Me Time

Darphin Cleanser - image from the internet

I took leave from work to run some errands and to pamper myself. I wanted to chill and do some thinking and planning ahead. I wanted to accomplish a lot but managed only half of what I set out to do - still it was good enough for me.

The most memorable event for today is I had a nice long lunch by myself in a nice cosy restaurant. The food was good and the music nice and soothing. I have decided to maintain a diary of a sort to record my thoughts and feeling and started writing. I recon the diary will be a great way for me to express myself and capture my thoughts, emotions and moods...and ultimately to understand myself and learns from the past and from my mistakes. It was a good one hour of eating, writing and smiling. It felt good!!!

Next on my agenda is going for my facial as well as to pick up some products. I managed to get the image of the most-fabulous-facial-cleanser ever. It's Darphin Cleansing Foam Gel with Water Lily (picture above). I am now into my second tube and I simply love it. I also pick up a toner and the eye makeup removal. My skin has improved but it is still sensitive and have not really stabilise. My face is no longer "red" and the pores are also finer but I still have uneven skin tone, dark spots and pigmentation. I guess it is the years of "abuse" where I don't use proper skincare (lack of knowledge and money as the main culprit) and have not be using any sunblock. Anyway, it's always good to be pampered and I love all my facial sessions. I will make sure that I have enough time so that I can enjoy every moment and yes, blackberry are off as well :)

It was a good day and more of me time in the future - it's rejuvenating and something which I look forward to. 

Casual Bag

My casual bag. Love the colour and the shape!

My First Coach

This is officially my first branded bag and I totally love it.

I bought it from ebay, got it delivered to my hubby's colleague who was in US for training and he (thank you, thank you) hand carried it back to ME. I love the smell of the leather......so nice. I love the shape of the bag and the design, the coach tag and every single things on it. Love it love it love it... enough said.

More online purchases

There's no stopping me. Got this for Caitlin, for my princess' birthday party.

My first Manicure

Yeap....had not been to one until recently. Since it's my first visit, I did not shy away when it comes to colour and choose a brillant red for my nails. The end result was really good and I enjoy the entire process. However, the only other person excited about my red fingernails is my daughter. Hubby said he cannot understand why anyone would put chemical on their nails while Ryan thinks they are "yucky". It guess it's a girl thing.

However, after a day, I finally had enough and took them off because red nails can be quite distracting, especially when I am working on laptop. Instead of concentrating on the screen, I keep on looking at my "beautiful" nails...

The long awaited hair cut

I wanted to cut my hair early this year but was advised against it by a friend whose belief include no-hair-cuts-during-first-trimester-just-in-case -something-goes-wrong-with-the-pregnancy.

I did not share the same belief and it does sound a bit far fetch but since she had mentioned it and the fact that I had another 3 weeks or so before my first semester ends and couple with the fact that I am a bit PARANOID; I decided to wait. After all, I have been neglecting my hair (and my face for that matter) so another three weeks wouldn't make any difference.

Finally had my long awaited hair cut last week. I decided to maintain the same hairstyle but shorter and still able to tie-it-up for easy management. Did treatment as well as there were split ends and my hair looked "lifeless aka dead". Love the end result and it makes me look so much younger and neater!!

End of November 2007

Today marks the end of the month and also the end of my resolution to lose 1 kg in one month through "proper eating habits". What's the verdict? I did it..... a round of applause please. Thank you, thank you.

Now, the next target is to lose another 1 kg but that would be in January 2008 because there will be loads of celebrations and family gathering in December 2007, hence too challenging. I will however, aim to maintain my weight for December 2007 in the midst of all the fiesta. More doable!!

Latest Me

This is a recent photo of myself. Still trying to lose that one kilo that I set out to do early this month, with not much success but hey, I am still trying, and there's another week to go before the end of the month. My motto - Never give up !!!

I am looking forward to celebrate hubby's birthday and go shopping for a dress for Christmas. I don't usually buy dresses but what the heck, this is the new Shir you are talking about. So I will make an effort to look good, part of my ongoing resolution to look good and stay good.

