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Birthdays

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:02:00 +0000

Tomorrow I become another year older.

Was in an Oasis mood just now... singing to Talk Tonight.

Why do people celebrate getting older? It's getting to be an emo thing for me... I don't want to grow up.

Maybe I will never be
All the things that I want to be
But now is not the time to cry

I miss the old Me.

I'm gonna live forever.

I Wanted To Cry Yesterday

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:15:00 +0000

Yesterday while at work, one of my vehicles had a suspension fault so we had to drive slowly to Sungei Kadut to get it repaired. It was a slow and boring day as we spent our whole day at the workshop.

Bored, I walked around the junkyard and the huge workshop looking at scrapped vehicles, and that was when I spotted this:

A litter of extremely adorable puppies! Pardon the horrible shots, my camera phone sucks in dark areas. For those familiar with the Sungei Kadut industrial area, they will know that there are many wild dogs there. There were 6 puppies, 3 boys and 3 girls, all in various shades of brown and black. They were a bundle of joy to look at, and I played Tug-O-War with them with one of the mechanic's (hopefully unused!)sock. The mother dog was nowhere to be found though.

They were so cute tumbling over each other, rolling on the floor, chewing on cables, I almost wanted to kipnap a little one home. They made me smile and the hours at the workshop past just a little bit faster :)

Little did I know, the Boss of the workshop actually called SPCA earlier. 2 hours after I was there, a SPCA van came and the guy started taking all the pups away, separating the boys and girls into different cages.

I was a little sad but happy for the pups as I was thinking hopefully they might find good homes and owners. After an hour since the SPCA guy left, I heard barking, and then I realised the mother bog had come back.

It was heart wrenching. She was barking and howling with all her heart. You could practically feel her heartbreak at losing her babies. She ran around the whole workshop and barked non-stop. I heard one of the mechanics say to her, "Mellow! Your babies kenna snatched already!"

Then he pointed to one of the female bosses and told Mellow, "SHE snatched your babies away. Blame her."

Mellow seemed to understand the mechanic, and for the next hour that I was there, Mellow barked at all the bosses that walked past. It was really sad and I wanted to cry when I looked at her.

I know by calling SPCA the puppies will have a chance at a better life. But looking at the howling mother dog, and a dog's life at the Sungei Kadut area, makes me wonder if sometimes we are doing a right thing morally canine.

If you're looking to get a dog, please do go down SPCA and adopt those lovely adorable puppies!

Mellow was still barking when we left... :(

A Short and Silly Halloween Story

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:01:00 +0000

A silly and pointless Halloween story...

I just sent my friend home and before he left the car, he suddenly asked me,

"Are ya scared of spiders?"

"Nope."

Though I'm terrified of roaches and alot of flying insects, I'm alright with spiders, 'cause I find them quite fascinating.

"Ya sure ya not afraid of spiders?"

I answered quite confidently that I wasn't.

"No! I'm not!"

My friend suddenly turned and threw this on my lap.

I screamed. Loudly.

Never felt so stupid.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

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In other news.... I know I have not been updating my blogshop for a darn bloody long time... Finally I have something new for ya guys!

Some sneaks coming up... I should be posting them tomorrow if everything goes smoothly :)

Stay tuned!

Cute Overload

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:22:00 +0000

This is gonna be an entry on pets, so if ya not exactly an animal lover, prepare for some cute overload...

As some of my friends or colleagues might know, I recently (more like 3 weeks back) got myself a new hamster...

He was a skinny little thing when I first got him.

He's a Russian Winter White. In the wild, their fur moults and turn white during the winter months. Since there's no winter season here, I don't think my hamster's fur gonna moult to white anytime soon haha.

Anyways, meet Whiskey! I named him after the colour of the drink. Lol.

Now that he's abit older, his fur is abit darker though. I went to Serangoon North Ave 2 to source for everything, as I've read that the cluster of pet shops there offer competitive prices. I finally settled at Pet Mart 'cause the auntie was really friendly.

She had a lot of types of hamsters including a real cute Pearl Winter White one... too bad I wanted a baby hamster. She went to the back of the shop and brought out this small tupperware food sized container. I picked the weakest, smallest, most frail looking one.

Look how skinny he was when I first got him.

His new cage that I got for him real cheap!

Hehe can you spot Whiskey hiding in his little crampy cube pot? Pot for $2 at Daiso! Love that place. See the pink plastic container? That's his toilet cum bath. Whiskey's toilet trained now. Woot!

He's a damn busybody I tell ya. Always want to "investigate" what's outside.

Eating a tomato, one of his favourite treats I feed him by hand.

His new toy my friend got for him, a hayball with a bell inside.

My friend is falling under Whiskey's spell. He's not exactly the animal lover "awwwwww" type. And to my pleasant surprise he got Whiskey a toy and some treats. Lol!

I stuffed a few sunflower seeds in the hayball. It drives Whiskey crazy trying to dig them out. *Evil laughter*

For revenge, he got himself a new hobby...

... Bar biting.

I have rubbed lemon, vinegar on the bars... doesn't stop him going at it. He does that to wake me up in the morning when my own alarm fails to wake me up and wakes him up instead. He does that to get my attention as well. Very naughty.

His other hobby besides eating and bar biting, would be sleeping.

Awwwwwwwww, right? Lol.

Okay, enough of Whiskey!

Remember Ah Pui the fat part time cat at my ex-workplace?

