What? Just coz I watch Spongebob and eat Nutella out of the jar??

You Act Like You Are 14 Years Old

You are a teenager at heart. You don't quite feel like a grown up yet, but you don't feel like a kid. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. You're quite rebellious, and you don't like being told what to do. You like to do things your way. You have your own unique style, taste in music, and outlook on life.

What Age Do You Act?

Because I was bored

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Dudes!!! Like seriously, what are you waiting FOR?

Get thy masks now before they're all gone. Why do I feel like a nagging mother? Why must you make me into something that I'm NOT and never want to be? What have I ever done to you that you must provoke me to such an extent?

In other news, MORE masks arrived from Taiwan today! This is the Denjelly transparent mask with Niacinimide, TRANEXAMIC ACID (gosh if you don't know how awesome this ingredient is for suppressing melanin production, where have YOU been all this while??), alpha-arbutin, lactobiotic-acid and kojic acid. The combination of these skin-lightening ingredients make this one totally kick-ass mask for ultra-brightening and restoring the skin's radiance. I've placed a small order for this mask but it probably won't come in until after CNY. In the meantime, let the placenta mask work it's magic, you'll be amazed by it's skin-smoothening properties.

Oi, no need to dredge up the fact that the pic sucks alright?? We've already established the reason WHY. Geez.


The nice shiny gold one is my precious placenta mask and the rest are the rest of the new masks that came today in a big-ass box from Taiwan. I'll be reviewing them over the next few weeks, maybe even after CNY as I won't be around from the 29th til the 6th so if want to do any mask ordering and get it before the 29th, ahem, not to be repetitive or NAGGY or anything, order NOW. :P

I'm going to be needing some xanax just to calm down now. And you know how much I HATE that shite. Especially after HL's tragedy.

Sigh.

P/S For the life of me, I cannot get wordpress to work for me as effortlessly as I can blogger. Do I lack the necessary quota of brain cells for that? Or has blogger spoiled me?

My latest Aquisitions

So, those of you who know me, know that I mostly scorn counter brands (la mer being the one exception) because I've worked for EL (whom I despise passionately, hey, I was a la mer fan way before they even bought the brand yo)and know how crappy most of their products really are. Don't forget that we staff get to try all the latest *releases* first, so I SHOULD know.

However, in the past couple of years, I've been rather enamoured of certain Dior products (this doesn't mean that I don't stand by the fact that almost all counter brands are rubbish) and I only discovered them because a good friend who used to work with me in La Prairie hopped over to join them and frequently managed to score massive amounts of samples for me. (Thank you C for knowing just exactly the type of products I lust after! You da girl!)

These are their star products, which I've personally tried and tested (the rest are all junk though, sorry C, just keeping it real).

Yes I do so adore their Capture Totale range. Leaves skin velvety soft and pores almost invisible. Pity they're that pricey though. If not for the awesomeness of staff discount, I'd never be able to justify their crazy prices, even if they do make my skin oh-so-pretty.





I'm sorry for the crappily taken pics but like I mentioned before, until I'm actually making REAL money, I can only rely on my N73 for now. So yea, I just received this bounty which includes the all-new Capture R60/80 XP serum, a sample of the eye cream and night cream. (Once again, thanks C!) I've been using this range on and off again for the past few years and am just delighted with the texture of the serum (the star product), how this revamped version, apparently based on the technology of *stem cells* (what a buzz phrase these days) will stack up against the old one, only time will tell since I haven't even opened the wrapper yet which is SO unlike me.

But all the mask testing that I've had to do (for YOU, just in case you forget) in the past week is just killing me (something that I never imagined myself ever saying or even thinking) and have left me with little time to do naught else, with the exclusion of couch-potato-ing of course. Nothing can come between me and my TV. And don't you dare think otherwise.

In other news, I think I'll be moving most of the masks posts over to Wordpress , (seriously though, what's the hoopla all about WP anyway? If YOU know, tell me now) just because I CAN. Nah, it's only coz the boss of me says I should. That nobody wants to read my inane mutterings on other stuff. I am truly hurt. Is this how you folks really feel? But because she is mostly right, for the nth time, I shall listen to her.

And so, her will is done.

I am stunned, outraged and beyond saddened

Oh beautiful one, why why why WHY WHY!??

I first fell in love with you in 10 Things I hate about you and you had me again in Brokeback Mountain with your sensitive, tormented portrayal.

May you rest in peace.

I can never mourn for the loss of you and your brilliance and your beauty enough.

wtf?!

