She's always buzzing just like neon, neon!

Lipstick: Atomic Orange, Bobbi Brown

The lip colour I am most in love with from the Bobbi Brown Spring 2012 Neons & Nudes Collection!

This is not a lipstick for the weak-hearted.

The poor brother had the shock of his life when he saw me sporting this bold lip color HAHA.

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Photo definitely does NOT do justice to the stunning lipstick. I apologize. I also blame the poor camera and bad lighting.
The loud, neon color really jumps out at you.
Truth to be told it took me a few seconds to adjust to the brightness myself, but the color grew on me in no time! In fact, I find the neon shade a refreshing change from all the pastels and nudes I loved dearly before this.
For the first time in my life I have fluorescent lips! :)

Now I feel well-equipped to face all the hardship and challenges that lay before me, lipstick'a-blazing! (yes yes you caught me that's the shopaholic in me justifying profusely for my neverending splurges. Sigh.)

Good Morning Stranger!

Because I want to show off my new white sheets with little adorable rose prints while it's still...white.

My bed is now so fluffy and white it reminds me of cotton candy hehe. I'm literally sleeping on a bed of roses!
Now I find myself counting down the hours to bedtime so I can make yet another Olympic dive into my bed. (I hear my poor bed groaning. Not again.)

She and Him?

Say hello to mary and er...mario.

TEEHEE!

Okaybye.

Sun and Sand.

So yes, it has come to my knowledge that I have neglected my blog for a while (*cough* ER), but if you are expecting me to sprout apologies, launch into a series of excuses on how busy I have been, or how lazy, or how I simply do not have the mojo to blog, and then proceed to annoyingly beg for forgiveness (sound familiar?), I'm afraid you shall be sadly disappointed. (Wow this is a pretty long sentence. I feel out of breath just by typing it haha!)

Because I am too cool for that. Okay just kidding. More like I'm a loser and no one reads my blog. So I have no obligation to meet any expectations from my readers (or lack of readers), unlike those famous bloggers who have a string of dedicated fans following their blog everyday. The pressure. Haha! Good luck!

OKAY. So now I got the ice-breaking out of the way by writing two paragraphs of complete utter nonsense, I shall move on to more important issues like...

I just farted.

OKAY SORRY TIME TO REALLY GET SERIOUS.

Doesn't mean I wasn't serious about the fart though...

Had an impromptu mini Port Dickson getaway about 2 months back, and since I did write a lot of useless rubbish just now I will let the photos do the talking from now on. :)

The last two group photos are basically there to emphasize my role as the very annoying FIFTH WHEEL/lightbulb in an otherwise romantic double-couple getaway. HAHA!

I think I've been single for too long I'm starting to annoy my friends. Actually no my friends love me. Actually typing this makes me sound like a sad loser looking for reassurance. Actually I should probably shut up right nowBYE.

-♥-

There may be a wedding photographer in me.

My two favorite couples in the world. :)

 

I absolutely love these candid shots I took of them. 

So happy; so natural...

...SO MUCH LOVE!

:D

Photos are completely unedited. And the white clothes happened to just be a coincidence.
What are the odds right?! :)

I see white, I see light and I hear (future) wedding bells HAHA omg I am a total ditsy hopeless romantic.

Had already begun building a scrapbook as their wedding gifts. Loser that I am.

For a special girl in my life.

Blurred photos; engraved in our hearts.

A beautiful girl who is never without a smile and in possession of the kindest heart.

Words can't do justice to what an incredible person this girl is to me.

Happy 21st dannidarl :)

MY SENORITA ANGELINA,

IS NOW

VEINTIUNO!

:)

Took the most beautiful 21 year-old to a nice dinner and ordered pizzas, tapas, different pastas...and etc.

Had so much food we couldn't even finish the cake.

This coming from me is pretty damn serious okay.

I never NOT finish cake.

After dinner, the glowing birthday girl suggested karaoke, and we had a ball of a time!

Here's to our friendship through thick and thin, and although you will most probably never read this, thank you for being my sanity in the darkest of times.

I will always be here to walk you through yours too.

On those days when you need a shoulder, just turn around and I'll be your boulder.

I love how your hug is just a hallway away from mine and I don't think I'll ever have the heart to let leave our house and all our laughters behind.

Isn't she lovely?

Beautiful, beautiful girl inside out.

Her boyfriend is the luckiest boy ever, and I NEVER stopped reminding him that haha.

Happy Birthday Darling :)

I love you so very much.

Take me back in time.

I just got a phone call from Shirley in Singapore.

The darling girl called me because she got worried as I have been missing in action for some time.