One of my kind colleagues adopted her some time back and gave her a home. :)

I visited Ah Pui and her new owner a couple of weeks ago and boy, is she FATTER now.

She looks much healthier though. :) And cuter than ever!

Acting shy to see me:

Ah Pui playing with Little Miss Chatterbox half-heartedly..

"Yea, I know I'm fat, whateverrr." Too fat to stand have to prop herself up with a paw. Lol!

Even her stumpy tail grew into a fat round furball.

My pictures don't do Ah Pui any justice. She looks better without flash and in real life. Hehe.

Okay, for those of ya sick of furballs and cutesy little stuff, some not so cutesy stuff for the more "manly" people out there....

... My brudder's pet prawns.

Not for eating, mind you!

Fighting over a piece of algae...

It's really fun watching them fight over food heh. They hit, shove and pull for a piece of yucky algae.

Video!

Okay, I know the video ended quite abruptly; my camera battery died, haha!

Okay, that's the end of my Cute Overload post... recently did some great Skinfood purchases online, hope to share with ya guys in a blogpost mini Skinfood review soon :)

Oh, and follow me on Twitter! :D

I KNEW IT. Fergie has a penis.

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:06:00 +0000

I knew it.

I've suspected for some time that Fergie is not a woman. You know... A man? Penis? Hey brother? Homme? Hombre? Laki?

See this.

Close up?

That's not Fergie? Look again...

Yupp, it's her!

(pictures taken from The Superficial.)

Hehe. You decide...

A Tribute...

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:53:00 +0000

... to the Greatest Popstar That Ever Lived

Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)

One word...

... Legendary.

My Part Time Pussy Cat

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:31:00 +0000

That's Ah Pui. Isn't she cute? She's also affectionately known as Fatty, Pui Eh, Greedy, Pom Pom, Flabby, and all sorts of other degratory weight names hehe. I know Ah Pui is more of a masculine name for her, but sadly the nickname has stuck...

Meet Ah Pui, my part time cat :)

Act Demure Pose

It all started when 2 stray cats, one fat, one skinny(no points guessing which was Ah Pui), turned up outside our workplace one day. They are already being fed twice daily by a kind hearted lady at the void deck. The nice lady cooks them healthy meals and every single starving stray cat will patiently wait for her to turn up every morning and every evening.

So this 2 cats, they came to our door and started mewing pitifully like they haven't been fed for the longest time. My colleague, more soft hearted than I am, went to the local mamashop and bought 2 tins of cat food. To which, of course, the 2 cats ate it up greedily.

Actually, Ah Pui ate it up more greedily, 'cause whenever Skinny wanted to take a bite, Ah Pui will swipe his head with her paw.

Yes, this innocent looking Ah Pui has been bullying Skinny. No wonder Skinny is skin and bones. Ah Pui will eat her own share and half of his. What a big bully.

Well, the rest is history. After that fateful day, Ah Pui started hanging outside our door. Mewing to get our attention, clawing the door if we shut her in, manja us in every single way she possibly can to melt even the hardest of the hardest hearts. Skinny was more of a drifter, coming and going as he pleases.

After feeding them a few times with commercial pet food, Ah Pui started rejecting the kind cat lady's home cooked food, and became our permanant door cat.

Skinny eventually drifted apart from Ah Pui and was nowhere to be found :(

Happier times when they still like each other:

So sweet right?

A fat picture of Ah Pui:

I was never allowed to have furry pets at home, so I really surprised myself when I found myself missing that fat ball of fur. I'm really happy 'cause my colleague eventually adopted her :)

Shall leave ya with 2 videos of Ah Pui VS A Hotdog. Enjoy!

Have a good weekend!

Jonas Brothers' New Music Video

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:02:00 +0000

I'm not a big fan of Jonas Brothers, but I know I've said before that I kinda like to see gay-ish guys dance. But this... this... this takes the cake.

WTF. I couldn't even watch the whole vid.

My Favourite Lesbian Song

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:33:00 +0000

I can't sleep.. went to sleep at 6pm and now I'm wide awake.

Started watching some of my old Youtube favourites :) So I thought I might share some of them with ya.

I watched this like a million times, and still not sick of it...

This is my favourite lesbian song. Or rather one of my favourite songs that is oh so gay. And what makes it even more truly great?

TRAVIS DID A COVER OF IT. OMG!

Fran's accent is such a huge turn on. When he sang in falsetto, I swear I could just melt into the floor. SIGH.

I lovelovelove Travis.

The song by the original singer:

I like Katy Perry's carefree style. This video I posted is my favourite live version of her singing this song on Youtube. I usually prefer watching live videos than MTV versions :)

Hope ya enjoyed the vids!

Oh, and just to clear the air, I'm not gay. But kissing a girl is indeed curious :D

WHY I Still Think Some Guys Are Disgusting

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:30:00 +0000

Remember my post sometime back?

Just last week or so ago, again, while having a sleepless walk around my workplace (now ex-workplace), I spotted this:

I swear it must be from the same underwear owner from my previous post. I told my colleague about the underwears hanging there and he swears they've been there for a few days. Noone came to claim them. Don't tell me the owner has been walking about underwear-less.

Another disgusting thing I found at work...

Looks like some Tongkat Ali of some kind. Seriously. I cannot fathom why alot of guys wish to look like that. I think it's overdoing it a little. I wouldn't mind a little fat on a guy, really. A guy looking like the Ade Rai guy will scare me. I've got paranoid thoughts of him crushing my skull to bits with one hand. Yikes.

