ta-dah!

to satisfy all the calls and msn messages i've been getting re the haircut; THIS IS the look i settled for. today it's starting to curl but when i first had it cut, my stylist had it blown straight jennifer aniston style. liked it a lot but she gave me the stinky eye - you know ... that side glance that screams "don't you freaking even think of rebonding your hair". i love my stylist, she knows what's good for me :)

makeover

i've been toying with the idea of changing my look. i loaded a pic and started fussing with the styles. what do you think. i'm digging the chinadoll, monroe and pink look.

the tinkerbelle - don't make me grab my magic dust!


she bangs, she bangs!

can you feel my shagalicious mojo bay-bee!

the monroe ... happy birrrth-day to youuuuuuuu ....

the chinadoll

geek in the pink

roll in the hay OR is this what the cat dragged in ... MEOW!

orrrrrr .... i could just leave it as is



sigh ... decisions decisions

bali high

this bday is all about decadence. i am going to bali with dee and our sole agenda is to space out and spa ourselves stupid.

our basic itinerary is : wake up, stuff face at breakfast, head for the beach to stone out, lunch, nap by the pool while we toast ourselves in the sun, dinner. we'll sneak in the massages somewhere/ somehow.

3 things i'm excited about
1) smothering myself with Hawaiian Tropics (... i LUURRRVVVEEE that coconut scent) and hanging out in my bikini all day.

2) 3 mornings of pigging out on the American Breakfast buffet at the hotel. can you say nuah eggs with sausage, bacon and baked beans :) hell, i'll even have my eggs in a bulls eye with the soft middle on day two and in a cheese omelette on day 3!!!

3) the possibility of actually reading a book! and i've got one too. I'm bringing along the girl with the dragon tattoo.

it's the first time we are travelling together and i just know we're going to have so much fun. dee and i are going to see who out-anals who. hahaha. place your bets now. the psycho-controlling mother of 4 or the woman who successfully took charge of a bunch of giddy after-office-hour gen-Xers (and one Y-er) at trivia night. it's a close fight people.

spreading 'em

i've given birth 4 times and i regularly go for Brazilians. yet when my doctor asks me to spread my legs for a pap smear, it still gives me the willies. i'll never get used to it. it's just not natural to be inspected and probed so clinically. can't wait for my mammogram years to hit. ugh.

tips for a successful session (according to me)

- neaten up (i had my wax :) )

- always wear good underwear (don't want the nurses judging you - regardless, you SHOULD always wear good underwear)

- wear separates (helps you look half decent)

- pee before the examination

- it's ok to make small talk but eye contact may be weird (unless you are into it)

OPI, oh my!

i went for a pedi 2 weeks ago and decided on a colour that was really off my usual range. i took on the OPI Summer Flutter Collection in "catch me in your net". this is a like a teal/ green with heaps of sparkle that look somewhat gold. it's the first nail swatch in the link earlier. i have an eyeshadow just like that which i love. so i thot the colour would sit well on my toes too.

after the first 3 days, i couldn't stand the colour. yes, i went green and didn't like it. i looked like i stepped in a pool of decomposed seaweed. like my toes were getting moldy. it just looked vile - to me at least.

today i decided i just couldn't take it anymore and had to have it re-done. now it's in a very safe nude-ish lavender shade. which is again, out of my norm, coz i usually go with nude-ish white or pink colours like the OPI bubblebath (i love this colour BTW). but i thought what the hey, if i can let my hair down and do green nails, i can do nude-ish lavender. i know ... i'm wild.

we all scream for ice-cream

july is national ice-cream month in the US. in my opinion, this should be made into an international event.

my favourite is a single scoop of old fashioned vanilla with a generous dollop of hot fudge and chopped toasted almonds on top. otherwise known as the quintessential HOT FUDGE SUNDAE :)

i also like : haagan daz's chocolate peanut butter, rum and raisin, green tea, dark chocolate, vanilla swiss almond & mint chip. B&J;s peanut buttercup, new york super fudge chunk, and chocolate fudge brownie. (but since trying dreyers chocolate cake, i'm not sure if the choc fudge brownie is all that.) then there is the sticky chewy chocolate from swensen's, which is a classic. and don't gte me started on the popsicles .... magnum, cornetto and how brilliant is the frozen banana on a stick? take a banana, coat it with chocolate, smother it with your favourite topping and freeze it on a stick. ooh and the magic of hershey's magic shell!

you see so many flavours, so little time. hell, we really need more than a whole month to celebrate this. adding those pms days where we could probably eat it out of the tub and finish it too! and the times where you want to have some ice-cream with a wedge of hot apple pie or melt it over a brownie. i'll say it again .... so many flavours, so little time.

