3 parties and 1 baby

I've been busy lately, so here are just some photos of the past few days...

I'm really anal about aesthetics, so I made all the photos the same width. That would mean those that are taken upright will be real big. I DON'T CARE! If you don't have unlimited bandwidth you shouldn't be on the internet anyway.

So yes, many many photos. Of 3 parties, 1 KTV session, and one baby visit.

I was like, "Eh, shall just upload these stupid photos and not do much" then I started being extra again and photoshopped stupid graphics and words on the pictures. WHICH IS WHY I ONLY FINISHED AT freaking 5am sharp!! Now!

I know my blog often has pretty girls, but today's photolog got a lot of handsome boys!!

It's raining men! Hallelujah!!

WE REJOICE! Everybody loves a handsome boy! I'm sure handsome boys love themselves too! Oh, what about ugly boys? Er... Whatever. *bimbo shrug*

Maia's debut album launch at DXO

Maia (Lee, of Singapore Idol fame) invited me to attend her album launch at DXO! I knew her a long time ago, actually, when she was still June's sister's singing teacher. =)

Brought Kelvin, Tim, Huifen and Christian along.



She was belting out song after song on the stage but due to my lack of height, I only saw the top of her head.

I had to look at the LCD screen instead... :(

Too bad hor, coz she was dressed very sexily leh! *tiko smile*


Huifen and I


Eileen Wee was there too... Wah lau, that Kelvin sibeh extra!


Now better. Huifen wrestled Kelvin to keep him away.



Eileen and Huifen. ALOYSIUS!!! A-LOY! Marcus wanted me to delete this picture, saying he looks ugly, but I think got the you(4) yu(4) look mah, girls like.


Kel carefully plucked his brows for the occasion. I think he secretly likes Maia.


Who released the siao angmoh?


Why can't Kel take a proper photo?! Tim is very disgusted with you coz he knows that you wank to animal porn. GAY animal porn.


I knew Christian was hitting on Kelvin since the start! I knew it! It's the brows working their magic!


Chris, we know you want to lean your head towards Kelvin. Just go ahead and do it.

[Christian is not gay btw, in case stupid people don't get jokes]

SNAG magazine launch (why so many launches ah?)

Chris was supposed to go with me, but he axed me for some traditional Swedish dinner where he ate crayfish with his family, so I brought Kel along instead.

Speaking of Sweden, it is not to be mistaken with Switzerland. You may already know that, but I made a few timewear and chocolate jokes before Chris politely corrected me.

*blush*

Switzerland=
Swatch,
Damn good chocolates,
Best place to live in the world,
blondes

Sweden=
Richest man in the world cashflow-wise,
Ikea,
meatballs,
lingonberry jam,
Lakerol (Not ricola though!),
blondes

So yes.

Snag's launch had male models prancing around...


Really not handsome leh...

And what is with the Zhong Wu Yan look?!

Anyway the boss of this modelling agency is super handsome lah! I was like drooling, then I asked my friend to introduce him to me, then my friend was like, "He is gay la, stupid!".

Right. Thanks. I knew something was wrong when I saw him patting the "models" on the small of their waists. What is with the world?! Why I see handsome guys then they must be gay leh? I am very angry!

Why last time, you imagine hor, Xiao Long Nu see Yang Guo, then she think very handsome right, then she can just go ahead and duel with him or something then get married and hong chen gun gun sheng si xiang xu already...

People in the past won't have to worry and go ask their girlfriends first, "Hey, is that Yang Guo dude gay ah?". NO SIRE THEY DON'T!

I hate having to first find out whether a guy is gay before I decide to be infatuated with him! Sigh... We girls can't take anything for granted anymore. What is wrong with us girls leh? Breasts not nice meh? I don't believe anyone won't be enticed by breasts. Breasts are so nice. *bimbo shrug*

I have no idea whether it is true that he is gay, so boss-of-this-agency, if you are reading this and you are not gay... Well.. PROVE IT! *puckers up lips*


SNAG clubbing queens!

