wedding fever

Ohh, it's the wedding fever.. School holidays equal to weddings everywhere , oh yeah, and kids running around in the mall. Bottom line, avoid malls during weekend. I know ive done that.

Talking about wedding, what's with the societal pressure of getting married? one thing ive learnt is that, one shouldnt get married just for the sake of getting married. Whats the point of getting married if it means being unhappy and settling for less? If you watch have you met your mother, you will see ted mosby's journey is a verrry long one. I mean its already season 6 , and the mother is nowhere to be seen (except for the ankle). Any idea, of who's the mother?

Im enjoying the bliss of single life and by that travelling whenever i can and enjoying my single paycheck to pamper myself ( going for massage every month-serupa macam madam tai tai eh?)

planned trip for next year: march, may, august, september

* thinking to have another trip in december to close 2011 ..

it's not even 2011, but im already seeing shadow of 2011 trip, how about europe?

till next time..

2011 plan

1) Take diving course
Pre-requisite : must learn swimming properly
Pre-requisite of above: have a swimsuit ready body
Pre-requisite of above: go to gym
Pre-requisite of above: Prepare to pay $$$$ to gym

misc

Had blood test few weeks ago as I wanted to have Hep. B Vaccination. Do you know that the Hep B antibody is declining over the years? Basically,we need booster every 5 years to maintain sufficient antibody for Hep B.

SO based on report, everything is ok. Although my thyroid level is lower compared to few years ago. Meaning, I need to boost it by drinking coffee and eating tonsss of chocolate!

Caffeine rocks!

2011

2011 is less than 2 months!

2010 is not so bad after all.. im expecting 2011 to be more more exciting..

i have bought ticket to bali for next year! no plan yet, as i am expecting a solo adventure.. being 27 and never really travel alone (work trip doesn't count)??? this could be my eat pray love adventure! so maybe go for spa, yoga class and might go sign up for surfing class...

so, the 2011 mantra is don't wait for things to happen, make it happen!

beauty product: foundation

Here's the continuation of last post...

Foundation is the most important makeup in my beauty case... It basically evens out your skin tone, can cover up redness/imperfection and also can provide basic sunscreen protection (providing your foundation has spf).

So before putting on makeup, wear base/primer. Primer/Base is basically providing a base for your foundation. Your foundation/Makeup would glide easily. Also, it could shrink your pores so that you could achieve that flawless skin.

1)Body Shop Matte It Primer RM49.90 @ Body Shop for 30ml. This Primer provides matte finish, absorbs excess oil and leaves you with matte look. In my opinion, this one is like clinique pore minimizing gel - only cheaper. If you want a dewy glowy look, skip this primer.
2) Sephora Primer - I am super loving this primer.. Bought in in Sephora @S'pore for $19.00. It's dewy and has a little bit of shimmer. The texture is creamy. You could mix this with your matte foundation to achieve the dewy/glowing look or wear it under foundation. I bought this because it provides the same function as mac strobe cream.
For foundation, I prefer liquid foundation because it glides easily and doesn't give me that cakey look- but this is just me. It's so important to find the right shades for your skin to look natural, otherwise you're just gonna look like wearing a mask. The trick is to just put on makeup on your chin, and compare to your neck. If it blends with your skintone, then it is the right color. Otherwise choose darker/lighter color. Pls don't try it on the back of your hand, the color is different there.

I usually splurge on foundation. Why? I couldn't really find my shades in the drugstore that doesn't my face loooking grey-ish. Plus, foundation lasts me 1-2 years, so I'm guessing it's worth it.

1)Maquiliquide UV Infinité Liquid FoundationBought this @ Parkson RM126. This is a water based foundation so as you might guess it's very lightweight ( as opposed to creamy). It provides sheer to medium foundation but definitely builadable. Bear in mind, the finish is not matte, it's gonna give you a slightly dewy look (as it's water based, so the makeup could easily be oxidized). Top up this foundation with powder if you want a matte look.

2) Studio Fix Fluid Foundation
Got this at mac for RM105 recently . The texture is creamy yet as it was claimed this is oil-free. The coverage is medium to full.. I was matched to NW35 ( I was NC35 before). If I want a matte look, I just wear this on it's own , while if I want a bit dewy look, I just mix this with my primer ( so it's gonna be a bit sheer and dewy). The good thing about this foundation, you don't have to put on powder afterwards, as it last quite long plus the matte effect. So far I've been using this foundation, no major breakouts yet.. The only thing I hate about this foundation is it doesn't have a pump, so I couldn't control the amount of foundation I want to dispense.

