O2 Skin Products

Nice paper carriers, but expensive to buy from...

 

Neroli Firming Moisturising Cleansing Foam. Well, so far, my skin seemed to get used to this cleansing foam. Apparently, the rich foam effectively removes dirt, excessive sebum and makeup. It aids in regeneration of new cells and prevents wrinkles so that skin feels clearer and firmer. I tricked my mother into going into this shop to browse around as I don't feel like going home yet, but ended up, my mother bought 2 products from this shop and along the way, got a free membership for purchasing above SGD50...

 

Red Wine Whitening And Firming Cream (Normal-Dry Skin). This controls generation of melanin and promotes collagen production to regenerate skin's cells. It enhances the skin's constitution to a healthy state so as to allow the whitening process to progress smoothly and speedily. Well, it sure sounds good. But the thing is that, I am allergic to alcohol and alcoholic contents and this product only serves to make me look as if I had run into the wall many times as it made my face looks red and flushed...

All Leah Dizon's Fans, Please Read!!

If you have an account on MySpace, especially just to add jap musicians as friends, please read this!!

Please take note!!
Leah Dizon's real myspace URL is: www.myspace.com/leah_dezon

There is an imposter pretendind to be Leah Dizon by the url of : www.myspace.com/anwar_razak

and please also note that Leah Dizon is born in Las Vegas, Nevada before relocating to Japan to pursue her career. Leah Dizon was not born in Japan, neither is she a model in Japan and Las Vegas anymore but a pop star in Japan and it is totally impossible that she would want to know more about Malaysia, unless she plan to stage a concert in S.E.Asia with is almost near impossible as pop stars from Japan wouldn't go to countries like Singapore, Malaysia or Indonesia to stage concerts either. Also do take note that when Leah Dizon made her debut in Japan, her myspace profile was also mentioned and that photos of her during her modelling days should also be mentioned too. If you or your friends are "friends" with Leah Dizon on myspace, please see the above URLs for yourselves to decide which is the real or fake Leah Dizon. No, I am not dissing her off or anything of that sort as I myself really like her music and felt that she is a rocking artiste.. But you are all doing a disservice to the original Leah Dizon by befriending an imposter. Please do help to spread this message to all your friends and help to report abuse/imposter profile of URL: www.myspace.com/anwar_razak .

http://groups.myspace.com/fakecelebprofiles

Posing On The Escalator

My mother, posing on the escalator after some grocery shopping. Who says you can only pose on a red carpet in Hollywood? You can do it in heartland malls too, you know??

Singapore's Mdm Liberty

Well, here it is. Presenting Singapore's version of The Statue Of Liberty, aptly re-named, The Statue Under The Electric Fan, my mother. I'm sure everyone knew that if you keep your plastic containers stashed away too long, there will be this funny smell lingering in the containers. My mother claimed that if you either wipe the container with a cloth or, as this photo shows, let the wind circulate the insides of the box, the smell will go away. By the way, no washing is needed in this "experiment"...

Lor Mee

A bowl of Lor Mee, by any other name, tastes just as wonderful. A little history of the noodle stall where this bowl of lor mee (stew noodles) came from: This stall actually changed ownerships for a record of 12 years and each owner/cook was just as bad as the previous one that left. The very first one had a tendency of cooking your spouse's or family or friends favourite noodle and served it up to your face, leaving you wondering if it was you or someone else who had ordered that bowl of noodles. And when the owner/cook is confronted, he'll claim that your spouse or family or friend likes to eat this particular bowl of noodle, so he cooked it... And the last one that left had a bad habit of not tasting the soup, curry that she had cooked before selling. So, on many occassions, her prawn noodle soup is either extra salty or extra bland. It was so bad that I only ate from this noodle stall twice before I totally lost faith. But the current owner/cook is really marvellous. The prawn noodle soup is just right, not too salty nor bland, the laksa gravy is the right taste, not of the curry chicken type and most importantly, the lor mee. It's just heavenly, as it has really been more than 5 years since I had a chance to try the best tasting lor mee in my neighborhood. Sigh~ ~ ~

Guess Who?

