AudForuchizu

Springing it on you

Three things to post today!  All related to Foruchizu hahaha.

First, here’s a look at Foruchizu behind the scenes!

Foruchizu behind the scenes of a shoot

When we first started, we planned on using mannequins to model our stuff… because we thought it would look more uniform la.

But when we looked at our site, nothing looked very appetizing on mannequins. :X

One of the first things we learned was that… humans still look better no matter what wtf. So this round, we enlisted the help of Bobo to model for us!  Reasons: cos she pretty la what else wtf.  And also because she’s taller so normal people don’t need to worry about being able to fit into the stuff I wear hahahaha.

(she’s about 5 ft 5 if you want to measure yourself against the clothes she’s wearing)

UntitledWe did our shoot at One Way Studio, which is a studio owned by Kim In Pink.  She did my blog layout as well as our prewedding photoshoot.  I’ve always loved working with her so it was an obvious choice.

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This is the latest endeavour from her – a studio that specializes in product shooting (although she probably also does indoor wedding shoots here) so if you’re selling something, you can always look for her!  Prices as below:

Onewaystudio-pricelist

First 5 readers from Fourfeetnine or Cheeserland who mention the promo code onewayforuchizu will get 10% off.  Contact One Way Studio here.

Besides product shooting, that day we also did a concept shoot for April.  Since it’s April, the theme was obviously spring.

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Our makeup for that day was all done by Shu Uemura.  Even these super cute lashes above!  Super spring feel right, got teeny sakura blossoms at the ends.

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How it looks on.

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Being very awkward during shoot.  I don’t know why I kid myself that I can pose.  Lolol.

This look is called Sakura princess.

Wearing Sakura Ruffle top and white tutu skirt from Foruchizu!  (obviously wtf).  The skirt is already up while the top will be launched on Monday.  Rose wreath is currently out of stock but we’re restocking and should be up again within the next two weeks!

Hair was done by Amy from 76style! 76style opened a new branch in Bangsar so you can go look for her there.

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Second look was Moon Princess.  Hair is a wig not done by Amy wtf.

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Cheesie was Ocean Princess!  Hence the Ariel-colored hair lolol.  Her outfit details damn nice – bubble necklace and starfish hair acccessories.

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Moon and Ocean Princesses!

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Actually a lot of things to do but still got time to be stupid. -_-  Mickey /Lady Gaga glasses are also available at Foruchizu.

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And and… bunny scarf!  Hahahaha not sure how many people will buy this la but the bunny is super soft and fuzzy when worn around the neck and much cuter than you would think hahaha.  Launching in April.

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With Cheesie and Bobo!

Mercedes Benz Grand Prix Fashion Week

Feeling extremely awkward around the other guests who were decked to the nines in flashing jewelry and evening gowns aside, the launch to the fashion week was quite interesting!

Never been to one of these events before but Shu Uemura was the makeup sponsor and they kindly extended us invites.

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Wore again the cat dress (and cat hat) that was part of the Moon Princess coordinate.

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With Fatty!  Got miss his face or not wtf.

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Shu Uemura makeup artist doing her thang.

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Cheesie <3  We both came in black and headgear hahaha.

Self promo time wtf

Ok time to show newest Foruchizu releases!  Spring is coming so our newer stuff are more lighter-colored and have a cuter more playful vibe.

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We call this the Candy Crush denim jacket.  Cos it has Candy Crush elements!  The cherry… the word Candy… uhhh plus the eyeball… *keeps quiet.

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Aztec (?) print two piece maxi!

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You’ll always have Paris… (or Tokyo)… in your hair wtf.

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The neko hat comes in beige too!  Ears are pale pink satin.

(Super love this picture of Bobo)

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Matches our scalloped bow skirt!  The skirt fits UK8-10 best I think.

Reason why I mentioned Shu Uemura so many times

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Foruchizu is doing a collabo with Shu Uemura (Malaysia) in April!!!!!

Now cocktease you first, next post only tell you what it’s about HAHAHA.

(Cheesie is Forest Princess here)

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End with a picture of myself wtf.  I think I still like side swept bangs on myself best. >_>

 

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Spot the difference!

It’s not visible on my blog but remember last year when I went to the US twice?

The first time I went to Vegas, which is a desert and where the sun was INSANE.

Yea it was very hot and bright, but I didn’t give it much thought because c’mon what could be worse than the hot tropical sun we have here.

Obviously the answer is desert sun.