*Gasp* My secondary school junior is the second girl...

Speaking of RV, you RV people won't believe who came to attend my NP blogging seminar! YES, IT IS LAO LOOK (that's our discipline mistress)! She was very rude, she fell asleep when I was talking! Bah. You would think she might pay a little more attention to her "favourite" student in RV the four years I was in it.

Mrs Look if you are reading this, my pager is still with you! And so are like a million earrings or so. Gimme back hor!

Oh yeah, in case you noticed the little icon of myself lying on top of my URL... I would like to exclaim, "ISN'T IT CUTE?!" I love myself, so from now on no photo will not have me inside! That's so cool!

I got fed up with the smokey photos so I stopped snapping.

Kel and I proceed to...

Ian Loon's birthday party!

Ian is super cool can? His party is at the open-air carpark beside Liang Court, including the ZO card lounge room!

Nice, nice!


Birthday boy and me!


Christian with Ian (they were from Eye for a Guy 2 together!)


I think Uma is very funny! Here we are, in front of many many Zo cards... Photo's a little blur though...

I ditched Kelvin and gang, and went to KTV with Howard, Shan, Jeffy, Jeffy's friend Mich and Christian.


GAY!


Somebody wake Shan up! He fell asleep!


Jeffy doesn't care.


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Shan can be quite scary at times. Though we must admit his eyes are really quite gorgeous...


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WHY CAN'T ASIANS HAVE BLUE-GREEN EYES TOO?! I want leh!










Howard very extra...



Don't you think Shan looks very lovesick in this photo?!

Let me see...

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Woah! I knew you were over Denise, Shan. Yeah... but you know, hey, I like you too, but I like being, you know, single...

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Stop being so obsessed with me! You're freaking me out mate!

Abbie!!

Went to eat with SY's cousin. Yay! Got nice food and also can SMOOCH my favourite baby!


Babies are so soft... Ah, my face cut off coz... Well, you can't see it since it's cut off, but I was actually staring at Abbie with a maniacal glint in my eyes and it is quite scary.

Actually it is coz I never put make up, then I lazy to photoshop.




Shuyin is a bit siao...



Don't ask me why she go and think this kind of thing...


The lashes look so nice!





Poor baby...

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My make up secrets revealed!

Every 3 days or so someone will email me to ask me how I do my make up (and believe it or not, it includes GUYS - or drag queens, to be more specific). I am not trying to be hao lian or whatever! It's the truth.

How to do the smoky eyes? How come eyelashes can look so long leh? What foundation makes your skin glow?

Today, I shall unveil the mystery once and for all.

Of course, the guys already know this post will bore them to death - unless their interest is to look at multiple pictures of me .... which everyone likes to, because I am shoooo pwetty. :D

I shall say first ah... I am not trying to TEACH anyone make up here. It may not be the correct ways to apply make up (if there is such a thing as a correct way); it is just MY way of putting make up on, because you girls (and gay boys) wanted to know.

But of course, my make up skills are superb, as is everything I do that is artistic (painting, drawing, photoshop etc, all are superb, ok? Because I am mega talented). I've taken some courses, but I have come to realise that everyone's faces, flaws, and good points are all different, so fuck those courses.

You just have to experiment yourself and see what kind of make up suits you. Some people (like Shuyin) look quite scary with smoky eyes. I look terrible with light make-up. Cloudy can't put make up because his face is hairy. Whatever floats your boat! Or rocks your socks! Or or or... Can't think of anymore lah! Let's start.

Here's how to get MY LOOK, if you are confident it will work for you:




Laugh all you want, ok? I will SOON be beautiful. So what if my hair is tied up in Chun-li buns now? When I let it down, it will so gorgeous, it will be the singular thing that engulfs your sweet vision before you faint from the beauty of it all.

