anyways the symptoms are much like a regular fever.. but much worse... your whole body aches, especially your bones... ... and you sweat like crazy...(at least that's what my hubby said)... i've never actually got dengue fever.... but hubby got it twice..(how lucky) lol..... the first one he recovered at home, but this time it was much much worse....

He was so sick he couldn't move from the bed... and i had to feed him plain congee...we finally decided to take him to the hospital.. (he was hesitant at first coz he has no health insurance)

It was sad looking at him .. he had the fever for 3 days and didn't take a bath... he smelled really bad.. like a hobo.. lol... i know i shouldn't be joking about it.. but the doc said he's gonna be fine.. just a lil dehydrated...

I had to stay at the hospital at night... and sleep on a very VERY uncomfortable couch... (hubby insists i should stay with him because he gets scared sleeping alone @ the hospital).. maybe he watched too many horror movies ?? -_-'  

anyways i got really tired because it's hard for me to sleep at a comfortable bed... let alone a hospital... and the scumbag hospital also didn't let me bring my own blanket. pillow and guling... pfffttttt... they gave me a blanket but i was so rough..(made with a towel like material)...

and the food.. don't get me started.... it always arrives COLD... and so bland and tasteless..( i get that a hospital is not a 5 star hotel) but the food is beyond horrible.. i keep sneaking in food from the cafetaria so that my hubby could eat.. lol 

anyways by the 7th day.. i was soooo tired from the lack of sleep. N plus hubby had to put on bed rest so he can't walk anywhere.. i have to fetch him the stuff he wanted.. .. he even had to pee in a bottle and i have hold it up.. TMI? sorry ;)

.. one day i was so tired i got up from the sofa with my eyes still half closed.. and ran into the wall(yeah pretty stupid i know)... i ran into it so hard that my toe nail came off (the pinky)... :(... 

at the end of the hospital stay.. i went and got a facial and mani pedi.. i felt like i needed to pamper myself.. i was so worn out... 

anyways this is supposed to be a pre-introduction to my blog .. which is tittled blast from the past...

i am going to talk about the things during my childhood that i still remember to this day.... (movies, food, books, things).. coz i was feeling nostalgic after re reading a goose bumps book(anyone still remember RL stine)? lol

but since i have to move in in 5 days.. there are a lot of things i needed to prepare , plus i have to manage the maids so that they can clean the house efficiently, buy air conditioner/tv/fridge,.. etc...

so i'm going to end this blog post with this... and probably post the next part in 1-2 weeks... stay tuned readers!!!!

todeloo 
x0x0

My guilty pleasures

Hi all. how r u? so i decided to delete one of my blog's post.. u know which one.. because i feel like I've been getting more attention than what i'm comfortable with(the traffic count is through the roof on that one)...and i feel like it's a mistake sharing such a personal story with people who might not understand the full gravity of my situation and so they are quick to judge. I won't let myself be a punching bag for people with their own problems. I value myself too much for that

I deleted it NOT because i'm scared of negative comments.. They don't really effect me emotionally or make a dent on my self esteem. 

This is my frame of mind.. this is MY BLOG, and i write the way i want to write it.. if someone has a problem with what i write then don't read it. or start your own blog..
it was never my intention to be famous 
and to grab as many readers as i can.... 

What i want is a blog that authentically portrays who i am..i don't want to be seen as someone with a perfect life with no problems...

Coming to someone's blog then criticizing what the writer wrote is like coming to someone's home then criticizing how they decorate.. It's RUDE. To attack someone through an anonymous comment is a cowardly act. It is not I who should be ashamed, it is you.  If you are one of those people who can't stand me or think i'm annoying, self absorbed but STILL FOLLOW my blog.. then you have to realize that you may be addicted to me... ?
;)

On the other hand.. I've been getting a lot of random messages from people  that encourage me to keep blogging.. and that they feel connected to what i write.. YOU don't know how much that means to me.. it really means a lot.. so from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT   