I applied my sunblock in the morning as usual, and as usual, didn’t supplement it during the day and just frolicked around shopping and touring the Strip.  I was also horribly misled by the cool breeze and wrongly thought that the sun there wasn’t as bad as it is at home.  How wrong I was.

I came home… to this.

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LOOK AT THAT PATCH OF PIGMENTATION. T__________T

It used to be a freckle, but after Vegas, freckle morphed into a frightening dark spot.  It looks like it’ll shape up to be Australia soon enough.

(please ignore the capillaries and redness they’re not the point here -_-)

Under the dark spot, I also have some acne scars T_____T Together with my mole, they might as well form the Bermuda triangle la.

I never used to have dark spots from acne!  In fact I never had acne.  But when I stopped my birth control pills, my hormones went crazy for a while and I started breaking out!  So these are the bitter reminders of it. 🙁

And sadly, the older I am the longer my skin takes to regenerate and for scars to go away. T______T I’ve been living with these spots for months now haih.

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I recently learned about skin hyperpigmentation when I attended a mini briefing by Clinique.

Hyperpigmentation is the darkening of skin caused by increased production of melanin.  Hyperpigmentation happens due to a lot of factors.  Like for me it was related to sun exposure and to zits healing, but for Redmummy (who was also there) it was caused by pregnancy sucks to be her.

Other causes can also be scarring from skin wounds or rashes, or even if you use a product which irritates your skin.  Super suay one.  Skin, Y U SO SENSITIVE!?

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Clinique introduced us to to their Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector (next to it is Even Better foundation which is part of the same range).

The dark spot corrector isn’t new on the market (Redmummy said she already bought two bottles of it lol) but it’s a product worth trying!

Hyperpigmentation doesn’t just appear overnight; for stuff like sun spots especially, it takes years of sun exposure to build up and pile on the melanin.  So in the same way, it will take a long time to lighten the spots too.

But Clinique’s studies have shown that there will be a 58% difference in skin tone in 12 weeks, although I do think this will differ from person to person.

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Us at Clinique.  The lady with us is from Clinique and she has super gorgeous skin and she’s already in her forties!  Hope she doesn’t kill me for revealing her age.

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So  this is the product.  Comes in a nice solid bottle with a pump for convenient usage.

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Apply it after toner/lotion.  Just a small pump will do!  Unless you have tons of dark spots I guess haha.

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For me, it’s only that one problem spot so I usually use about this much.

The texture is quite thick actually, not watery at all.  It is a targeted spot corrector after all, wouldn’t do to have it run all over your face.

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Then finish off with the Even Better foundation!  Coverage is not bad ah!

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Hopefully there will be a difference for me in 12 weeks! *fingers crossed

Clinique Even Better dark spot corrector is available at all Clinique counters now!

 

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Aesthetically Pleasing

This post is long overdue man.

Months ago when I was still preparing for the wedding, Aesthetics Marketing Asia offered me a toning & face treatment package to look my best. Previous blog post here.

So this is my experience!

Aesthetics does not actually have a salon themselves but they are the major supplier in Malaysia for all beauty treatments, technologies and products.  Their clients are all the usual salons – Marie France, Bizzy Body, Slimming Sanctuary, to name a few.

So because they have no salon, I went to their office for treatments lol.

Treatments I did:

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This picture was actually taken before I left my job!  I’m posting because I like how my nose looks like here HAHAHA.  But you can see the horrible eyebag under my half closed eye wtf.  I looked so horrible when I was working now only I realize. -_-

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So the Aesthetics team took a before picture of me to show difference.  This before photo not real one, because I have a shitload of makeup on.

Get ready for the real before picture.

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HOLY MAMA I SCARED THE BEJESUS OUT OF MYSELF TOO.

I’m writing this post a few months later and I totally forgot about this picture.  I was working crazy hours that time and this is the toll it took on me. T________T

Uneven skin tone, dark circles, redness, enlarged pores, dunno what else.

And most unpleasantly, one side of my jaw is bigger than the other.  This was before my Botox.

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So this is what a typical treatment of mine looked like.

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First I get my face totally cleansed and prepped.

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Aplying some products to prep my face for treatment.

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Eye area treatment using Sono LDM.

This is meant to help with a number of concerns: anti-aging, skin rejuvenation, and wrinkle reduction.

The wand thing vibrates and produces slight warmth so it massages the skin gently, and in that way, activates skin metabolism and increases blood circulation so the skin regenerates better.  Also supposed to improve uneven eye bag tone.

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This is a fat-busting treatment!  I told them I don’t like my square jaw so they recommended this treatment to tone up my face and make it that little bit smaller.