My store manager hard at work wrapping up magazines in plastic bags, the manual way. Just right after I snapped this photo, he suddenly called me and asked me to do him a favour. And I was thinking, he can't possible have known that I snapped a photo of him and now decided to ask me to take a proper picture of him, right? Until he handed me a stack of plastic files and asked me to help him to bring it over to the stationary section... Phew~ ~ ~

Dry Spaghetti

Fried spaghetti, my style. Enough to say, that big bottle of spaghetti sauce which I bought has turned mouldy, with white spots which made the whole thing looked like art poster color. And I was so hungry for spaghetti, so went in the prawns, sliced onions with a generous sprinkling of black pepper and voila...

Amorito Eau De Toilette

Well, I don't really remember much about this perfume when I first saw it in The Body Shop last year and I don't really have much impression about it too. But today, I "dragged" my mother into the shop just to simply basked in the sweet smelling atmosphere of the shop when my mother was once again (actually, not the first time either..) fascinated by the perfumes. I think my mother really wanted to collect the entire collection of the perfumes available at The Body Shop and she nearly blindly bought some without even trying out and seeing how the scent is like. So, I grabbed a bottle (Amorito Eau De Toilette) and tested it and was really amazed to find out that it smelled like... chocolate!! Yummy... Imagine smelling chocolate everyday without either feeling guilty about putting on weight or over-indulge in eating the real thing...

Morinaga Treats

Milk Caramel soft candy from Morinaga. Yummy for me, boo for my mother 'cause she doesn't like the taste and smell of milk. This is the time when I will tell my mother that when she turned 70, she will be talking to my feet while I will be talking to the back of her head. (Osteoporosis, you see...)

Another Turn-Off Celebrity

Most caucasians might remember her as that beautiful asian girl who starred as Jackie Chan's sister in Shanghai Noon. One thing you wouldn't know about her and which I will talk about down here. Back during my Books K. days, there was this afternoon when she and (I think..) her friend showed up at my workplace, browsing at the Japanese magazines on display. Her friend was sticking very closely to her, as if she's basking in Fann Wong's fame and glory, arm in arm. I didn't do that usual "oohs" and "ahhs" like my colleagues 'cause she has this bad habit of not smiling unless she is in front of the camera. Apparently, she's afraid the public will see her wrinkles so that's why she doesn't smile whenever she's out in the public eye. Before long, she and her friend bought a book each and went up to the counter and pay. And as usual, her friend was still sticking right smack beside her, like as if they were permanently glued to each other before they stepped out of the house. And since her friend was sticking right beside her and there was another customer waiting behind them to pay up, I called out to the customer who was right behind them. And you know what happened next?? That friend (of Fann Wong's) quickly walked up to my counter and threw her book right onto my counter and pretended nothing happened. I was so shocked!! I mean, so that's why she was sticking so close to FW, just because she's a celebrity and people will not only look at FW, but also at you too?? As my colleague was right beside me, I quickly mumbled loudly: "Wah! So rude one!! Just because she's with Fann Wong, must also pretended to act like celebrity. Some more must also throw her book on my counter. What a bitch!!" Of course, FW's friend heard my mumbling and sort of mumbled back an apology so soft I thought she was talking to herself. And when she took out money to pay for her book, she handed it over to me nicely and suddenly remembered her P's and Q's. Seriously, you had already proved how rude you are so there's really no point in pretending to be a polite customer anymore. Yeah, this is the incident which made me hate FW even more. An unsmiling bitch in real life, pretending to be a sweet person. And worse, people who hanged out with you are just as rude!! Yucks! Stop being a celebrity 'cause seeing your face in the newspaper makes me sick!!

25th Birthday Presents

My previous black nail polish sort of dried up, so I had to threw it away. Now, I am getting the black and pink one for myself. The black nail polish is for my toenails and the pink nail polish are for my fingernails.

 

It's called Happy Bath Day Precious Rose from Kose and it's actually hair cologne. Interesting, isn't it? It's actually Rose scented, and directions for use:


» Spray the cologne on the desired areas of your hair with an interval of 15 ~ 20 cm.


» You do not need to shake the bottle before using.

25th Birthday

Cute looking donuts my mother bought at a confectionary shop. They are selling at SGD1.00 each and it's a 'Buy 5 Get 1 Free' promotion. Anyway, I am aiming for the mocha 'cause it looks really yummy!!

