probably the last haul from singapore. O_O

This is creepy. I'm not going to do anymore online shopping in Singapore because I'm flying off in 12 days' time. O_O.

(Before I start, can I please please request that people who read my blog just comment on my tagboard? It's flooded with siao advertisements and I think the advertisements will be more rampant when nobody writes on the tagboard! THANKYOUVERYMUCH!)

The addiction to Destination Truth has subsided since I finished watching 4 seasons in 2 days. If you are wondering how the hell I manage to accomplish that, well, I only watched the ghost-hunting part. The monster-hunting parts are rubbish. Like serious rubbish. Being in the jungle in a part of the world so remote means there are probably some undiscovered species; so villagers' words should not be listened to. The ghost-hunting ones, on the other hand, are downright freaky. Go and watch the videos on YouTube, they are all there.

Before I dwell and dwell, AND dwell further about Destination Truth. It's time for the possibly LAST haul post from Singapore. The next one will be from Stockholm. THE THOUGHT IS EXCITING.

I found this really awesome eBay seller who sold brand new sold-in-USA only items at awesome prices. Hence, I clicked away!

I got myself an e.l.f Stipple Brush, and e.l.f Mechanical Eyelash Curler and wetnwild Natural Wear Foundation.

The brush should be fairly new because I have yet to see a huge response from the Singapore beauty bloggers.

The eyelash curler is considered a phenomenon. Something so cheap (retails for US$1 on the website) and yet on par with Shu Uemura's eyelash curler; to Western lashes, this curler does a better job. Main reason for that: this e.l.f one allows more pressure on the lashes that make it much more easy to curl - which is awesome for sturdier Western lashes. I'm rather fearful of using this constantly on my lashes because Asian lashes are weaker and more prone to brittleness, so I wouldn't want to hurt my lashes and see them all drop out! THE HORROR!

The foundation smells like ammonia. The sponge looks ominous. The only good thing about this foundation is that I realise how nice the eBay seller was. She sent me the wrong colour, and when I told her, she just posted the right colour straight away without even asking for an exchange. That is awesome.

And so I'm giving the lighter one to my santee. HEEHEE.

The e.l.f. Stipple Brush looks okay but feels AMAZING. How this costs US$3 I really don't understand!!

I also went to the L'oreal Christmas Sale. What a funny encounter. For the first time in my life, I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BE THERE. I was so embarrassed that I waited for all my other accomplices to arrive before proceeding in. HAHA.

I got myself my favourite foundation (this time in the CORRECT colour), some concealers and lipbalms for Stockholm.

And some more stuff for Stockholm. I'm still wondering how all these and my apparels and my shoes and other things will add up to 30 kilo ONLY. I need some miracles.

Cotton On was having yet another sale. Got some awesome skirts.

These 2 were S$22.50 in total I think.

And of course, the recently reviewed e.l.f beauty encyclopedias.

This blazer from New Look is major. I got it for S$23.90, almost a quarter of the original price. Massive O_O. New Look is heaven to me. Because I always last pieces of apparels in my size, and because they were last pieces, the prices will be CUT CUT CUT!

These are from my dear STEPHANIE! :))

We finally went out, together with Melanie and Meiyu, and she got me these things to bring to Stockholm! The thermal is awesome for period cramps or just for really bad cold days and the gorilla softtoy is just for awesome hugging! YAY! THANKYOU STUFU! :))

Got this long romper from Uniqlo. It was under 20 bucks. Kind of mad how low the prices were going.

It looks really really long, but the ends scrunch up so the fabric just stays on your ankle. I look extremely tall wearing this. WOOTS> CANNOT WAIT TO WEAR THIS TOMORROW.

I also got a pair of slacks from Uniqlo. It was 9.90. Madness price. I got it for sleeping and slacking purposes. :)

And lastly, I thank my grandmother for this rather shocking, yet awesome birthday-christmas gift. I HAVE AN LV BAG! :)

ELF Beauty Encyclopedias + The Christmas Bells are ringing!