Your Score: Mystery

20 vanity

Congratulations!!! You are the ULTIMATE in fear! Nobody's ever seen you, but they all know you exist. Theress many a myth about you but nobody knows the truth for sure. Animals going crazy? Heres your culprit. I'd love to tell you more but I just don't know enough or even if you're real.

Link: The Vampire or Demon Test written by moonlit_feline on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test View My Profile(moonlit_feline)

apparently I had nothing better to do tonight at 4.46AM

Which leads to this tomfoolery.

Your Score: Druid

You scored 4 Combat, 5 Social, 4 Strategy and 7 Magic!

Indirect combat, Loner, Subtle, Magic. You're the Druid. A loner that communes with nature, drawing on natural magic to get the job done indirectly. No swords for you. You'd prefer to remain alone and at piece than be in a group, after all you can be quite stealthy with natural camouflage when need be.

Link: The Actually Good D&D Class Test written by PuebloZ on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test View My Profile(PuebloZ)

The Fresh Prince of Bel-aire is now Legend

From this Will Smith has now morphed into sleek, suave and uber-cool THIS.

Who would have thunk? I mean seriously? That lil rapper-boy who goofs off at every given opportunity and is a pain in Carlton's oh-so-pristine butt goes off to do movies like The Pursuit of Happyness, I.Robot and now I am Legend, all pretty serious and sombre shit if you ask me.

However. It only goes to show that I've always had an eye for talent. I knew he would make it big when I first spotted him on Fresh Prince, much to the derision of the people around me who couldn't see the diamond in the rough that was Will Smith.

So who's having the last laugh now? And all the way to the bank too. NO. Not me, silly. It's Bad Boy, Hitch of course. And more power to him I say. For being able to rise up from where he came from to what he is today.

Will Smith, you're the man and massive props and love to you.

And yes, I just had to say this because I finished watching Legend like 2.6mins ago. (Well before that I was watching Less than Zero, starring my darling, brilliant yet tormented Robert Downey Jr


and the presently-MIA Andrew McCarthy
and I so wished I hadn't watched it coz it's such a painful reflection of what RD's real life must have been like. Sniff. But thank God, right after that another kick-ass episode of Alan Shore and Denny Crane insanity and out-of-this world wit managed to lift some of the melancholy and well since I have NOTHING to hide from y'all, a double-shot of whiskey as well) You're wondering how I managed to get any work done if I'm on my butt all day in front of the TV right? Well, I don't. Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT follow in footsteps, unless you too wish to live an impoverished, wasted life of a chronic insomniac.
You have been warned.

Am I going to spoil it for you slowpokes who are too cheap to buy a ticket and yet know not the meaning and beauty of torrents? I may be evil, but I'm no meanie.

I did mourn his unnecessary sacrifice at the end though.

Oops. =P

Say NO to Pills

Once again let me proclaim to the world: Pharmaceutical sleeping aids are BAD for you. Unless you really have no choice, please please PLEASE do yourself a favour and avoid them like the plague! Despite what Pfizer and Roche say and we both know how they are trying to dominate the world market of sleeping pills and other shitty stuff, sleeping pills like xanax, stillnox (ambien), rohypnol and any of the benzo-diazepams do not actually give you REAL sleep. They just knock you out for X number of hours and you're actually in a comatose-state until you wake up and you will never feel refreshed like how you'd feel when you sleep WITHOUT pills like a normal human being.

You wake up feeling disorientated and most of the time unable to function for the next 2 hours without consuming huge amounts of caffein and H2O.

In other news, please order your masks now as the CNY special ends tonight. =p

Oh and a new Hydro-gel mask from Japan will be arriving probably next week. You know how I've been testing out a few (understatement here but whatever) masks over the past few weeks and have more or less come to a definite decision on which ones to buy. There's a Vitamin C transparent mask with Tranexamic Acid (boo to you Shiseido, now we don't have to fly all the way to Japan just to get their *special* Tranexamic Acid essence that cost a billion bucks a tube) from Taiwan that I've got my eye on and remember the Bio-cellulose mask that I've been raving about? Well I think I'm quite in love with that as well and I haven't seen anything like it in Singapore as yet so I want that too. Damnit, why do I not have more dosh. There mininum order quantity is high and I'm unable to meet them right now so that will have to wait another month or so.

I'll put pics up once the Japanese Hydro-gel masks arrive.

Now, off to try to gather funds....how, I really don't know. =p

I'm officially infactuated with this man (I claimed him first, ages ago, yes really)

Russell Peters (Full)

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There have been disturbing complaints and murmurs that I write way too damn much and way too damn long. I am seriously perturbed, not to mention achingly distressed.