So yes. Step one is to wash your face. Oh and btw, I still have like 3 pieces of my eyelash extensions left, as you can see. They look pathetic. Never we mind that now, mascara can always save the day later.



I use Za's two-way cake foundation. I've been using it since I was in secondary one, so yes, it is terribly good, and I know Chanel's or whatever atas brand's might be better, but considering a trade-off for money ... ZA's pretty good!

Wet the sponge thoroughly, and apply the powder all over your face. Remember never to apply against the grain... Do it in the direction your facial hair grows. If you don't have facial hair, then you are a freak and stop reading my blog.

Make sure the powder is even, and apply your neck as well. If you blot your face when it is excessively oily and all, the powder should be able to last a whole day. :) I apply a generous amount. My style is always to be sparing with everything - same for cooking, for painting, for talking.

Subtlety? Hell, no! If you are the sort who likes light make up, you can stop reading this entry now. :) Light make up? Sorry, I cannot even see it, so what's the point? Might as well save money and not put anything.

I like my makeup noticable, and making a DIFFERENCE to how I look.

Bloody shu nus.



Foundation is not enough for coverage: For flawless skin check out Inovi's Perfector! Sibeh fucking good coverage for pimples or scars (I have scars coz last time my pimples damn jia lat).

It is not cheap, but it is super good. Eh, I think Fiona Xie uses this one too.

Oh yeah I apply my foundation over my lips too. That's coz the outer lining of my lips are somewhat darker, and that is just gross. Oh well. The foundation covers that.

Next: Eyeshadow.


Start with a light-coloured, shimmery eye shadow all over your entire eye area. White or light gold will do.

Yes, even lining the bottom of your eyes. I usually extend mine to the interior rim of the eye too, as you can see.



Choose a blending colour that matches your outfit for the day. In this case, I just picked pink. This colour should be darker than the previous colour, and also able to mix with it well.

(My nails are by Voxy, in case you wanted to know)


Like this!

Blend!

Yes I know the foundation looks patchy... I didn't spread it evenly. What! Cannot meh?

The next step is important... Because now we move on to the smoky eyeshadow! In dark brown. =)



Apply the brown and BLEND BLEND BLEND it into the pink. Apply it over the whole of your eye's sockets.



And underneath your eyes as well, with an applicator. Remember that if you want dark eyeshadows you just cannot be a scrooge on the moolah. Yi fen qian yi fen huo (1 cent for one part of the goods, loosely translated), so the cheap eyeshadows will only be not dark enough and cannot be seen properly.

Also see above, my take on light make-up.

Notice also, that at the bottom of the eyes the pink is at the inside, while the brown is outside. I know the shadow looks rather awful like that, but relax, haven't finish what...

Because MASCARA is coming up!

Before applying mascara, curl your lashes. People always ask me if they should curl before or after mascara. What a silly question! DO BOTH LAH, when in doubt!!!

If you don't know how to curl your lashes, half close your eyes, and put the curler as close to your flesh as possible, without hurting you. Push down as hard as you can, for a whole 30 seconds.

Magazines tell us bullshit like curling different parts of your lashes so that the curl is gradual and not an abrupt 90 degrees angle.

I say screw that. I'm not a fucking eurasian model with ridiculously long lashes. I'm Chinese, dammit! We Chinese usually do not have long lashes, so I'll have it 90 degrees if I want - as long as it can be seen.



Loreal's double-ended mascara is really good for a cheap buy, so GO FUCKING BUY IT! It is really good. I think my lashes' length increased by like ... 40%? after applying it.

And don't be stupid - buy Black, because it is the most clearly visible. Brown's for pussies and shu nus.

First put the white fibres on. Be generous, VERY generous. Apply the mascara in a zic-zac fashion, till your whole lash almost turns white.

Done? Cool. Now put the black. Do the same thing. If you get a fright from how thick and dark it is, that's about right. Don't care about silly things like clumps. Clump then clump lar, makes the lashes even clearer.

Do not curl lashes for at least 15 minutes, because the mascara is still wet and will stick to your curler.

