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I was invited to the grand opening of the first Aura Jewellers store here in Singapore!!

What IS Aura Jewelry?

They are a new brand in town that focuses on wellness jewellery; the market leader in precious gemstones that are said to promote a healthy mind and body when you wear them!

We've all heard before the powers of different crystals and how they affect you. I don't know that much about gemstones but if you wish to read up more on them you can click HERE. I know a lot of people believe in them!

And even if you don't, they look super pretty anyway!

Aura's rare and precious gemstones are available for prices as low as $100, so you don't have to be a millionaire to own rubies or sapphires!

Gorgeous roses

Here's the store with rows upon rows of colourful sparkly things.

One of the diamond necklaces for sale there... I just had to try it on!

HIGH CLASS NOT??

Closer shot... Too bad not for my keeping!

One of the best things about Aura is... THEY HAVE AN IN-STORE DESIGNER!!

While you are there you can consult her and customise your own jewellery! Nobody will have the same design as you! (Unless you somehow customise a very common design wtf -_-)

In-store designer Karen hard at work!

Her creations!

AND GUESS WHAT??

SHE'S CUSTOMISING A PIECE FOR ME!!!

A picture with fellow blogger Beatrice while the designing goes on...

Jewellery designer's tools

Excited!

Tadah!!

Here it is with colour!!

I'm gonna be getting a ring with a main pink sapphire gemstone and two diamonds!

Simple and classic design that can go with any outfit. So excited coz I've been wanting a pink sapphire ring for some time now.

Soon to be mine!

Ready to see it?

Pretty!

Here's my other attempt at photographing the ring. It's actually very difficult to do justice to the sparkle and charity of the gems!

New bling... So of course must camwhore!!

Here I am trying to go for the boho look. It's totally the trend now and it matches wellness jewellery! :D


Aura Jewellers are on Facebook HERE!! Visit their fanpage and "like" to receive special privileges when you visit the store and to get collection updates!!

Not only that, once you "like" Aura Jewellers on FB, you get a $30 voucher to spend in the store! Go click for more details!

WWW.AURAJEWELLERS.COM

There is a video of me on the website so go have a look!

If you are looking for wellness jewellery you should visit Aura NOW!! Coz with every purchase you are entitled a chance to win a 3 day 2 night stay in Bangkok for 2, worth $2,000! GOGOGO!

Their store is at #01-43 Century Square Mall, Tampines. Call 62602480 if you wish to know more! A new outlet will be in Katong soon too.

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Psyche of A Plastic

Ok I'm gonna write a wordy rambling post!!! Brain filled with random thoughts that I need to unload.

Today's topic is plastic surgery - I know, again. But it's not about like woo I just did my eyes love it max blah blah... I'm gonna unload on you guys the psyche of a person who actually does multiple plastic surgeries, and go on a little about why people hate us so much.

I think it's cool and totally rare for a post like this coz most people who did plastic surgery are either too stupid to really put their thoughts into words or are unwilling to talk about their surgery. HAHAHA!!

SO... Why people hate us.

Actually, you'd think that with so many who have undergone plastic surgery (hereby known as PS) before, society would be very accepting of it. Well... Yes and no.

I was thinking really hard that day. Why is it that someone doing corrective surgery on a cleft lip or doing braces is ok but a girl cutting her eyes bigger... not so ok? Both are improving looks, no?

But then I realised... It's all about greed.

Nobody gives a shit about ugly people fixing their teeth. Or a girl with absolutely no breasts getting a modest A cup implants to feel more feminine. Or a dude with one droopy eye fixing that eyelid. In fact, those stories are even a tad heart warming.

And nobody would call these people plastic because after surgery they don't look like perfect shiny plastic. They went from ugly to normal!

But a pretty girl with B cup boobs getting a boob job to make them DD?? OH NO YOU DIDN'T!!

What a slut! What she want such big boobs for? FUCKING GREEDY!!

And so it is...


If you were originally already good-looking, people hate you for wanting more.

And secondly, if you are very pretty but cheated your way up there with PS, people get angry coz it's UNFAIR. 

If you think about it logically, it is actually fairer that somebody used hard-earned money to buy beauty. What's so fair about someone being born super gorgeous?

Song Hyo Kyo as a kid and teen

Young Vivian Hsu

 

Disgusting. Where got people so hot as freaking kids one??

PLEASE LEH........ FUCKING NATURAL BEAUTY... THAT'S UNFAIR!!

