so i haven been blogging for a long long time!

i have been caught up with many events recently but i finally decided i should at least give a little update to my poor neglected blog.

To start off, recently (or maybe not so recently) i joined a contest while buying products at Watsons, and won myself a handful of beauty products from the brand kracie!

this was the whole range of products i received :)

and i really want to share the reviews and experience for using the products.

it included a:

ichikami shampoo! - which i am using right now :D

guess many would have noticed this new range of shampoo when you are shopping at Watsons…it comes in very simple but striking black and white colours. the white coloured bottle is the Shampoo, while black is for the conditioner.

the cute bottles have caught my attention and i decided to try it out. but like most japanese products, the shampoo and conditioner never failed my expectations.

after using the shampoo and conditioner, my hair felt smoother (for real!) and everytime i stepped out of the shower, the bathroom still smells as nice from the shampoo!

if you have not tried it before, i would highly recommend it. it is very affordable too, about $4+ for a 200ml bottle! :)

i also received this - epilat hair removing cream

it was just nice that i finished my previous hair removing cream from veet. :D so i gave it a try!

the pack contained a small spatula for applying the cream and also to scrub off the hair in the later part. it was really neat and hassle-free with the spatula, and the whole process took only about 5-10 minutes.

great for busy girls!

i was just apply the cream like i’m applying jam on bread…lol! (pardon my ugly leg)

fast, efficient, and fragrant. ;)

this is the epilat - body treatment milk

i suppose you use this to moisturize your legs after the hair removal. it contains pomegranate extract, and from what i know, pomegranate have pretty positive skin effects, such as repairing damaged skin due to sun exposure and aging, extending the life of fibroblasts, cells which are responsible for making your skin elastic and firm.

kracie also has some range of facial products as well. this is their cleansing oil for the face, which i have yet to try because i still have my existing cleansing product. :)

they have another one called purenavi, and they come in little sachets in a box. very handy if you are a frequent traveller.

will try it after i finish my current one!

this is yet another product in their skincare range - aquamoist hyaluronic acid essence.

i dun quite understand the functions as the words are mostly in japanese, but it looks like it has moisturising properties. ;)

anyways, i do have 2 free samples for the shampoo so if anyone is interested in trying it out, i’m willing to give them away to you.

just email me at liyun.soh@gmail.com - first come first served basis.

alright, that’s about all.

oh yah! i forgot to add - i just joined their latest contest “Miss Bihada Beauty Queen” too!

below is my entry picture:

please help vote for me at:

http://tinyurl.com/4b2q3mk

by clicking “like” on my picture. but you will have to “like” the group first before you can vote.

thanks! :)

will blog about the chinese new year soon! :D:D

itookadeepbreath:

CLICK THE SQUARES & MAKE SOME MUSIC!.

after deliberating for the longest time, i have finally decided on what my new year resolution would be.

i have planned on writing a long entry detailing my 2010 happenings, and some resolutions for the new year, but maybe not anymore.

for this year, my resolution is to live simple (note: not live simply, there is a fine difference), and start living. no doubt, happiness is and will be included in my definition of “simple”.

many would probably think: why live simple when i can lead an exciting life? i mean i may be 23 but i am not exactly that old, so i should be enjoying myself while i can. like, partying everyday?

actually i do not really have any answer to that, but i find that as i grow older, my expectations for things get lesser and i tend to seek peace. i become more forgiving, more appreciative of things around me, and i tend to submit myself to many things that do not go my way.

it makes me happier this way. :)

so for 2011, i shall live simple, stop existing, and start living. :)

this is a picture story of life, and of love.

click here to read it.

sometimes we take it for granted for the presence of loved ones around us; and the sad truth is, human always tend to treasure only after we have lost.

one of the big malls in jb - jusco

super crowded even on a weekday evening!

don don’s chicken kebab grill set at a restaurant called stone grill.

we had to grill the chickens on our own, interesting!

my tom yum soup + tang hoon :D

nice ♥

jy’s chicken chop :)

lok lok :D

woooooo bui bui and sinful day :/

a long awaited entry on the recent macau trip! i shall include some personal tips for navigating in macau, hk and zhuhai.

haha i think when i start to blog it means i am getting too bored…lol!