I FEEL SO LOVED. T_T

SUPPOSE ONE DAY I GOT MYSTERIOUSLY ABDUCTED BY SOME BRAIN-JUICE SUCKING ALIEN, I CAN REST ASSURED THAT SHIRLEY WILL BE THE FIRST TO NOTICE AND FILE A REPORT TO THE FBI.

NO SERIOUSLY OMG I LOVE YOU SHIRLEY SIM. THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A DEAR.

:)

And the following two photos are impromptu snaps I took right after the phone call for purposes of updating Darling Shir.

This is a close up photo so
YES SHIRLEY GO AHEAD AND INSPECT MY FACE FOR POSSIBLE ALIEN INHABITATION!

I wore the granny glasses on purpose so you can laugh at me, knowing full well how much you dislike them haha!

And here's proof I am still the old me.

Ok maybe I have turned justtttttttttt a little cuckoo.

I am more than fine as you can very well see. :)

Goofy as ever.

Nothing's changed.

Do not panic!

HAHA!

Remember this? :)

You know which one's my favorite? The one in the top right corner.

I love the candid shot and I love our natural smiles :)

We were so young, so happy and so very carefree.

Heck we were ONLY 13 years old!

Reality check, those photos were taken EIGHT whole years ago, canyoubelieveitomg, how time flies.

So much has happened since then.

I miss our time in chms.

I miss having you as my biggest competitor for grades, essays, art, music, calligraphy, debates, speeches and...boys. :p

I miss passing notes to you in class when we were to continue writing each other's fictional stories.

I miss YOUR GOODY-GOODY-TWO-SHOES-TEACHER'S-PET-FACE.

I miss cramming exams at the last minute with you and STILL scraping through with good results.

I miss dialing your home number (YEA I KNOW RIGHT, HANDPHONE-FREE DAYS FTW *insert ROCK ON hand sign*) and hearing your maid's voice asking me to,"Tunggu jap. SHIRLEYYYYYYYYYYYYY~"

I miss hiding books we love in the library because there is a limit of two books we can borrow at a time.

I miss having movie marathons with you and sleeping over at your place.

I miss climbing with you to your roof and sitting there watching the sky, at the same time having to be alert and make sure your mom did not catch us.

I miss making a fool out of myself when I'm with you.

I miss you creating a million and one nicknames for me: mars, mari, mario, etc.

I miss our laughters and oddly, even our pointless fights.

And most importantly. I miss you, my oldest best friend since Primary 4, who had never failed to stand by me and being a wonderful friend in your own special way.

I love you very much.

The past few weeks flashed by in a busy blur. I hardly have time to draw my breath before the next thing hits me squarely in the face.

School and work have taken over my life so I haven't been free to talk to you.

I am so very touched you called out of the blue to ask how I am coping.

That really meant the world to me.

 I will pay you a visit as soon as I manage take to a break from work and classes.

Take good care Shir. :)

I want to give you a huge bone-crunching hug that lifts your tiny body off the ground and then swing you all around! :)

The woods are lovely, dark and deep

But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep.
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost.

Christmas ♥

p.s.

At this very minute Dean Martin is crooning for me to stay because baby it's cold outside.

He's telling me he'll take my hat and my hair looks swell!

:)

AWW DEAN! *flips hair*

Quick stolen moments

 in between stressful exams cramming.

Dear blog,
I have a lot to tell you but I simply do not have the time. I hereby promise you much more elaborated writings and non-stop rantings after I get the exams out of my system, but this will have to do for now, ok? :*

I have such beautiful and amazing friends. :)

And I have a pair of red velvet ribbon hairclips to walk me through my exams. :D

I indulge myself in small doses of Christmas spirit like this through this agonizing period hehe.
Small though it is, it brings me hope and joy. :)

Its December and Christmas is in the er... (h)air!

OK TIME TO GO BACK TO THEM BOOKS MARY!

Hello, October.

September's over and I am a year older.

One of the hardest thing to do is leaving your comfort zone. But you have to let go of the life you're familiar with and take the risk to live the life you are dreaming about.
You can waste your life building boundaries, or you can live your life crossing them.

I want to stop being down, I want to be positive again. I am making it a point to focus on happy thoughts.

So...here goes!



Things that makes me smile:

Painting my toenails candy red and wiggling them against my green curtains to create a red and green Christmas palette!
Since its only October and I can't possibly wait till December to be happy again, I decided to bring Christmas to me hehe.
Excuse me while I steal wisps of the jolly Christmas spirit in advance. :)

Spotting Doraemon's mosquito repellent when strolling in a drugstore! :)
Need I say more? :D

Finding the adorable toy soldiers I used to have in my home when I was a kid!
And rearranging them in positions...and prepare them for battle!
GO SOLDIERS~!

Finding out HAPPY FAMILY CARDS still exist!

Looking at my adorable little vintage satchel bag sitting comfortably on my lap. :)




And finally this......................


