A perfect picture for my new passport :))

Everyone I know hates their passport photos, two thirds of them also hated their IC photos as well. Well I'm one of them, but now that my passport is about to expire, I've decided to take the most flattering, least embarrassing, best groomed, borderline glamor shot I can.

I bought a whitening tooth paste & have been using it for the past week to bleach my teeth.. Got a new haircut, dye it! Invest in an expensive SK11 facial, 2 days before. I even went to a proper studio to take it! My little secret- eye drops just before the shot to make my eyes sparkle!

The photographer though not Steve Mccurry of the "Afghan Girl" fame, is good enough for me as he looks arty ...lol... He fuss over me for a minute, making me feel like Hedi Klum & I go 'weeee......' Snap, snap & it's done!

A perfect picture for my new passport ...Finally ! 

Super Moon

Did you witness the much hyped about super moon? Ya the night was drizzling & clouded. Guess we were not in the right place. Friends send me a few images, so beautiful right ?

I love fried food.

Fried chicken, French fries, fried onion rings, And I don't just love fried food, I love the fried part ,all by itself! Who has not nibbled the fry off of something? I love KFC, extra crispy. When I'm in a Japanese restaurant, my favorite is tempura.

You have to agree that frying makes a good thing better. But the truly amazing thing about frying is that it will make even disgusting things better!
Example?
Calamari.
It's a squid for God's sake. Have you seen a squid? If you had , you wouldn't put it in your mouth. But fry it, any sea food dinner would not be complete without it!

Same thing with softshell crabs. A soft shell crab is a crab that has recently molted its shell, so that its exoskeleton is still soft. You wouldn't normally eat a soft exoskeleton, much less all the stuff that's inside a crab, which is whatever he ate last.
Do you think crabs are picky eaters?
I don't think so... So you have to factor that in.
Plus the eyes are still attached.
But fried it?
It became a delicacy! And I love it !

Still looks disgusting , but taste yummy ...lol...

Breakfast @ Botanic Gardens !

A colleague from an overseas branch is in town. So I thought I should bring him around. 2 days ago,  I took half a day off & brought him to Botanic Gardens for breakfast.  He came to Singapore many times already but this is the first time he had breakfast @ Botanic Gardens. He loved it.

He told everyone how awesome it was. Now everyone is asking me to bring them there too ...lol.. Well I told them they have to be male, single, 6ft , full head of curly hair ,big eyes with giraffe like lashes first !

Yummy

Me on steroids ???

I went to the hair salon yesterday to do some hair treatment. When my favorite stylist & friend saw me, he almost screamed. "Wow, your hair grow so fast!!! What you did? you went on steroids ???"

Goodness everyone turned to stared at me. Probably thinking I'm really on steroids. How embarrassing. FYI, I'm not ! That stuff damages you!

My hair just happens to grow fast, I don't know why. Faster than a normal person. I sort of, have to explain & loud enough for everyone to hear me, I hope. The lady beside me looked at me with envy & started talking to me. She said her hair growth is like a tortoise moving, but she does save on cutting though, as it hardly needs cutting. Then everyone came up with all kinds of methods to expedite hair growth. Sometimes I enjoy going there, it's just fun talking with everyone, even complete strangers.

Would you rather work for change ,or just complain?

We went for a course recently & the lecturer or whatever you call him, show us the above picture.  I thought it's pretty funny. We asked the lecturer , so out of the remaining 19% , how many work for change & how many complain? The lecturer laughed & said 18 % complain & only 1% will work for change. Then he proceed to challenge us to elevate ourselves to be this 1%. Well that's what the course is all about right?

Then someone said "Are you sure? " I was thinking of the same thing. More like
 81% will complain
18.9%  might say 'do i have to pick? .' And only
0.1% will work for change.

We told the lecturer what we feel & he ask us, which group we fall into? We said we don't belong to any of the 3 groups. We are in the 4th group. The group that disagree with him.
He wasn't very please with us ....lol...

What's the point of doing anything at all?

We were so bored that a couple of friends think we should do something "interesting" to spice up our lives- like bungee jumping ! WHY ????? Because : If a thing is not dangerous, it's hardly worth doing !!! Hmmm... so that's Life's Big Secret???Why are we even on this subject???