Let me make ONE thing clear. This is something that I have NO control over. NONE. WHATSOEVER. Believe you me when I say that I wish I knew how to cut to the chase, be brief, concise, succint, un-long-winded, non-bush-beating but you see??? See what's happening here? Even while trying to correct something I know is a bloody annoying habit, I'm still DOING it. And it hurts me when you think that it's something I choose to do on purpose.

Just so you know that I truly care for you I'll shut up for a good 45 mins while you folks enjoy RP, one of the funniest comedians ever. Don't forget to put on your masks girls!

in which we learn whiskey is king

There are some things I can't explain. This is one of them. This urge to unburden myself to you. YOU, whom I neither know nor am likely to meet in the foreseeable future. If after reading this, you decide never to step virtual foot in here again you can trust me not to hold it against you. I am nothing, if not understanding.

So.

I am a geek.

I am completely, hopelessly and unmitigatingly geeky. Here are a few reasons why I will never be part of the hip Lychee Martini-sipping crowd and why you won't be inviting me to one of your so-cool-it-aches parties anytime soon. And I really don't mind if you cringe in distaste or pass snide remarks, but I implore you to do so in the privacy of your own mind, where similar ones like me, are not lurking around (you never know with these geeky ones) to witness and thus be emotionally and mentally scarred for life by YOUR insensitivity. You may however, tramp on me, grab me by the scruff of my neck, spit in my face and tell me to fcuk off because I am a blight on society. I will accept. Because I believe in offering the other cheek. M'kay, you can stop gaping now. I'm talking about facial cheeks, yo. Tsk..tsk.

In point form, for the sake of brevity, which, you know by now I totally rock at.

Fun Fact #1
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My Windows Update is set to run TWICE daily. I know, right? I actually CARE about my computer being up to date on the latest software changes and protection against new viruses. To YOU that may seem like paranoia, to me it's simply erring on the site of caution. Like for example, did you know that there is a rampant bug circulating around in Blogsville that is capable of deleting every blog post you've ever written? EVEN the archived ones. But I am vigilant. I am well-prepared. And protected to the nth degree so if it ever does come, all my 3484 anti-virus programmes will automatically engage, and start kicking it's dastardly ass.

Fun Fact #2
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I don't watch television. The couch hasn't felt the warmth of my butt in almost a year. Now, ya'll know that I am quite the TV addict so how, you wonder did I manage to wean myself off this crack? I didn't. In fact if I was spending 4 hours a day on tv shows, that time is now doubled. Bit torrent my friends, is the best thing since the almost bug-free xp. (it's quest for world domination notwithstanding. Recently realised that I *couldn't* no matter how hard I tried, uninstall MSN nor remove it from the list of programmes. It was not for want of trying but more a matter of not being able to FIND it. Anywhere. Very very sneaky these MS people.) With the advent of torrents, I get ALL my tv shows nicely downloaded in a matter of hours after they're released. And the one thing that makes me want to shout it from the rooftop? THAT I won't have to wait 3 WHOLE months for it to arrive on our shores which I had to before torrents, since I don't live anywhere near the North American terrain but on some backwater, godforsaken tiny-ass island. AND the newest Korean dramas which my mom is a rabid fan of. Oh darling torrents, what would my life be without thee?

Fun Fact #3
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I am more likely to be thrilled and driven to the knees by this then say this. Those of you who fear for the safety of my soles, rest assured that I do not walk around barefooted. I am a geek, not a neanderthal.

Fun Fact #4
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During airport security checks, guards have to forcibly sedate me before I surrender (even then, they have to pry it from a death-grip) my Nokia N73, which let me impress upon you, is not merely a phone. That would be tantamount to saying that whiskey is only an alcoholic beverage, and we all know, that is a lie created by drinkers of the vile spirit, GIN. We being more evolved, recognise whiskey for the heavenly nectar it is and acknowledge that it's the ONLY thing worth poisoning our livers with. In the same light should you view My Precious, for it takes pictures of such awesome clarity, such rich colours that it begs the question...Surely this is a digital camera and not a phone? Oh! Oh! and still it does more, this phone that never stops giving. It stores videos(mpeg4) and songs, it FILMS, it employs one of the most sophisticated platforms for phones, it acts as my watch and alarm (without which I'd be an extra 17 mins late on top of the regular 24) and it tells me that today is Saturday 29th Sept which I wouldn't have known otherwise! So NOW do you see why? Of course you do, my whiskey-swigging, beautiful people.