And who are all those people on the back of the box anyway?! Lol. After I found the box at work I was trying to get on everybody's nerves by acting like I'm in an Infomercial hehe.

"KukuBima!" (Kuku-jiao? Hehe.)

"Ener-G!" (Stress the 'G' loudly.)

"KUAT!" (Means strong.)

With a thumbs up sign while holding the box. Or flexing a bicep holding the box. Or speak in a real manly voice. Or saying "KUAT!" really loudly.

You get the idea.

Anyways enough about guys and some of their funny habits....

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I know I blogged my last post apparently boasting that I'm gonna de-clutter my life. So, after de-cluttering my phone, I realised I have many random pictures I took some time ago. Ok, not too long ago anyways, 'cause my phone is relatively new. I got a new phone this January as a birthday gift:

MWG Zinc II

Yeah, I'm really late blogging this, I know. The phone's not bad... abit laggy, but I love the functions, all except the pathetic 2MP camera with NO flash. Why can't any company come up with a perfect phone with perfect functions at a perfect price? Irritating. Haha.

Yupp, so some dated pictures from my phone... not too great, I'm afraid...

I baked an Oreo Cheesecake for my youngest brother's birthday last month. It wasn't too bad :P

Took this while flying over the desert, on the way to Moscow... fucking beautiful, isn't it?

Wish I can have a job that takes me places... And wished I studied Geography harder in secondary school. I went home and Googled maps for a long while. I wanted to find out what desert the plane flew over... I think it might be the Iranian Desert?

What do you think?

Some other pictures..

Moscow Domodedovo International Airport!

Cream and cheese from Moscow.

Caramel Ice-cream from Moscow.

Delicious :)

Yeah, I looked like crap in the photo. Bloated, dark eye circles, huge eyebags, smelly, oily scalp, jet-lagged... I flew for many, many hours. But the view was worth it. :) Wish I have the chance to see the world one day.

De-cluttering My Life

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:05:00 +0000

I officially live in a pigsty. My physical and emotional baggage is like... whoa! Overwhelming.

I seriously don't know how or where to start!

Months ago, I realised I am just shifting my junk from one place to another less conspicuous place. I can't bare to throw old stuff away for the fear that I might miss or need it one day. All those old clothes... "Oh, I'm gonna lose weight and fit in them again" thoughts... Gah! How do I even believe myself.

It's time I start de-cluttering. I'm a uber big procrastinator.. I'm talking big now, but gotta stop the ATNA. All Talk No Action.

Let's make a list:

♠ De-clutter my Laptop
My laptop is currently 85% full. I don't know what else I have in my lappy except for some TV shows, music, and pictures. I keep adding music and it's time I listen to some of the 238787 songs I've got in my lappy.

♠ De-clutter my Phone
Full of SMSes, random photos, call histories from last century, games not played... Phonelist with people I barely know... Sheesh.

♠ De-clutter my Bags
I have many bags. Each bag has its own clutter. Especially my work bag. Have ya seen the bag I bring to work? Zillions of colleagues have asked me what I always put in that bag and I will always reply with "Gold". Not funny anymore. I need to empty my big bag full of rubbish!

♠ De-clutter my Room
The biggest headache of all. I need to start selling alot of pre-loved clothes. They are all in paperbags on my shelves, I can't even see my shelf anymore. Magazines by my bedside, I don't even touch them. Notes on my table... scribbled with ideas that I never launched. Dressing table.. half used creams, expired makeup.. OMG!

♠ De-clutter my Wardrobe
Beside clothes, I have tons of other stuff in my wardrobe that I don't even know what it is. I know it's there, but I have no idea WHAT is there.

♠ De-clutter my Car
Yes, even my car has junk. Damn.

I started this list with only my room in mind, but looked what I thought up....

This is extremely depressing. Makes me feel like procrastinating more :(

I'm gonna start with something easy... to feel motivated..

Update later. I'm gonna start my decluttering my phone.

Vote for Me and Win a CANON Camera!

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:48:00 +0000

Vote for me? :P Page 12 Entry 560... VOTE now!

I've been lazy. And busy.

Gotta apologise for not keeping my promises to blog about my HK trips and amongst other stuff....

Life taking another turn soon, as I'm posted out from my current workplace and joining some place else with (what I think is) not-so-nice people. But I may be wrong. Will find out on 1st June :)

The guys at work threw a farewell for some of us that are posting out or retiring, and I received this huge card with little post-it notes on them.

I wanna share one of the post-it notes, so to explain that, actually I had constipation some time back so as a habit now I bring 2 bananas everyday to work and all my colleagues can see me munching on a banana before work or during work.

You can imagine all the dirty jokes and snide remarks done in good humour.

So to share one of the notes, this post-it note cracked me up like crazy...

Obviously written by a guy who have no guts to leave his name LOL.

Ok gotta go, leaving for somewhere in a few hours with a someone I can't stand. Wish me luck!

Oh, and if you like Coach, LV, or A&F stuff, don't forget to check out my blogshop!

My Skincare Routine

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:30:00 +0000

I just suddenly decided to blog about my facewash after washing my face lol.

I'm not gaining anything doing an advertisement for them products, I just wanna share the good stuff :)

Since my tweens, I have been having really bad skin with frequent breakouts and scars. I change my facewash often, and I don't usually buy the same product twice. I'm also quite fussy, I don't like facewashes that do not leave me a squeaky clean feeling. You know how some facewashes don't foam at all and somehow leaves your face as oily as before ya had washed it? Yeah, I hate those.

