Preeeeety.

This is Me Me Me. I love this bag, and I fell in love with this colour (on a bag) about two months ago. Well, I actually prefer a tad more of a turquoise shade, but this sure is pretty too.

This is the Emerald Bay(swater) from Mulberry. It's already sold out on the online store. I think this bag is the budget girl's Birkin equivalent. The Hermes Birkin is named after Jane Birkin, the enfant terrible of her time. Notice how her 60s style is very current.

Do you somewhat feel that Mulberry is the Coach of UK?

Edit: I got a Turquoise bag and I love it! It's not Mulberry though. I got it 40% off at a great sale price. I have to get over this bag obsession, and move on to something cheaper, like straws or plastic badges.

Sneak sneak Wednesday movie preview

Today I have watched the chick flick of the year with SS!
We loved the series before, and now, the show.
It’s all about love and labels, as Carrie said. And also about girlfriends who are always there for you. Look out for Dante, the bridal headdress and the classic pearl necklace that Carrie wore with everything, I mean, everything.
But I must say, Carrie's clothes in the movie are more trend than style driven. I really love the kooky chic vintage stuff she wore in the series, all those were replaced by the currently trendy items, including the really ugly Gucci NY LE bag.

On another note.
I have also just found my DREAM supermarket. Free first hour parking, spacious aisles, no weird smells, cheery warm glow lighting, music that makes me happy and want to tap my feet while choosing the ketchup... Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross... and, no cashier lines, no crowds to deal with. Large selection of stuff. Bliss.

We also tried out Yogurt from Yoguru. The Yoguru shop was playing korean music, the server was korean, the shop decor was in shades of pastel green, very korean, and there were also a pair of korean mother and child customers in the store. The natural flavour was very good. Not overly sweet and yet creamy. We order the smallest portion which turned out to be Alot of good yoghurt. Go try.
SS said something that I thought was funny, she said she liked the yogurt alot because it was cold. She had ice-cream before that wasn't cold and she didn't like it.

the last orchid in bloom.

Our third and last stalk of orchid in bloom. We definitely bought an array of orchids in different colours for the Chinese New Year period, but somehow, the ones that flowered were the ones with purple blooms.
We also noted that the edges of the petals tend to run out of colour... it's abit like the kid who try to colour within the lines but made too much allowances.
Maybe the hormones spray we got were not nutritional enough. We also plan to upgrade the plants by adding more charcoal.

I love funny Japan, and Japan loves cats obviously

Photo from://www.fotolog.com/001a/8813484
From a land that gives us Hello Kitty, Zao-Cai Mao, ... obviously cats form a integral part of their culture.

Now, they have Tama, a tortoiseshell kitty who was appointed a stationmaster of an unmanned train station.

He wears the official train employee uniform, and because he's doing a great job attracting curious passengers which improved the bottom line of the loss-making train line, the kittie is promoted to super-stationmaster.

Hair politics

I'm the kind who likes to wake up, walk to the wash basin, hold running water in palm and press water down onto head, and walk out. That's my morning hair routine. And that, is entirely possible when you get a good haircut. I don't need super good looking hair, my standards are very low, minimal flyaways and overall non gravity-defying hair is ok by me.

I normally go to E salon so R could cut my hair. But the last hairdo didn't turn out too good. The layering was expertly done, but not right for my hair type, and that, coupled with Singapore's hot humid weather, is the combination to ugly morning hairdos. Frazzled hair sticking out in all directions on the top, limp shapeless hair at the bottom. I looked like a Fraggle Rock extra.
Morning Sight:


I hardly let my hair down anymore. After one month of despair, I decided I couldn't put up with this, what a lousy crown of glory I have.

I decided to ask A (R's junior colleague) to cut my hair instead, as I feel she could do a better job (there was once when R was not around and A did a stand-in and gave a sterling haircut). But I couldn't bear hurting R's feelings and facing awkwardness, so I spent three days devising how I could call the salon under pretext to find out when is R's off day so I can sneak visit A. In the end, I just gave up and called the salon and asked directly, and found out the off day is Sunday, so then I made an appointment to see A.

So, Sunday (today) came, A was cutting my hair and hair started looking better already, and Mr. R himself walked in. It's his off day and he brought his kids to see his work place. WTF?? Am I the most unlucky person in the world or what?

Frankly at this point, I don't know why I feel embarrassed and at the same time, guilty, for asking A to cut my hair, I pretended to be really engrossed in magazine reading and temporarily deaf, and not notice R when he was obviously greeted Loudly by all his friendly colleagues.

Somehow, I felt bad, because, I think One always has to be loyal to One's hairstylist. Seriously, alot of people have longer relationships with their hairstylists compared to with their boyfriends or girlfriends.
But, everyone also knows, when you find a good hairstylist, you must not let go, so, I decided, heck awkwardness, just transfer allegiance to A.

Cooper tote from Anya Hindmarch

This bag has an elegant and classic shape. The patent bottom is a quirk that adds character.
It's a bag I can carry from now to whenever the bag breaks down right?

Well, something is wrong with it. The Size, for sure, It's freaking huge. See the bag on Angelina Jolie. Alamak, it's a bag for people of Yao Ming's size. We will all look anime if we carry it. WHy can't it come in a smaller size?



pictures from Bagsnob.