what's your favourite flavour?

dam it!

how can one person retain so much water.
i've gone past camel, for crying out loud!
just call me queen of the dam-ed.
where's my chocolate!

girl on girl

girls check each other out all the time. no not in that way, but don't put that thought away. sure there are days when i look at a girl and think that i could totally jump her coz she looks so hot. but then i wouldn't know what to do with her, once jumped, coz i don't bat for that team.

i'd like to say that those feelings were very early inculcated in school when i was a convent girl. only to be evoked as and when, which is not often.

what i do do, very often, is look a girl over and think about the effort she has put in to pull a look together. the make-up, the clothes, the shoes, bag and accessories. whether the nails are painted, the hair nicely styled or coiffed edgy. how they all match or don't match but still make a statement.

sometimes the glance takes longer than it should. which could very well be misinterpreted as a glare. but if you smile and nod, girls know it's in appreciation of the effort. i'm not shy to compliment someone on their look or rather their effort to look good. something the boys should learn to do, instead of checking out out asses all the time. which, in itself, i guess is their way of paying us a compliment. hahaha

somebody stop me!

i usually don't need a reason to shop coz it's got to be my favourite sport in the whole wide world. put a woman in heels and make her walk a 10 mile path, flanked with shops while carrying 10 bags of spoils in each hand ... no problem. now put the same woman on a thread mill with weights in each hand, and you'd be lucky to get half a mile out of her. i AM that woman.

i'm always in hot pursuit for a special something to complete a look. the perfect black shoe, pencil skirt, blue jeans, white tee, red lipstick. you name it, i've got to look for it. like a woman on a mission, i get so focused and unrelenting. i just need to have it. almost like an addiction. and once i do, i just move on to my next must have.

this year, i've been doing some very selfish xmas shopping. for every one pressie i buy a friend, i also buy 3 things for myself. not to mention that i also just shrunk from a size 16UK to a size 10UK (bottoms ... i'm a size 8UK for tops) and nothing fits. what better reason to shop.

but like i said, i don't need a reason.

girls will be girls

the girlfriends came over on my bday coz hubs was away. dee baked a cake, DG brought over her sexy red nespresso coffee machine and obsidian made for good company. after cake and coffee, we decided that we'd do some cam whoring. we were shy at first but soon warmed up. AG took the pics *rolling her eyes in between shots* as we went from frame to frame.

to be annoying, i whipped out my 4 striped dresses and we all wore one. we didn't care that we had no make-up on, we just had fun. well at least i did :) best bday in a long time. thanks babes!





dress-cography

(erm ... in case you are wondering why in god's green earth do i have 4 striped dresses)

1) the diagonal strapless black & white dress.
bought on impulse 8 years ago after AG was born. last worn to a D&D while preg w MB

2) the diagonal strapless red and white dress.
bought 6 years ago after MB was born. last worn it while preg w bu to the brother-in-law's wedding

3) the diagonal strapless blue dress w red detailing
bought mid last year as my GOAL dress, pre diet (never got to wear it but looking forward to it now :))

4) the toga dress
bought and wore it while preg w doll face. now a fave with my denim jacket thrown over

brush with love

now that shopping for clothes is not something i can indulge in anymore, i've turned my focus back on make-up. more specifically make-up tools.

my latest obsession is the MAC 214 brush (it's the bottom most of the 3 in the pic). what does it do that my pinkie can't do with a swipe on my lid? well it can expertly pack on colour at exactly where i need for the effect i want. it also works as a smudger for that smokey eye look that i love.

and brushes last forever, so it's a good investment considering i'm no way close to giving up my make-up fascination in the near future.

where has wentworth gone?

guess my surprise when i turned on the tube tuesday night and the trailer said "watch prison break season 4, 3 nights in a row, every week" .. ok i paraphrased, local tv editing is less banal than that.

anyway-anyway ... it got my juices going coz it's been forever since i drooled over wentworth miller and his constipated glare. the familiar theme song played. the character shots were shown ... "hmmm just as yummy as i remember him" ....

then ... his first close-up came up. and i was like, oooo-kkkaaaaayyyyyy .... someone's gotten a little pudgy around the middle. and is that a shadow of a bald spot i see?

then i had an ally mcbeal moment ... a song crept into my head ... where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods ..... reality hit, he's aged and he's human and he's not perfect. at least the constipated glare hasn't changed. whhaaattt ... i may be pregnant but i'm still allowed to lust, damn it!