This blog post is about my guilty pleasures....
sometimes i get so fed up with life, i needed an escape..

what better to do than to watch a reality show?? :)

it lets you to take off your "life" for a moment and step into someone else's life... 

my favorite shows are as follows

1) THE JERSEY SHORE
this is a show about a bunch of Italian american "guidos and guidettes" 

basically they're a bunch of young people who likes to get drunk, party, sleep around and have fun....

they put a lot of effort maintaining a certain" look" tanned skin... poofed up hair(for girls) spiky hairs for guys...

the guys like to have big muscles so they work out all the time (GTL, all they do is gym, tan and laundry) 
they like to wear tight ed hardy shirts , true religion jeans and nothing else...

there's a lot of drama in the show.. some of them date each other, them break up, then get back together...some of the girls fought so hard that they rip each other's hair when they fight >.<'

despite all this,, i love watching them... because.. I love how they never take life too seriously... they know how to have fun.. and they don't apologize for it...

They are never ashamed of being who they are, no matter how many people criticize /judge them of being trashy low life degenerates.. They know who they are.. they are not ashamed of it.. they don't let others dictate how they live

because let's face it... everybody's life is their own.. no one has a right to tell others how they should be/act... 
*snooki's my favourite btw.. she's such a sweetheart

2)My big fat gypsy wedding.

this one is about gypsy cultures... when i first saw it i was amazed and intrigued by their lifestyle because it's so different than ours.. and not much is known about them

This is what i got from the documentary anyways.. i don't know if it's 100% true because sometimes tv programs can skew reality...

gypsies are travellers that lived in Brittain.. most of them don't live in one area but move around in their trailers.... because of this most of gypsy boys have problems finding work, therefore most boys work in contruction where they get paid in cash....

the biggest day in a gypsy girl's life is when she gets married... she practically gets to fulfill all of her fantasies.. it is the highlight of their life...

they follow a very patriarchal system.. most would even say "medieval" because the women is often regarded as property by the men in their family... Most of gypsy women don't have jobs and their main duty is to produce children/please their husband/ stay at home moms... 

It is so interesting how they maintain their way of live admist living in the 21st century... people who don't understand them will surely judge them

The girls dress in a way where some people would consider "slutty" and dance provocatively... even starting at a young age

However girls are expected to keep their virginity until they're married off...

I find gypsy girls to be very very pretty.. and they have a hot droolworthy body... and their dancing is very very sensual


The main focus of the show is how gypsy girls choose to express their style.. some consider them to be garish, outragous and wacky...

they love to wear p very poofy and costumey gowns....and wear super sparkly accesories

regardless of how people think of them... they held on to your values... and their way of life.. proud and strong... and  i find that admirable...

watching these people taught me to respect /appreciate other people's cultures/beliefs... no matter how different they may seem...
plus i secretly love watching what they put on :p



3) HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO
this one follows a "poor white trash family" which centers around HONEY BOO BOO

she likes to enter beauty pageants... and created a controversy when it's found out that her mom gave her "gogo juice" before competition(a mixture of redbull and gatorade)... A lot of people criticize the mom for being reckless for giving something like that to   her child( honey boo boo's real name is Alana)

First time i watch them is like watching a trainwreck....
the wash their hair in the sink.... and play in the mud for fun...

Alana's 15 year old sister is pregnant and the baby has 2 thumbs....

Their mom, mama june... Farts excessively and isn't ashamed of it...

 they enjoy consuming, spaghetti, butter and ketchup... and call it "sketti"
can u imagine the criticism this family must've received? how many people makes fun of them??especially being in america where people are taught that being thin and beautiful , rich and proper is all that matters.

However once you look further into this family.. you will realize that there is a lot of love here... AGAIN... they are not ashamed of being who they are...