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Yes!! My birthday cake, and it's tiramisu. Hell, it has been so long since I had any tiramisu cake and it's calling out to me in the fridge right inside the confectionary shop.

 

Chocolate treats I am going to bring to my workplace for my colleagues, friends, staffs, friends, everyone lar...

 

 

 

P/S: Taufiq, you had better be working on 23 November. If not, no more chocolates left for you liao...

Going For Breakast

While waiting for the lift, my mother asked me why is that if we want to go downstairs, we have to press the down button instead of the up button. Well, beats me either. I'm afraid she'll have to pray for God to give a clear answer for this question.

 

A quick snap of my mother, who insisted that her black eye bags (read: panda eyes) are very visible in this photo.

 

 

Another quick snap of my mother enjoying her black coffee, who still insisted she can see her black eye bags.

Mug N Mint

My new mug which I am using at my workplace. I was careless in using the old previous old which was made of plastic, but luckily, I have another spare mug which I can use. Actually, I dropped the previous mug onto the tarmac floor while I was enjoying a cigarette break. And the worse part? I forgot I had a spare mug lying around at home and I kept using the spoilt (read: cracked) plastic tumbler and had to bear with this stale water smell whenever I drank coffee..

Spaghetti Asian Style

Fried angel hair spaghetti with prawns, crab meat, green vegetables, cabbage and sliced hot dog. My mother is really a genius when it comes to frying spaghetti noodles, as only she is capable of cooking it asian style...

Hieroglyphics Rubber Stamp Set

This is a box.



And so, I opened up the box...



Voila, rubber stamps with hieroglyphics...

Actually, I was rather careless with it. I should have removed the plastic bag that came with the rubber stamps, but didn't. Ended up, the rubber stamps sort of fused together with the plastic bag. And if I try to stamp it onto a piece of paper, all I got is a big blot in which you can't tell which hieroglyphic is which...?

Japanese Facial Products

This peculiar thing is not a lip balm, lip stick, concealer or anything close that you can beautify nor protect your face with. This is a Black Head Off Stick, from B&C Laboratories Inc. Japan and as the name suggests, is a stick for removing blackheads on your nose!! Interesting, right?? This is how you use it. First, you have to wash your face clean, and it doesn't matter what product you use as long as your face is washed cleanly. Dry your face thoroughly with a towel and don't moisturise or do anything to your face yet. Then, open up the cap of this product and twist out roughly 5mm. Dab or rub slightly over your nose cotinuously and as soon as you see flaky things appearing on your nose, stop and wipe off with a tissue paper. Continue until you don't see anymore blackheads left on your nose. Do remember that you have to wash your face first before using this product, if not, it is as good as being ineffective in a way that sebum secretion from your nose would nulify the effects the stick is supposed to do for your nose. It is really cool in a sense that you can pop it into your bag, pouch or pocket and take it on the go with you, wherever you might be for the day. I bought this at Watsons (Singapore) and I am not really sure if you can buy this stick overseas (other than Japan).

Sigh~ ~ ~

Well, it was a difficult night and it was really hard for me to fall asleep as the urge to throw up was really strong. To make matters worse, the doctor was wearing a medical face mask (you know, the type that doctors wear which cover their mouths..) and when I was describing my symptoms to him, all I managed to hear him say was, "....attack..... 1.....mc.....well..." and the other line that I really heard clearly from him when I was preparing to leave his clinic was, "...Walk slowly..." He sure made me feel as if I had SARs...

Let's Compare.

On the left is a clothes peg which you can double up as a paper clip and a clothes peg to dry your doll(s) clothes. And on the right is the original clothes peg which mothers in Singapore, starting up from the 60s, would use to keep their clothes from flying off bamboo poles while the clothes are left outside the window to dry... I think my mother was in primary school during the 60s, besides, she was born in the 50s.

Ecole freebies - Ecole mag = YEAH!!

First we have a box...

 

Then, we open up the box...

 

And inside the box are a note-pad, oversized paper clips and undersized clothes peg...

 

And please don't ask me about the magazine at all. All I knew is that it's a korean magazine titled Ecole and it was the previous issue that this box of freebies came with it...