haven't bean there in a while

after dinner we walked to starbucks for coffee and to indulge in people-watching. i haven't been out to a coffee joint in a long while so when i went to the counter to get my drink, i was amused by the enthusiastic crew.

the first boy greets me all happy like he's on something good. i play along (why not) and together we went into the process of choosing my poison for the night. then another boy comes from behind him and does a pitch on one of the 2 ice-blends that's on promotion. he's so in to it, i cave and agree on the stronger of the two.

the air must have been thick with caffeine coz i really enjoyed the process. i was laughing and so were they. then the second guy leans over and says,"so what's your name?" and i'm thinking "dude, i'm old enuf to be your ...erm ...your big sister!" i pause and i gave him the look. then it clicks and i say this out loud,"you need my name to write it on the cup right?"

DUH! i'm sooo not going back to that outlet!

geek in the pink

just when i thot all hope was over of owning this one pink eyeshadow that was going to complete my life, T calls me today to say that she managed to hook me up.

i have the bestest friends in the world. THE bestest!

dee, you've got competition for my love ... T may not be able to bake as good as you but she can pasta/ mushroom soup me to death. Jean, are you and your lamb chops listening!!

all this talk abt food is getting me excited. people ... i think it's about time we have a cookout!

ps - if you look past the watermark on the pic, the blending skill is really hot! ok, some may say it looks kinda pornstar-esque ... but sometimes "pornstar" is exciting, no?

just one more

i keep telling myself, just one more then i am complete. but it's a lie. one leads to another which leads to another. i will never have enuf.

so many looks, so little time and even less money.

i'm still looking out for that perfect blue or green or red or nude. today it's the perfect pink.

i had it. i ai-mai-ed it too long. and now it's gone. damn you limited editions!

i need, i want

i get-off on shopping. bargain shopping to be exact.

i love sales, i hardly ever buy full-price. and when i find a piece, that is perhaps the last piece on the rack ..... and if it fits like a glove, oooh .... i cannot resist. the lethal combo of the discounted price with the perfect fit is euphoric.

i probably have more clothes than there are days to wear it. lingerie too. and make-up, don't get me started with the make-up haul that i have. then there are shoes and bags. i could go on.

very quickly my need changes into a want and i don't really know what i want it for, i just do. herewith lies my problem.

i'm failing miserably at my resolution to save money. the post-xmas sale is sucking me dry. i may not have the strength *or the money left over* to save. it's so painful saying no to retail. so far i've been clean 3 days, but i feel like cracking. boy, this is worst than trying to quit smoking. sigh.

booby trap

sigh ... the time has finally come. i herewith start my war against gravity. thot i'd have a bit more time .... but the need for an uplifting experience is here. and damn these lotions are expensive!

take my breath awayyyyyyyy

the office is just opposite my house so i don't ever take the public transport unless it's the weekend and we need to go out as a family. but today, i had to go to raffles city shopping mall to pick up something. so i hopped on a train which is the best way to get there.

i had the sweetest view. a hot man in uniform! and his pants were tight and nicely stretched where it mattered. occasionally he'd flex when the train jerked. it didn't bug me that he wasn't looking my way. the back view was plenty nice. i tell you i was so very distracted. i even got off at raffles place instead of city hall (where raffles city is). i know, i'm shameless.

but what IS it about a man in uniform that makes them yummy? and this is across the board. every woman (and i really do think EVERY) likes a man in uniform. tho some may prefer military and others mechanic and others still jail cell couture. whatever it is, the timeless "man in uniform" rocks! second to this is "man in blue jeans and white tee"

anyways, how hot was tom cruise as maverick in top gun! sing it - hiiiggggh-wayyyyyyy toooooo theeeeeeee danger-zone!

Iceman: You two really are cowboys.
Maverick: What's your problem, Kazanski?
Iceman: You're everyone's problem. That's because every time you go up in the air, you're unsafe. I don't like you because you're dangerous.
Maverick: That's right! Ice... man. I AM dangerous.

wtf

i just don't get it, i've been pms-ing for about 22 years now and i STILL DON'T GET IT!

today i was feeling extremely fat. i mean i was seriously channeling jabba the hut! but at the same time i was feeling so very hungry and nothing i ate hit spots. felt like my stomach was a bottomless pit. i couldn't explain it. my whole being felt screwy.

and what about those cramps. i mean i've had 3 kids, it's supposed to get better. but noooooo.

feeling plastic

it's amazing what a little retail therapy can do for the spirit. the powers that be must have been attuned to my sorrow that they summoned my fave shops to have a mid-season sale. what did i buy? well, since i (was) feeling delicate and fragile, my collection of girlie tops and dresses just went up : )