Now that the exams are over, things start to mellow down a little bit. Though I have been spending more and that's worrying. :)

Some updates:

1. THE RESIDENCE PERMIT HAS BEEN GRANTED HOORAH! Finally can shop without that nagging feeling that you MAY not go eventually.
2. It's 18 more days to Swedish goodness!
3. I have yet to pack my luggage. Uh-oh.
4. So many catching up to do with so many people. And a countdown party with master chef Wang cooking again!
5. The entire Indo family is here and my room has never looked so tidy and clean before. To be really honest, I just shoved everything into any possible covered cabinet. But having my Indo family here is really nice because the stepfather will stop to bully the mother. At least he knows he will have an army, fully equipped with high-tech weaponry, if he does anything stupid. Hardeeharhar.
6. We are going to Universal Studios on the 26th!
7. Stepdad's older sister is treating us to a Christmas buffet on the 25th!
8. FOUR SEASONS DESERT BUFFET ON THE 29TH WITH AWESOME PEOPLE.
9. out with my besties, mela and stufu today! HOORAH LIFE IS GOOD.

here's a photo of me and my cousin. The first thing she said when she saw me was, "you have your own room, your own laptop, your own camera and nice bedsheets. tsk tsk tsk" This girl speaks with a strong accent and forever oh-so cute. HAHA.

I finally got my elf The Beauty Encyclopedia from a Smoochiezz spree. There was so much hype going on on YouTube about these and I could not wait to get my hands on them. I got myself the Basic Eye Edition and the Eye Edition. There was a colourful also, but I figured I use neutrals more often. Also, I think there was a Face Edition? I have no use for that though since I have a massive amount of face products to finish using. O_O

The brushes that came with the two sets were different! So weird! The Eye Edition came with double-ended brush with two black sponge, instead of one being the eyeshadow brush. Hmm. I don't really like those sponges, but I must admit the brush side was really of great quality. Much like the US$1 eyeshadow brush, but a tad smaller. It was soft, and surprisingly not shedding at all after washing!

Both sets came with a little shimmery black eyeliner. This is after a heavy swatch.

It smudges kind of easily, so it's more appropriate for a smoky-eye look eyeliner. The packaging stated "shimmery", but I saw no glitter specks or whatsoever. Certainly not a big fan of this.

The Basic Eye Edition

The colours are all mostly brownish and towards the purple side. It's a mix of shimmery and matte shades. They are surprisingly of really good quality! However, the matte brownish-purple shade, last on the second row, was not that pigmented. So I guess, you get a combination of pigmentations from both ends o the spectrum.

These colours are all really wearable and I see myself wearing them a lot! And I think this palette and the next palette (The Eye Edition) have some dupes to the Urban Decay NAKED Palette, which is AWESOME. YAY.

The cream eyeshadows were highly sparkly with very very fine glitters, which is good for contact lens wearers and people with sensitive eyes because the chances of glitters going in your eyes are low. :) I see them as a colour eyeshadow base after applying eyeshadow primer. I also expect them to crease without a primer, SO USE A PRIMER!

Swatches

The Cream Eyeshadows

The Eyeshadow Cakes - in same order as in palette.

My favourite colour here has got to be the bronzey-gold colour on the third row. SO pretty!

The Eye Edition

These colours are more towards the black side. The thing that I am quite irritated by this palette is that some of the lighter shades are REALLY chalky. Also, the shimmery black shade is very prone to fallouts.

The first row reminds me of the elf Brightening Eye Colour palette in Drama and yes, it is almost 95% similar.

Pigmentation-wise, they are similar to the above palette.

The nice change was the darker cream eyeshadows. Especially the brown one! Good for lazy days, when you just want to apply that and then add a swipe of eyeshadow colour and you are good to go!

Swatches

The cream eyeshadows

The Eyeshadow Cakes - order similar to the palette

Favourite colour here should be the taupe brown on the last row.