People should respect fake beauties and say, "At least you went through pain and cash to get here instead of the natural bitches who had to do nothing." LOL!! CORRECT OR CORRECT!

(Only applicable to people who admit to their PS - lying is another issue altogether!!)

But the fact is... Most people who do PS ARE girls who are already not bad-looking to begin with. Greedy girls trying to inch slowly closer to perfection. I mean, why bother to give Notradamus a new nose? What a waste of time.


The word "plastic" or "fake" is probably the most common "insult" (In inverted commas coz I don't think it's an insult) I get nowadays. It's as easy as calling a girly dude a fag or calling a fat chick a pig.

It is as if my entire being consists only of my looks and calling my looks a facade will crush my ego to no end.

LOOK AT HER SO PRETTY BUT IT'S ALL FAKE.

(or more commonly version 2: PS already still so ugly.)

Eh news to haters - I don't care. And I believe I speak for all my fellow PS-ed (whether plastic or photoshopped) beauties. We all don't give a fuck. It's the end result that counts, not your opinion on whether I cheated my way there.


Plastic/fake is not the only insult I get linked to plastic surgery.

People draw other conclusions too. Oh, she must be so insecure. Oh, she must really hate herself. She hates her race! She must be very inconfident and sad all the time. I might not look as good but at least I am comfortable in my own skin. Blah blah blah.

Maybe these are true for other people. I wouldn't know. But I believe I not crazy and my self accessment should be pretty accurate.

I've always been a very confident person, long before I've got any work done to my face. In school, I've never been the prettiest but I've always been popular (thick-skinned much?), whether with the boys or with the girls.

I hated my nose, true, but I did my best to distract people from it by enhancing my eyes with make up, and honestly, although I knew since age 15 that I'd eventually get a nose job, the hatred for my nose never really made me unhappy or insecure.

Well I guess nobody teased me about it coz I was so damn fierce.

I hung out with all the pretty girls in school! Guess I was Plastic before I was really Plastic hahaha. (Mean Girls reference)

Before I've had any work done I've always considered myself attractive. Not crazily so, but ok lah. Above average. I always made an effort to dress up what, which is more than most of the other 16 yr old girls can say.


So no, I don't believe that people who do PS are automatically insecure, inconfident and unhappy!!

Superficial? Yes. Shallow? Definitely. But what's wrong with that?

Most of us find a strength we've got and we try our best to improve on it. For some people it is, say, an interest in flying a fighter jet. Or being a good pianist.

For some of us... we are talented in beautifying things... and what's a better canvas than your own face?

(Ok obviously sculptors, architects, designers and hair stylists beg to differ)

An ah beng modifies his GTR. A writer improves his vocab. And I touch up my face with make up and photoshop. Parts I can't do, I get professional help from a surgeon. It's just an interest and I'm good at it - the hell I should get judged for it!

You might argue it's an incredibly self-absorbed interest that benefits no one. Rubbish. I've helped many people photoshop their pictures and put on make up before. And I give excellect PS advice!

BUT WHY? Why can't I accept my face the way it was born looking? Why do something so drastic? Do I hate it that much?

The same reason you'd hang a painting in your house... Coz I think it looks better with enhancements! You don't HATE your bare unfurnished house right? You just think it looks boring and could be improved.

Most people won't do plastic surgery coz they are scared of the pain. Scared of the risk of becoming even uglier. Scared of the irreversibility. Scared of the social ramifications. Don't think it's worth the money.

But if you take away ALL of these consequences, most people would change at least something! Be it whiter teeth or uninverting their nipples or smoother hands. Confirm!!

So someone who does multiple surgeries, well, just don't give a shit about all the above! I'm not scared of pain. I don't need to pay. I absolutely trust my surgeon*** and his skills. And I am already known for being plastic so what's one more surgery?

(***referring to Dr Martin Huang not JB surgeon fml that was a mistake)


When does it stop? When am I good-looking enough to not mess with my face again?

I can't answer that. I know I've promised Mike to not do anything else so I guess nothing in the near future? However, I'm still aging lah so goodness knows what else when I hit 40 or something? Yes yes I know you all fear for me looking like a freakozoid but don't worry lah ok!! I've got nothing planned so far!!

And the best thing is.... No matter how I look I'm still an awesome blogger!! Can't take that away!! LOL!