day 1 

took an afternoon flight by jetstar :)

don don says he just love the thrill of seeing the planes get ready for take off…

on the plane to macau :)

jetstar is really so so crammed! - but that is budget airline for you. oh wells.

reached macau at about 6pm but by then the sky was already getting really dark, because I think they have shorter day and longer night?

our first meal at the macau airport,not because we were hungry, but because we were really in need of small change for taxi fare later.

i ♥ vitasoy!

yup so after checking into the hotel, we stepped out into the cool windy night and started our hunt for some nice local food. ;)

don don with his red pork meat rice and warm milk tea

i noticed in macau, hk and china, the meals generally consists of either beef/pork with some boiled vegetables and rice. I can hardly find any dishes with fish. :(

oh yar, and the portion of food are seriously big. Not that I’m a small eater, because even don don agrees!

after our dinner, since it was dark, we found it pointless to explore further attractions so it was off to the casinos!

they have 32 casinos in macau (like wtf) and i’m glad because it meant free shuttle buses to various attractions from the casinos, which helped us save abit in taxi fares.

also, with casinos, the nights at macau seems to be so much livelier!

guess where we were at? :)

we were at the venetian! it’s one of the most beautiful and talked about casino in macau, and thankfully just 10 minutes away from my hotel. ;)

the architectural designs are venice-inspired. :)

it’s just like a mini-world inside, even though it is dark outside, the interiors of venetian will always be bright like a cool sunny day.

i think our marina bay sands casino also used the idea of having staffs row gondolas like that? except that it looks so much classier in the venetian :D

the casino - can you tell that it is very packed?!

so that was about it for day 1. :)

day 2

our day 2 itinerary was to go to zhu hai (china). and to get there from macau is relatively easy, as you just have to get to this place called the border gate, and then it is simply a walk-through to the customs and you will reach zhu hai.

think singapore and johor bahru and you will be able to understand how near it is.

outside the border gate area!

the weather was super cold in the morning, and at one point of time i think i was wearing up to 4 layers of clothing including that jacket! *gasp*

reached the famous zhu hai mall (just outside of the customs) and we had our brunch!

stewed pork rice - omfg it is yummy :)

fried oyster omelette, for like SGD $2+ ?

love the veges :)

anyway i can tell zhu hai is really a shopping haven for all the ladies out there ;) don don is lucky enough because it was the winter season and everyone was selling winter clothes, so i did not buy a lot of stuffs.

hence warning to all bfs going with their gfs, please go during the winter season. you will appreciate this piece of advice next time. 

and luckily i did heed lei’s advice - haggle! even if the thing costs 100 RMB, say you’ll only buy it at 20RMB! then you’ll probably get your stuff at 30-40RMB, which is still quite a steal. :)

after zhu hai we headed back to macau to put our things down in hotel. then it’s dinner time!

*i’m sorry but this whole trip just seems to have a lot of eating hahaha!

portugese style vegetable soup

the nice salmon fried rice with fish roe

don don is thinking how to finish it all on its own!

i can’t help him as i can’t even finish mine :(

the thing about eating at macau: the food in the picture doesn’t look appetizing at all. if the food comes with complimentary side dishes, it is not shown in the picture either.

in one good way, when you expect lesser, it actually comes out better. the food turns out to be quite nice and different from the menu pictures ; often comes with free side dishes that we can’t finish!

we walked around the hotel estate after eating…

at the park

don don testing the roadside parking meter :D srsly have no idea how it works but it looks cute

that pretty much concluded my 2nd day, we were both exhausted from all the walking in zhu hai!

day 3

the third day was more exciting because it was to HK! :D

i ♥ hk

our tickets to hk on turbo jet :)

from macau ferry terminal, you can take the 45 minute ferry ride to hk ferry terminal, which is at sheung wan station, abit like our harbourfront ferry terminal actually.

the ferry was pretty big and spacious, more spacious than the plane i took. :(

i fell asleep for the 45 minutes onboard…

reached hk! :)

we wanted to eat some authentic hk dim sum but guess we’re abit late? so we settled for early lunch instead.

gong zai mian (公仔面)

these must be the most delicious maggi mee ever :D

we also walked to this dessert shop that i’ve been to the last hk trip.

and then it is shopping time :)

some random shopping mall that looks promising but ends up being full of boring men’s clothings.

just love shopping on weekdays.

eating my favourite stinky tofu from a street stall - don don refused to talk to me after that.

this is the famous lady’s market in hk located near mong kok station. it is just like a pricier pasar malam in singapore. buy only if you are feeling charitable.

dinner at a local noodles restaurant. omg don’t their prawn wantons just look fabulous?

so tired from 1 whole day of walking! hk streets have practically no place for resting man.

avenue of stars at night :) it is about a 10 minute walk from tsim sha tsui mtr station.