I love Alana because she enjoys the little things in life... she has an upbeat attitude and an open mind.... she has a gay uncle whom she calls her "poodle".... she accepts everyone as who they are...even if they are a little different..

she never lets haters get her down... she even said
"I know who i am, and i will never change"
her main goal in life is not to impress others.. and she never succumbed to pressure.. and that is admirable

to others she might be an ugly old fat hag... but i really find her to be beautiful(or "beautimous")on the inside

It's so refreshing to see a show that's not focused on materialistic things...how people can have so little but still be happy...

i definitely need to learn a thing or two from this family... everyone does...

I kinda wish that there are more people like them in this world... 


anyways i'll leave you with this.. i hope you enjoy this post

xoxo

Fad diets

Hi all...

i've received a lot of attention for my personal post (you know which one) some positive, some negative.... it makes me wonder whether i've made a mistake sharing such a personal story on the web.... i know that it's human nature to judge and getting judged is the consequence of posting something on the web and i should've known better.....

i never wanted to GO IN DEPTH about the personal story... because
1) i don't want anyone to ever feel sorry for me(i made this known from the beginning) 
2)it's way to complicated to explain, i just wanted to convey the meat and bones of it and i tried to avoid further judgement

i thought i'd never have to clarify this(and it annoys the heck out of me that i have to) but i guess i do
1)when i wrote i stayed home and DO NOTHING,it isn't by CHOICE.. I HAVE to stay home....if you don't have a newborn then you will never understand.. having a nanny and maid doesn't mean you can just leave your baby with them and have all your problems solved...

 2) when i wrote that i stayed home and DO nothing ,i don't literally mean DO NOTHING... what i meant was i could not DO WHAT I WANT TO DO...there's nothing I FIND TO BE WORTHWHILE TO DO.... and again it annoys me to have to explain . I sell imported almonds/healthy food products such as cranberry/apricot/blueberry through my blackberry(at home business)...i guess i will go into it more , but it's another blog post(maybe a good opportunity to sell more stuff as well).
I also sell imported japanese food items(such as unagi, octupus, and tobiko).. the amount of money i'm getting from doing this is MINIMAL, and i am still yearning for the financial independence i had while working in VANCOUVER.........

 all my personal post is an expression about how i feel... I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOUR HELP... i know maybe some of you mean well.. but please... save it for someone who needs it... 


this blog post is going to be a fun quirky one... 

I used to be a tad heavier... about 54 kgs...
the weight gain started when i worked at MacDonald .. damn you chicken nuggets and fries..... and I've never been able to lose the extra baggage...

College was a stressful time too(exams, assignments, projects ,deadlines and presentations...) i began stuffing myself with pizza and junk food to numb the stress and pressure....

I have a degree in nutritional science but i'm embarrassed to admit that i don't have a very healthy eating habit... i tried a few fad diets .. some worked... some ended terribly.

i guess i could write a boring post about how "the best way to lose weight is through healthy diet low in fat high in fibre/plenty of exercise and blablalbalbalblablalblalblablah..." BLECH.. no fun in that

... i'm going to share with you a few fad diets that i've tried. I guess i've subjected my body through a few harsh experiments... but i was young and stupid.. oh well.... i guess i sacrificed my body for the sake of science and for the reading pleasure of my readers =)

a word of warning though....
take everything with a grain of salt and don't do anything stupid like i did........ unless you want to... and  God forbid if you end up getting hurtm sick or dead... i don't want to be held responsible for it... mmkay??

1) the no carbs/atkins diet

my friend suggested me to do this diet because she has lost some weight...

THE RULES: eat anything you want except carbs, like potato, noodles, rice, bread...etc etc...

at first it sounds like a miracle..... to be able to eat as many chicken wings or steak as i want.... without limiting myself??? wow...dream come true

I tried it for a few days and i got reallyyyyyyyyyyyy sick... as in sick of eating so much oily foods.. i was getting so lightheaded from my low blood glucose... not to mention the nausea from eating so much protein and fat....i did lose weight from not wanting to eat meat(about 1 kg in 3 days)???

