The start of my 6 months exercise break

Wise Words

Came across this while blog hopping and I find it pretty meaningful so I thought I might share it with you guys.

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

- Mother Teresa

A step into a whole new world

My apologies for the lack of entries. Been a wee bit busy and the reason is that I have embarked on a NEW JOB !

It's actually something fairly different from what I used to do, an area that I've been wanting to explore but never expected myself to land into. Everything's been good so far, I have been doing a lot of hands on and learning on the go and it actually feels pretty awesome to be back to this big family and hopefully everything goes well from here onwards.

Hermès The Gift of Time

This August, Hermès celebrates The Gift of Time - A precious ingredient in the creation of an Hermès object. Designed by Hilton McConnico, this travelling art installation encourages visitors to explore the notion of time in its various forms. Debuted in HongKong West Kowloon in June, followed by Singapore in August and it will continue in France Lille thereafter.

I came to know of this exhibition only today, which is the last day of the exhibition. Gotta count myself lucky. And so, B drove us down to Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, where The Gift of Time exhibition was held.

We begun our time journey at the origin of time, represented by a sun dial moving in an anti-clockwise direction. The horses by the side of the sun dial symbolises Hermès first ever customer - for there wouldn't be Hermès without horses.

Room number 1 - Origin of time


Room number 2 - Free time

   
 
Room number 3 - Time suspended

 
 
Room number 4 - Time balance

 
 
Room number 5 - Stroke of time

 
 
Room number 6 - Imaginary time

 
 
 

With that, I end my entry with a momento from Hermès .

*disclaimer, some photos were ripped off google cause S3 pulled a stunt on me*

Event : Dove + Weekend update

SPONSORED EVENT

My weekend has been eventful and amazing. Remember I mentioned that I was sponsored a full range of hair products from Dove ? Last Saturday, Dove, together with Nuffnang, lovingly arranged a private luncheon at Fullhouse, where I shared my hairfall story and also my thoughts on their latest range of products.

It was my second visit to Fullhouse and as it was a private event, I get to explore many other parts of the cafe which I didn't get to on my first visit. Fullhouse was already a very pretty place to begin with and it was further decorated with pretty pastel flowers, making the whole place look as if it is part of a wedding hall.

Anyway, I had a splendid afternoon with the selected Dove girls, chatting over tea, doing our hair and pampering ourselves with a series of awesome head and shoulder massages.

       

Fullhouse
Rendezvous Gallery
9 Bras Basah Road
#01-04 & #02-02/3
Singapore 189559
Tel: +65 6336 6328

The event ended on the dot and B came to pick me up for a mini gathering with session with Angela and Waileng for some babylucas lovin' In case you're wondering, Angela and Waileng were B's poly schoolmates whom I amazingly got close to through these years.

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Sunday morning was Canton Paradise with B, Xavchan and Angel. We went to the SengKang outlet and we were lucky enough to have gotten number 8 ! Bill add up to almost SGD80 for 4 so I personally think that it's decent enough for something of that standard. Didn't really take much photos at Canton Paradise cause we were all busy eating so here's some photos I ripped off the internet.

   

Thereafter, we went prawning at Punggol where we caught just enough prawns for prawn pasta later in the evening.

Canton Paradise
Compass Point #03-19/20
Singapore 545078
Tel: +65 6384 3797

HONG KONG DIARY I #5

In the blink of an eye, it is Day 5 already ! As it was our last day in HongKong, we woke up exceptionally early and went to queue for Tim Ho Wan. Everyone has been raving about this michelin 1 star dimsum house.

The shop opens at 10am and because we I didn't want to waste the remaining of our HongKong time queuing, we reached the shop at 830am, hoping to be the first 20 to be seated in the first seating. Fortunately, as it was pouring, not alot of people were queuing and we were actually the second in the queue.

HONG KONG DIARY I #4

Thank you for your patience for past 3 days ! I know some of you aren't really interested in what I did in HongKong but I had kind of made a promise to myself that I will pen down my trip for memory sake so ya, here is Day 4 for those who are interested.

Outfit of the day. Kinda mismatched but I brought too little clothes for the typhoon so just gotta bear with the fashion disaster. Beaded collar balloon blouson from City Plaza. Polka dot high waist shorts from Bugis Street. Fitflops from Quiksilver.

HONG KONG DIARY I #3

Welcome to Day 3 of our holiday ! We woke up to signal No.8 and our driver told us that we got to wait till 12 noon for the next weather forecast to be released before he could send us down to the Ocean Park. Since we were already awake, we decided to brave the typhoon/thunderstorm for breakfast at Yee Shun Dairy Co but the shutters were down when we reached so we went across the road for good old Singapore style breakfast - Toast Box.

Outfit of the day. Leopard romper from Smexy-Lexi. Fitflops from Quiksilver. Cardigan from FEP.