:))

that was end of day 3…!

day 4

i think i like this day the most. we had no planned itinerary, just took random buses everywhere in macau and go to wherever the bus takes us. :D

our morning goal was to eat dim sum so we woke up super early and took a bus outside of our hotel. luckily the bus did brought us to some chinese restaurant and i got to eat my dim sum! :)

one thing about macau and hk in general that i strongly don’t like: smoking is allowed practically everywhere…even in air-conditioned restaurants / shopping malls!

that really turned me off.

again we took a random bus and good enough we reached one of macau’s must see attraction - the senado square.

i have to say, macau’s bus system is good in a way because they cover the routes to practically most of the attractions. pretty convenient for tourists to navigate around. :)

it’s a very old street i guess…and while at the main part of the square looks quite stylish, they have a lot of old stalls down the street as well.

this was taken at an old church located in the senado square.

this is a really old styled confession booth! 

before we left the church we each made a small donation. for peace, and just simple blessings. :)

lol i instructed don don to look emo ;D

eating the super nice portugese egg tart :)

happy food for dinner ♥

nom nom nom

:D

taking a bus from the bus interchange to our next destination

actually taking a cab in macau/hk is not that expensive either. it costs around $2+ for the initial fee, and the meter jumps really really slowly and at a very minor increase. :)

:) too bad it was already closed for the day by the time we reached.

we can only walk around and enjoy the scenery!

we saw one couple taking their wedding photos at the fisherman’s wharf…indeed it is a great place for that!

as it was the last night there, we decided to try our luck at the sands casino there! :D

luckily for us we had some small winnings, which was good enough for us because we were prepared to lose some money anyways!

day 5

aww the last day of the trip is always the saddest :(

always looking forward to breakfast there ;D

ordered this again because i think i will miss it very much when i’m back. :)

don don ordered this lemon water as he thought this was lemon tea. but it was really lemon + plain water fml

the last day was nothing much, as we had to reach the airport around 3pm.

we just went back to senado square to get all the portugese tarts and any last minute shopping. :)

when we went to the airport that day we were notified of the flight delay. we waited for frigging 5 hours in the boring airport. should have just compensated us another day at macau. lol!

yep that probably summed up our macau trip :)

i miss the place!! would definitely visit again!

i think my blog is the most interesting blog on earth - not.

pardon for the lack of updates!

well, i will try to update in chronological order, it’s just that too many stuffs are happening lately.

for one, i am officially out of job! :D

am just taking a one month break before i continue my job hunt - and yes, i am going to macau on the 16th - 20th! :)) very excited and cannot wait!

some pictures of my lovely colleagues before i left the company, from angel’s birthday celebration:

the udon cake we bought for angel, it is very delicious looking, isn’t it? :D

the “eggs” and other ingredients were cleverly made using agar-agar (jelly) while the chopsticks and spoon (cannot be seen) were made from dark chocolate. *yummy*

cutie naychi and I

my dearest yunyun and naychi - i miss them already! :)

my cute cute manager :)

if you guys are interested in the cake, you may view more of it at Yiling Confectionary. they have really cute cakes!

after angel’s birthday came huci’s advance 21st birthday party at nrscc. :) i must say though i am forever 18, i felt slightly out of place because her friends were all looking so young! i wished i was 21 again! :(

huici’s lovely 21st birthday cake!

with the pretty birthday girl :)

group shots:

and after the birthday party, it was off to Play Nation to play some wii/xbox! :D

it’s a pretty nice place to chill with friends and in large groups you can choose to have a little cosy private room all to yourselves, although it is not that private anyways.