It’s called Endymed (Multi -Source Phase-Controlled 3 DEEP Radiofrequency) and it technical terms, what it does is tightens collagen fibers,  improves skin elasticity & firming and promotes vasodilatation and extravasations of oxygen.

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Noticeable difference!  In my first picture my right jaw was bulging out but after a few weeks the sides of my face were more even.

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When smiling.

I didn’t want to have flabby limbs during my wedding (cos I was gonna wear a strapless dress ma) so a treatment called Magic Pot (4th generation Multi-polar RF+Vacuum+LED)  was applied to my arms and legs.

Magic Pot’s uses:

  •  Improves edema, Achieves contoured body line
  • Promotes metabolism of fat cells & Lipolytic activities
  • Stimulates lymphatic drainage and blood circulation

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The technology uses radiowaves to penetrate your flesh and zap fat cells and break up water retention (which is a precursor to cellulite)

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This was my thigh.

The beautician warned me that this is a shortcut but by no means should anyone rely on this to achieve their desired shape.  It may get rid of water retention but you have to exercise and eat healthily to keep it off because it will come back.  Treatment is not gonna stand on its own.

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This was taken another session.

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Done!

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I don’t look like this anymore. T_T  My ex-colleague has a theory that once girls hit a certain age (usually somewhere in their late 20s their face changes and they get uglier WTF.  I didn’t believe him but now I suspect it’s true and happening to me. -_-)

Anyway if you’re interested in any of the above treatments, here’s a list of beauty salons that provide them.

Magic Pot

LE JEUNESSE BEAUTY CENTRE
Add: NO.50, JLN PESONA 16,   TMN PELANGI INDAH ULU TIRAM, 81800 JB
Tel: 012-7330898

MAGIC SENSE BEAUTY CENTRE
Add: C-36, 1ST FLOOR, JALAN TENGKU ISMAIL, 28000 TEMERLOH, PAHANG.
Tel: 016-3532999

ELESE BEAUTY & SLIMMING CARE
Add: NO.10, 1ST FLOOR,   LORING TERAS JAYA 7,   KAWASAN PERNIAGAAN TERAS JAYA, 13400 BUTTERWORTH, PENANG.
Tel: 016-441 0995

DELIA BE SPA
Add: NO.43,TAMAN DARUL AMAN,   06000 JITRA KEDAH.
Tel: 012-499 8919

E2 SPA CLUB
Add: 3A Floor, Wisma MPL, Jalan Raja Chulan, 55100 KL
Tel: 016-2848 168

XIN YIN BEAUTY SALON HOUSE
Add: 84A, Hala Pengkalan Timur 1, Taman Pasir Puteh Selatan, 31650 Ipoh, Perak
Tel: 014-345 7791

INFINITE IMAGE BEAUTY & SLIMMING
Add: 31, Lorong Tiara 1B, Bandar Baru Klang, 41150 Klang,
Tel: 012-330 6289

ELEGANCE BEAUTY
Add: 154, Jalan Tandop Utama 1, Kawasan Perusahaan Tandop Baru, 05050 Alor Setar, Kedah
Tel: 012-402 9505

PROMINENCE TOUCH BEAUTY HOUSE SDN BHD
Add: 11&13, Jalan TU49A, Taman Tasek Utama, 75450 Ayeh Keroh Melaka.
Tel: 013-6308752

IM Beauty  & Spa
Add: Lot 13,Ground Floor,Taman Sri Kolombong Jalan Kolombong ,Inanam 88450 ,Kota Kinabalu .
Tel: 010-951 0289

Endymed
I Spa & Skin Therapy
Add: No 13 & 13-1, Jalan BPM 13, Taman Bukit Piatu Mutiara,75150, Melaka.
Tel: 06-2844772, 06-2827546

Be Urban Wellness
Add: Clear water Rooftop, jalan changkat semantan, off jalan semantan, Damansara Height 50990 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 017-3355085

SONO LDM

Lexis Skin Care
Add: A4-1-3, Solaris Dutamas (Publika), no 1, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 KL
Tel: 03-62079869

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Being seven years old

I was sitting in the car with Fatty when I got to thinking.  Fatty always said that he didn’t miss his schooling days because he thinks he has it much better now – true in a way.  Making your own money so you don’t have to get it from parents, no curfews, buying whatever you like without fear of getting scolded…

I get what he was saying.  I started thinking about my own childhood.  My high school years were actually pretty smooth sailing, but my first years of primary school were tough!  Got a lot of school politics ok wtf.

