Tokidoki for Hello Kitty & Onitsuka Tiger

Both Tokidoki and Hello Kitty are my favourites! And recently they have collaborated with each other! Last week, Deardear told me that he has bought me something... never did I expect that he actually went online to purchase 3 Tokodoki for Hello Kitty tops for me from Tokidoki's website! Love them!!! Thanks Deardear!!

A few weeks back, he also bought himself a pair of Tokidoki for Onitsuka Tiger sneakers and bought me a pair of Tokidoki toy figures - Til' Death Do Us Part. According to the Onitsuka Tiger sales assistant, the sneakers are of limited edition in Singapore! For each size that they were selling, there were only 2 pairs available for purchase.


Adios and Ciao Ciao are my favourite Tokidoki characters!! Coz I love pink and my dear loves black... so that makes us kinda similar to Adios and Ciao Ciao! Hehee... =P Anyway, I just find them cute lah.


Besides the Tokidoki for Hello Kitty apparels, I also like the Tokodoki for Hello Kitty bags! They have got gold trimmings on them!! That's another one of my favourite colours! Too bad, I think the bags are not launched on Tokidoki's website yet although I saw it on Sanrio Japan's website... =(

Batam Cable Ski Park

Fang organized a 1-day trip for us (Eileen, Alvin, Deardear and me) together with her cousins and friends to Batam for cable skiing on last Saturday. I was actually quite scared of the idea of going there initially bcoz I have no idea of how cable skiing is like... I can only think of those type of water skiing being pulled by a speed boat and I am scared that I will fall into the sea.

Furthermore, my parents who have been to Batam for a 1-day seafood eating trip previously told me that the water there is very dirty, they said that people threw in all sorts of rubbish into the sea. Fortunately, this is not the case there. The cable ski park where we went to was not using the sea as the skiing area. Instead, they have their own fresh water lagoon and even had motorbikes to pick us up from the nearest shore where we fell into the water back to the starting point.

But we had a hard time queueing to check-in at the Harbourfront ferry terminal and also boarding the ferry. The place was so crowded that passengers had to squeeze and push in order to go pass the gantry area so as to board the ferry. And there are some idiots who stood at the gantry area blocking the way when it was still not their turn to board their ferry!! Damn irritating!

The ferry ride was approximately 45 mins. When we arrived, the place felt so foreign to me as it was my first time at Batam. A coach then fetched us from their Waterfront ferry terminal to the ski park. We then settled down and got ready for our skiing session. As first-timers, we have to learn how to kneeboard before cable skiing. Thus, everyone gathered to watch while the staff demonstrated on the kneeboarding technique.

In fact, for the first few times when I tried kneeboarding, I was so scared that I felt my heart pumping really fast whenever I was waiting at the starting point, being the next one to be pulled by the cable. Luckily, I managed to complete the round on my second and third go. As for cable skiing, initially I was pretty scared but I hope that I can do it whenever I sat at the deck. However, I failed so many times until I started discouraging myself. I told myself that I think I am going to fall again whenever I went back to requeue for my turn. Hahaa... =P

There was 1 thing which I dislike and find it disgusting - that was having to step on slippery hard rocks and slime-y algae grounds at some parts of the shore where we get out of the water. Oh yah, and I also hate my incapability to stand up on the ski board... I was so disappointed and angry with myself that I did not manage to stand up and ski despite so many tries! In the end, I gave up at around 5pm and decided to sit there to rest. By then, my arms were aching slightly. But still I felt buay kum guan (unsatisfied) coz others could do it but I can't. So I decided to go for my last try before we proceed to the shower at 6.15pm.

This time I managed to stand up but fell again within 2 metres from the starting point. Although I did not go far but at least I managed to stand up. That's an achievement to me!! At least that last try gave me back my morale to want to go back there again on another day to try harder!! Hehehee... If not, I guess I would have left that place with disappointment...

Anyway, I suffered from the after-effect of cable skiing coz I am someone who does not exercise regularly. Hehee... The after-effect includes having muscle aches from the upper arms up all the way to the back of the shoulder areas - lasting for about 3 to 4 days and having neck aches and difficulties in raising my arms or stretching my arms to the back... I was sooooo tired at the end of the day that I fell asleep in the cab on our way home and dozed off in like 1 second after I lied on my bed.