Done with eyes:



Now apply blusher. Smile while applying, and put the pink on the apple of the cheeks. I don't like any other colour than pink. Orange blusher is the worst. It is circa 1972! Throw it away at once if you have it, you disgusting loser!



I forgot about the eyebrows... Draw front parts with applicator and brown eyeshadow, and define ends with eyebrow pencil (lightly). A little secret tip for girls with flat noses: Put a little brown at the top of the nose bridge - will make your eyes look more deep set!

Don't worry about your nose being flat. Savior of flat noses, Fann Wong, have shown us that having a flat nose is fine, as long as it is small.

So DO NOT, despite other people's advice otherwide, go and do stupid things like shade the sides of your nose with brown, and brush a line of white powder down the bridge.

NEVER EVER DO THAT. Don't.


Unless you want to look like that.

It will only serve to make your nose look huge and bulbous.

Speaking of which, I FUCKING HATE MAKE UP ARTISTS WHO DO THAT. Do they seriously think it looks nice?! That kind of make up is so old-fashioned! Yuck, I hate it! Gets me angry!

If your nose is not nice, the best is to make it as inconspicuous as possible.



I suddenly have a nose bridge! =) And we are almost done.

Here's another make up secret, so you silly girls better be nicer to me!



Apply brown shadow (with a blusher brush) to the side of your face to create a hollow in your cheeks, as well as underneath your jawline to make it look more defined. Nice ah? Machiam model sia...

Cool not? If you do it in moderation and blend it well, you can be pleasantly surprised when your friends comment that you got thinner! :D Sigh, I shouldn't be letting out secrets like these...



We are only left with the lips now... I like to use matte, light colours on lips. One thing about matte lipsticks - don't spread it on your lips because it is very dry and will be too thick and pasty. Instead, PAT the lipstick on your lips.

At the interior of the lip, I add a rouge shade of gloss... I take out the hair buns, and tadah!!!




Nicely made up and ready to go out! :)


So chio must take more photos...


:D Good hair day!



Eyes so much bigger... And I glow too! (I forgot to add I put a bit of blusher on my nose tip too to make it look sun-kissed)

You want to do this too? Here are a list of your tools, if you care to purchase them. Eh, this is not an advertorial ah, these are the real make up products I use... They may not be the best make up, but they are mostly quite cheap (or value for money), which is good enough for me!



I've highlighted the MUST-HAVES with stars, because these are the fucking good products.

Also note that some make-up thingys can be cheap, and some HAVE to be expensive. Powder better be a respectable brand because it is on your skin, eyeshadows suck when they are cheap, and cheap lipsticks STAIN YOUR LIPS (this is serious, so only use reputable lipsticks, and remember to put lip balm first as a protective shield).

I believe, however, that blushers, eyeliners, and eyebrow pencils are ok to have them economical. =) My eyeliner is a $3 liquid one from Aries, and it works wonders, though I didn't take a picture of it.

Get that perfect curler from Guardian at only $3 plus! Don't get tricked to buy the Manicure one for that ridiculous price, it is the in-house Guardian one which is good.. You can identify it by the spring it has. Inovi's perfector can be found in Sasa, and though it is not cheap, it lasts for YEARS.

This about sums it all! Any more questions, you can email me, though I must say, I might not reply it. =)

p/s: To the some of you, especially the blind men, don't gimme that bullshit comment about how I look better without make up. Dont gimme that shit about "natural is beauty". Please read this.

And also, don't give me advice on how I should apply my make-up. I'm supposed to be the one teaching here, dammit! Trust me, I've tried everything and I think I know my face a little better than you do. I like my make-up the way it is. Unless you have more experience than me on applying make-up on MY face, then we talk. :)

After all, this blog entry is not about How to Apply Make Up. It is how to GET MY MAKE-UP.

If you do try, go take some photos, write it on your blog, and trackback to this entry! :D So fun.

Good luck!