Here’s a picture of me (left) at age 7 to illustrate (and get you in the right frame of mind wtf).

(person on the right is me, not my maid wtf.  I was 11 there.  What a difference 4 years make.)

So!  Imagine the scene.  The first day of Standard 1 (what Americans call first grade) in a public school.

Dozens of seven year olds milling around in brand new school uniforms with their anxious parents.

Mummy Ooi gets a shock because she realizes that EVERYONE is speaking Malay, a language which I have no experience in.  For some reason, my kindergarten told her that us kids had twelve years of learning Malay ahead of us, and the teachers saw no reason to start teaching us Malay in kindergarten.

So while I was sitting there with no clue as to what was going on, Mummy Ooi had to go up to my teacher and ask if I could be seated up front next to the teacher’s desk and whether another kid could sit next to me and translate for me. FML.  Damn loser la ok now when I think about it hahahahah.

But seven year old me was oblivious to all this.

I sat next to a little girl called Nabila, who turned to me and said, “Apa nama kamu?” (What is your name?)

I knew this phrase!  I think my mom taught it to me the night before school wtf.  I answered, “Nama saya Audrey.” (My name is Audrey)

And then kept quiet for the rest of the day because I didn’t understand anything else wtf.

But because Nabila could speak English and Malay, I became fast friends with her and another girl Rachel.  I knew Rachel from kindergarten and I think her mom was nyonya so they spoke Malay at home.  So both Rachel and Nabila were fluent in both languages and were bright and bubbly so they quickly became the most popular girls in class.

I was shy and quiet, and uncomprehending of everything around me wtf, so I idolized the both of them, especially Rachel.  Nothing could have separated me from them.

Then one day I went to school and… neither Rachel or Nabila would talk to me.

They turned away when I spoke to them, and when recess came they grabbed their lunch boxes and ran off before I could follow them.

Up to this point I don’t think I had even talked to more than five people in class besides the both of them.  But I couldn’t eat alone!  So I screwed up my courage, picked up my lunch box, and went to sit with another group of girls.  This group of girls looked at me seriously and said, “Rachel said not to friend you.”  Then they moved away.

What was I to do?  There were boys around, but eating with boys is worse than eating alone wtf.  So I opened my packed food and ate by myself, all the while hoping nobody would notice I didn’t have friends.

Then I went home and cried in bed in the room I shared with Ooib.

Ooib who was lying on the other side of the room in darkness was a bit scared I think hahahah.  He asked, “che che, do you want me to tell Mummy?”

And I sniffled and said, “okay.”

So Mummy Ooi came in and found out the extent of her daughter’s loserism.  Then the next morning, she marched into school and met with the teacher.

After my mom left, the teacher clapped her hands and said, “OK from now on, everyone has to be friends with Audrey.”

Seriously. Hahahhahaahhaha.

And that was how I got my friends back wtf.  Everyone started talking to me again, including Rachel and Nabila and I didn’t even mind that they were the ones who started this whole thing.

Many years later, Mummy Ooi told me the reason this happened was because I had apparently gotten first place in class and they were jealous.

And the  irony was, I didn’t even know myself that I had gotten first place WTF.  The teacher had announced it in class, and my Malay was too poor for me to even understand what she was saying.  Seriously I don’t even know how I placed first when my Malay is so shitty and every class except English is taught in Malay.

Think Mummy Ooi only found out about my results when the teacher asked if she would be coming for prize presentation day hahahah.

So that was my Standard 1.  I don’t remember much except this episode because it affected me so much.

Nabila transferred to another school two years later.  I remained best friends with Rachel, but on a whim sometimes she’d still give me the silent treatment or tell people not to be friends with me.  But I don’t think I took it as badly as the first time.  The older I got, the more friends I managed to make besides her, and it didn’t matter so much what she did.  Funnily, I never resented her for it.  I think it was because she was so smart and funny and popular and everyone wanted to be her friend that I absolutely idolized her and never blamed her for anything.

As for her, she grew up too and outgrew her behavior.  We stayed close friends up till high school actually before she moved to the US with her dad.

So yay happy ending!

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Karaoke queens

Went for karaoke the other day with Fayth, Gin, Bobo and Sherlyn.  All of them are serious karaoke-rs especially Sherlyn who basically sings for a living.  Yea she’s that good.

No wonder when we went for karaoke once with my parents and Ooib, Sherlyn refused to touch the mic.  Probably scared that if she did, all of us would turn mute for the evening.  She’s probably right too lolol.