Warding Off the Evil Eye

The security guard at my work place told me that peacock feather have the ability to ward off evil, due to the "eye" that you can see on the feather itself. I don't know how true, but I am not taking any chances. During this year's Hungry Ghost Festival, someone or something stood outside my bedroom window and went, "Foo~ Foo~!". It wasn't really that disturbing to say the last, but hell, whoever that thing or person was, it chose the wrong timing to scare me. In a sense that I was trying very hard to fall asleep. Ended up, I woke up and couldn't went back to sleep anymore and I had to spend that time (4:30am to 7:00am) watching DVDs with a cup of coffee in one hand and a cigarette in the other, trying to keep awake. Seriously, thanks loser, whoever or whaever you are for keeping me awake...

India Esthe Massage Oil

I know the name of this product sounds corny and horny, but it is definitely not the case!! Let me explain what it actually does:


Sesame oil massage (abhyanga) is one many traditional Ayurvedic massage therapies. It promotes blood and lymphatic circulation to rid the body of excess water and impurities. Formulated with:


» Sesame oil (skin protecting ingredients)


» Oriental herbs: (firming ingredient) uncaria gambir extract, eucalyptus extract, camelia sinensis leaf extract (moisturising ingredient), Japanese Onshu orange extract.


» Red pepper extract, ginger root extract (thermal ingredient).


» Gently warm sensation and massaging loosens fat and enhances metabolism to tone the body line.


» Emollient effect of the oil leaves the skin radiant.


» Soothing fragrance of Indian sandalwood.


Usage: After wiping off excess water from the body, take a liberal amount and apply on affected areas. Concentrate on the marma (indian pressure points/areas) and massage without exerting too much pressure for 3 minutes. Rinse off thoroughly with warm water.


This product is imported by Mandom Corp Singapore Pte Ltd and originally from Japan (hence the Japanese words..). The web site you can go to is www.bison.co.jp, though the site is in Japanese. But you can use a web site translator like Babel Vista to translate the entire web site contents. It can be bought at Watsons (Singapore) too.

Deal Or No Deal Bitch

It's not that because she's pretty, she's a model that I hate her. The reason why I hate her is because she pretended to be all angelic and girly on the news and newspapers when in actual fact, she is a bitch!! Want to know why? Okay, I'll spill the beans then. She and I used to study in the same secondary school and although we both were not in the same class, I knew all kinds of shit she would do everyday. Every morning, she would be hauled up by the discipline mistress/master (depending which year and how long the teacher can stay in that position), ordered to go to the toilet and uncurl, yup you read it right, "uncurl" her hair and straighten it out before going back to class. Less than an hour later, the curls would appear in her hair again like nothing happened at all. Just a note, in Singapore, curling of hair is not allowed even if you're studying in a neighbourhood school. Then there was this time she said in a newspaper report that she unknowingly led a man into liking her and tattooing her name on his arms and back and stuff like that. She didn't tease that guy unknowingly at all. She teased that guy with the purpose and intent of making him "suffer". How did I know? I was walking right behind her when I saw that guy approached her. Her best friend who was walking beside her confided in me what actually happened. She even went as far as to say that this was an older man, but this so-called "older man" is actually aged somewhat around 24 to 28 years old only. In school every day, she would talk with with all these "Ah-Lians" (read: female students who pretended to be gangsters when they are actually pathetic themselves) about who she hated or dislike, who is a bitch, who is not a virgin and shit like that. But yet during newspaper reports, she would act all angelic and sweet like as if she has been a nice and well-behaved girl from her school years. Urrggghhhh!! That really make me sick to the bone!! And the last straw?? She threw away my best friend's school books, spread rumours that I was the one who did it and caused me and my best friend friendship to break!! All in all, she is a total bitch who doesn't deserved what she has so far because she is just faking everything, including her life. Yeah! And the part about when she was discovered while waiting for the train at the MRT station, she claimed that she was suspicious about the person telling her that he or she was from a modelling agency. Damn, I have to admit that this was also fake as well. True she was approached by someone from a modelling agency, and I can't deny this fact happened. But the other fact that had happened before is that, while back in school, she was already aspiring to be a model. I must have imagined her to be so happy when she was approached by a talent scout, but instead said that she was wary because the talent scout looked suspicious. Right, keep the lies coming bitch!! The more lies you are going to say, the more I will expose them to the whole wide world. Bring it!!

