lasik change my view

haha, how apt! i finally decided to go for lasik after postponing it from last december. I went down for a check up on monday, and had the surgery on wed morning. Boy, was I nervous? well, i wasn't until i slept on the operating bed cos the operation was at 8.30 and since i slept only for 4 hours the night before, i was actually kindda tired. Only did i lay down and see the red laser beam did i get nervous...the whole thing was done in under 10 minutes and I was out of the clinic by 10. That fast!

In fact, prior to my operating, I was so bored and decided to snap some photos of me in my very first operation outfit:

As to rumours you heard that u get to smell a burning 'aroma', well, it is true, I can smell a burnt smell while the laser was beaming onto my cornea and since u have to open ur eyes throughout, u do get to see the entire procedure being carried out.

Was it painful? Nope, was it worth my 2400 bucks? Every penny.

insomia

i have been having bad insomnia since dunno god knows when ages ago and these days, it just keeps getting worse because not only can i not get to sleep, i often feel hungry and has been snacking at ham and cheese sandwiches and milk and refrigerated nuggets at 1 or 2 am (in fact, see photo of what i just downed at 1 am)! that is so utterly sinful, not to mention that it's nearly 4 weeks I've stopped my jogging...man, i can so feel my already huge belly ever expanding: how to fit into those tees i got from hong kong?!

anyway, school had started for 1 week and i am actually still in the midst of trying to plan a finalized timetable on the courses I am taking. I had already dropped wealth management for a special communications topic in media relations (though i missed out on the first lesson cos it had the same timing as wealth management) and is now considering dropping change communication AND investment banking to gather all my e-dollars to bid for world tourism on saturday (?!). well i am doing tha, then i'll only be doing the following classes: Arts East West, Negotiation, Media Relations and World Tourism. With the two classes I am doing TA for, I'll still need to go to school on mon, tues (though only 6 more weeks to go for the negotiation class), thurs, fri and sat.

Still so undecided... I dunno if I should take media relations or change communications, and also, i really think that investment banking, though great to learn, but it'll just pull my grades down further. Also, I can so see myself ding world torism cos I have such a great interest in it.

Oh, and also, a good friend I knew since JC pop the dreaded Q to me today: that he needs to borrow some cash cos he is in financial problem cos he took some uncalculated risk by making soccer bets! Man! I was shocked when he asked for 6k, where did he think I'd have so much moohlah to lend? And besides, I always find cash to be the most important thing im my life, hell, it s even more impt than my own life! In the end, I felt so pressured by the friendship (though I am not even sticky close frens with him)that i decidd to lend him 1.5 k, whoch means i am missing another oppourtunity to enter the HK stock market. Well, think about it, if i get my 999.20 bucks of TA pay, and he defaulted on the 1.5k, i am losing 500.80...not big sum to buy myself another pair ofprada shoes or bag, but still, 500.2 can be used to buy a really nice suit from zara which I had been eyeing for a ong long time.

shopping in hong kong!

So, I bought yet another bag...yes, why the hell do i need so many bags yeah? But this is different (and isn't that what I always say with a new purchase?)

I may have 2 Jack Spades now but they are in canvas. this, however, is in leather! haha...and at 20% off, I only paid 3,500 HKD for it so i personally think its a steal at less than 800 sing dollars for this. and I like the structured look of it, which unlike my mulberry, need not have any things to bulk up its frame. And I am so using this as my work bag if I can get a job...haha...

I like how it looks! not to mention the nice brown color of the leather!

As for Mum, she got a really nice Celine sling from its recent Cruise Collection (no discount then) and the price of that is lesser than my Jack Spade at 2,900HKD. Whether I find that a good price, i will not say. Haha. But she loves it because she has been looking for a small bag since like forever.

At the airport, where there are not so many China tourists trying to snap up lotsa stuff like in Tsim Sha Tsui and Central, Mum and I walked around the shops before departing and she managed to find a square wallet at Prada (also from its new collection) to fit into her newly bought Celine sling. I love the yellow nappa leather and it feels so supple!

dinner and drinks with michelle and celina!

I met up with Michelle and Celina on Friday night in Hong Kong. Both of them were pals I met while on exchange in Vienna and what a difference 1 year can make. Both have graduated and are working (Michelle with Goldman and Celina with HedKandi HK).


Anway, Michelle bought me to a really nice Japanese place in Causeway Bay where I have the best Eel wrapped with omelette ever! And the hot stone pot rice and grilled beef tongue were delicious! After that, we had really good desserts in another Tong Shui shop around the area and the Mango Pancakes were drool-worthy!