Anyway Sherlyn said when she was younger she had a bunch of housemates with whom she regularly went for karaoke with.  And ALL of them could sing.  Not just keep a note but really belt out a tune I think.

So she said she used to not want to go for karaoke with anyone who couldn’t sing WTF.  Super elitist can!  If this was the past she sure would have refused to come out with us hahaha.

But after a while she said she realized that karaoke is about having fun and lightened up a bit wtf.

Anyway that got us talking about manners during karaoke and people who are erm not so fun to go sing with.  A lot of sensitive people nowadays need to put disclaimer. D:  None of the below is meant to be taken seriously ok!  These are just rubbish things we were laughing about and only reflect the views of very kiasu karaoke-rs.  Ahem.

1.  People who are tone deaf

This one quite pitiful not their fault ma hahahahaha.  Why, even our own Suetpants is tone deaf hahahaha.  But her tone deafness is very magical!  She always ALWAYS sings two whole notes higher than what it’s supposed to be.  So when she sings with you, it sounds damn nice cos it’s as if she’s harmonizing successfully with the melody hahahahahaha.

But Gin said she had a friend who LOVES karaoke.  Like loves it as much as I love…laughing at people wtf.  Sadly, the friend is also as tone deaf as a stone.  So every time she opens her mouth to sing, Gin says she feels like fainting hahahahaha.  Then she said once she couldn’t take it anymore and cut off her song midway HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Friend: “eh why you cut off my song?”

Gin: “oh sorry accidentally.”

HAHAHAHAHAH WHERE CAN LIKE THIS ONE!  The friend would probably just repick her song and Gin would have to sit through it again what!

Anyway that brings me to the next point.

2. People who choose a lot of songs.

You know the type.  After that person has been at the remote, you’ll find that there are 1-2 pages worth of songs chosen by that person only FYL.  Then everybody has to sit through about an hour long solo concert from the fella until someone else gets a turn.

3. People who sing along to your song.

This one’s tricky.  You’ve probably picked that song because you’ve practiced it a hundred times/it reminds you of your first love/you know you’ll really shine at it and you’re all ready to show everyone what you’ve got.

The intro starts and you pick up the mic… and so does the fella next to you.  He says, “Oh I love this song!” and proceeds to sing louder than you for every note, drowning you out and making you wish there was a button to mute him out.

We all know someone like this!  So please, if someone else has chosen a song and unless they invite you to sing along with them, do not, I repeat, do not touch the other microphone.

4.  People who come to karaoke to watch the music videos only.

This is the most WTF one!  I’m lucky to not really have encountered that many, but I know of people who come into a karaoke room, pick a song, and when it starts up, leans back and says, “I just wanted to watch this video.”

Want to watch video go back and watch on Youtube la!  Waste time and money for what hahahahaha.

What are the types of karaoke people you’ve encountered?

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Eating watermelon fast

Hello!

I’ve recently been quite busy working on Foruchizu with Cheesie which is why I haven’t been inspired to blog much I guess.

There’s still a lot more to perfect la (you all don’t say, my self esteem very fragile now wtf) and plus running the day to day sales and operations — don’t know how girls who run one man show blog shops do it!!!! Super capable lo.  Or maybe I’m just inefficient — I find that my days are all packed up!

Things have been quite encouraging this month though!  Although something that still mystifies us is what sells out and what doesn’t.  Don’t understand!!!! What kind of items would you buy or not buy?

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Then this Cherry dress which we both are in love with nobody really seems to like!  Seriously why ah?  What is it that is not nice pray enlighten me wtf.

We really liked the quality and detailing, so much so that I got one for myself.  It’s probably going to be my go-to dress when I can’t decide what to wear.

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Sleepy face.

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Macaron tee!  Sold out thank you!

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See through dress.  I admit it’s a bit hard to wear because you need an entire outfit under it lolol but quite special.

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Close up of the details.

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Oh then I cut my hair!  Hikky asked me if I wanted it shorter and I said OKAY and then got a shock wtf.

Damn short la!!!!  It looks freaking good when styled but the styling is way beyond my capabilities fml.  Don’t know what to do.

If style wrongly I either look like:

a) Anna Wintour

b) Margaret Thatcher

c) This guy.

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(god when I googled Pat Leong Kam – guy above – I came across news that he has a sex tape.  i don’t want to know.)

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 p/s: the title of this post is because I think I saw on some game show that Pat Leong Kam won a watermelon eating contest cos of the shape of his mouth WTF

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Stalking Hollywood celebrities

Ah lucky me I haven’t blogged about our last US trip yet!