Shower Gels

Yes, I am a sucker for shower gels. They smell nice and wonderful, moisturises, are really colorful and comes in different wonderful colors too. This is Neroli Jasmine Shower Gel (Neroli Jasmin Gel Douche) from The Body Shop which my mother actually bought together with the Neroli Jasmine Eau De Toilette at the beginning of this year, if I remembered correctly. Anyway, the bottleand color of the shower gel looks really pretty and smell so nice I really feel guilty about using it...

Birthday Postcard

I wonder if I can wait until salary day before I use this to buy Harry Potter DVDs, maybe VCDs... Seriously, Harry Potter really rocks!! How I wish I could fly on broomsticks too...

Unglam Me~ ~ ~

I know, these aren't really nice looking shots of me at all. But what the hell!! Siti H. was transferred to my old workplace at Vivo City and since we hadn't met up so long, much less catch up on some gossip. It was really a pleasant surprise to see her again. I mean, after I left my previous company, the only person to actually reply back to my sms was this ex-part-time staff, Khai. The rest of them just simply ignored my sms, which goes to show how fake they were. Siti H. is an exception as she doesn't have a mobile phone back during my PCC days and she only acquired a mobile phone lately. Yeah, we did the usual exchanging of mobile phone numbers around and also told her not to tell anyone else at PCC that I am still working around Vivo City at the moment. If not, they'll suddenly act all concerned and surprised while on the pretext of asking for bigger discounts when they come to my work place to buy stuffs....

P/S: Actually hor, I looked much better if I don't tie up my hair.... But I was really lazy to let it down and Siti was waiting for me close to an 1 hour before I knocked off from work...

Too Much Virtual Poking??

Can I conveniently push the blame to Facebook? Actually, I was careless and cut (read: sliced..) myself on the scotch-tape dispenser at work, thereby slicing off a very thin layer of skin on both finger tips... Now, it looks as if I actually over-poke too many friends and acquaintances on Facebook instead...

Careless Me...

Well, it happened when I was running into the kitchen to get myself a cup of coffee. Along the way, I stubbed my toe into the wall rather hard and actually slept with the pain throughout the night. When I woke up the next morning, I discovered that a little bit of flesh and skin was protruding out and there wasn't much pain at all. But to top it off, I stubbed the same toe, in the direction of the injury, on the very next day, while getting myself coffee (again!?). Ended up, the toe had to be wrapped up like a miniature mummy to prevent more stubbing incidents...

It's Free To Read

Well, it's free for the staffs and not for customers, so all staffs were entitled to take at least 1 copy home to read. Considering the fact that there are also quite a lot of bookworms working at my workplace, it is definitely fair and sqaure that the management think of their staffs well-being first. A few years back while I was still working at Books K., there was something similar to these free books, except that they were about fiction, if I remembered correctly. And according to the management at Books K., staffs are not allowed to take even a copy home as it was "meant for customers". I mean, yeah right, the customers will take it because it is free, and not because they like to read. The Operations in-charge and another butch who was in charge of the magazine department threatened to call the police if they find any staffs bringing a copy home. I mean, isn't it bullshit? Besides, that threat was actually made to me and not to any staffs in particular. Why? It is simply because, the Operations in-charge (let's call her J) and the magazine in-charge (let's call that butch PO) simply don't like my existence in Books K. and they are trying very hard to make me leave, that's the plain simple truth and reason. Besides, haters are nothing to me coz they are the real bunch of losers!!

Smile Please...

Behold the smiling tortoise. You can use it as a soft toy and at the same time, double up as a mp3 or iPod loudspeaker. You'll need 3 AA batteries, and the battery compartment is located at the back, just underneath the tortoise's shell, at the butt... I've been eyeing this tortoise soft toy since last year when Mini Toons started bringing it in to sell. But then, I was hoping that this tortoise soft toy can be used more than just being a simple soft toy and now, it comes in the form of soft toy cum loudspeaker. Don't believe me? Check out the video below:

Shizuoka Broadcast

Man, you really have to bow down to the Japanese innovative commercials....