I couldn't sleep... u know low blood glucose levels mess up your mood(the brain's main fuel is glucose)... i was depressed..i think my IQ went down.... finally i couldn't stand it anymore

I ate instant noodles and went to bed happy, but the next day i gained all that weight back.... my body craves for glucose so much that i couldn't resist....

so this diet really screwed me over... 
RESULT: depressed, nauseated zombielike behaviour....

2)share half of what you eat with hubby

this one made sense to me... the rule is,, you can eat whatever you want, but just a PORTION of it.. and you have to give the rest to someone to eat(therefore reducing your total caloric intake)...in this case.. my hubby.. or tobey my dog.....

this one works pretty well , i still do it time to time when i want to eat something... but hubby ends up getting fatter.... but that's okay right?? my mother said that you don't need a handsome sexy husband to be happy.. in fact.. if you have a handsome husband it will bring you more pain because a lot of girls will be chasing after your husband... so the uglier your husband the better..... if you think i'm a lil insane for saying that.. i guess you are right. i guess part of me is a little bit messed up in the head... 

meh.......

word of advice though... don't try to do this diet when your appetite is through the roof... because you'll just end up eating a little bit of a lot of things...(does that make sense)
if that's the case then make your hubby eat the whole thing, and FORCE your mind to believe that you are the one eating it..... :)


3)the spinach soup( jangan bening) and the terong diet...

this one works SOOOOOOOOOOOO WELLLLLLLLLL
you have to cook the spinach soul with no oil/cream/milk
just water, spinach, sweet corn, ginger , a bit of garlic and salt...

so the RULE is.. eat nothing but spinach soup... and terong(terong is eggplant)

i went on this diet before i got married.. and i lost 2 kgs in 2 days...since spinach has carbs in it... my body doesn't crave the sugar.... 

beware..though.. after 1 week of trying this diet.. MY POOP TURNED GREEN.... not like SLIMY GREEN, but deep green.. kinda like cow's dung(it isn't fully digested)... don't ask me how i know what a cow's poop looks like okay...

well ok.. im going to tell you anyways( i once took agricultural science and had to go to a cow's farm as a field trip, those creatures are the smelliest thing ever... they fart every 3 seconds.. seriously.. ) anyways back to topic..

and then after 2 weeks something weird happened.. i had this tremendous headache, and got reallyyyyyyyyy tired all the time...
i thought it was from all the stress and i thought i was going to have a stroke from all the stress( i seriously did.. okay)

and then i called my sister and she told me "poeng (my nickname), ur so stupid it's because of the spinach,, it makes you tired"

i was so grumpy all the time i feel like i want to slap every annoying person with my sandal japit......

i was like... oh yeahhh spinach makes ppl dizzy somehow
.. and i was so relieved that i wasn't going to die ...

VERDICT: try it.. but beware of green poop


4)the 3 instant noodles/frozen dinners a day diet

the idea behind this is restricted calories .... as you know if you take in less calories than you expend.. you lose weight... since counting calories takes a lot of skill, frozen dinners/ instant noodles became an easy method to count calories....

WHY u ask?

because they have the nutrition label in them...
DUMMY...

Most people will lose weight at about 1200 kcal/day

and 1 indomie(instant noodle) is about 400 calories... so if you eat 3 instant noodles a day then u will lose weight...

frozen pasta dinners have about 300 calories/package

I tried this while i was in college.. too lazy to cook and not enough money to eat out... so it was perfect...

i did lose weight trying this diet... but after 2 weeks or so
MY skin became lackluster... my lip's chappy..my hair fell out.. i developed eczema and i COULDN'T SLEEP... 


it's because there are not enough vitamins and minerals in those processed foods.. and the preservatives aren't healthy as well

like.. DUH.. right???
who doesn't know that


5) the heartbreak diet
now this one i never did on purpose... it was when i was still dating Hansen.. and he went back to Indo...we had a fight because we're not used to having a long distance relationship....

i was so stressed... that i locked myself in a room and slept all day... i was so sad .. too sad to eat.. whenever i feel famished.. i would just grab a bag of cheetos... that's all i ate...it was winter and it was cold.. so i was too lazy to take the bus to go eat out...and buy groceries...

after a week or so i lost about 2 kgs....

now ladies... during a breakup is the PERFECT time to diet... i'm not wishing you to breakup with your boyfriend.. but God forbid if you do... trust me.. it's the perfect time to lose weight!!!