3) Mac Mineralize SkinFinish

Got this at mac for rm105 last year ( this was last year's price. Have no idea what's the price now). I kinda have a love/hate feeling with this foundation. It's a sheer foundation with a bit of shimmer to it. Basically it will gives you that dewy/glowy look, but.... there's a but.. sometimes after wearing it forawhile you could end up looking very greasy. So the solution is, to just powder on top of foundation. I think this could work if you want to wear for a short time, but if you want to have a long-lasting makeup, dont wear this as it could easily be gone by half of the day. Will I buy this again: probably not.

Those are the foundations that I've used and am using. How do i put on my foundation>
1) Finger - this works as your finger could warm up the foundation and will make the makeup glides easily.
2) Foundation brush - I have body shop foundation brush, and I don't really fancy it much. Using foundation brush basically you have to paint your face, and really blends it. If not properly blended, you could end up with streaks and patches on your face
3) Sponges - I am not a sponge person, as I think using sponge could waste products since the products basically will be absorbed in the sponge.
4) Stipple Brush - this is my new love! Okay fine, I dont a mac 187 brush to show off. But, I got a lumiere stipple brush which is i think serves as the same function as 187. This cuts down half the time and blends my foundation perfectly.

Okay.. until next products :D

Beauty Product 1

I know... I know.. it's been gazillion years since I last blog... I was lazy or maybe I was simply doesn't have anything to say...

SO this blog is supposed to be fun and vain.. Rather than writing about political issues or world agenda, I'd rather blog about something fun like makeup :D

So here is my makeup counter:
So the big vase actually holds face products and the small vase holds eye products... While the box organizer holds foundation, brushes and lipstick...

While some people actually born with perfect flawless skin, unfortunately I aint one of them... I guess I'm one of those young at hearts who still get breakouts even at my age... who says only teens get breakouts? those people are lying... So the goal is to wear makeup but looks like not wearing makeup at all... tricky eh? but actually you neeed mooooore products to actually looks like not wearing makeup..

So what is your makeup routine? I usually spend 10-15 minutes for makeup routine every morning including toning and mosturizing... So here is the normal makeup routine

1) Tone and mosturize
(always mosturize, so that your foundation will glide easily> No matter how oily the face is, you need hydration. I realize when I skipped moisturizer, my face could get dry spots by midday)
2) Foundation using lumiere duo fiber brush
(I found that applying foundation using stippling brush is easier and cuts down the time it takes to apply foundation. plus it's so much easier to blend the foundation compared to using foundation brush/fingers)
3)Concealer
(Undereye is a must! how to get rid of eyebag??? also, blemishes if necessary)
4)Powder
(Loose powder to set foundation. I found that water based foundation could easily slipped off the face, so setting it by powder will make it last longer)
5) Blush
6) Optional
- White eyeliner on inner corner of eye
- Eyeliner ( I use gel eye liner ! I found it more water resistant than pencil kind. Plus, it doesn't smudge by mid-day)
-Eye shadow
-Lipstick/Lipgloss

I'm all set!!!

So next time maybe I'll write down about the makeup products I've been using ...

Enjoy the rest of your sunday!

Gym or No Gym

So.. after running half marathon - I've found out that I am sooo not fit at all... So in attempt to be fit (and be healthier), I'm thinking maybe I could sign up for gym... (this also to lose the gazillion kilos I've gained since got out of college)

Criteria:-
1) Location : Near workplace
2) Free parking (there's no way I want to pay for gym AND parking!)
3) Got the basic facilities - shower etc

Being an analyst and all, no decisions are done without some research. So here are some finding so far:-

1) 1Fitness - 1Borneo
- Price: RM139 1 time fee, and RM119 monthly
- Parking -NOT FREE - Considering now the parking fee is RM2 per day , if I actually go average 4 times a week, I would be paying extra RM32 just for parking.
- Location: good, near workplace
- Facilities: quite good, they have cardio and weight as well as group exercise

2) Core Fitness - Citimall
- Price: from research - it's rm180 per month start anytime stop anytime. but 1 year commitment is RM1800 (rm150 per month)
- Parking - Free parking - although sometimes it's hard to find parking there sometimes
- Location: okay, not near workplace but it's on my way home
- Facilities - good: cardio, weight and plenty of classes

3) Promenade hotel Gym - Promenade Hotel
- Price: rm120 per month
- Parking - Free
- Location - not near workplace, but on my way home
- Facilities - limited: cardio and weight - but no classes

4) Michelle & Scott Gym - Damai
- Price: ??
- Parking- Free
- Location- on my way home
- Facilities -???