This picture cracks me up every time HAHA!

THIS IS A STORY OF GIRL MEETS SALMON.
BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW UPFRONT, THIS IS A LOVE STORY.
THE GIRL'S ORGASMIC EXPRESSION SAYS IT ALL.
EPIC.

Retail Indulgence.

Dani and I had a Maxi Day last week...

...and it had yielded these gorgeous babies...

...and so today we have our very own Oxfords Day!

:)

doing jobless things like...

...trying on simply awesome vintage shades floral and peach-colored rims!

That together with our jumpsuits (special attention to Dani's mint-coloured floral overalls!) and oxfords, we are them chicks rollin' from the 50's ;)

And then of course, being the compulsive shopaholic my darling Danica is famous for (HAHA THIS IS PAYBACK TIME!), she bought a beautiful nude colored wrap dress and also a midnight blue vintage vest.

But that alone is not enough for our Dani California, no.

She must influence another innocent girl and poison her mind to buy something else as well.

Therefore...

...these are what we went home with. Plus Dani's new midnight blue vest. Yes it is absolutely necessary for me to bring that to your attention once again because I'm just bitter like that.

And we are such hopeless (and slightly jobless) people we have a Highwaisted-shorts Day coming up this Wednesday...

This is a chain reaction.

We buy clothes and wear our clothes to shop for more clothes.

HOMAIGOSH SHOOT US NOW.

And this is for Danica

(pronounce THE-NEE-KAH) ;)

I can now declare I have found the most perfect pair of oxfords boots for me.

Just the right height, because I'm hopeless with high heels (I secretly call them high hells), and also just the right shape and colour.

And it has feather inner prints! OF WHICH I realized no one is going to see, but then it makes me feel so happy knowing my feet are touching them. HAHA YES I'M SUCH A WEIRDO!

I always have a soft spot for feathers :)

So smitten with this pair of twins right now I think I'm going to do little skipping steps and whistle through my week :D

along with this tune.....

"♪ These boots are made for walking,

and thats just what they'll do,

one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you! ♪"

HAHA! Start walking!

Reading back

on my last night's blog post...

DO I HAVE TO BE SO DRAMATIC, GRAPHIC AND EMO?!

Okay, once again, as you'd probably have guessed, its THAT time of the month!

When hormonal level is the blame for everything I do (and failed to do).

I miss my family.

I need to try to update my blog on a more regular basis, not just when i'm struck by bouts of depression due to PMS.

=.=

Or else I should seriously consider renaming the blog from 'this is my escape' to 'my pms rantings'.

K time for class :) MUAKS.

Today is going to be better than yesterday. I will not allow myself to be drowned in my pool of sorrow and self-pity (and well, bad hormones).

In fact. I will eat more chocolates to stimulate the happy hormone endorphine in myself! :D

Nothing cheers me up like good food.

Toodles~!

Taste of Bollywood.

I went for Lekhna's sister, Lochna's birthday party tonight, and the theme was Indian Night, and it was set in a beautiful Indian restaurant.

It had a lovely exotic maharaja feel to it :)

I went earlier to Lekhna's house to get ready. Both her mother and her grandmother helped me put on the green saree I was wearing earlier tonight. They were amazingly kind and helpful. Such sweethearts :) Nothing like what Angel warned me about earlier, about how the mother can be cranky.

I adore the green saree.

It was so lovely.

Lekna also bought me matching green bangles, and Lochna lent me a pair of lovely earrings to wear with my saree. Its amazing how heart-warming Indians are.

Angel loved how I looked and told me since I never looked chinese to begin with, the entire outfit made me look as though I'm a Chindian.

She was not too bad herself. Angel looked stunning in a pink sari, and she really do actually looked like a graceful mermaid.

The food at the party was divine.

I felt like a scavenger scouring the buffet table lol.

I took huge portions and went for 2nd helpings.

I really can't remember the last time I had mutton curry.

T_T

I felt like I died and went to heaven.

Its the amazing food. And also the saree effect. It made me feel so beautiful, oh my, like a hot bollywood actress. wake up wake up WAKE UP mary; snap back to reality

I also met new Indian friends.

There was Harrish, Amirthan, Darren and Lingesh.

Darren, was supposed to be my escort, but he prefers to call me his date. He's this really cute Indian guy with a heart-melting smile. Throughout the entire night he was quoting love songs to me.

They are all really passionate people and they have all these infectious spirit. The boys are all so hyperactive, I kid you not; I'll never forget how they rock the dance floor.

They really took care of us the whole night.

Lovely people.

I had a great time. I really enjoyed the Indian culture.

I won't mind going out on a date with an indian guy haha!

Well....

...an Indian guy minus all that body hair :p

Here's a picture of Angel and I on the way to the restaurant.

More next time!