January, 2012
新年快乐 to everyone!!! Love from friends. Meet ups after dinner, and welcomed into mz’s home even at 1am! Huat all the way for all of us! Family. Always. Looking forward to dinner with them again later! Busy working, hope to complete my posts soon! : DDD So many photos to edit and compile and blah about. *__*;;
Buys in Italy & Barcelona!
Travel. Cannot escape from buying things one. *full of excuses* hehe. So some significant purchases in Italy and Barcelona… Ferragamo Heels Have never been a fan of Ferragamo, but which girl doesn’t love shoes, especially when the heels are so pretty!? Costs 318 € before VAT refund. This was at sales price marked down from $450 IIRC. Bottega Bracelet I saw it in pink… And the rest was history. Happy color! Costs 160 € before VAT refund. I got one more happy color purchase in Italy, it was such an exciting moment!!! But I’m not gonna talk about it here : p moving on. Chanel Earrings Was super happy when I went to Chanel in…
Quick Japan Loot (July 2011) Review
It’s been almost 6 months since I came back from Hokkaido/Tokyo in July 2011, so this is really overdue PLUS I’ve reviewed quite a fair bit of the stuff I’ve used, so here goes: FANCL HTC COLLAGEN TABLETS Don’t really need to explain why I bought it – the bottled ones are TOO HEAVY to carry back! So this became the best buy from JP whenever I’m there – at 1500+JPY per packet it’s much cheaper than SG’s (I can’t even remember how much!) FUJIFILM INSTAX FILMS Just because it’s made in Japan, DOESN’T mean its ALWAYS cheaper! The first time I bought instax films from Japan, the exchange rate was 13. something. Now it’s…
Travelogue: Hokkaido ✈ (Day 1) @ Furano, Farm Tomita, Ashibetsu
(Geez.. I’m super back dated. This trip was in July.) Our Day 1 plan was to head to Furano, where Farm Tomita is located at (for the lavender fields!) which was about anything from 1.5 hours to 2.5 hours from Sapporo (depending on if you took the bus, JR, chartered, drove via the highway or small roads etc and if you’re willing to pay toll!) Toll is about 1800 – 2500 JPY depending on where you’re traveling from/to. That’s approx SGD $30 – $45. There’s a few ways to head to Furano as I’ve earlier mentioned. The JR Lavender Express Station opens only in July-August specially for visitors to visit Farm Tomita. *coughs* To figure…
Instagram Randoms [.cn]
Instagram randoms from China : D
OZ’s Abstract, Harajuku // Tokyo
OZ Abstract is neat cozy underground jewellery shop in the heart of Harajuku. I love, love love this place ever since Yang brought me here the first time round. It stocks up freaking awesome brands like Big Black Maria, Soul Fetish and the owner himself has some fabulous rings of OZ Abstract brand. I wanted one of these, but they were sooooooo expensive! And I settled for two skeletons hugging a amethyst crystal instead. Supa love. It’s really gorgeous. ^ This is what you have to look out for if you’re looking for them – it’s a lit display case of their goods on ground level – else it’s pretty hard to…
I’m Back! Random Updates + Nailart post
It was my birthday yesterday (shameless yah haha) and I’ve been SUPER busy catching up with work and my family. Nearly exploded as I was fed too much during dinner – I think that’s the happiest way to spend my birthdays – EATING!!! So In Japan…. Some of my instagrammed pics as they’re just really more convenient to throw together in a blog post. XD Thank you Webstagram and Instagram. ———- Till when I get more time to update! I’ve hauled an amazing amount of eyelashes back, but it’s for friends and they’ve all/mostly been kept/distributed to their respective owners! Can’t wait to try new double eyelid tapes and such. XD
Travelogue: Hokkaido ✈ First night @ Sapporo
TRIP Hokkaido & Tokyo in 7 days Actual flight plan: SIN – NRT – CTS – HND – NRT – SIN (SIN = Singapore, NRT = Narita, CTS = Chitose (Shin Chitose), HND = Haneda) WITH 7 Adults (Age ranges from 21yo – 53yo), 2 Children (Age 2yo & 6yo). DATES 19th July – 25th July Honestly, this was the PERFECT timing to head to Hokkaido. Seriously. The weather is just nice (not too hot nor too cold, around 20 – 25 deg with strong winds), lavender and flowers are blooming and the rock melon – omg the rock melon and corn. I’ll get to that later. I booked my trip at JTB travel (Mandarin…
Japan was awesome
This Gatsby Commercial tune has been stuck in my head ever since I stepped out of my first drugstore on my JP trip. All the way from Hokkaido to Tokyo I was humming it day and night….. *Hoi hoi!* And so I’m back with too much stuff. Thank god I had my brother’s luggage space to share. Hehehe. I also had to buy another small carry on luggage. Super duper cute! 8980 JPY from Muji! Will go into more details on my next few posts!
Hong Kong, Again!