the peeps

erm guitar heros anyone?

the game raving rabbit is so cute! :D

(wow i started blogging this post like last week but i am determined to finish it before i sleep tonight - 08/09/2010)

okay, so recently was quite slack for me, going out with my friends and what not. although i am very free now but i am seriously hardly home at all, in fact i think i have not survived a day without going out.

with outings going up, expenses is also going up, which means lesser money for macau trip. so anytime now i am going to self-quarantine myself at home or something liddat.

some pictures taken with my girls:

so we were at…once upon a milkshake. :) its like a 5 minutes walk from international plaza, tanjong pagar.

me and dear lei - our pictures are always incomplete because ling is camera “SHY” (or she tries to be -_-)

our milkshakes! :D welly nice!

lei and me at ritz carlton hotel :D (my hair looks short right?! should i cut my hair?)

our free lunch :DD

*yummy*

in a blink of an eye…the long weekend is gone! *poof* just like that! :(

but i have so many activities lined up…and i can’t wait for 16th to arrive so i’m off to macau! :)

till then!

Dearest Mdm Koh,

I hope this letter finds you well.

I am typing this letter with a very heavy heart and every word carries my sincerity so I hope you will finish reading it, although it is very long winded.

I will be leaving the company as of 31^st October 2010, and I would just like to thank you for all the good memories you have provided me with during these few months stint here and to apologize for any offensive behaviour.

Firstly, thank you for telling the Accounts Department we are lazy and blind. I believe this is not wrong, and your great words have spurred us to work even harder ever since then.

I totally respect you because unlike our lazy team, you have always been working hard and busying yourself with the company’s affairs, such as:

• Walking behind us and checking on our computer screens. (Don’t get me wrong, I know you just want to make sure our computers are working fine and not giving us problems.)

• Going to great lengths to get your loyal subordinates to take pictures of us while we are using computers

• Noting our time in / time out so that you can know we are always safe (But actually to save you on the time and effort, you may want to consider installing a security camera on every Accounts Department staff’s desk. Wouldn’t it be better?)

• Worrying yourself with our Accounts staff and concerned about our well-being, such as if anyone is on MC. Really, we appreciate your thought.

Although all these are small gestures, it really thrilled and touched us (or maybe me only) that a busy person like you would be so interested and concerned about our affairs, when you could have dedicated your time to more meaningful tasks, like chasing payment, and …what else?

Sorry, I guess I am too lazy to find out what your job scope really is.

I can also see your importance in this company, in fact, I think I know why you are so busy. This has prompted me to do up a separate organisation chart which I strongly believe would be more relevant to your importance in the company.

As the Bible verse said, Ecclesiastes 4:9-10: Two are better than one. Indeed, from the above organisation chart, 2 seems to be better than 1 for you.

I am really ashamed of my own actions sometimes, being lazy and all, while you slog your time in the office till 7pm+ daily. Will your son and husband feel neglected?

I am really concerned because I have ever read a research on how children with no parental supervision often ends up being abusive parents or turn to weird habits such as molesting young children in the toilet. And most of the time, their parents are unaware of all these actions because for a obvious reason they are not around.

I do understand your son is all grown up already, judging by the grey hairs on your head. Maybe you might just like to give them a call this very minute to assure him you still love him. Or have you considered retirement might just be the very solution?

I can already think of some very fun retirement plans like going to Chinese Garden to view the scenery, playing facebook games at home with your son or grandson (if you are lucky), watching Gossip Girl or Channel 8 where they have some really nice singing competition variety shows for the senior citizens.

Enough said, I think you can tell already how much respect I have for you from this letter. I really do wish you all the best in the company and do continue to build good rapport with all the staffs, I am sure they will miss you deeply should you really consider retirement as your best solution.

Goodbye and don’t bother to reply me as I will not be able to receive with regret, but I am sure you have better things to do.

P/S: I would just like to add something else, on a very random note: Your curly short hairdo is really sexy and reminds me of those models I have seen on Vogue magazine, maybe a much older version but still nice. Where did you perm it at?

Yours Sincerely,

Soh Li Win

My latest wedges obsession! The problem with me is that I love collecting wedges/heels but I can never find a suitable occasion to wear it. :(

my pretty love :)