My combination skin also do not allow me to use facewashes that are too harsh, a good example is Neutrogena's Deep Clean. I found that after washing, my face feels really tight and after frequent use, my nose and cheeks started peeling :(

I have been using this cheap charcoal S$2 facewash I got from Daiso for some time. I actually found it quite good, and so far it was the only facewash product that I would purchase again when I had run out.

But these past six months, I have been using my brother's facewash. I only started using my brother's facewash after mine ran out. Initially when I only use his facewash only when mine ran out, I didn't find out how good it was. But after a few washes, I realised the facewash left my face squeaky clean and it also didn't dry it out. After I used it for a week I realised it cleans pretty well, and it seemed to have lessen my breakouts. For now, I'm hooked to this product.

I think it's the best facewash product I have tried so far, a product from Johnson & Johnson, my Clean & Clear Deep Action Refreshing Cleaner :D

With my 2 brothers using it and now me included, the wash runs out pretty fast :P

I love love love this.

Remember a few posts back I blogged about my Skinfood mini haul from Hong Kong? I wish I have gotten more! Sigh...

The Skinfood Peach Sake Ice Mist I sometimes use to freshen up in the morning or when I come back from a 13 hour work shift at night...

I have no idea whether the mist does anything for my skin, but the smell is wonderful! I feel happy after using it all the time, and sadly, it's running out soon :( Initially I thought it was a total impulse buy, but I got hooked to the feeling of the ice cold mist on my sleepy face and eyes. I got hooked to the nice peach smell I smell before I step out of my house to work, and I got hooked to the "prickling" sound it makes when I touch the cotton wool to my face. I'm crazy.

And I still think this product does absolutely nothing to my skin. Haha.

Another Skinfood product I wanna rave about:

My beloved Skinfood Aloe Sun BB cream. My miracle cream. Only rant is that I wish the SPF is higher.

And due to the combination of all of the above products, I think my skin is better now :) *touchwood! My breakouts are less frequent now, and I don't get huge ass pus-filled pimples as often. The scars on my face appears lighter, and my face is definitely less oily.

Best thing of all of the above? They are not too expensive to get! I do not want to spend alot of money on a product that I later do not like.

Hehe... if you are like me, do click here to join Fr3b.com for free samples! That way, ya don't have to spend lots of money buying a product ya don't like :) Just pay for the postage and sample packs will be mailed to your house :)

You know what could be better? If I find the perfect eye cream and moisturiser too. I will be seriously ecstatic. I'm a big big big face, hand and body moisturiser fan. I'm still switching moisturisers like crazy, hopefully I will find a permanant fave soon :) Shall look through Fr3b.com for more samples ;p

Fucked Up

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:53:00 +0000

I just reached home from town and I have to get this out of my system.

Singapore roads are FUCKED UP.

And stupid birds with STUPID diarrhoea!

And stupid Sillyporeans.

And stupid Stompers.

asjkdhjsahdjsadhasdsdkfhdskjfsdfarghhhhhhh!

Batman and Superman

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000

I can't log in to my Singnet broadband gateway summary. Why like that? :(

The page doesn't even load. I want to add exceptions and the page can't even load. How? Any solutions anyone?

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Nothing interesting enough happened recently for me to blog about it here. Angry with someone from work due to his selfishness. Grrr. These days it's just work, home, work, home. Grrrr.

Anyone in a grumpy mood as well?

Hope this following joke helps!

Man: ” Hi sir, I would like to complain about one of your police officers, who have assaulted me at the cafe.”

Sergeant: ” Can I have your name please?”

Man: “Batman.”

Sergeant: “Batman?”

Man: “Yes, Batman.”

Sergeant: “You trying to be funny is it?”

Man: “No.”

Sergeant: “Then what is your father’s name?”

Man: “Suparman”

Sergeant: “Hey, you trying to be funny is it?”

Man: “No.”

Sergeant: “You are telling me that you are BATMAN, the son of SUPERMAN??"

Man: “Yes...”

Sergeant: “You really too much you know, I can charge you for this offence for lying about your name to a police officer. Show me your IC.”

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I don't know whether this IC is authentic, but I hoped it at least made ya smile! Enjoy your weekend!

P.S. Check out my blogshop! Sexy tops!

Updated my Blogshop with Necklaces :)

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:13:00 +0000

I know I haven't been updating my blogshop for like forever.

Here it is, my blogshop:

http://thesnappydresser.blogspot.com/

Go see!

This is my second collection of necklaces. For the first collection, click here :)

My Hong Kong Trip Day 1 & 2

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:19:00 +0000

I know. I haven't been blogging for the longest time. Been really busy running around, busy with stuff, research... and I'm super lazyyyyy. Argh!

But decided to snap out of that lazy mode and finally do a write up on my (not so) recent Hong Kong trip (like finally, huh). I also wanna thank D for winning the pair of SQ tickets and choosing me as her travel partner so that we could both fly there for free :) Well, hope ya enjoy my write up! Prepare youself, this is gonna be long post...

My Hong Kong Trip Day 1

You know, when I was in Hong Kong, I was complaining to D, my friend, about crowded Hong Kong everytime we took the MTR or while trying to cross the road. I just could not understand (while I'm there) how could this be a holiday when it's really like going to town on weekends, or travelling to the most crowded place in Singapore. Everywhere it's just full of PEOPLE and it doesn't freakin' feel like a freakin' vacation to me. Vacations were supposed to be relaxing. Empty beaches, cheap eats, places with beer cheaper than water, great shopping sales... and seriously I didn't think Hong Kong had any of that. It really felt I was taking a vacation in Singapore.