Dining @ The Chijmes Harry's Gastrobar

I just realized that I hasn't been blogging for 1 month exactly! Time passes so fast... my hamster has passed away for a month already... And I am happy to see that my other hamster is healthy and active again! =)

Ok, anyway... many things has happened during the past 1 month which consist of happy events and unhappy ones!

Happy ones are those days when Deardear cooked for his family, our friends and me! Hehee... Unhappy events - needless to say, must be work-related!

Unhappy with the need to sit opposite and face my boss everyday - a boss who knows shit about our work processes, unhappy for being so fake - for putting on a mask every single day when I am speaking to her upfront when I obviously cannot stand her, unhappy with the additional workload and responsibilities given to me as compared to all the rest of my colleagues and that no one really understands my stress, unhappy with the need to do 'committed' OT week after week due to uncontrollable high volumes of applications sent in by customers, unhappy with the lack of manpower in the department yet they are freezing the headcount!!! Besides all these, my colleagues are not helping either... they are mostly selfish creatures who care more of themselves than others.

Enough said. Let's talk about happy things!

Well, met up with Fang and Eileen yesterday for dinner. It was meant to be a 'Hats Day' for us as suggested by Eileen when I told her that I bought a Fedora hat but did not have the courage to wear it out. She said everyone of us will need to wear a hat yesterday, so that I can have people to accompany me to wear a hat. In the end, everyone wore a hat/cap except her bcoz she totally forgotten about it......

Anyway, I have this sudden craze about buying Fedora hats recently... Hehee... I have bought 3 Fedora hats within a week! =P In fact, I think the current trend of wearing the Fedora is more for guys... but I love the natty look when gals wear it!

Back to our dinner yesterday, we stayed at Harry's until about 3am to watch the Euro Cup matches. Actually I am not a person who is into soccer, so whenever I watch soccer, I will want to fall asleep naturally... Well, I was trying quite hard not to fall asleep last night... And I didn't! Hehee... The other motivation to watch soccer is only when Cristiano Ronaldo is playing... coz it's better to look at him then to look at the soccer ball. Kekeke... =P

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Although Dear and I left earlier and did not finished the Portugal vs. Turkey match, I think it is definitely more exciting than the first match between Switzerland and Czech Republic! Coz it was quite fun and exciting to watch the live match with all the other Portugal fans under one roof. I think Eileen and Fang should be quite happy last night bcoz Portugal won! V(^.^)v

R.I.P. - My Family's Beloved Younger Hamster (Jan 2007 - 9 May 2008)

One of my hamsters passed away this morning... I only found out about it when I was waken by my mum, dad and brother's loud voice at 6plus in the morning.

Remember that I blogged about one of my hamsters was sick? Actually this one which passed away is the other younger and healthier one... Unfortunately, while my first sick hamster (named Rafa, name also given by my brother) was about to recovere, my healthier hamster Nadal begun to lose abit of weight, dropped fur, started to itch all over as we noticed that she scratched alot... and also started to eat and drink lesser and lesser. 2 days ago, I saw some orange-coloured discharge on the bedding but my mum and I was unable to determine where the discharge came from. Only till last night my mum told me that she observed that Nadal has not been eating her food and seems to have difficulty stretching to drink the water from her water bottle tube... so my mum held her up to examine and realized that her under part of the body around the neck and mouth area was very red.

I told my mum and brother to bring it to the vet on the next day which is today and they agreed to do so. After examining Nadal, my mum put her back into her tank and she seems tired... she sat at one corner of the tank and rested quietly as usual but this time she looked very lethargic. For every few small steps or movement she took, she will then stop to breathe hard and then remain at that spot for some time.

I thought she was just tired and sleepy so I switched off the balcony light so that both my hamsters could rest. After I was waken up this morning, my mum told me that Nadal is dead... I did not believe and immediately went to take a look at the sick hamster, I rather think that it was sleeping... but my mum then told me look at her breathing... She was right, Nadal is no longer breathing... Immediately, I cried.

I feel so sad whenever I see the empty tank now.

But my mum said it is better for the hamster to die peacefully then to suffer in pain. I do agree but I miss my hamster's presence. I feel weird seeing only 1 hamster now.