6)the 10 jumping jacks diet

this one's pretty stupid.. i have to admit... hahahhahahahaha
i invented this diet to  make it harder for me to nible/snack

the rule is....before you take a bite of something,.. you have to do 10 jumping jacks.. now this is for EVERY bite you take....

i tried this.. and after a while i got so tired of doing jumping jacks.. i just went ahead and finish the whole cheeseburger...
so i guess i didn't lose any weight on this one...
oh well i guess my will power wasn't that strong..

anyways.... i hope you enjoy reading this post

this is merely for fun..don't take anything i wrote too seriously okay...

xoxo

Ladylike touches

Hey readers, it's me again

First of all i'd like to apologize for my horrible grammar and spelling... i am someone who wants to convey a message quickly and directly without worrying about grammar,sentence structure ,punctuations and periods, commas and all that boring stuff...mmmkay......

and to those of you grammar and spelling Nazis out there who likes to dissect every sentence i write...then please go jump in the river and drown yourself.... :D


in this blog post i'll be talking about adding "ladylike" touches to your everyday looks.....

Before i got married , tight skirts , bustiers and hot pants were my daily uniform... lol... but after i have a son.. i feel the need to be more "refined".... i have altered the way i dressed without losing my unique style.....

So today's blog will be about how to feminize/refine your everyday look... 

you don't need to toss out your whole wardrobe... you just need to mix and match a little differently :)

The key word is balance... 
1)if you want to show one body part then cover the others...

EXAMPLE 1

if you decide to wear a figure hugging pencil skirt, then go for a blouse..

If you want to wear a bustier, then match em with a chic pantsuit/blazer
the same goes with tanktops or any body hugging outfits..

this rule of thumb will generally work for every outfit.. please refrain yourself from covering you body in head to toe baggy outfit... unless you want to look like a nun... with that said.. there is only 1 person i can think of who can dress from head to toe in baggy outfits and still look chic.... and that is... Olivia Palermo..

i don't know what the hell is wrong with this chick... she can combine the 2 ugliest colors (mustard and maroon??) and still look great... how bout the one at the bottom pic?? if anyone normal dress like that i don't think they can get away with it like she does...

sigh.. i admit it...

she's a freak of nature....

now let's move on...

2)adding a jacket/blazer/cover to an outfit... can instantly add a ladylike feel...

especially if you don't wear the jacket but kinda throw it over your shoulder.. like this

yes,. i know i'm using this olivia chick as an example again... but i really can't take my eyes off her... she's very hypnotizing... she;s got the art of layering hands down... and can pull off any look

there are many jackets/blazers that are interesting.. you don't have to settle with just a plain black one... experiment with fabrics and colors... such as leather, satin, silk ,sequined or tweed..

i'm sorry for these low res images... 


2)choice of jewellery...

im so sorry ladies.. hoop earings ala j-lo (my love don't cost a thing era) is so out... 

studs are in...

i especially love pearls

i love aishwarya.. isn't she divine???

you don't have to buy the real thing, you can buy cheap costume jewellery as long as it looks classy..

brooches also look nice on blazers....

3)the right bag is your best friend......

if you got some money saved up.. please don't buy guess or versace bags... they don't really withstand the test of time.....

if you can only buy 1 bag.... but the chanel bag...

black or beige will serve you till the end of time
(i'm so sorry for posting a pic of Kim Kardashian, i hate this chick)

4)wear full knee length skirts.... 
i've always loved this sillouete... i think it's so classy..