HONG KONG DIARY I #2

Are you ready for Day 2 of Hong Kong ? Like any other days, the day started with breakfast at Australia Dairy Co which is just a stone throw away from our hotel. The menu consisted of only 3 different sets which were served at different timings of the day. B and I ordered a breakfast set each, and I ordered an additional steamed egg curd to sum up my breakfast. The breakfast set comes with their famous macaroni with ham, scrambled eggs, toast, and a cuppa hot milk tea or coffee. Everything for only a mere HKD26.

HONG KONG DIARY I #1

Hello everyone !!

As promised, here's my HongKong post ! Very hardworking right ? Returned on the 27th and today I'm blogging already. It was a disastrous trip (like literally) but despite all odds, we managed to cover everything we wanted. My only regret is that we couldn't catch the fireworks at Disneyland cause Typhoon No.8 was raised, with No.10 approaching and Disneyland was made to close early at 430pm.

Regrets aside, here's Day 1 for you.

Dove Hair Fall Rescue : part 2

Happy midweek everybody !

Outfit of the day. Spag top from Cotton On. Laced Mini from MissFayne. Ribbon pumps from random push cart at Anchor Point. Cardigan from FEP.

For those of you who have been following me through these years, you would know that hair fall is one issue that I have been troubled with for a long long time. Remember the Dove Hair Fall Rescue entry I did sometime back in June ? I just came back from Unilever, where I picked up a full range of anti-hairfall products from Dove. Yes yes ! Someone just got sponsored ! I’m not kidding ! I was ecstatic when Priscila from Unilever contacted me. It felt like my prayers are finally answered and someone is here to take good care of my fizzy, damaged and thinning hair.

See how bad my condition is ? All I did was to run my fingers through my hair ONCE and this is what I get, le sigh. Now back to the products.

Clockwise direction, I have with me Dove Hair Fall Rescue System leave-on intensive hair tonic, shampoo, conditioner, daily treatment conditioner, serum and treatment mask. I really can't wait to start using them later and I promise a thorough review when I return from the bustling city of HongKong (:

And since we were in the area, Momsie and I decided to have our lunch at Vivocity. We walked abit and settled for Earle Swensen's.

We ordered a set lunch each and the set came with salad bar buffet. Food wise, I think my favourite has got to be their salad. I love their massive spread, sauces and condiments. There's this NewYork Waldorf Salad and it's tasteful to the max. Their mains range from slightly below average to average, not too impressive, but fairly edible.

Dessert was at Honeymoon desserts because we were craving for mangoes. We ordered mango sago and durian glutinous ball with coconut flakes. I personally feel that the glutinous ball is so-so only, but the mango sago is rather fragrant and flavorful with a thick texture which I believe comes from the coconut milk.

Earle Swensen's
1 Harbourfront Walk
#02-117 VivoCity
Tel: +65 6272 3306
Daily : 10.30am – 10.30pm

Honeymoon Dessert
1 Harbourfront Walk
#01-93 VivoCity
Tel: +65 63768027
Daily : 10:00am - 10:00pm

Event : Colgate slim soft event

Guess who made her virgin appearance on a celebrity blog ?




YOURS TRULY !!

Remember the Colgate Slim Soft event that I tweeted about a couple of weeks back ? Here's a detailed on what the whole event is all about.

I was invited by Nuffnang to attend the Colgate Slim Soft Toothbrush event last weekend. Thank you Nuffnang for the invite and thank you universe for giving this to me. I'm really really thankful cause this is the first time i was ever invited to a public event apart from the army functions that B's been inviting me to. Anyway, i'm allowed to bring 1 friend and i took Marilyn along with me.

The event was held at Skyve Elementary Bistro & Bar and i fell in love with the place the moment i stepped in. The whole bistro was done in a way where there's lots and lots of glass panels, making the whole place look really elegant. I knew i had to return another day cause the whole ambiance is way too captivating.

Every invited guests was given red/white gerberas and a dental care goodie bag. Who doesn't love freebies right ?!?! There was also yummy cupcakes and finger food !!

The event started off with the Colgate staff addressing us, a mini ice breaker game where i get to speak to Beatrice, Brad and Melissa up close, followed by a mini "fashion show" showcasing the Colgate Slim Soft Toothbrush by our fellow invited bloggers. There is also a Colgate version of trivial pursuit, which I personally find it rather informative. Wanna guess what's the world’s first ever toothbrush made of ? H.O.R.S.E H.A.I.R ! After which, it was a series of phototaking, mingling, and the event came to an end.

Outfit of the day. In Mesh Tier-ed Chiffon Frock from MissFayne and Suede Wedge from Mondo.

If you haven't noticed, everyone at the event was dressed in either red or white. Yes, we were asked to dress in coordinated Colgate’s colors which is red and white and I picked a piece from MissFayne's self manufactured collection and paired it with a pair of black wedges.

Wanna know more about the Colgate Slim Soft Toothbrush, check out the new Colgate toothbrush HERE.

Skyve Elementary Bistro & Bar
10 Winstedt Road Blk E #01-17
Tel: +65 6225 6690
Tue to Fri: 8.30am – 12am
Sat, Sun & PH: 10am – 12am
(Closed on Mon)

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