My mum then picked up Nadal and placed her in a small plastic box together with her favourite bathing sand and cottonwool. She said Nadal's body did not feel as harden like it has died for few hours, which means she had just passed away not long ago. To represent something from me, I also added in a star pellet into the box, placing it just beside Nadal's head. This star pellet is actually the last item that I gave to her in her food tray last night but I guessed her mouth was too painful to eat it. After that my mum and brother then brought the box downstairs and buried her under one of the trees.

R.I.P.
My Family's Beloved Younger Hamster (Jan 2007 - 9 May 2008)
We miss you...

Now I am left with 1 hamster. I am worried that Rafa will feel so lonely now that her younger sister is no longer there in the tank next to her. Today, whenever I went to take a look at Rafa, I will wonder if she knows that her companion is no longer around.

And my mum kept talking to Rafa - telling her that her sister has passed away... Hearing that makes me feel like crying everytime.

P/S: Apologies to all Rafael Nadal's fans... Unfortunately, my brother calls my female hamsters after Nadal's name, so I'm sorry if Nadal's fans feel offended by this... Weird I know... I think initially my brother just calls them that for fun but eventually, we just ended up using Nadal's first and second name to identify each of my hamsters. =p

Oops! 'J'olin Is In Singapore!

Jolin is in Singapore now... I guessed she should be on her way to IMM for her promotion on Taiwan... but why am I still sitting here blogging??? Duhh... I wish I am at IMM now but thinking of being there and waiting for Jolin's appearance alone has stopped me from going... I fear loneliness!! Hahaa!!

Anyway, I was searching for news on today's event at IMM just now. At the same time, I found out that actually there's this shop in Singapore called The Skin Boutique that has already brought in Jolin's Oops! J nail polishes!! I think I will go and check this place out one of these days... here's the website for people who are interested in the product - http://theskinboutique.com.sg/about-oopsj.php

The physical shop is located at No. 21 Club Street #02-09 Singapore 069410 (Opp. Far East Square, above Senso Restaurant). Tel/Fax: +65 6423 9394. Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 11am - 8pm, Sat & Sun 11am - 6pm.

By the way, I am not paid to advertise for them but bcoz I support Jolin's product and I truly recommend it to all other Jolin's female fans as well as princesses and divas who like to have bling bling nails!!

Oh yah, there's something to add... the prices of the nail polishes sold in The Skin Boutique are slightly higher than those of which I purchased directly from Oops! J while I was in Taiwan. But I think this is due to the import shipping cost to Singapore.

Nail Extension - My Second Trial

I just finished my second trial on doing acrylic nail extension using artificial nail tip. This time, I did the extension on my own right index finger instead of the fake finger... as my right index and middle finger nails are shorter than the rest of my fingers due to chip-off, I have decided to practice with my left hand to extend the fingernail on my right hand.

Adding on to my nail supplies... I even bought a box to keep my items! Tadah~! Do I look like a professional manicurist now?? Hahaa!


That's not all... There are still plenty of things not kept in the box! The rest of the barangs are kept in my Ikea storage box! Wait till you see all the nail polishes that I have... you will faint!! Before I show you guys my nail polishes collection, here's just a small preview...


It's a colour chart showing all the nail polish colours I have! Ok, there are some empty slots though... coz it is still incomplete. I have not completed it bcoz I have yet to sort out every colour. And this is only chart 1... I still have chart 2 not started on yet. =P

Ok, back to my nail extension trial... This is my little practice space...


And this is the end result of my completed nail extension!


Still not very nice but I think it's still acceptable! Compare my index fingernail to my middle and fourth fingernails... Can you see the difference between with and without extension?

Hmmm... Now I feel weird with only one artificial fingernail tip attached. But before I remove it, I will see if it can last till next weekend or longer. Anyway, the removal of acrylic extensions require quite alot of time... now I am feeling too lazy to go through the process so I shall wait till next Saturday or Sunday then.

More Oops! J...

Hehee... I think I am crazy!! I spent almost S$300 on Oops! J nail polishes this time!!! And this time I bought 13 bottles! Thanks to my colleague Joanne for helping me make the purchase! =P

I think I will soon collect the whole range of Oops! J nail polishes! Even Vanessa says that I can be the Singapore ambassador for Oops! J coz I am influencing my female colleagues to buy their nail polishes too!! I even brought the catalog for them to choose the colours to buy and provided them with info when they asked me what are the differences based on the different range. Vanessa said that it was as if I am working part-time as an Oops! J promoter during my office hours. Hahaa... Seriously, I don't mind being Oops! J ambassador actually!