*discovers treasure trove of unused content

LA was the most fun part of the trip for us this time!  Partly because we both haven’t been there since we were like twelve or thirteen so it was very fun to revisit.

And since LA was all about Hollywood, we gladly did all the kitschy touristy things, did tours and everything.

This post is about how we took a bus tour and stalked celebrities’ houses in Beverly Hills *creep mode on

Very fun la!  The tour guide was very entertaining; he had an anecdote for every house.  Dunno real or not also la he could be lying through his teeth for all we know wtf but let’s not burst the magic Hollywood bubble ahem I pretend everything is true.

Also we forgot some of the houses already so pretend everything I say is true also ok wtf.

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Tour guide said one of these restaurants is owned by Britney Spears, but I forgot which one wtf.  I googled ‘owner of Le Petit Four’ but came up with nothing. ಠ_ಠ

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Where they filmed the ending scene of Pretty Woman, one of my favorite movies.  The scene where Richard Gere goes to find her and climbs up the fire escape! 😀 😀

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Brook Brothers on Rodeo Drive.  Where they filmed Julia Roberts getting shunned by snooty sales people.

Ask her to come to Malaysia la worse!  Not even a hooker and I still get shunned by snooty salespeople fml.

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Apparently owned by Leo Dicaprio?  Think it’s a motel.

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Steven Spielberg’s house (on top of the hill).  Also where they filmed Charlie’s Angels, Iron Man and a whole bunch of other movies.  Spielberg damn generous ok.

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Got into the residential area of Beverly Hills!  Was gonna say housing area at first but sound very cheap LOL.

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Jackie Chan’s house!  Also identifiable is his white Bentley apparently people know he’s in LA cos he always drives the white Bentley around when he’s in town.

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Adam Sandler. Identifiable by the huge hedges. Apparently he’s very private about his family.

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Fatty says this is the Playboy mansion behind the trees (not very visible).  I totally have no memory of this wtf.

IMG_5575Christina Aguilera.  The story is she came to this house (don’t remember why, for work or to visit someone) and she liked it so much she bought it wtf.

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Tom Cruise.

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Bill Cosby!  Very different cos his place has no fences or hedges (and most of the stars are very concerned with privacy) but apparently he has a camera in every tree or something so you’re basically dead if you trespass lol.

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Lindsay Lohan.  Ugliest house by far dunno why she so anyhow with her home!  Spent all her money on booze is it wtf.IMG_5582

Brangelina’s.  One of the houses I really liked!  Very elegant yet homey.

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I think this was Courtney Cox’s.  Tour guide said she bought it to be near Jennifer Aniston awwww.

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Muhammad Ali, according to Fatty. Again I don’t remember.

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Michael Jackson.  He didn’t own this place but apparently this was where he stayed in his last months and he died here. :(((

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Another view of the house.

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Someone spraypainted this on the pavement.  People still leave flowers there we saw some dead bunches lying around. 🙁

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Snoop Dog.  Fatty says he’s now Snoop Lion WTF?  Where can simply change species lolol.

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Sharon Stone!  Very majestic also I thought.

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Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s residence…. before Ashton Kutcher broke them up………

Nice family home ruined by adultery hmph.

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Witch’s house.  Dunno who owns it but it looks like it’s straight out of a fairytale!

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This one also from fairytale.  Dr Seuss.  The house has NO sharp corners.

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Sandra Bullock’s house… or some other actress who’s quite famous and whom I like.  Pretty sure it’s Sandra Bullock hahaha.

Definitely a woman’s house cos it has the very well-cared for, cosy feel!

IMG_5625Al Pacino.  Second in ugliness only to Lindsay.  Apparently a paparazzi camped outside his house hoping to catch him and he came out and yelled at him.  Then nobody dare to wait outside his house anymore wtf.

 

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One Day

This Fatty is sick so he’s sleeping with a mask on so he doesn’t infect me.

I wanted to blog first so I stayed up and he came back into the computer room waving a tube of Redoxon saying “Remember to take your vitamin C ah!  Promise me!”

I whined, “ah later la now very bloated.”

Fatty: “later ah!  Promise!  Don’t break your promise to your husband or else your husband will break promise to you next time.”

Hahhaahahha.

Anyway this is the reason why lately I got nothing to blog!

A day in the life of me.

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Wake up wtf.  Look at the ceiling for a while.  Possibly play a round of Candy Crush to get myself irritated and awake enough to get up.

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Fight with Fatty for the sink.