Eh btw Mike says that he prefers second nose job over first nose job (revised coz it was slanted, more about that in another entry) and original nose. WIN!!

If you guys wanna ask any other deep questions about PS go ahead I'd try to answer them. Not the nitty gritty stupid sort like "How much does a nose job cost" but the good sort like "Would you allow your daughter to do her whole face?"

(Ans: No, only areas I agree need drastic improvement like for example if she had my old nose.)


p/s: My post is not representative of the crazies who lie about their heritage or seem to have sincerely deluded themselves into thinking they only had 1 surgery when they had countless, ok? So no, not applicable to Plasticzilla.

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Kukup

Long post!!

Though admittedly not many photos of myself coz it's about my weekend trip to Kukup and I didn't have make up on the entire time. Yes yes maybe you are not interested to see photos of me but I am, ok! Photo-editing for this post was so boring coz there is like ONE camwhoring shot of me.

I digressed! So, Kukup!!

Got invited to a weekend trip there by Ripple and I thought Mike would really enjoy it so I went. It was actually supposed to be a company retreat thing for Ripple and her ex colleagues but they needed more people to go so Ripple invited Wongsie and I!!

I was a bit apprehensive at first coz it only cost $86 per person for 2 days 1 night and all food is provided. And it's at a kelong. In a swamp. So that usually translates to nasty toilets and no aircon and thin mattresses.

And it didn't help that when I asked twitter followers if I should bring a bikini most of them gave me sarcastic answers like "Yeah if you wanna swim in mud with mosquitoes and mudskippers". -_-

But to my uber surprise the chalet we stayed in was really nice, fully airconed, had no insects, AND HAD ITS OWN KTV THINGY AND TWO SETS OF MAHJONG TABLES/TILES!! I AM SOLD!

And we had seafood the whole time and it was all DELICIOUS!!

In short, the trip FAR exceeded expectations!!! Super fun!! A lot of it is just company too I guess and Ripple's colleagues were an awesome bunch.

I wanna organise another trip there!!

Eh don't ask me how to get there coz 1) I don't know, not I organize one 2) I know also don't wanna share coz it's apparently booked fully all the time wtf.

OK picture time!

Bus picked us up at 8am and we stopped for breakfast in JB... I prayed and prayed it is the "go by weight zhup cai bng place" and it was!!

I love economic rice and here, you get to ladle your own ingredients! You can take as many as you want as it's all by weight, not variety. SHIOK MAX!!

And lookie those CDs hanging there! It's for chasing flies away. Apparently effective!

(So coincidentally next to the store is a pirated DVD shop so I presume that's where they get their CDs from when the DVD shop people burn the discs wrongly. Nice.)

After food - Ripple in purple, her friend Cerenna in black, her husband Jason and in the corner - Eekean aka Wong da lawyer. Let's close in on her.

Everyone was laughing at her coz she looks like she dressed for a billion dollar yacht trip. Blue nautical striped shirt. Sensible PANTS. Canvas shoes. And look at that hat! I'm surprised she didn't wear a cravat.

Everyone else in casual slippers and tees! LOL... Oh Wongsie. She insists she did not overdress.

I took this picture because this is where I brushed my teeth after my meal. The upper one. I just wanna say I love outdoor sinks. They are awesome for brushing - with a view!

To our horror when we reached the getty it was FLOODED. I think it is a daily occurance.

And I remembered with glee that Eekean had on CANVAS shoes...

Because everyone had to walk through the filthy water!!!!!!!!!!!

ANKLE DEEP!

There were 2 other groups of people with us and they all braved through the grossness without hesitation wtf. In the end we tried to find an alternate route but still had to step in the water for a bit.

And to my disappointment Wongsie SOMEHOW managed to hop from stone to stone and avoided getting her shoes wet!!!!!!! WTF

Had a seafood lunch. That's Ripple's bottle of soy bean milk. We made lactating jokes. We are childish.

Inside the chalat a door opens up to the mangrove swamp!!

The "sea".

Here's the exterior. And we were brought on a tour to see the other houses in Kukup...

Eekean is excited

People gathering outside while Jason (he is squatting) shoots Ripple in a supermodel pose wtf

This is apparently where the owner stays. Nice pad!

Atas girl must pose with atas house

And these... where the rest of the commoners stay.

Reached a "ma zhu" temple with ice cream dude outside. LOVE his sprayed pink cans

Dex posing with the uncle.