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Photo for the new web layout

My designer cum photograper (he says to keep him anonymous till the final launch then got impact), Shuyin and I finally climbed our way into Fort Canning on Monday, for the photoshoot for the new picture... To replace that damn pink one with the cushions you see now!

I am so excited!

Thanks **** (that's my designer and photographer) and especially silly Shuyin for going there also, to help me check on girly things like hair messy, bra can see, etc etc and to use euphemism, be the art director lar!

Poor thing, she climbed a hill for me!

The final picture has been chosen, and here it is, in sepia:

Click to enlarge! So big, it can even be a wallpaper! =)

Isn't it so nice?! I know, boots again... I had other shoes there also, but boots turn out nicer leh... Of course, the final piece will be better than this, because the graphics are not done yet, and it will be in full colour. I cannot wait!! =D

Oh, and the old-old effect is also done by my designer. Teeheehee!

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Trivialising crime

Yesterday night I was having an argument with Shan, regarding the Yellow Ribbon Campaign.

I told him I'll be writing my column about how excessive campaigning is trivialising crime, and, once again showing my traits of having a serious lack of sympathy, I launched into of those "If they know going to jail will make it tough to find jobs in future, then don't commit the freaking crime! If they still do, they are only asking for it!" line of arguments.

Shan frowned (it was on MSN but I can feel him frown) and argued that society will have crimes no matter what, and to punish these ex-offenders (I would say jailbirds, but nobody has a sense of humour nowadays) for a lifetime for unemployment for a single mistake is just childish and malicious. He added that they have already served their time in prison, and if they are doomed to be not made useful for society after that, it will only cause far more social problems, i.e them turning to crime again for a livelihood.

He also added rather ominously: You will only look foolish in your article.

Douglas Adams once said that the best way to learn is to teach, because it forces you to clear your mind before explaining to someone else.

Which is true, because I see my friend's point of view, but yet... I still think there is something very wrong with the situation.

Then while explaining further, I realised my issue with the campaign is that it is excessive. It has way out-shot its original purpose, to achieve another effect totally. How much money has been poured into the Yellow Ribbon campaign? I see ads at bus stops, I see a movie made of that issue, I even met a flag raiser - get this - INSIDE Toa Payoh swimming pool!

Don't get me wrong. I know that the campaign IS for a good cause even before my friend chided me, and I agree people deserve a second chance. Naturally, we also do not want ex-offenders to commit crimes again when they are freed, due to a "I'm doomed anyway, I might as well commit more crimes" view of the world.

But there is a good thing, and then too much of a good thing. It seems to me that now, criminals are protrayed as objects of sympathy, are they not? Why should we all go like, oh, so poor thing!, when they did do wrong in the first place?

Which should not be the way! It is not right for people to think, Oh ok, maybe I will rob that bank now, because even if I go to jail, I can still come out a free man, and be accepted by society again, as if I have done nothing wrong! Yippee!

That just trivialises crime, doesn't it?

Singapore has a harsh legal system, and it is working well because Singaporeans KNOW how harsh it is, and think twice before committing crimes.

Isn't that the whole point? Who is to say what is an appropriate punishment anyway? A rape victim will wish death upon the rapist, but the rapist's dad probably thinks a few months in prison is enough suffering for his son.

Therefore, the issue is not about appropriate punishments. It is about knowingly committing a crime, when you jolly well know the respective punishments. It is a package - you burn a house, you go to jail, you get caned (do you?), and you get a criminal record, which will affect your whole future.

You know that, so you know that burning that house is not worth it, and you don't do it!

But yes, ex-offenders turning to crime again, they deserve a second chance blah blah arguments are still very much valid, but please, can we stop the excessive campaigning already? (But Wendy, if it is not excessive it won't work! Ok yes, fine, I've lost my thread of thought)

Why can't we use half of that money to educate the public on how serious crime is instead? Just a thought you know, thought that it might serve to lower the crime rates a little more. *shrug* I just thought, you know, that prevention is supposed to be better than cure.

p/s: Obviously, this article was meant to be somewhere else, but it was slightly too controversial, I believe. So there you go.