My pajamas damn cool ok!  Present from Mummy Ooi for CNY.

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Then have some breakfast.  I usually read during breakfast but that day the Oscars were on!  I usually have a hard boiled egg, toast with either peanut butter or tuna, and milk if anyone is interested.

Used to always skip breakfast but now I’m on my way to being Miss Health 2013!

(says this while chomping on twister fries)

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Then do a bit of work.

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Then meet Fatty for lunch!  Either he comes to pick me up or I drive to his office and eat nearby.

I was craving pepper soup so we went to a bak kut teh place near the office.

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Then got into the car to go pick up some Foruchizu samples from Cheesie.

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Then come back and contemplate a nap wtf.  Half the time I give in.

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Not taken on the same day!  But one of those days where I had to do laundry.  Wear so nice was cos I came back home and wanted to do it right away while the sun was still shining.

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Then I took some Foruchizu pictures, to you know, be hardworking and promote a bit.

What The Foruchizu iphone case is up for grabs!  Available for 4/4S and 5!

We brought back the black & white crystal phone case too!  It sold out at Isetan X Foruchizu so we brought it back online.  White version will be up next week.

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Bijoux necklace from Foruchizu.  Ties up with a ribbon at the back.  Paired it with a Bartman sweater hahaha.  Contrast works!

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Cheesie and I are kinda obsessed with chokers right now.  A bunch of lace chokers are also available on Foruchizu!  Cos chokers are such a 90s thing I matched it with a plaid shirt lolol.

All I need are some neon tights and I’m done.

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Lilac dress!  Available here.  I know I thought I was over floral feminine stuff but this dress makes me look so sweet. T_________T  Wearing this I could cause diabetes wtf.  I forgot the meaning of sweet prior to this wtf.

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Orange pink floral headband to be launched in March!  In time for spring!  The season of love and new beginnings!

So yeah that’s my typical day.  I am so interesting!

 

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A few friends

Wah I was looking in my drafts for any unfinished posts that I could take up and post and came across this:

kathy says:
u have such little friends! all your photos are with angie, cheesie or ur bf or family.

That’s all wtf.

Apparently this Kathy, being very presumptuous in her position as blog reader with no actual contact to me, felt certain enough in her assumption to leave this comment.

She don’t know me in person, never mind!  She doesn’t see what I do everyday, how many people I may meet or don’t meet, never mind!  She still believes enough in her assumption to say this.

I can’t tell whether she meant to be insulting or not but give her benefit of the doubt la ok.

My  friends are not just my family, Fatty, Angie and Cheesie la of course hahahaha.  Not so loner ok.

timaud-30-1Hello friends!

I didn’t pay them to be in this picture with me ok WTF.

Kathy, just because I don’t post their pictures as often or don’t tag them on Twitter does not mean I don’t have other people in my life who I meet and talk to regularly and go through life with.

It just means that I’ve grown out of the phase in my life where I have to document every single thing I do or every single person I meet.

When I was younger, every single outing was a reason for dressing up and snapping photos.  Also because the people I was friends with (Angela and Mild) had their cameras surgically attached to them and would take photos of everything hahaha.  Not complaining, cos I love taking photos too.

But as I grow older, I guess I’ve lost that compulsion.  I wasn’t very camera-prone before so now that my friends around me have also outgrown it, I’ve forgotten about documenting outings even more.

(also because the person I’m with the most, Fatty, takes the most horrendous photos of me wtf.  I think I’m generally quite photogenic EXCEPT in all Fatty’s pictures.  So I’ve given up asking him to take pictures of me.)

I don’t know.  It just doesn’t seem that important anymore and to be honest I can’t figure out why either.  Is it because I’ve gotten less vain?  Less preoccupied with myself and more interested in what I do than documenting it?  Or is it that going out with my friends is no big deal anymore (because I’m an adult ahem) and I can go out anytime I want wtf.

I only remember when I see younger girls’ blogs and they’re all filled with like fifty photos of one dinner or one party (twenty of them will be of their own face) and I’d be like Oh yea I used to do that too.  Hahaha.

That said, Kathy is right too because if I compare my friends (the ones I catch up with on a regular basis or talk to on messaging apps) now to the friends I had before when I was in college I think they’re ten times less now wtf.

So!  What happened to my parents is now happening to me!

When I was in school (and especially when I came home for summer vacation) I’d meet up with a different friend everyday wtf.  Right now I only have a handful of friends that I really make effort to stay in touch with and go to for everything,  and they’re all girls wtf.