5) grow out your bangs... 

the anime cut is so over... right now... long. lengthy..wavy layers like serena from gossip girl is so in...


anyways.. those are my fashion tips...

but then again.. those are merely my personal opinion.. i'm not a fashionista or anything...

but if at least one of u decide to try on new things because of this post then you've made my day =)

remember. always have fun with fashion... and if you commited a fashion faux pas.. then who cares? there's always tommorow....


love u all

xoxo

intermezzo...

My apologies for my absence my loyal readers... i haven't been able to blog in a while due to many problems with my son's nanny... it has caused so much distress that i haven't been able to pull myself together to write a blog post.. hence the long absence...

my son has a good nanny whom i loved dearly.. she has very good work ethics and passion for taking care of kids... however she had given me her 2 weeks notice due to an upcoming engagement... as much as i am happy for her.. i had to frantically search for a new nanny in the short 2 weeks.. i contacted every agency, every acquintances for a new nanny...i even asked her if she had friends...
low and behold she introduced me to a new nanny.... my husband and i picked her up.... she seems very nice, clean, young and pretty... and once i arrived home she turned PALE WHITE... and u know why??? she's scared of tobey, my dog...she  asked me to take her home the next day.... DOWN to nanny #1


I don't understand why she could be so scared of my lovely cute tobey.. tobey's such a small unhyper shih tzu that sleeps all day.. he didn't even look at her when she came in... but i guess everybody has their own fear... i went to find another nanny this time from an AGENCY, she looks okay... seems to get along with my old nanny who was teaching her stuff... then... after my old nanny went home.. she took over

after one whole day, she seems fine... then at night she knocked on my door... i asked her why ... she said she wanted to quit.. i asked why.. and she said because i have low blood pressure and i can't take care of babies.... especially at night.. i need my sleep... i think my blood pressure rose to 250 instantly.. my blood was boiling ... i almost yelled at her when i said.. then WHY DID YOU APPLY TO BE A NANNY YOU DECEITFUL CRAZY BIATCH.... well i didn't exactly said the last part... but i sigh..was THAT angry.. seriousy though, it was a waste of my time picking her up at the agency., and paying the fee... and i'm not somebody who is afraid to speak my mind......

i went and take care of hayden for the whole night and it was soo tiring.. i was used to having a nanny from day one... i didn't even know how to change hayden's dirty diaper... i had to ask my cousin at 2 am in the morning on how to wipe clean his butt( embarassing i know)... and hayden was so fussy he wanted to be carried until he's asleep....the next day i passed out while hansen went to pick up another candidate....

this one seems so professional , she was polite, seems clean and tidy... it was fine for a few days until 2 days ago when she said she was sick (she had hemmorhoids)... so i took her to the doctor and told her to rest( i thought hemmorhoids isn't a serious disease)... and then after a hour of taking the medicine she said she was sleepy.. so i let her sleep.... low and behold she didn't wake up for 16 hours.. i seriously thought she had died and had to her breathing and temperature a few times... -_-'  so i had to take care of hayden again... and i don't know why but i'm always unable to sleep when i watch over my baby... i'm always scared that he'll cry so every time he fidgets i would always try to soothe him back to sleep... 

anyways after my nanny got well she told me she was fighting with the maid, because the maid got mad at her for never flushing and always leaving a "present" behind.. if you catch my drift.... that's why she was so stressed and couldn't sleep... that's why her symptoms came out.... seriously.. so much drama over nannies...and maids.. eghhh

anyways enough about my drama.. i've been dying to write another blog.. and a few friends have been pestering me about writing a new blog post.. i was actually planning to do an update on my new house... but i haven't been able to leave the house for a few days.. i've been sick as well... and there's the whole commotion over chinese new year... (hayden's my moneymaker) *chuckle* i actually made 600 bux from him.. - 400 bux from giving out hong pao(red pocket money)...  the thought has crossed my mind to make 10 babies so i can make a lil fortune for CNY(i'll post pics)... ... lol.. but remembering the morning sickness.. the weight gain(which i have not lost completely) and the nanny fiasco.. i think i have to slap those thoughts away.. lol

and then 2 days before valentine the air conditioner  broke.... okay you must be thinking ... so what ?? it's just air conditioner.. but this is indo okay.. there is no such thing as opening the window to let the cool breeze go in.... what'll go in are mosquitos and u'll be left looking like a ladybug the next morning(red spots get it?)
it was so HOT and humid my hubby slept without a shirt on.. and nothing pisses me off than a hot weather....