Gonna find out others soon...

second half marathon!

I just finished running my second half marathon! I haven't gotten my official time yet, but I'm assuming it's around 3:35-3:40. Oklah much worse than my last time which was 3:16 but still I get to finish the distance.

Honestly this time around, I didn't train that much. I wish would've, then I would be up and running instead of in bed recovering.. yikes! So all these while, I did few training itu pun around workplace, which was like what once a month. Work was kinda taking my time lately... Hmmmm, come to think about it, why should I invest so much time in work when I'll be getting the same compensation>> So I guess if I were to put the same work commitment and dedication to my training schedule, I'm sure I'll even do better if not great personal time as well as great bods (I'm saying MY personal time okay, errrr, maybe sub 2.30 is not great for others, but for me that's great) .

So here's how the journey begin.... I signed up for BIM half marathon sometime in march with the hope in two months time I actually trained. Days and months passed, yesterday came. Boy, time flies! Went to pick up my race kit and bought two power gels for the run. I also did a great stretching/warm up yesterday by bringing my nieces to 1B. The night before was quite nerve-wrecking, I was nervous about not finishing, about not training, about not being waken up by the alarm.... So I picked up the most boring book of all, and finally dapat juga tidur...

The morning...
I woke up at 3am - shower, get ready, make coffee and find breakfast in the kitchen... By 4am I was already at the door, driving to Likas Stadium while having breakfast in the car. Reached LS around 4.50 and started warming up and taking the pre-run snack.

By 5.30 am, the siren started, and people started running.... I tried not to rush the first few kms, remember the analysis I did in my previous post? heheheh... So one by one started passing by me . The first few kms was okay but my pace wasn't fast enough to pick up the 8 mins/km pace. I was running basically around 9 mins/km and this was during the first few kms.. We passed through pasar where the 10k runners turned around (5km marker).. At that time, I kinda wished I was running for the beginner 10k.

Next we passed wawasan plaza, and this was when the trouble began.... My legs started to hurt, so I started rubbing muscle rub on them... The thing about this muscle rub , it's kinda like minyak panas... It felt hot and kinda give that numb feeling to the muscles... By 730 am, the sun came out, and let me tell you, it was freakingly hot... Okay, I complaint 2 years ago that the sun was hot right? This year around, it was burning hot! Is it possible that our ozone has thinning over the course of two years?

Instead of going into Sutera Harbor, the route this year is a bit different. We go into Tg Aru, and turned around at Waikiki Apt. That was the 10.5 marker. Oh yea, I did post a facebook status update on-the-run :D

Going out from Tg Aru, I passed the great Ulai who ran her first FULL MARATHON... Okay, that's 42 KILOMETERS> That's far! Only someone who has her commitment and guts dare to take on that challenge. And the thing is, she looked pretty good at her 30km... when I was almost limping on my 13km...

I started to run-walk on my 15km... the weather was hot- my face and legs felt burning hot. So next time, have to wear cap. The weird thing was, my fingers were practically swollen! I got the fat fingers symptoms on the run.. This was new experience to me coz it didn't happen to me last time. I'm assuming it was because of the too warm weather???

So going back to Likas Stadium was kinda painful, I think I almost hit the wall! Worse point, Jesselton to LS. It was hot, my legs hurts, my big fat fingers numb - I think at one point I almost wanna quit and be picked up.. But I didn't ... So I kept running and (occasionally walk) until I reached the finishing line ! Yeay --- so the truth is maybe it's 50% mind and 50% stamina.... But having stamina defnitely gives you more confidence of finishing...

By the time I reached the stadium, the others were already there... We waited for the great Ulai to finish her 42 kms.. cheh, cayalah Ulai....

gonna continue this soon...

7.30 pm - headache, nausea, soreness... I've taken painkillers to ease off the pain, and hopefully tomorrow I can book a massage session. .

p/s Please DO NOT ATTEMPT to run without adequate training. You're just gonna subject to injury (like me)

analytical runner

So... 10 more days till race day...