Fun Fact #5
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When Brad Pitt was hailed as the sexiest man alive back in his day, I was aghast and couldn't fathom the logic or lackthereof. Because really, WHAT did he have on Jon Stewart, my shining beacon of all that is hot and holy, the very epitome of peerless wit and possesor of beautiful, perfect brain cells. Must it really take a geek to see the wrongness of this?!

Fun Fact #6
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I went into panic-induced spasm the last time a technician at the computer lab where I'd sent my CPU for diagnosis (it had mysteriously refused to start despite every effort of mine; always a bad sign) told me that my HD has lived out it's Seagate-intended lifespan (essentially, I'm screwed) and almost 40% of data can NEVER be recovered again. Ever. I wept long and hard. I accused said technician of hard disk murder and heaped curses upon his obviously incompetent brain and maybe even at one point questioned the legitimacy of his birth. I prayed fervently that in old age, he be stricken with advanced dementia and ergo, forced to live out the rest of his miserable days having no control over his bladder or any other bodily function. Now, I am not the best person to rely on for an accurate account of the day's events as I had sought solace in the warmth of Sir Beam and perhaps also Sir Walker (I cannot vouch for this) soon after and passed out, being very much soothed and coddled. Presently, I am still being treated for post-trautmatic stress disorder, never having gotten over the loss of almost 40% of data which really translates into the loss of almost 40% of MY LIFE. And that is how, life as I knew it, will never be the same again.

Fun Fact #7
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I am obsessed with ingredient lists, namely food and skin care ones. I can spend hours reading up on ingredients that I happen to come across earlier in the day just to know what they do and how they do the things they do. Oh and of course proof that it's been clinically tested in at least a couple of peer-reviewed studies. A little tidbit, FDA-approved doesn't mean jack so do your own research. I am by now so well-versed in most skin/hair care ingredients that I can peruse a product's list and immediately identify a crap ingredient that's plain filler and a useful one that will actually do something. It's also easy to tell if the product is going to live up to it's ridiculous claims, which 99.65% of the time it doesn't. My current fascination is amino peptides and I have spent the last 2 weekends, comfortably ensconced in front of the computer reading endlessly, suffused in a glow of weird happiness despite the lashings of scorn from those who feel that weekends should be spent getting wasted in a pub with a bunch of insufferable swines. Because really, I am just that much happier getting pissed drunk in the company of my notebook with it's ever-giving source of entertainment and that will NEVER mock me with unconstructive words like "Boy, You sure suck at this!!" or "Woooo! I just kicked your ass again! Who's your daddy now?!",even if I lose every backgammon game I wage against it. I also have access to clean toilets, 247 cable channels if I so wish and the bed, THE BED is JUST there. For when you're like, comatose, you know, the state which usually follows that perfect state of drunkardness? Geez, I'm starting to suspect that none of you have ever gotten properly drunk, then passed out, before. Seriously, do you honestly want to wait for a cab when you can barely walk and can't remember where you live? Isn't it nice for once to pass out on your own bed? Think about it.

So, in baring my soul, I hope that I and you (come on, really. You know This was about me. Thus I come before you) will come to understand myself and my neuroses a little better. Oh stop judging me. What? Like you are SO pristine perfect and I'm the only perpetually-intoxicated, abuse-hurling neurotic nerd you've ever met? Chyeah. BUT the point is, what have we learnt from my soul-baring endeavour?

Uhm yes, APART from the fact that booze is always useful in any situation. Let's focus, people!

We have learnt:

1) That geeks are not the stinky pariahs of society you think they are and can often turn out to be one of your everyday, average person. Like me. Who is most definitely not stinky and who in fact favours L'Artisan Parfumeur The Pour un Ete if you must know.

2) You will never need extra shoe closet or space for your geek. Like EVER. You will NEVER have to go shoe shopping or learn the intricate difference between a Manolo Blahnik and a Jimmy Choo. An external, 1 terabyte HD will do, thank you very much.

MOST importantly, beautiful ones, we learn (for the uninitiated) and we re-affirm (as the connoisseur) that:

3) Whiskey is a God-sent. (like you people will let me forget)

And verily I say unto you, go forth and spread the word and 'lo you shalt be richly blessed.

P.S I am still human after all and not infallible. There are times when I am susceptible to some very human and very non-geek cravings. Like pan-seared kobe beef, huge chunks of gouda cheese, Wentworth Miller, infinite supply of creme de la mer everything and Royce chocolate delivered to me. Every day. For the rest of my life.