Each retails for US$5 on elf usa website! :)

I'm glad I got these palettes because of how wearable they are. When I was ordering, I was planning to get the 100 eyeshadow palette, then I realised I won't need pink eyeshadows since I don't really use them. Certainly a good choice! :)

NOW OFF TO MEETING MY GIRLS!

Many thanks

Many thanks to those people who constantly remind me that I'm fat and make me feel utterly disgusted about myself.

I'm sure you have nothing in your lives that are flawed right, so much so that you like to pinpoint at mine so enthusiastically.

Is it a crime that I have this kind of metabolism in which eating three meals a day and exercising for twice a week means I will gain weight?

Exercising everyday will kill my legs, and thus I just gain.

I tried starving myself. Not for myself, but for people to see that I have done something about it. Then migraine and whatever fucking illness will come and occupy the already sick body.

Nothing's right for me.

Fuck you all.

eyes.cannot.open

First day of examinations and I already am quite tired. Make it very tired.

COM207 was so-so; the questions were easier than expected but the reason to that may be because we were practicing the past year papers already, and all the questions looked similar to past year's.

Forensic Science was mindfuck. I will leave it at that.

Now the only redemption for this awesomely horrible period of time is for my residence permit to get accepted. PLEASE.

eyes wide open

I guess nobody really cares anymore.

I cannot afford to be cheery every single minute and every single second because the fact that I'm human means that I have my down moments too.

That's when I need my friends.

What friends?

Tweet, don't reply.

Facebook wallpost, don't reply.

SMS, don't reply.

I'm a very thick-skinned person. The fact that I took the initiative to do such things already shows how much I want a reply already.

It tickles me how I still stare at "friendship" with much doubt.

Then, it hit me real hard.

I don't really have anyone to turn to.

Best friend #1 has moved so far I can't even reach him anymore.

Best friend #2 has got nothing to say but retaliation to whatever I say.

Best friend #3 and #4 are NOT replying to any of my pleas.

Best friend #5 is overseas.

Noone to blame but myself. Cheesy but true.

Gotta slap myself real hard and have a good cry.

And then see the world once again positively.

Oh, and yes I get jealous sometimes. Because I cannot be cheerful all the time, and people who are gets what they want.

And when I compare myself to others, I find myself extremely pathetic in so many ways.

Sucks to be me.

Belitung shipwreck
Cirebon shipwreck
Intan shipwreck
Pulau Buaya shipwreck
Java Sea shipwreck

HH211 is playing with my mind.

But I do enjoy these random interesting finds from the readings.

MUCH BETTER than that dreaded com207.

and the fact that I'm 1 chapter away from finishing the entire hh211 syllabus makes me CHEERFUL.

:)

tumblr is love

I can surf tumblr for hours and hours non-stop. Still prefer blogger though. Tumblr's more for chio photos that I myself can't post.

These are all from Tumblr. Don't really remember from where. But they are not mine. HEE.

How can anyone wear so little and go out in the snow! RESPECT>

a fresh change

Back to darker colours. Having blonde hair is good for intimidating ginas who think i'm a chao ahlian and hence don't dare to cross paths with me.

It's good in that way - I don't need to give way to xiaodidis and xiaomeimeis when I'm walking.

But i should stop being a pseudo-ahlian.

No man will marry me if i continue being a blonde. Back to basics indeed.

HAHA.

I'm so bored from studying. aiyoh.

dark times

I just wish people will understand.

No idea why the tears just flow. No good reason also.

Just a little bit too sick of an independent lifestyle.

Ok. One more RedBull.

Major update for the hungry.

I feel so relieved right now. With all the projects and assignments finally done, I can fully concentrate on studying. 21st december seems so far away, but I know exam periods always zoom past, so I can't wait for the end of exams now!

I guess this will be the last serious hauling entry till after 21st! :)) And I have made this last post extremely meaningful in terms of quantity! HAHA.

First up (MOST EXCITED), I finally spent my sephora vouchers. This palette will be courtesy of Ivan and Sarah since they gave me the vouchers for my birthday. SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR MAKING MY DAY! :))

I FINALLY GOT MYSELF THE URBAN DECAY BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. III! HOORAH!

