Just as I moaned and groaned about my stressful life, things suddenly started looking up!

If you read Xiaxue and Bongqiuqiu, they’ve both talked about the power of self-affirmation to getting what you want in life.  I believe in it cos once Wendy and Mike were in KL staying at our place and their car broke down just as they were going to leave for Singapore FTL.

Mike was trying all sorts of things to figure out the problem/fix the car/whatever but it didn’t seem to be working.  Then Wendy asked for a piece of paper and she wrote down like twenty times for their car to work and to get home safely and the car suddenly started up and they left and made it back to Singapore safe :O :O

So ever since then I believed it.  I’ve never practiced it consciously though but I can’t help wondering if I do it on a subconscious level cos I always believe everything will turn out fine in the end.  And so far (touch wood), things always have 🙂

I think the period just passed and I’ve never been so relieved T____T

Last week I was asked to speak on professional etiquette at Monash University!  Why me? I also don’t know wtf.  I also asked the organizers this wtf.

But I was asked to speak about makeup in the workplace so it made sense!  I have a full time job and I like makeup so I guess that makes me an expert ahahhah.

SOme of the attendees!  Later on more people came to fill up the space.  That’s Fatty who came to support me wtf.

With Hui Wen! We did the ‘workshop’ together.  I talked about makeup and hair, while Hui Wen, coming from Azorias, spoke about dressing.  Actually not really workshop la we say until damn good wtf.  It was just a talk given by two girls who have corporate experience and vain experience wtf.

With Amanda, my student model 😀  I did a makeup demonstration on her.

I put super super light makeup on her only! (as befitting someone in the corporate environment)  I slapped on some BB cream and concealer on her, then defined her brows a bit with pencil, dabbed on light eyeshadow, lined her eyes and mascara and brushed blusher across her cheeks.

And got the shock of my life cos she transformed utterly under my brushes WTF.  Seriously I was quite taken aback at the change such little cosmetics made.  Ah the power of youth wtf.

I swear to god I have to use double that amount of makeup to look like how I do on my blog.  FML.  And she’s only like… six years younger than me… Maybe the need for makeup increases exponentially each year you age.

Us and the team behind the workshop.

Do you see my cape top? Look like Momoko Ogihara’s one ornot!

Mine is a super accurate inspired version from Azorias 😀

Can wear it three ways –  as long sleeves, as a cape, and as a sleeveless top.

Another picture with Amanda!  Forgot what’s her surname.  Should be Young. Lolol.

Photo from a couple months back. Company had a charity run.  Please look at the effort it takes for me to smile at this point.

Every year we take a day to do something for charity and this year FML we had to collect donations and run a marathon.  All donations go to charity.

This concept baffles me completely.  We used to have these runs in school too where we’d have to collect money, then run and proceeds would go to school renovation or something.

Why must I not only go around asking people for money but then kill myself running after that? Why would anyone give money in exchange for me running?  Why – if you want to be kind and charitable – would you then be unkind by expecting other people to run for the money wtf.  It just doesn’t make sense to me.  But then that’s what everyone does.

As it turned out, I donated money to myself wtf.  So essentially I paid money to run.

We gathered in the middle of the night for the run.  If you think I’m exaggerating, it was 5am.  So there wtf.

See my tulan face hahahahaha.

Broke out my running shoes for the first time ever.

Also broke out my trusty baobei umbrella HAHAHA.  I think the organizers wanted to kill themselves looking at me and Bobo running with umbrellas.

What! Wedding in a few months ok cannot afford to look like a laborer on wedding day.

The umbrella must have slowed me down a bit because uhhh… Bobo and I came in last WTF.  I think Bobo wouldn’t have been last but she stayed behind to accompany me and give me motivation wtf.

We were so slow that the organizers were rolling their bikes behind us cos it was too slow to ride hahahaha.

And when we finally reached the finish line, the people there were just standing by waiting to close the gate after us hahahaha.

I was hoping for a standing ovation or something when we finished — cos last but it’s no mean feat ok! Like maybe people would applaud us for not giving up even though we sucked so much and completing the race.

But no.  When we reached everyone else (like 200+ people wtf) were chilling and eating and the gatekeeper looked bored and annoyed with us.

Never mind!  We got certificates proclaiming we’d finished 6 kilometers!!! And biscuits yum.

Moving forward! With Tze at the Topshop personal shopper launch today.  Forgot to take photos of the launch -_-

Cos I was too busy getting my nails done!  It was a blessing man.  My nails look like shit cos I haven’t done them since my birthday so I jumped at the chance to paint them with Topshop nail polish.

Mine was turquoise and Tze did coral.  So spring/summer right!

Really wanted this sheer tunic top!  But thought it was too expensive so didn’t get it T_T I’m trying to get rid of my spendthrift reputation ok wtf.