Post note: Dumb people are everywhere, so before you start opening your big fat mouth to say I am cruel *roll eyes* - or stupid, or selfish, or self-centred, or not capable of empathy - and that ex-criminals deserve a second chance yadda yadda, go fucking read my article again carefully, word by word, and with a sudden relevation discover that I actually AGREE that the Yellow Ribbon Campaign IS for a good cause, and that I AGREE that ex-criminals deserve a second chance. So stop stating the obvious just because it makes you seem like you have morals. We all know you eat babies for dinner. After you stab them with a Halloween pitchfork.

Oh and also, stating the obvious, and also appearing to be blind, has the reverse effect of making you look extremely stupid. That, we already know you are.

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Mid Autumn thoughts

Hou Yi: Hmmm, feel like having sex tonight...

Hou Yi: Really feel like it, I didn't have some for a long time already...

Hou Yi: CHAO CHE*BY*! I forgot the bitch has flown to the moon! Ta ma de, it's so far away, she think lim lao peh dick long enough to reach the moon meh?!

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Meanwhile, on the faraway moon...

Chang E: Come bunny bunny, would you like some peanut butter? Come here bunny, dammit! It's only you and me on this damn moon, you might as well make me happy!

Chang E: Fine! Go forlick around that damn moon dune again! Fucking rabbit.

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Two Endorsement Deals!

I would like to announce something very astounding today!

After long discussions, I would like to hereby say that I have been endorsed by two companies that I like a lot: Kimage Hair Studio, as well as Voxy Nail Potion.

Hurray for me! Now I get perfect hair, as well as perfect nails!

I've always been going to Kimage for doing my hair of course, and a good friend helped me get in contact with Monica (director), and this collaboration is finally finalised after we discussed the details.

From now on, my hair colour and style will be Kimage's credit (conversely if you think my hair looks awful it's also their doing, but that will never happen because my hair is totally awesome). It will be so fun! I can't wait to try out all the different hair colours and cut some quirky styles. =)

Of course, my current light ash brown colour is also done by them, though this time they maintained my haircut more or less the same (as I had that photoshoot, remember? I had to keep the hair long) except for some trimming.

The results of the treatment they did for me is below, in a separate blog entry.

As for Voxy, I've always been messing around with my nails myself and I love manicures... The problem is of course that I usually DIY, or go to this little nail shop in Bugis.

Voxy sent me an email asking me if I would like to try out their products, and I told them I won't endorse anything that I don't personally like though I have heard about Voxy as they are a big player in the nail market after all (read: About commercialisation), so I would go down and check their store out.

The results? I did something which I have never heard about in my entire life before: Acrylic nails. (Which is something the little Bugis store doesn't provide)

And I totally love it! I've been having it for around 1 month now, and I doubt I will go back to normal nails if I can help it.

The blog entry on the acrylic nails is also below, but unfortunately, I took a great many photos of the Before & After, but my computer went crazy and the photos are now permanently lost. Grrr! Nonetheless, I blogged about it with photos I found on the net.

Voxy does not only do manicures and pedicures of course. They also have treatments, as well as their own line of nail polish.

Those who do manicures often will know that OPI lasts pretty long, but I don't know if it is the acrylic's credit... Voxy's nail polishes last super long too! You cannot even ATTEMPT to peel it off, it is impossible to drop.

They also have this amazing line that changes colour under sunlight. Coolness!

So yes, obviously their services are great (unlike the other multitudes of amatuer manicure stores around, Voxy is serious about this nail business, and their nail artists can make your nails look like anything Ayumi has ever had), so here's my endorsement deal for them!

Enjoy the blog entries. They may be advertorials (as I have promised I will state), but I still think they are interesting. Or at least I hope they are!

Love,
Wendy

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