Thursday, October 29, 2009
25 things revisited!
Sometime back there was this stupid tell the whole facebook community 25 things about yourself...looking back, it was peer pressure that drove me to sit and write mine as well..of course the boys were the first to do it and made the girls do it eventually!!
Today, Alx posted it again on his profile saying how much it brought back memories. As usual, with lotsa time on my hands (yes, i'm THAT efficient as you can see) I thought I'd take a walk down memory lane too...look what I found! I'm not going to copy and paste the whole thing but here's one that stood out and brought back what I was feeling or thinking on the 3rd of February 2009 :)
Just to make it more interesting..i've even copied the comment that went along with it!
ME : #2. I secretly dream of being taken away by my knight in shining armour on a white horse, heading into the deepest of the sunsets and not being traced at all after that --- leaving behind a note that says "c ya!"
Vijayan Pillai : hahahah, i thought you were kidding abt the white horse....must have been 7 yrs ago when you told me?
I'm still looking for that white horse, let alone Richard Gere!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Love is...
"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two."
-St. Augustine
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Word of the week - Enabler
So friend mentioned above was just about to start eating while we were about to leave (he had invited himself over to our table) and us being us, didn't have the heart to leave him alone. Started talking and the usual conversations came up. M was of course excited to tell him that she was leaving to seek a new adventure in a new country. And we then asked him about HIS plans. He's been in Vietnam for almost 3 years now (i think) and he then shared with us a brilliant idea about starting a culinary school for the underpriviledged children in central Vietnam. He's going to house it in a mini boutique residence that he'll manage so he'll be able to generate income and allow the kids to study culinary skills for free at the 'institute' - which will be obviously in the boutique residence.
Social business is what he coined it as. BUT he told us that in order to do so, he still needs a job at least for the next couple of years - corporate most likely just so it can enable him to fund his dream project...this will eventually be his retirement job/home and in a way, he wants to help the society as well. He shared with us many different ideas during lunch while chomping down his food. So yeah, whatever said and done, he said he still needs money - the ENABLER - that will then fund his retirement project(s). And why would he start thinking now about retirement since he's just more or less in between my age and M's? Well ladies and gentlemen, because he's a Singaporean!!!! (i forgot to mention that bit in the begining) and they're always just one up on us Malaysians! So yeah, here's wishing him all the best with future jobs which whill ENABLE him to save up and fund his cause at the end of the journey :)
I better start thinking of my retirement plans now too if it's not already happening! ;)
Monday, August 17, 2009
Childhood scent memories
When I moved to Ho Chi Minh City for work about a year ago, I was introduced to the Brand Manager of Estee Lauder here, Ms. Amy Wong. When I first met her for lunch at the Park Hyatt, I was a little apprehensive thinking she must be a Singaporean. To my surprise, she turned out to be a fellow Malaysian and from then on, the rest they say is history! We've since become close, occasionally calling each other and just talking about life in general (it's not easy living in Saigon, trust us!) She's been always encouraging me to start my blog and start writing - not mainly about her products but just write, she says. Well, here I am now - doing my first Estee Lauder write-up if you may call it that and hoping she'll have the time to read it!
So moving on to my new product, as you can see I'm very excited to start trying it. While at the launch, Amy showed us a little demo of how the product actually works. She dropped a dot of it on the back of our palms and asked us to rub it on (just on one hand). As we did it, we felt the texture of the serum - yes, smooth all over. Just one squeeze of the applicator and it was enough to rub over your whole face apparently. Later, she took out another bottle and started spraying the hand that contained the serum with water. She said to notice the way it still held the water while the other hand (without the serum), the water seemed to be dripping all over. So what does this actually mean? The newer and improved version of the ANR actually retains the hydration levels in your skin. Perfect for those who sleeps with the air-conditioner on at night. In addition to that, it also helps erase past damage and protects against future damage - helping to slow down the anti-aging process in your skin.
psst...look what else I got to pair it with my new product! The Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Recovery Complex!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
The future of whitening...
yes....you saw that right - wait here's a close up of it!
here's what is written on the back...
I'm still finding the little hidden charms of Vietnam, everyday. It sure is a country of everything that you can possible imagine!
By the way, having previously been in the beauty industry briefly before I came to Vietnam, --- I think I owe my industry friends back home an email now! It sure will perk their day up when they get this in the mailbox tomorrow :)
Life decisions...tough ones
The outcome of our conversation - NIL. What are we doing while waiting for dinner to start at 7.30pm? Well it's 3 minutes to 6pm now and i still haven't got THAT call so i guess i'm gonna have to trick her into not going to the gym OR waste money on the dress....bring on the chardonnay girl!!