What I have learn so far is that I need to coordinate. I may have a nice blouse and a nice skirt/pants but both may be nice together. So I need to coordinate from the style to colour and I have not even start on accessories. Now that I know it's not that easy (to look good) and that it takes a lot of effort, I really admire my colleagues/friends/people who look gorgeous all the time. But its never too late to learn. Who knows? Sometime next year this time around, I will be a Mrs. Stylo Mylo and it ain't just wishful thinking. All I need to do is just work on it. Yay !!

Bye Bye Bag

I am basically a one-bag person. Therefore to ensure that my handbag can match with my entire wardrobe, I always choose a BLACK handbag. You can never go wrong with black. It's boring no doubt but that the price to pay if you wish to make use of only one bag. (The bag hubby bought me from US is still in the cupboard)

The best thing is that me and my best friend, Sham have the same bag only in different colours. There were occasions where we mistakenly took each other's bag, especially when we were rushing. After many months of "batter and abuse", it's time to bid my bag farewell as it is showing signs of the abuse.

I am now on the lookout of another bag. Perhaps, I should consider another colour and a trendier bag. Let's just see what catches my eyes and happy hunting to me.

Hair, hair and more hair

Since I decided to maintain my hair long, I need a trim as it's getting out of shape. I love my hair; except for the fact that I don't have much (hair), it's very, very, very fine, it's a bit curly or wave-y so I did rebonding early this year and the biggest problem now is that it's dropping like mad. Because my hair is now longer, I think it dropping even more; hair in the living, dining, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom....practically everywhere in the house .... arrrghhh.

Got some professional advice. Since my scalp is of the oily type, my hairstylist mentioned that my current shampoo may be a "contributing factor" other than stress, wrong diet blah, blah and blah ....

Aarrggghhhh......will change the shampoo and use my hair tonic more often and let's see how it goes ..... the agony of being a woman...

Threading

Just came back from facial. I got more than what I bargained for as not only I did my facial, she did threading to remove some facial hair and to shape my eyebrows ...... and it was painful !!! ... but I did look better after that ...... so bottomline, it was worth the pain.

Resolution - Research

There are so many, many articles from the net on how to look good.

For a start, I will watch what I'm eating; not so much on cutting down the portion of my food but more on eating the right and healthier food and in moderation.

Next, I will take good care of myself, both my appearance and my health. I will take the trouble to exercise and drink lots of water. Appearance wise, I will learn type of clothing which flatters me and the ones to avoid, bearing in mind that I am a pear shape (yeah, got that off the net as well - what type of cloth looks good in what type of body shape); colours and cutting that suits me; all I need to do is consult my friends and get their advice - for free!!

Also I need to take good care of my skin....that's a good excuse for me to go to my beautician cum friend often. And I have decided to leave my hair long - even though it's more troublesome to maintain but friends have told me that I look nicer and not so aunty-looking.

.......... and I am posting a photo of myself here. Have not master the art of taking my own photo using a mirror but this will do. And I weighed myself yesterday and decided to lose a kilo by the end of this month. Must have a target-mah. Something do-able to motivate myself.

And I just completed my exams this morning .... yahoo. Survived semester 1.

My resolution

I have been a plain jane for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I have never been into girly things, cute things yes but not girly stuff. I am sort of like a tomboy when I was growing up and I don't really fancy wearing dresses - maybe because dressess makes me look fatter. I dunno how to wear make up until today. I don't take the initiate to dress up and my cloths are mostly conservative, dull (mostly black and dark blue) working cloths. Casual cloths would mean a jeans and a t-shirt and the t-shirt would be at least 1 size bigger.

So I am not sure what got into me but now I want a change, in fact, I am going for a total and PERMANENT makeover. I am inspired by all the blogs I have been reading and I too want to be hot mama and chick mum. :)

First thing first ....In order to be a hot and chick mummy, I need to look like one and the problem is currently, not only I am lacking in the girly skill, I am also overweight (according to my BMI). But that is not going to stop me ...... I am going to work towards being a hot and chick mummy. I need a plan, a work-able and achieve-able plan. Will surf the net for more inspiration.