Made a trip up to HK again : D This time with Evey… and many thanks to our 貴人 in HKG (both passing by and staying in HK), Paul, Eve’s mum and Meizhen which made our trip really awesome! Paul was an awesome guide and great help cos… he speaks Cantonese! XD Shop owners got very confused cos there were us, these two girls who looked very Chinese who couldnt speak a word of Cantonese, but it was the kwai lo who spoke fluent Cantonese instead to them. LOL. There was this smell in Regal hotel – every time we walked into the hotel we’ll smell it and it smelt very… sexy. A mysterious scent….
Hong Kong 7th – 11th April 2011
As I was drafting this out on the plane, the asshole behind me is making sucking sounds and it is ANNOYING THE SHIT OUT OF ME. Okay just plugged headphones in. : D Airport – HKIA The fiance proclaimed HKIA to be messy and long but since he’s been there before he was my official tour guide 8 D and if you can speak chinese, getting around the airport isnt much of a problem. Try not to miss your flight though. First up. You don’t need to visit Disneyland if you only buy products. That’s me actually. You can just visit the Disney Store in HKIA! I got a tin box of cookies and I’m…
Korea 3rd – 7th April 2011
Well our Japan trip was done for *sadface* and we had to make alternative travel plans so we all decided on Korea & HK! Cathy Pacific was having a promotion which rounded up to about SGD $398 per person (2 to travel) for HK, but we got the tickets to Korea and option to stayover/transit at HK and tickets were about SGD $638 per pax. I was initially feeling tired cos we have to transit and do nothing for 2 hours before the flight to Korea, but I spotted the Disney Store at HKIA and all was forgiven. I was actually glad for the extra shopping chance : x Hotel We stayed at Savoy Hotel…
Away for Holiday!
By the time this post is up… I’ll probably be at HK transiting to Korea! Yay! I hope I survive in Korea – I can’t speak their language or even understand a single bit. Will be back on 11th April – Whee!
Singapore Govt Statement on Japan Fukushima Nuclear Incident – 15th May 2011
SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR INCIDENT Public urged not to be unduly alarmed Minimal Risk of a Radiological Plume over Singapore 1 The Singapore Government has been closely monitoring the developing situation at the Fukushima Nuclear Station and assessing its possible impact on Singapore. 2 The National Environment Agency (NEA) is in contact with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other overseas experts to obtain the latest information available. The IAEA currently categorises the nuclear incident at Fukushima as a Level 4 accident. According to the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, this means that it is an “accident with local consequences”. 3 Although the current situation remains serious in Japan, the incident…
Trip Cancelled
So… With all the food shortage, nuclear woes, earthquakes and power failures, my kakis have decided to forfeit the Tokyo trip altogether. : ( I’ve been planning (buy clothes lah, buy this buy that + new camera), and waiting months for this – I even tuned my period to not happen on my trip – of course I’m devastated that my trip got canceled! Sigh. Well it really doesn’t feel right to be taking happy wedding pictures and I really doubt that any Sakuras will boom – Haven fall off tree ah? *sobs* Good news is, it’s very likely that we can get a refund if we pull out the act of god clause and…
Diving at Tioman, Paya Beach Resort
Yang agreed to coming along for our dive trip as my birthday present : D And off to Tioman we went!
Bali Photos 2 – Funnies
Hahahaha couldn’t help laughing as I edited these! Click on the images to see the larger sizes. Hahaha. Sorry for the sub quality photoshopping – though i’m not the best at this, my photographer has it easy man. He told me to do this and he was like, “aiya you can photoshop yourself!”
In Bali Now!
Greetings to everyone and especially the people who aren’t able to contact me/us! We’re in Bali now! : D KLM’s a pretty decent flight I must say. I totally loved the airplane food they served. My only complaint was no blankets. I better get a shawl here. Oh and the fare. I paid around $248 per person cos i booked after the promo was over. The promo was around $190! Which is almost the same price if i’d taken Jetstar anyway. And i get 20kg luggage space on KLM without paying more. I’m staying somewhere in Ubud, which is about 1.5hrs away from the airport, but Kamandalu Resort and Spa is quite an impressive resort….
Japan ’09/’10 – Osaka
Osaka Photolog. Actually most are already in my FB, and you’ve probably seen them if you’re in my FB.
Freaking intensive post.
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Asakusa, Japan
Asakusa’s famous temple is a must visit place if that’s your first time to Japan. Charms, interesting shops selling lotsa stuff.. And not forgetting that you can walk from Ueno to Asakusa and there’s a toyshop in Ueno for you to stop by (Yamashiro)! Here’s some of my fave pics from the trip to Asakusa. Bored at the train station while waiting, so whipped out the 50D and the wireless remote trigger since I didn’t want anyone left out… And we arrive at the entrance of the temple! 雷門! The girls by Francis. If you get a bad lot, tie it here. That’s mine in focus. And this, has to be my favourite shot.