Freaking yummeh yam ice cream

Artsy shot attempt

Meanwhile inside the chalet...

Wongsie already started to hog the mic and traumatize the rest of us

And here's me winning a mahjong game. WOOT. Oh and this photo is stolen from Jason's facebook wtf. And so are some of the other photos.

Others were playing monopoly deal or wandering around outside having a beer.... and then...

THIS IS LIKE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE TRIP!!! 

I shall act mysterious and not tell you what we are doing in this photo till later in the post.

Soon it was time for dinner and after that..........



WE SET OFF FIREWORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Not really legal in Malaysia but they always say... As long as you don't get caught!

The other group of people were setting off floating lanterns and they really went all out!!! So many lanterns floating away... It was so beautiful!!

Looks terrible in photos but gorgeous irl.

I must say it is really quite damn shiok to see people set off fireworks while you gnaw on sambal stingray.

And soon it was our turn to set off ours!!

Only one boring firework picture and I swear it's not that boring. Check it out - our firework almost burn someone else's floating lantern!! :D


Time to write wishes on the floating lanterns!! They are super big so got a lot of space to write rubbish lol

They said must write in Chinese coz it's a Chinese tradition wtf. And I'm gonna get INTERNATIONAL FAME LOL!!!

And here's to hoping Ripple and Jason get the dragon/bunny baby they wants!! GO HAVE SEX NOW!!

This lantern written by Wongsie. She said she will write general things that are good for everyone.

AND ALL WRITTEN IN CHINESE.

I was like WTF how can you remember all these freaking words and she was like "I am good at writing what, just bad at speaking."

Super do River Valley proud can?

Also she wanted to write that everyone got a lot of "tao hua yun" (meaning lucky in love) and got scolded by all the attached couples so she had to put a disclaimer. HAHAHA

Kukup person lighting it up for us!! Must hold on to it for a long time and let the air heat up before letting go.

AND OFF IT GOES!!!!!!

It was so fun everyone was screaming and jumping up and down while it floated away.

I guess it's a light-hearted feeling when you send your fate up to the heavens.

Bye!

After fireworks we continued mahjonging till the wee hours of the night and at one point, from the mahjong table Ripple commented on the 3 people singing KTV: "Woah they look good together"... referring to two of her single friends.

But as I look over, all I saw was 1 girl and 2 guys, all back facing me, so I asked "With which guy?"

She stared at me for a long time and yelled "HELLO! THE OTHER ONE IS WA EH LAO (my husband)!!!"

HAHHAHAAHA I couldn't recognise Jason from the back!!! We kept laughing about this for damn long and couldn't stop.

Next day:

OK mystery revealed....

We were playing with a pufferfish!!!

At the kelong there was a net that goes up and down the waters and it captures fishes, horseshoe crabs, eels, mudskippers, prawns, jellyfish, stingrays etc!!

And all the captives were in a fish tank... Of them all the cutest are the puffers!

We were told that if you stroke the belly of the pufferfish they will puff up and it's soooo super adorable!!

A bit cruel lah but it takes skills to puff them up!

LOL!

Too cute!

Don't worry we are not killing them. After stroking their bellies we put them back into the tank and guess what?

They float on the top for a long time coz they cannot deflate that quickly! MAD KAWAII!!

Cerenna was the best stroker there LOL her fishes have the highest successful inflating rate.

Mudskipper. The kelong people put this giant one on the floor and it hopped violently everywhere, making girls scream.

They are so... unevolved-looking.

Stupid Shengrong told me they are very beautiful (???) with iridescent blue spots. 

Ok lah got blue spots but still ugly.

Cute little jellyfish. Very fun to poke

Here's the ONE camwhoring shot.

And Mike's unedited. I should be pleased and proud that my husband's so goddamn handsome but instead I wonder why the world is so unfair. Why can't I be the one with the giant eyes???

Ok I guess I do have perfect vision so maybe the world is kinda fair. And my wayfarers are freaking GORGEOUS!

Ripple, Wongsie and I. 

Friends for 14 years and counting!!

Before we leave we visit another Kelong...

This dude is freaking funny. Here he is showing us that sharks are very happy and love to smile with 8 rows of teeth.

Peishan's (right) expression is exaggarated max LOLLLL

Hey happy shark

The spotted eyes are scary

Seahorse... I touched it. It's weird.

And it's time to go home.

That was a fun, fun trip!

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