Being underprepared.. i can't help but to plan the "strategy"... and by strategy i don't mean, start running now for miless....

I'm planning my time so that i can actually finish within the allocated time. After starting calculating.. so here is the plan

first 7 kms ---> pace is 8 mins/km
second 7kms ---> pace is 9 mins/km
thirds 7kms ---> pace is 10 mins/km

This plan assumes that my energy will depletes after 7km.. So now the first step is up, I gotta identify where is the above points? anybody has map with the km points????

iron lady ...

I wish! I'm gonna be participating in BIM this year with verrrryyy little preparation...

This is taken from previous BIM's post:

For next time, what helps:-
1) Good preparation(including morning run)
2) Good night sleep
3) Power gels during the run
4) Training buddies
5) Schedule and sticking to it

Cheh, iya-iyalah to do list... when it's time I forgot all about it...

Unlike the last one, where I actually trained during ramadhan month, this time around- the rainy weather I wish I am a brilliant inventor who can invent something like arc reactor which can power up something.. Well, the goal here is to finish... finish.. finish.. within the allocated time. Okaylah, as long as 1) Faint 2) Cramp 3) Vomit on the road ...

This is pre-iron man 2 obsession.. So, I've been youtubing RDJ ... and found some cute clips of him and his wife! So cuteeeee...



Allright.. have a greaaaat day... I gotta come up with some brilliant ideas...

long weekend

This blog has been abandoned for so looooong...

Since this week is a long weekend, why don't write one post of update?

Anyway, I've been buying lots of dvd boxset of tv shows since my hard disk & external hard disk have been running out of space. Yes, I am very sentimental as it's hard for me to delete tv shows that I've collected over the years... Here are some of tv-shows in my boxset collection:- ally mcbeal, sex and the city, house, friends, will & grace, lipstick jungle and friends. Okay, I'm officially have become a true couch potato...



So for the past few months, I've been watching ally mcbeal. I used to watch the show gazillion years ago but stopped when billy died. I was overly emotional at that time that I almost cried when he drop down dead in the court... And after that, the show was kinda blaah, season 3 is kinda boring that I almost wanna fast forward through the season. But not until R0bert D0wnery Jr came to the show and basically resuscitate the show back to life. Definitely Billy is not the love of ally's life, RBJ is... I love him in the show. The fact that he can sing is definitely gives additional points!



Okaylah, he's old now... But I guess he's one of the people who looks better as years passed by... oh, my. I hope this doesn't mean I like older men.. hehehhe...

Pls tell me you don't think he's hot here!

Anyway, this week will be RDJ's week for me. Movies marathon will include Iron Man, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and the Soloist...

I can't wait for Iron Man 2. Oh yea, and I after checking out my leave schedule, I coincidently had planned my leave on the premier's day. You bet I'll be watching the first show :D

Allright.. gonna go resume my download.

Later, hv a great weekend

Maliau Basin

coming sooonnnn.....

new year update

Gowd, I've been pretty lazy on updating this blog.. New Year, New Hair-Do, and hopefully a new great journey of 2010.

I have new guilty pleasure now! I love watching Giuliana & Bill.. Normally I dont fancy couple's reality show but they're sooo relaxed and selamba... and watching giuliana & bill marathon has become part of my relaxing weekend...

So speaking of couple-ship... I think for relationship that ends, the most common mistake is to remember all the good-ness in it which probably isn't quite accurate. There must be reasons for it to end, and by that I mean, the conflict must be there somewhere... So take it from sex and the city, the way to get over a man is to play the thing you hate about him over and over again in your head!

anyway.... have a great day ahead!

workout of the week (WEEK I)

Monday : off (finish meeting late)
Tuesday : off
Wednesday : 3km (Likas Lake)
Thursday : 10 mins of jog + 30 mins strength training
Friday : off (gosh my body is sore!!!)
Saturday :
Sunday :

run fatgirl run....

My Running maybe START tomorrow...

I meanWILL start ... tomorrow...

I mean HAVE TO START tomorrow....

pretty baby

Happy new Year!!!!!

let's just start new year in a good note eh?

Seeeeee this pretttyy baby :)

Last year, my niece joined sweetest baby contest organized by Kids Avenue KK and she won the pretty baby title.... (Eheeemmmm, shot was taken by ME!)

But look at this... when she was given the prize, malu2 kucing pulak when they want to take her picture....

Shot of the pretty girl:)

Cute kan she????