But now that I'm back home, I feel like going back there again for the shopping and eating. And for Macau as well, I actually liked Macau better (less crowded). So I'm gonna contradict myself above and say that I actually don't mind going back to HK again ;p

Okay, I talk too much. Pictures!

Ugly Changi Airport Terminal 3. I liked T1 and T2 way better.

Butterflies!

We came across this Butterfly Sanctuary at T3 and despite me having a phobia with any kind of flying insect, butterflies included, I decided to go in to take a look. Although I'd admit I did freaked out a few times while in there when some butterflies blindly flew at me. Stupid butterflies. I think I was really brave when I took this picture. Normally I dislike flying insects.

The flight from Singapore to Hong Kong took 3hrs and 40mins, and we finally arrived at Hong Kong International Airport. One thing good about Hong Kong, ya don't have to worry about touts or cabbies that rip ya off at the airport like in some other countries. They have this MTR system which is really like Singapore's MRT. Ya can simply hop on the Airport Express to the MTR then walk, cab or take a bus to your hotel. It's really convenient :)

Before hopping on the Airport Express, we bought this pass:

Airport Express Travel Pass

For HKD300 (approx SGD$58), this pass consists of 2 single journeys on the Airport Express, and 3 days of unlimited travel on the MTR, which I think it's really great. During our trip there, we walked and took MTR most of the time. Moreover, you can get back HKD50 when ya return the pass on your last day. Quite a good deal, I think.

Inside the Airport Express

This MTR pass can be "topped up" as well, like our EZ Link Card. After adding value to the card, you can continue using the card after the 3 days unlimited rides. While in Hong Kong, I realised the locals did not only "tap" with their Octopus card (something like our EZ Link Card). They were tapping with their watches and soft toy key chains / bag charms as well! Which is really kind of cool for the latter, that nice bling key chain hanging from your bag actually doubles up as your MTR pass.

One more thing I realised about their MTR card... they use it for everything! School campus as your school pass, buying of food, shopping at the supermarkets, JUSCO, Bossini, cake shops, clubhouses, even hospitals. So if ya lose one card, ya lose out alot. That's my point of view, of course. Haha. Like I mentioned before, I don't really like a cashless system. Well, enough of MTR cards...

For accommodation, my friend and I wanted to stay in 2 different areas during our 6 days in Hong Kong. Due to budget constraints and that Hong Kong's hotels are really expensive, we decided to choose a hostel to stay in during our first 2 nights in Causeway Bay.

Thus, we chose HK Studio @ Causeway Bay for its really good location, cheap rates, and relatively OK nice website picture (trust me, hotel and hostel website room pictures should never be trusted).

I wasn't really shocked when we reached our room.

HK Studio @ Causeway Bay
Horrible looking bedsheets

Dressing table

Smallest TV You've Ever Seen, It's More Like A CCTV

Shower Room and Toilet

Thank goodness our hostel was relatively clean. And although I have to admit while the decor and bedsheets were horrible, the room was quite spacious. I swear. Compared to my hotel I stayed in Kowloon, this hostel looked like a freakin' 3 room flat. Lol. Another plus point was that the hostel wasn't that hard to find. I've heard alot about hostels in Hong Kong being located on the 12th floor of some run down building with hidden entrances and located on a road with no building numbers. And I gotta say, this hostel was really easy to find, and with it's great central shopping location and near to the MTR, I really don't mind staying there again. Plus they have free internet too :)

After checking in, we met up with D's Hong Kong friend, V, and she brought us to... eat!

Kway Teow Soup Place.. Sorry can't read the chinese words :P

Octopus Ball Soup

Baby Octopuses

Fried Fish Skin

Sorry I can't remember the road name to this place. Bah!

After that, dessert :)

Got the road name this time.

I personally think that Lucky Dessert is nicer than that famous Xu Liu Shan place. I tried both dessert stalls, and I felt this was better. It was also less crowded. Didn't have to squeeze and shove for seats and share a table with strangers. The Mango Pomelo dessert thing was heavenly. Yummmmm. That blackish looking dessert is some black sesame paste dessert. If ya like sesame, do remember to try it :)

Okay. Now for day 2.

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Hong Kong Trip Day 2

We had a full day ahead of us and the first thing we planned to do was to go Lian Xiang Lou located at Wellington Street for authentic yum cha. While looking for the place, we walked past Peddler Street:

I really like the way they tiled the road. Took alot of photos here.

Walking along Wellington Street, we past by this famous eatery that was mentioned in quite a few blogs and forums:

Too bad we didn't have enough time to come back for this... This place serves Mediterranean food. Really great place for all Muslim friends to eat if ya in Hong Kong :)

Finally, we reached Lian Xiang Lou!

I have read about this place many times in Cozycot forums, and I told D that I wanted to try this place out, soak in the atmosphere and stuff like that. The last time I ate Dim Sum in a restaurant was more than 10 years back with my parents.

This was the scene that greeted me when I reached there.

Noisy, crowded with elderly, some chatting loudly in Cantonese, some reading newspapers. Basically you are supposed to find a seat and squeeze into a round table with strangers. Most of the time, 2 elderly men sitting next to each other in a table are strangers. We bravely tried to order when both of us couldn't speak a single sentence of Cantonese. Too bad the only Cantonese words I know are expletives. Lol.