Yea the only guy friends I have are Fatty’s friends… or my friends’ boyfriends.

When I was younger besides four or five close girl friends, the rest of my friends were guys wtf.  Dunno why it just seemed easier to hang out with guys and less pressuring.  (Don’t talk about Mount Holyoke of course all my friends there were female wtf.)  Maybe I needed some gender balance so most of my friends in Malaysia were male.

Then somewhere along the way I started preferring the company of girls more.  My guy friends also all got attached and moved on with their lives and it turned out to be not so nice anymore if I go catch a movie with them randomly.  And there were just more things to share with girls anyway!

And then… we got older and busier.  And the busier I got, the less time I had for friends.  So what little time I had I made sure I spent it with people who really mattered.  I do miss the people I’ve drifted apart from/don’t see so often anymore but that’s what I have to do or else I’d never get anything done wtf.  Not sure if it’s like this for everyone else but it’s the same for Fatty too.  At some point he also realized he preferred hanging out with all guys, and he only bothered to make time for the people who mattered the most to him.

That’s really enough for us.  It’s the quality that counts, not quantity. 😀

So Kathy whoever you are, I’d guess you’re probably really young. (and probably quite judgmental lol).  Give it a few years and you’ll see.

 

 

 

Audvertorial

They see me rollin’

Ohai!

Today Imma talk about cars.

As you all know, I had a lot of problems driving wtf.

Ride bicycle mou?

Not an option in hot humid dusty Malaysia. 🙁  If I were in a temperate country I might have been tempted to do this!

First I have to learn how to ride a bike wtf.

When I was working, either Fatty or Fat Her would drive me to and fro from work.  I hated this cos I felt very dependent on them.  But at the same time, I was still paying off my student loan and had no money to spare.  Besides, Fat Her would get antsy every time I brought up buying my own car and change the subject fml.

Didn’t stop me from perusing car websites and car ads to find a car that suits me and that I can hopefully afford.

Here’s what I learned from googling and from talking to people.  And some points to consider in making a decision.

1. To buy new or secondhand?  

Fatty is all for secondhand because it’s cheaper and you can still get an almost-brand new car.  Even his car now is secondhand bought.  But my parents are very against it, seeing that the secondhand car they bought is giving them loads of problems.  They said that they would rather I buy a new smaller car and they can sleep well knowing that there are no problems, than a nicer secondhand vehicle.

New car doesn’t equal to expensive car.

2. Calculate the costs

Fat Her actually made me sit down and wrote out all the costs applicable for me to see if I could afford it or not. T___T Party pooper wtf.

But this is a very real concern.  First you have to think how much deposit you’re within your ability to put down, then figure out how much you can afford in installments every month, and factor in the interest rate and installment period *migraine

Then I also had to consider petrol costs, parking (and office parking rates were cutthroat), toll.  Then got road tax, insurance and regular car maintenance.  Although if newer car I assume it would be less than a secondhand one?

SIGH.

At this point I crumpled up my paper in anguish and threw it away.  Lolol.

3. Go for test drive

To make sure your prospective car will suit your needs and lifestyle, go for test drives!  This was actually the most fun part for me hahaha.  I booked quite a few test drives and dragged Fatty along to see with me.

If you are satisfied, then get the sales advisor to prepare the documents.

So one of the cars to consider can be the Proton Saga FLX . It’s one of the most affordable cars in the range yet doesn’t resemble a tin can on wheels wtf.

  • Price starts from only from RM38,373.00
  • comes with CVT, which stands for continuous variable transmission, (usually only available in high-end cars like Mini, BMW, etc.)  CVT is like a single gear that connects all speeds seamlessly. So there’s no loss of power, your car is more fuel efficient, and the ride is smoother.
  • Also comes with ABS and EBD.  ABS prevents wheels from locking up when braking, and you from skidding/crashing/touch wood.  EBD on the other hand, distributes the right amount of pressure to each wheel to help a car stop sooner.
  • Also features Proton Ride & Handling tech that integrates body tuning with perfect balancing. The result Saga FLX sticks to corners, stay in your control, and goes where you point it.
  • Music and entertainment for the Saga is very convenient too! You can play your music from iphone by USB connecting to the audio unit. And skip and change songs with the steering audio controls.
  • Bootspace can take up to 413 liters of baggage.

If you’ve done your homework in all areas and feel comfortable about it, JUST DO IT!

Sign the papers and you’re done!

Overly Attached Air Freshener. lolol.

For more info on Proton Saga, go here or to any Proton showroom for a testdrive.