so he went and got an air conditioner... and claimed it as my valentine's day present... oh my sweet romantic hubby -_-'.......
and then 3 days after valentines he bought me a box of chocolates that went on sale after valentine's day... yes romance is dead in my marriage.... but i still do love him anyways

if my few misfortunes have caused you to have a few giggles then i'm glad.. at least some good came out of it... sigh....


anyways i'll leave you with this... but i PROMISE tommorow i'll start up on a new blogpost...... i hope u readers forgive me..

Miniature Madness

Hi all, sorry it's been a while... i'm not busy or anything but i was super addicted to the tv series "24" and since every episode leaves you with a cliffhanger.. i can't help but keep wanting to watch the next one.. finally after 3 seasons of 24, i decided to stop watching coz i feel like my brain is going to explode... lol... since then i still have a crush on Jack Bauer... sigh...my closest friends know i have a weakness for an older man.. like Keifer Sutherland and Daniel Craig...sighhhhh......... <3<3<3

anyways.. this post is about a favourite thing of mine... MINIATURES!!!!....

Ever since i was a little girl... i wanted a dollhouse for my barbie.. alas.. my parents never bought me 1.. even though they kept promising that they would.... and now i'm 27 and i still don't have a barbie dollhouse...

why am i so obsessed with miniatures? it allows you to own everything you want without spending money on the real thing... i like dollhouses that are made with real materials.. not plasticky like barbie dollhouses...

i fell in love with miniatures ever since i visited a miniature museum in victoria... the miniatures they have is awe inspiring

i came across this website..  www.dollhouseheaven.com they have really nice miniatures

they aren't cheap.. they are priced around 300 dollars and up... and they come pre-assembled.... and empty.... and then you can buy things to fill the house... that's why i love it so much.. you can collect things.. and decorate the house as you want.... like a real house...

My dream is to built a mini replica of versailles.. complete with a mini marie antoinette.. lol

here's a miniature of the windsor castle

not everyone can own a castle, but you can own a miniature castle.. lol

here's a cross section of it.. the details are amazing... especially the stairs railing.... 

have you ever wondered what the White house look like on the inside...Here's a huge miniature(oh the oxymoron) of the white house... quite beautiful... 

i especially love the accesories you can put in the dollhouse ... look at the pic above.. it's so intricately put together... notice the perfume bottle and the hatbox.. oh so beautiful!!!

i also love miniature food...

there's even miniature dimsum....

but my absolute favourite miniature food is.. miniature french pastries... it's so marie antoinette!

look at all the pretty pink cakes!

they look delicious don't they??? unfortunately they aren't edible

but in Japan they have these edible miniatures that you can make and eat(oh those japanese people are so damn smart!)

they are called popin'cookin

if you can't read japanese and want to make these... just go to youtube... and type in popin cookin' they teach you how to make them step by step...

now if you want miniature dollhouse but don't have the money....

then just buy the poor man version of a dollhouse

POLLY POCKETS!!!! when i was young i was in love with them, 

the old school ones though.. not the new ones..

for you youngins who doesn't know what poly pockets are.... they are mini plastic dollhouses... that are shaped like powder compacts, they open up to reveal mini dollhouses... so cute..

i have this same exact one.. it's my favourite poly pocket!!

it is a castle with a princess and a prince.. a horse drawn carriage.. it even has a swan .... the castle even lights up..... when my mom bought it for my birthday.. i was soooo happy... i felt so complete hahaha

anyways i'm going to leave you with that...

i hope you guys don't get all nostalgic when i talk about polly pockets... lol

todeloo

xoxo