masquerade; paper faces on parade

Sunday, August 20, 2006
bobbi brown convert!

gosh, today's the last day of freedom... from tomorrow onwards, i'll be joining the rat race =( Well, on the brighter side, at least i'll be going to Penang for a 'holiday' somehow. Juz hope it's gonna be relaxing and not too strenuous - my brain can't take it after being on slack mode for so long.. But anyhow, to get my mind off such unhappy things, I'm gonna bl0g what took place last evening! heehee.. thinking about it just brings a wide grin to my face.. hahahaha!!!

My really nice and sweet cousin signed me up for this Bobbi Brown Chocoholics Workshop as a birthday present. Well, coz it was kinda a late decision, we couldn't get places for 2 on the days that we were available so we decided to split up. My session was the one yesterday. I wasn't really keen on going initially coz 1) I woke up with a darn locked jaw and 2) I'll be alone and it's gonna be weird coz not many people go for such makeup workshops alone. But I went anyway coz this workshop costs a good $150.

Yup, so I got there on time.. hee.. learnt my lesson after being late for the one that I went with Geri and Qiu (remember the Jill Lowe/Estee Lauder one??). It was held at the atrium of Centrepoint. Initially I thought it was really weird coz that's such an open space so how can a workshop possibly be held there? But I was so wrong. They kinda closed up the workshop area with nice wooden blinds so it's not that open afterall. The ambience was really good - think nice warm lightings, comfy seats, beauty mirror and brushes for each lady coming for the workshop etc. Best of all, once I got myself registered and seated, I was served with Bakerzin's chocolate passieres and a nice chocolate mint drink! How awesome is that??? hahahaha... Oh, before I forget, I would say that there are actually perks for going alone. For one, I was able to get a good seat right in front! =P

So the whole workshop was a really hands-on thing. Step by step guide on how to apply makeup. There were also makeup artists around to help with the colours that suit your skin tone. And I FINALLY found the perfect foundation tone for my skin!! Thanks to Jac, the sales and education manager, who helped me alot! =)))) Pretty useful for someone like me who's gonna start working and need to put on all these makeup. I also got selected to be the model for eye makeup (that means I got to go up the stage and offer my face as the 'white paper' for the pro to doodle on)!! hahahahaha...

The entire workshop took about 2 1/2 hours to finish. So after it was done, I decided to use the $150 voucher (which was in the goody bag - so actually the $150 paid previously was fully redeemable!) to redeem Bobbi Brown products on the spot coz according to the makeup artist who was helping me, she said that a lot of limited edition items were closed to being sold out. Then I got tempted. I was enticed by the nice palette that would come free with every purchase of $300, that would mean that I'll have to top up $150 on top of the voucher. But thankfully, my senses got the better of me. Well, I did top up to $200 eventually to get this nice bag of goodies but at least the damage was only $50 and not $150! heehee... So I left the place happy with ALL my purchases.. haahaha..

Now, I kinda feel guilty that I bought and will be buying more Bobbi Brown products (and I've also become a member, btw) instead of MAC products. Oh no... Can I just be loyal to 2 brands??

Kel ♥ 12:30 PM leave ur mark 0 comments

Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Discoveries of the Year

Today was such an eventful day! For starters, I got up at an unearthly hour - 730am (my stds are 1130 btw). That's because I wanted to follow Wei back to NTU to pay off my computer loan. Yup, so I trudged back to NTU with my eyes barely open.. argh!

Once we reached the Boon Lay MRT station, I realised that the old bus interchange had been torn down! There's a new temporary one built on the grass patch at the other side of the MRT station. So this makes Discovery No. 1.

So after boarding 179 and all, I finally ended up in the all too familiar place - school. Recalling how I had to go to the Office of Finance at the Administration Building in my freshie year to get my computer loan done and pay overdued tuition fees (coz there was a cashier there), common sense told me to go back there to make payment. Lo and behold, although I distinctly remembered that the cashier was on the 3rd floor, I was greeted by a huge wall and a card-security glass door on the 3rd floor! Well, it did say Office of Finance alright but it seemed to be more like the back office. That was just what I needed after getting 2 huge blisters on my toes while trying to rush there and get my payment done! Right, so I decided to call them up and find out where have they moved to. The Student Services Centre, I was told. Great, that's like all the way at the Admin Annexe. But that wasn't the worst, the worst part was that they didn't accept VISA - this means I can't get my payment done! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! So Discovery No. 2 is that the cashier for the Office of Finance has moved to the Student Services Centre.