Our Order Chit

I'm so glad my friend knew what tea to order. I was hopeless. I don't even know the name of the tea that Chinese restaurants during Chinese weddings serve. I was a mountain tortoise over there. I was really impressed when D started washing the utensils in tea. Yes, in the same Chinese wedding tea they served us (forgot the chinese name for that). Apparently the people there wash every single piece of cutlery there with the tea they ordered. Haha.

And no, of course we didn't drink the tea that we washed our cups in.

Now, for food. Initially we didn't know how it all works but in the end we managed to figure out. Different aunties will push their carts around with different kinds of food, so when they pass by your table, ya supposed to grab a din or ask from auntie, and the auntie will then stamp your order chit.

Most of the time, asking auntie what's in those dins in Mandarin would get ya something muttered in Cantonese in return (which we completely did not understand), so in the end we just opened up the din covers and see what's being served haha. The aunties didn't mind.

Hakkao

This is yum.

Peanut Bao

We ate so full we almost burst.

Our order chit at the end

This dim sum was nothing like the dim sum I ate at a resturant in Singapore more than 10 years ago :) This is authentic stuff ;p Remember to go early! We reached there around 9plus in the morning and it was already full house.

The dim sum feast costs D and I HKD65 each. Not bad for a really heavy breakfast. Heh.

Due to the good weather, we decided to visit Lamma Island.

Nice picture huh. If you like nature, Lamma Island's something like our Pulau Ubin, but with much more scenery and much, much more steeper hills to climb.

To get there, we took a ferry from Pier 4 at Central Pier.

The ferry took us to Yung Shue Wan, the more populated part of the island. From there, we planned to take a 45 minute hike to the other part of the island, Sok Kwu Wan, where most of the seafood stalls are located.

We happily started walking, and we spotted this:

So we sat down and had a bowl each. The beancurd here had a unique taste, unlike Singapore's version. I was trying to place what it was when I realised it was the taste of ginger. Lol. It was alright, I don't really like ginger but the taste of it was quite mild. It was slightly too sweet for me though.

After trying the beancurd, we walked on, arriving at the first beach.

Walk down a little further and there's actually a beach filled with rocks.

My friend and I went ballistics here and took like 36827 pictures of rocks. Crazy!

After spending what felt like an hour there, we arrived at the second beach... and took another 364729 pictures of large waves.

And guess what? We probably spent like an hour or more on the island so far, and all along I thought the trek towards Sok Kwu Wan has started. I have read online forums saying that the trek takes about 45 minutes to complete, so I thought we were like halfway through or something. As we continued down the coast line, we saw this....

And the trail only starts here. Haha!

We definitely took more than 45 minutes to finish our trek 'cause every 20 steps or so one of us will stop and take 835273 shots of various plants, rocks, hills, sea or ourselves.

I had the impression the trek will be an easy one to finish... well only 45 minutes right? I even wore slippers, 'cause I thought it would rain and I hated having the thought of walking in wet shoes. I started walking with much enthusiasm.

So I walked....

and walked...

If you scroll up to the picture of the 1st beach, ya can see that the factories were right by the beach. Now they looked miles away. Yes, we've trekked that far, and we're not even halfway.

At this point I started to regret not wearing shoes. Stupid incline!

Notice that I indicated a red arrow at the first hill picture pointing at some tiny rocks on top of a hill? Well, guess they aren't so tiny anymore. I have trekked that far.

Guess for the view, it was really pretty worth it :)

Vultures waiting to devour a very tired me. Lol kidding. Eagles cirling the peak of the hill... At least I hoped they were eagles.

I was estatic when I saw the caves. It meant that we were nearing Sok Kwu Wan, which meant we could have our seafood meal and get a ferry back to Hong Kong Island :D

Our trek took 3 hours I think, due to all the stopping for phototaking. Ya won't believe how many shots of hills and rocks and coasts I took with my camera.

We took a ferry back to Hong Kong Island and sticky tired us instead of calling it a day, we went shopping at.....

We're crazy.

Don't worry... smelly us didn't try on any clothes. I only bought bangles and a cap for myself there. Couldn't see anything I fancy, or prolly 'cause I was too tired to try on anything.

We spent the rest of the evening eating at Mak's Noodles.

We wanted to try out the eatery just because Travel Channel's Anthony Bourdain in No Reservations tried the place out and thus we thought it was good too. Heh.

My friend D tried the Wanton noodles...

and I tried the Beef noodles...

And we both think they're overrated. Except for the fact that Anthony Bourdain ate there in No Reservations, there was nothing special about the noodles. Bah! No wonder ya couldn't find any Asians in there (except for the workers). The small little shop was brim full with expats.

After our dinner, we proceeded to eat at the highly raved Xu Liu Shan:

I think the Mango Pomelo dessert was still nicer when I ate it at Lucky Desserts. Sigh blogging about it now is making me really hungry :(

Well, finally got this off my chest! Been procrastinating blogging about my Hong Kong trip for so long, hopefully I won't be so lazy to blog about the rest of the trip, haha. Hope ya enjoyed my little write up, and hopefully picked up a few tips reading along the way for your virgin trip to Hong Kong :)

Mini Haul from Hong Kong + Mini Skinfood Product Review

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:25:00 +0000

Been super busy since coming back from Hong Kong... this shall be a short short post about some of my hauls from the trip.

I didn't buy much things for myself this trip as I was really travelling on a budget... But still....