I wanted to get the Naked Palette, but it was HARDCORE SOLD-OUT. So I figured the next best thing to get will be this. I was contemplating between this and the Black Palette, but the latter is to gothic for my liking, so YAY. (BTW, I'm planning to get the Naked Palette overseas. SO HOORAH ONCE AGAIN.)

Very chio box. Definitely will take this to Sweden.

The very awesomely designed cover. This section lights up! The flash is rather stupidly used here because I can't even show you guys the chio lights. BUMMER. But ohwell, this pop-up design is so chic. The other 2 palettes also have these kind of pop-up thingies, but this is the best pop-up EVER.

It came with 16 eyeshadows, 2 eyeliners (Zero and Ransom) and a mini eye primer potion.

The eyeliners are amazing. It's my first time using the 24/7 eyeliners and I'm hooked. I'm definitely going to get a full-size one when I run out. The only problem will be that the purple eyeliner (Ransom) has light pigmentation. It's only suitable for lining the lower eyelids.

I always have a love-hate relationship with Urban Decay eyeshadows. The matte and the frost eyeshadows are fine and fabulous. But I really do not understand the shimmery eyeshadows. They are so glittery! So much so that I can even feel the glitter particles! This is rather dangerous for contact lens wearers because the glitter particles are bound to accidentally drop into the eye and then itchiness and then more problems.

I usually avoid them. In this palette there are 3 such colours. CHANGE THE FORMATION, URBAN DECAY!

The rest were fabulous. :)

Swatches with flash. First photo is for the first 2 rows of the palette, and the second photo is for the next 2 rows.

Also bought this ZA mascara set off eBay.sg for 10 bucks. I always wanted to try the ZA Wide Eyes Mascara, and they had a free pink curler with it, so why not?

It came with a mini size oil cleanser too. This cleanser reminds me of how much I like the smell of ZA skincare products. Should stock up for Sweden or something.

IN MY TRULY HONEST OPINION, the mascara is rubbish. I bought the one in VIOLET and I see no colour on my lashes at all. The mascara comb looks VERY promising, but when I applied it, the formula was really hard to transfer to my lashes. I don't know whether it's because the mascara has dried up already or not, but application is a nightmare.

The eyelash curler is very chio and works as well as the Shu Uemura curler.

And now, TO THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THIS ENTRY --- My winter haul!

Since I'm leaving for Sweden in 5 weeks' time, I needed to stock up on necessities. As of yesterday, it was -14ºC in Stockholm, and it's not even full-blown winter yet! GOODNESS ME.

My mom was nice enough to go to Korea to get the stuff for me. She paid for everything, because after my Sweden trip, everything will go back to her. Or she thinks that way lar. HEE.

Ear muffler, fuzzy socks, and many many winter hats. I need to get more ear mufflers, maybe a black one? And 2 more fuzzy socks.

OHMY I DIDN'T GET SCARVES!

And a whole lot of clothing.

I got this off Gmarket. The stupid black fur keeps dropping out.

From Gmarket as well. This is awesome.

From Korea. Cannot be worn in Singapore AT ALL, because it's TOO THICK.

This is from Weijie, Jeremy and Ciqin. THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT! I will wear this to sleep everyday!

From Korea, another really thick pullover. Pyjamas-worthy.

Poncho like hoodie. I feel like a hip beggar when I wear this. So so awesome. I CAN FINALLY LOOK LIKE THOSE PEOPLE ON TVS!

And the various winter jackets from Korea!

Light fur vest. Just for accessorizing purposes.

More jackets!

And the mother got me chio leather boots from Korea. It's fucking smelly but it's chio so IT'S FABULOUS.

Such a longwinded post! Gotta head back to the books now and prepare for the exams.

Last wish: I HOPE MY RESIDENCE PERMIT IS ACCEPTED. if I get rejected, then what's the point of buying all these? YES IT MUST GET APPROVED!