After all the hoohah, I got really hungry.. Since I was gonna meet Wei for lunch after his class, I decided to go grab a light bite first so pau came to mind. Hence, I started walking to Canteen B to grab the all so familiar pau. My my, when I got there, the place was like a madhouse (ok, no big deal coz it's like that most of the time)! I squeezed thru the crowd at the noodles and chinese food stall so as to get to the pau stall. BUT, omg.. the pau stall disappeared!! In its place was a newly opened Western Food stall! To confirm my suspicions that the pau stall had indeed disappeared, I walked to and fro the entire canteen probably twice! I was like ?!@#@!? I want my pau!!!! Then I thought what the heck, i'll just go grab a milo then since I was bloody hungry. Hence, I pushed my way through to the drinks stall. Then while paying for my milo, I realised that the drinks stall now sells pau! And the auntie who was collecting money was the pau auntie! Hahahahahaha... so the pau stall didn't disappear after all, it just merged with the drinks stall.. hahahahaha... funny... that's my Discovery no. 3!

Gosh, in conclusion, I felt so out of place in school... quite a number of changes, I would say. Would you believe that it was only 4 months ago that I was still in school, rushing for tutorials/lunch etc? Shucks.. SOOO many changes in a short period of time... Sob, I still wanna feel like I belong there!! =(

ps: oh yar, even Coffee Club Express changed. That coffee joint is now known as "Caffe Express"

Kel ♥ 12:08 AM leave ur mark 0 comments

Wednesday, August 09, 2006
stupid. really stupid.

I think I'm a really stupid baboon. I've never felt so dumb and cheated in my entire life... Eventually, I found out that the biggest regret of my life is not giving law school a miss but something else. Oh gosh, why did I ever allow myself to be subjected to such unhappiness and humiliation?

I'm a sucker... a real sucker

Kel ♥ 2:42 AM leave ur mark 0 comments

Friday, August 04, 2006
Days are flying by!!!

Oh no... days are really flying by!!! gosh, it's already a Friday.. that means 2 more weeks till the start of work! aaaaahhhhhhhhh..... that sucks!! And I'm already called up to go for a meeting on monday when I haven't officially started work, not forgetting the advance preparation stuff for work which I have yet to read... oh my... i'm still trying to be positive here... trying my best...

But anyway, lots of events going on in my life right now.. Celebrated my 22nd birthday on Sunday.. cool (see the delibrate attempt to avoid whining about my age)!! haha.. though there was a minor hiccup along the way, everything else was great or rather romantic... =) Wei never fails to surprise me every year *grin*

That's us on our way to the surprise!

Then on Wednesday, we decided to go down to Sentosa for a tan in the name of spontaneity! haha.. It was really funny coz when we were all ready to go (as in all packed up and stuff), it started pouring like mad... So Wei started thinking of backup plans while I was still trying my best to be optimistic and convince him of how the rain was probably caused by a passing cloud when in actual fact, the whole sky was gray.. hahaha.. But in any case, the rain did eventually stop and the sun finally came out by the time we reached Sentosa!! YIPPEEEE!!!!! I prayed really hard for the record.. hee

Since we were already at Sentosa, I suggested going for the Musical Fountain show in the evening to end the day! Hey, I haven't been there since I was 7 or something!! Apparently, Wei wasn't really amused but he went along anyway (being a sweetie as usual =P)... haha... Yup, so instead of a nice and comfy ride outta Sentosa, the both of us had to squeeze with a zillion tourists on the bus, all of whom are going to see the musical fountain as well. This was followed by a mad dash to the open area where the show was gonna be staged (everyone started running, dunno for what - the show was slated to start at 740 and the bus reached at about 710). I'm laughing my ass off now as I think back on what happened then... hahaha... Anyway, since we were early and the show hadn't started, we decided to go trigger happy (yes, okay, it was my initiative coz I was getting bored)... heehee

I think I look stupid here... my face is so round! Argh... but if it makes you smile, I'm cool.. =)

Then, Wei said something really funny... "I feel like I'm a tourist in Chi**." hahahaha... you see, we were all surrounded by people from that country.. they were smoking, yelling (or rather, talking), trying to all squeeze in the centre when there is space at the side etc etc... gosh, not that I wanna have a bad impression of those people but their mannerisms really warrant such discriminated thinking. Anyway, back to matters on a lighter note, yea it really did feel like we were on a holiday in Chi**, watching some fountain show there... hahaha... But all in all, that day ended well =)

Nothing much happened on Thursday though. But now that it's already Friday, reality hits! Gotta continue doing up my room and start reading those advance preparation stuff.. Ciao!

Kel ♥ 4:02 PM leave ur mark 1 comments