Ea_si_est Salad to prepare.

Singapore weather sucks big time nowadays. It's so scorching hot and it's not even June yet. God is punishing all of us, I feel, there seems to be so many natural disasters recently, and even daily weather is depressing. Optimism is in short supply. I'm so sick of reading about oil price increases and rice shortages. I can't decide if I'm PMSing or not.

Well, what is within my control. One of the ways to cope with the weather is to have lots of cold meals which helps bring back the appetite, such as the one below which took ONE minute to prepare. Cucumber, cherry tomato, shredded crab meat tossed in ready made Jap salad sesame sauce. Light, sweet and most importantly Chilled.

What are the slightly less evil food?

Sometimes we make food choices that seem so bad, but are they really? Ask yourself, which is less sinful?

Evil Versus Evil Food Quiz
1. Unsalted butter or Peanut Butter?
2. Berry Jam or Kaya?
3. Tiramisu or Brownie?
4. har gao or Siew Mai?
5. Mayo or Tartar sauce?
6. Sweetened popcorn or kacang puteh?
7. Char Kway Teow or Fried Carrot Cake?

And Lastly,
Nasi Lemak or Chicken Rice?

Answers: Peanut butter, Kaya, Tiramisu, Har Gao, Kacang Puteh, Char Kway Teow & Chicken Rice.

And so irritating, how come the article didn't cover Mee Pok Tah?
Source: Simply Her, March 2008 issue

Edit: I missed out answer to Q.5, it's Mayo.

That ugly thing.

When the Prada blossoms handbag series came out, I told a friend I hated the whole bunch of them, and even if you give them to me for free, I would not want them. They're not classic, and look freaking gaudy. Well, guess what, the ugly things grew on me, and now I think they’re totally cute. Not to mention the fact that one of my favourite style icons, Sienna, was seen carrying one while out drinking a coke, the soda drink.

But will I pay over 2k for the bag? I think not. I mean, I like it, but not That Much. But if you do Give one to me, I'll graciously accept. : )


Image from handbag.com

Bougainvillea Showdown.

West coast (cali) vs East coast (siglap).

We have a bougie that has gorgeous flower petals that change from an ivory white to blushing pink as the weather heats up. You can often find the mother and I standing outside the gates admiring the plant loudly.
We’re not biased when it comes to the plant, I have proof - We have a neighbour who is not dumb (I mean as in handicapped, not IQ impaired), who doesn’t speak to us, and so probably he doesn’t like us very much, right? But, I would catch him taking pictures of the plant.

One day, we decided that our bougie plant would beat hands down my sis’ huge bougie plant in her back garden, and of course, we told her.

Having a rather competitive spirit, she didn’t back down, and decided to show us her bougie plant on her blog, with Sam standing next to it (who kind of became an accidental scaling device) so we figured yessss…..her bougie is way bigger than ours.

But did we concede defeat? My sis’ competitive spirit definitely came from the mother (she imparted competitive + sore loser spirit, the latter, I also inherited), who retorted, yes, her plant is bigger because it came with their house and they didn’t grow it from a seedling, and anyway, we win because our flowers are prettier.

I think this could go on forever, or at least until one of the bougies passes away.

Cat Snooze

This is how a cat, with no security/safety hang-ups, sleeps.

Maybe I just don't mix well with Crystal rings.

I’ve had it with Crystal rings, really. I loved Chunky Crystal rings until about two weeks ago.

I went out with some friends to East Coast Park to have drinks, and was high when I got home. With a lot of care, I removed my glacier ring, and placed it on the dresser.

Then, the next day, the sober me carelessly swept my hand across the dresser and the ring flew and smashed nicely on the floor - nicely, because the ring didn’t, to add insult to injury, disintegrate into teeny glass pieces and further bloody me when I walk on them. So that’s crystal ring number 1.

Ugly smashed side:


Side not smashed:


Ring number two. I cleaned up my study area and found my Lalique ring which I then left on the bed and went off for tea. When I came back, the ring was not where I left it. I knew it! The Hitler cat was just pretending to be sleeping behind the TV console, and the minute I’m gone, he sprang out to play footsie with the ring.
I found the ring on the floor about 10 metres away. It was still in one piece, didn't smash nicely or have a single scratch. Panic died down. But honestly, my heart and purse cannot withstand this kind of shock on a regular basis. I’m keeping the tango ring, crystal ring number three under lock now. After all this, I’m going to stick to non-breakable metal rings.

Fierce ah....

“Wah! That is so fierce!” Say it with keen ah Lian accent when checking out sharp cars, dresses or shoes.

I started using this phrase couple of years back, and now I may have to stop. Christian from Project Runway 4 used that Fierce phrase a lot, albeit with an American accent, so now if I use it, people will think I’m trying to be attas and copy cute bitchy Christian when, actually, I’m trying to emulate local heartland girls instead.

Project Runway 4 is now showing on Channel 16 and not on state TV yet, so I can still get away with using “Fierce!” on people with no cable, such as (ex) probation girl or people who don’t watch channel 16 even if they have cable, or people who don’t watch TV.