This is the bag I brought for the trip together with a hand carry bag:

And these are the bags that I have to lug back after 7 days:

Yeah, I didn't buy much stuff for myself but I bought TWO new travel bags. Crazy. What happened to the red bag that I brought there? It's stuffed in the green Roots shopping bag 'cause I found it wasteful to throw it away. Heh.

I'm happy with all my buys :)

Show off my bag:

My Roots Backpack!

I went Hong Kong and Macau with only 3 things in mind to buy:

1) BB Creams
2) Sport shoes
3) Some nice tees

So I was feeling kinda sian 'cause I was walking inside the Citigate outlet where all the factory outlets for Nike, Adidas, Esprit, etc are. And I couldn't find anything to buy. All the sport shoes were ugly and old designs. Absolutely nothing worth buying.

I ventured into a Roots outlet and then I saw the brown backpack. And I grew to like it more and more. The pockets on top can be detached to be used as a waist pouch. The mobile phone carrier can also be detached. There's a compartment inside to store my laptop, and the ultimate plus point that won me over, there is also a rain cover for it. It was a worthwhile S$70 spent in my opinion. I love it! This bag is so gadgety (I can be a nerd sometimes) and just exploring all the pockets made me a happy person, lol.

I'm so gonna use this backpack for my next trip :)

Anyways enough about the bag, here's another picture of some of my hauls:

Bangles and cap from H&M, 2 BB creams, Skinfood Peach Sake Ice Mist, retractable brush and a makeup set.

I didn't buy any top from H&M 'cause I couldn't see anything I fancy (and prolly because there was no sale haha.)

I really wished I have bought more BB creams! I have no idea why they were so cheap lah. Before this trip I was reading Cozycot's forums, and I read about this cotter talking about Lung Ching Dispensary, saying it's really cheap to buy there.

And she was right! I found my BB creams there. I do not know if they are fake products or not, although they seem genuine enough to me. I got a Skinfood Aloe Sun BB Cream in Shade 1, and an Etude House BB Magic Cream, both for only like S$20 each? Super cheap lah. Kinda regretted not getting more (and I seldom regret things). I initially grabbed 3 or 4 off the rack in my excitement but changed my mind afterwards. I have really sensitive skin, so I got paranoid about the authenticity and compatibility of the products and placed some of them back.

About the Skinfood Aloe Sun BB Cream:

So far, everything seems ok. I have used the Skinfood BB cream for 3 days already, and gotta say, my skin feels slightly smoother (psychologically?) and my face felt less oily. Coverage was not bad, I think. Compared to my previous tinted moisturisers, this definitely gave more coverage. It's quite thick, so I had to blend it really well into my skin. The shade was quite close to my skin as well as I'm quite fair. Haven't tried the other BB cream yet, shall continue monitoring this Skinfood one first.

About the Skinfood Peach Sake Ice Mist

The Skinfood Peach Sake Ice Mist was a total impulse buy. I grabbed it off the shelf at the very last minute before paying. So far it has done nothing for me after 3 days of using, except that it smells really nice. My pores are not any smaller, my face is still as oily, but putting the mist on my face on a hot day? It feels darn good :p It's like putting peach flavoured ice cubes on your face hehe. I shall continue using this and hopefully it might shrink my huge pores and control my oil production :D

I would have actually preferred getting a Skinfood Mushroom BB cream in place of the mist instead. ;p Read good reviews about it... Darn shouldn't have think so much when buying. Haha.

Regarding the makeup brushes, although I don't usually put on makeup, I've wanted a retractable brush for some time already (I like the fact that it's retractable lol). It wasn't on my must-buy list, but I got both the brush and the makeup set because it was cheap. Each only cost like S$6.

Well, this is the end of my post on part of my haul from Hong Kong, shall try to blog about my Hong Kong + Macau trip next when I have the time :)

Oh, and I updated my blogshop!

Very pretty necklaces, for only $10.90 each :) Go take a look!

I'm back from Hong Kong...

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:46:00 +0000

... but I'm too too busy to blog or post.

I'm secretly typing this at work right now, I'm not allowed to use the internet at work so this is gonna be a fast post. I can't even check my emails :(

I would like to sincerely apologise to everyone who has emailed me with queries and purchases for my blogshop and waited ages for a reply. Have been extremely, extremely busy these past few days since the moment I landed in Singapore. So much stuff to do, and too little time.

Promise I will post up new stuff soon for all ya ladies at thesnappydresser! Cross my heart!

I will also post up detailed posts with pictures about my Hong Kong + Macau trip, when I have spare time :)

To all those who have emailed me and I was late in replying, free normal postage will be given to ya should ya confirm your purchase for thesnappydresser.

Please do check back!

I'm going to Hong Kong!

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:03:00 +0000

I'm going to Hong Kong in a few hours :) Flying an 11am SQ Flight...

Will bring back pretty stuff for all da ladies for my blogshop ;p

Seeya on the 9th!

xoxo,
Ying

My Videos of the Singapore GP (with Lewis Hamilton thumbs up sign!)

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:41:00 +0000

As promised, some videos I took of the Singapore Grand Prix:

Aston Martins:

Porsches:

Singapore Flag on Porsche:

I thought images of our national flag is not allowed for commercial or decorative use (except on national day)? Read this. But F1 can. Lol!

F1 Race start!

Other general F1 Videos:

Formula BMW car crashed onto the wall:

Luckily he's not seriously injured.

And lastly, my video of Lewis Hamilton doing the 'thumbs up!' sign :)

Not clear on Youtube though :(

...................................