... my mum will kill me if I tell her that. On second thoughts that's precisely the last thing she's ever going to do. My mother is all about keeping us safe & alive, at the expense of anyone having any actual fun. My childhood & even now life as an adult in Singapore is all too 'safe'

I remember when I was younger & we went to Paris & went up to the Eiffel Tower. My mother panicked & told us not to look down. Imagine you are at the top of the Eiffel Tower, where else can you look? Well as usual I didn't listen to her, I looked down & the view was unbelievable. I never forget that moment! What's the point of being up there if you're not going to look down?
What's the point of doing anything at all?

When it gets too hot to handle.

The past few days were so hot I went down to the pool every night. Can't do that during the day as the sun will darken my skin. My friends who were in Taipei kept sending me pictures of the Alishan & gloating how cool it is up there. Feel like strangling them! Well they are coming back today to suffer this heat with me ...LOL...

I should plan for vacation next year to go somewhere cooler during these hot months. August is a tricky month, even Japan & Hong Kong will be crazy hot. So I usually go down south if I can. Australia is a godsend get away destination :)) Hmmm.... got to start planning now.

Love Australia's Blue Mountains during July & August

Took Fat burner- Garba Slim to get rid of my excess weight :))

Since the beginning of the year, I've put on close to 3 kg. Ya.... I know, ridiculous right? Everything feels tighter & my face fuller ....I want to scream !!!!!

2 weeks ago went down to my doctor for some fat burner. My colleague told me the fat burner,

GarbaSlim is effective. I've never taken this GarbaSlim before, thought I give it a try.

Garbaslim for detox & burning fats

First day was pretty intense ....lol.... It feels like I'm detoxifying, I'm serious! I didn't expect that but I was quite happy about that. I need a detox from all the junk I've been consuming !!!! Every thing seems to be flushing out from my system. Well I don't have to go into details, don't want to gross you out. Went to the toilet like 3-4 times! Thank goodness it's a Saturday. Cancel my Sunday appointment, just in case ....haha...

Second & third day, there's nothing more to be flushed out, so everything goes back to normal. 2 weeks later, I'm back to my normal self. All the junk & accumulated fats is gone by then.

I like this fat burner GarbaSlim!
Not bad!

Garbaslim's other benefits

Here's DR Keith Ong's contact for those of you who are interested!

Parsons Medical Clinic @Yishun
Yishun Ave 2, Blk 779, #01-1541.Tel; 64846010, 8777-0736, 9746-7720
Open from:
9am to 12pm on Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday
3pm to 8pm on Thursday

Parsons Medical Clinic @ Orchard 
 360 Orchard - International Building
 # 04-10
Tel;  8777-0736, 9746-7720
Opening Hrs :
9am-1pm & 3pm-8pm on Monday
3pm to 8pm on Tuesday, Wed & Friday
10am-1pm on Saturday

Which restaurant is better for Valentines?

If you were me, which restaurant would you choose to celebrate your Valentine's? It's a tough choice as I've not been to both & both seem really nice:))

Equinox Restaurant
Decadent brunch with sweeping views at Swissotel The Stamford

2 Stamford Road

Level 70, Swissotel The Stamford,
Singapore (178882)

OR

Alkaff Mansion Ristorante
Authentic Italian cuisine in the lush greenery of Telok Blangah Hill Park

10 Telok Blangah Green

Singapore (109178)

Best drink Ever !!!! Starbucks green tea Latte !

Simply Love it !!!!

Last week a couple of my friends and I meet up at Starbucks for coffee to catch up. We have not seen each other for a long while. I never thought a simple meeting like that will kick-start my next craze ....lol...

WE ordered our drinks, & I ordered my usual black coffee. Then one of them started complaining how "boring" my order was! That's right. Is that even possible? OK.... I gave in & someone recommended the green tea latte. What??? in Starbucks??? ok... I'll try that. And what happen was totally unexpected, I've not love a drink that much since Champagne ....hahhahaha.... YES I love it. And since that day, I've drank nothing but green tea latte. Well if you haven't tried it, I suggest you do :))