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大家好呀！Hi Everyone!
好久好久没更新这个部落格了... 我自己 都快開始懷疑痞客邦是否還在運行中! 我備份也沒弄,若這網站就這樣關閉了那我可要哭死了。

 
Hi Everyone~

Hi Everyone! 
Happy New Year!! It's been so long since I updated my blog and I truly hope to do more in this very special space that I have created since years ago.

I wasn't feeling well... Negativity in thoughts, feelings of anxiety washed over me... A change of thought led me to the library: get some materials for my research, seek some peace and quiet time, it might ease the tensions and aggravation.
Passed a shelf and this book caught my eyes, my hand reached for it and brought it with me. After getting the resources that I need, I decided to spend some time reading it.
The first page opens into a full view of the beautiful site of Borobudur, a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, as well as the world's largest Buddhist temple, and also one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world. The temple consists of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome. The temple is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The central dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa. (Source: Wikipedia)

Inspired by a recent inquiry for Velma Kelly makeup for D&D, and wanting to be in-sync (colour wise) with this drama character "龙幽" played by 鄭元暢Joseph Cheng in «仙剑云之凡» which was scripted based on a Chinese «仙剑奇侠传» aka Legend of Sword & Fairy / Chinese Paladin. The effects only shows on 1 side of the face, which hinted at the "true colour" of a "non-mortal/幽冥人" whose skin emits greenish silvery tones with blue tints hair, brows & lashes.
 

I did a formal makeup today for ID photo using #coastalscents #revealed3 palette for eyes.
Other products used:

I have been with Carousell, Qoo10 and Shopee (plus my BlogShop) for some time but I do find that it's hard to organise Spree via these platforms due to several reasons:
- They are shopping platforms, items put up on sale based on stock count- They do not offer transactional safety / no payment handling- Less flexibility for buyers to customise their request.
So i chanced upon AirFrov in an email newsletter as member of Vanitee.
This company set up a platform for those that travel, they can take up purchase requests. Those that don't can put up request to buy things in foreign lands! 
Of coz this "middle man" is a registered Singapore biz and they do earn the "middle man fees".

Received from my dearest ex-boss and friend Peggy Tan: what each animal in the Chinese Zodiac symbolises and represents. Why and how they are arranged in the Zodiac. Recall the legends of the 12 Zodiac (12生肖的传说/故事), it's show how reflecting what ancesters wished upon their decendents: the desired virtues to possess. I think that this should be shared although this ain't beauty related. 虽然以下的内容源自Whatsapp友群互传的内容(属实性无从追究), 也和美容沾不上边, 我觉得这是一篇的内容很具启发性。也应该大肆转发。我指的是十二生肖的含义及祖先们对于自子孙孙们的期许。
*****************************老外嘲笑十二生肖，國人反問讓人深思！
有一次，一群中國人參加接待了一個由歐洲貴族組成的參訪團的活動。他們中的大多數跟王族有親戚關係，非常有學問和修養，待人彬彬有禮，但他們的修養背後隱藏著一種傲慢。最後一天聚餐，可能酒喝多了，這些貴族的言談舉止變得比較率性。席間，一位德國貴族站了起來說：你們中國人，怎麼屬什麼豬啊，狗啊，老鼠啊！不像我們，都是金牛座，獅子座，仙女座……真不知你們祖先怎麼想的！眾人聽了哈哈大笑，還互相碰杯，先前的優雅完全不見了。

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I came across Althea's site around early March this year.. but haven't really wanted to try shopping with them yet as I didn't really heard much about them from people around me.

Purchased from: Nice Cosmetics (Seletar Mall branch)Price: SGD 14.90Country of Origin: Korea
I was initially drawn in by the cute and colourful packaging. Bullet style shape and curvy body always attracts my attention, topping it off with vibrant colours are just too hard to miss. 
However,  having so many options out there,  just the outer appearance of products aren't enough draw to get me buy it. The real pull factors are the scent and actual color of lipstick in tube and upon application. 
The Lipsticks hold a different scent corresponding to the colour in tube which represented a Fruit... yea! The scents are all deliciously juicy fruity flavours!!