Something totally irrelevant from Singapore GP, one of my favourite videos of late:

Vanilla Sky - Umbrella (Rihanna Cover)

They are so gay lah! I like :) I smile every single time when I watch this.

On another note, can't wait to go Hong Kong tomorrow! Haven't packed though. Die!

My Many Pictures of the Singapore Grand Prix

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:47:00 +0000

Warning: This is pictures heavy.

There were not much pictures taken of the F1 race 'cause the racecars were just simply too fast for my simple pocket camera.

All in all, I took more than 1000 photos and more than 30 videos in this 3 day event. (Gasp!)

Well, anyways, let the pictures speak for themselves :)

Day 1

He's very cute. :D~

Crash of a BMW Formula racecar.. in front of my eyes

Day 2

Funny hat :)
Celebrity Race
Another crash :(

Day 3

I think that bend is accident prone...

Next post: My Videos of the Singapore Grand Prix!

Should I Change Jobs?

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:35:00 +0000

Just came back from the F1 Shakedown, will blog about that later when I have more photos... A preview picture for now:

My Overalls

Really moody right now :(

I was offered a job today... and I was really really tempted to leave my current job.

But is the grass greener on the other side?

The only thing stopping me from leaving my current job now is frankly, the money. The small amount of lump sum I'm gonna get that comes with a bond.

Sometimes really hate it that my life is controlled by money. How I wish I have no debts or bills, and I can leave my current job with no worries about money. Continuing with my current job will mean I am slightly richer in my pockets, but poorer in my life experiences. There's nothing much more to learn in this current job. It's the same old thing day in and out. Nothing challenging. Don't get me wrong, I still like doing what I do at this current job, but the new job offered to me sounded even better.

If I do leave, can the new job offer the same salary with better bonuses?

I really doubt it.

...so depressing.

Moreover, I just checked my email and Fr3b.com has now 3 BB cream samples to try! Have been interested in BB creams for so darn long. Even that miserable few dollars I have second thoughts of forking out 'cause I am really broke and every little cent counts. So bloody stingy of me right? I was never like this. Sigh.

I wish I am back in a carefree world with no car, cards or bills, working part-time in some store with absolutely no worries.

Now worrying how to go Hong Kong next month with no money? Sob. Yeah guys, I haven't mentioned about this so far, but now ya know! I'm going Hong Kong on the 3rd of October! Hope to get lots of pretty stuff back to sell at thesnappydresser, but arghhhhhhhhh money problems. Shall see how that goes :(

Ugliest Thing I Have Seen Today

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:04:00 +0000

Seriously.

(taken from here)No, I'm not talking about the girls

I know it's freakin' boring to read every single blog talking about F1 this and F1 that. But I just have to mention this. Is it just me, or the trophy is embarrassingly ugly? I don't understand. Singapore is so kiasu. Must win in everything. And then come up with the crappiest stuff ever. *Rolls eyes*

Have ya seen the barriers? They are as thick as the concrete slabs at the side of the road. Why no thick tyre barriers like other countries? I seriously don't think that the pathetic looking barrier is gonna cushion a racecar going over 200kph while crashing into it.

Coming back to the trophy..

Read this article.

Seriously?

"So I walked around aimlessly on the streets, looking at people and things for inspiration and it helped." - as quoted by Zulkifle, designer behind the trophy

Maybe I can't appreciate nice art, maybe I'm stupid. Maybe I'm just way over my head. But cut up some exhaust pipes, poke them into a steering wheel mounted on a wooden base, and then painting it F1 colours... Wow, that was an absolutely brilliant idea! How inspiring!

I'm Going For F1 in Singapore :)

noreply@blogger.com (Ying) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:57:00 +0000

First of all, I would like to apologise for the late replies for all those who have emailed me with enquiries regarding the stuff I sell at thesnappydresser. Really sorry!

Had been super busy at work, and I don't have internet access at work, what a bummer. Can't check my emails. I think it's time I get a Wifi phone hehe. Or one of those Blackberry handset thingies... so that I can promptly reply any emails sent to me. :D

My eyes are closing as I type this, so this is gonna be a quick update!

As you have read from my title, I'm going for F1 this weekend! As a volunteer, of course :p Was driving past the roads meant as the track around Marina just now and saw the workers stripping away the lines on the road...by hand. They were trying to peel the paint off slowly one strip by one strip. It's hard work, just for 3 days of racing. Singapore has spent ALOT of money investing for this night race. It's absolutely crazy. The safety barricades, the paving of roads, the pit stop, the grandstands, the medical centre, the freaking bright lights... It's crazy! And it's only for 3 days!

After everything they have to tear everything down and repaint the lines on the roads again. Gee. In many ways, I found this the stupidest event ever. Unsafe, stupid, waste $$$, show-off, impractical, unorganised... but guess I shall not rant about this here.

Anyways, I'm glad to have this opportunity to experience this for free.

Will try and promise to take lots of pictures! (And hopefully get an autograph lol.)

Okay, some pictures when I was there for a mock practise session on Sunday, held at Turf City...

I think there were more than 1000 volunteers present

The "rally" cars

The "race" started

Volunteers practising waving their flags

Still trying to remember what each flag and design stand for. Important to know! Can't wait for this weekend to experience it, and pray really hard that it doesn't rain!

Okay, gonna go sleep now. Really really bushed. My work place has an audit in the morning. As I'm one of the key appointment holders, I need to be there, SIGH. Still have to work night shift after that. Tired!