Then, she bought me to take the tram and we headed over to Central (also known as where Gerald wants to work cos its the busy and glam Asian Wall street with good shoppin and great food) to meet up with Celina at Lan Kwai Fong, the clubbing central of HK. We had a few drinks at a lounge before Michelle made an early exit and Celina met up with her friend and we 3 headed to this club where for 120 HKD, you get open bar till 1 am. But the club is not fantastic. Even Celina loath the place because its not that big and it is filled with people who are very local. I made an early exit around 2+ and headed back to my hotel for some doze...But the night was fun and I really thank those 2 for meeting up and bringing me to have a great time in HK!

Hong Kong (yet, again)

I arrived in Hong Kong on New Years Day and man! I just love the city! The food, the shopping and especially in Decembe, the nice cool weather which we here at the tropics never get. Plus, it so happens this ear that while I was there, the territory is having a week of lower than expected tempeatures due to some wind direction so I cannot possibly complain anymore bout' the nice coolness!

haha...i stayed at Hong Kong Island's Wan Chai area and despite the hotel being a nice Renaissance managed by the Marriott chain, with comfy looking beds and all, the pillows sucks big time and mum and I both did not managed to get any nice sleep at all over the 4 nights!

Another new beginning

the year 2007 just passed and it's now 2008: another year, another new chapter in everyone's life.

2006 was awesome and sad because of the exchange, 2007 was stale but fun because of the friends i met and had the oppurtunity to strengthen the friendship, oh and of course, my pride-the patek.

what will 2008 bring for me? well, for one i am sure is that i am graduating come april and i am still jobless. I am stuck at the crossroads which I have dreaded i will eventually have to meet. 2008 will no doubt, be a major turning point in my life: one that will get me started onto the life and path of adulthood.

Why am i sounding so morbid this forst hour of the new year? haha...well, one thing's for sure and it's that moi needs to get some beauty sleep cos in 5 hours, moi needs to jet off to hong kong for my shopping trip and pig out at yung kee's roast goose, tsui wah's cafe foods, sweet dynasty's carrot cake and beancurd, and hui lau sin's mango desserts...yummy...and visit posh shops in landmark (even if i cannot afford), check out my fav. tsim sa tsui mall call ocean city, and lastly, ifc mall and meet michelle!

so, happy new year everyone and thanks for being such nice readers of this blog for the past 12 months (an some of you even longer!)

Tis' Da Season 2 B Jolly

Merry Christmas everyone!

my boyfriend: mr. philippe

Yes, I am out of the closet...hahaha...no!!! not in that kind of way in case you are wondering.

But I do have a new love: Mr. Patek Philippe.

Yes, I finally purchased my very first Patek Philippe and this is what I am gonna assume to be a love affair with the watch for the rest of my life. From now on, all those LV and Loewe and Mulberry are insignificant because moi has something better to blow my budget on. haha...

I went down to Takashimaya's Hour Glass and bought the Ref. 6000. because I realised that I really need the date function in my watch and I think that this is such a lovely beauty! The watch has a white gold casing and is simply stunning and absolutely gorgeous! At the cost of $26,000, this is one of the cheapest Patek Philipe models because it is from the Catralava series and I love how updated this looks compared to the other Catralava models.

The watch is a true beauty! And it really made me feel so special when I wore it! I can finally understand how a girl feels when she puts on a Tiffany diamond ring, i guess. Haha. I really love the way the watch fits on my wrist. Usually watches look big on my tine wrist but the PP6000 fits on the countours perfectly!

Look at the beautiful and exquisite mechanism of the Patek Philippe! Everything is hand mad by the master craftsman in Genenva and the brand is the only brand in the entire world to have the very prestigious Genevea Seal: a stamp of approval to the very best in fine Swiss horology craftsmanship. The buckle is also very interesting: it has a snap button closure.

The watch also comes with an extremely posh hand made wooden case that is freakingly heavy! And a nice leather case for all the documents. The leather document holder is like the size of those holders that restaurants put their bill in...haha...

Bags of the Lady

I am so bored, so, I decided that i should post some photos of my mum's handbags. Yes, not mine because I do have a heart and sometimes, I do need to share about others people's stuff instead of just me hogging to all the limelight. I am that humble...Its just that I am often misunderstood. Haha...Yes. I can feel all you stomachs churning now hahaha...

So, lets start with her favourite auntie brand: Louis Vuitton. She has these two but I cannot locate her other LV bag, the Noe cos I dunno where she placed it. Mum's always using the small bag when she goes for dinner or Dim Sum lunches with me and she love the size cos it can fit a bottle of water and umbrella (now you all know where I get the water-and-umbrella-combo as bag necessity from). The tote was bought this year and she is starting to use it to replace the Coach tote I got for her from the States 2 years ago. She used it for overseas trip and use it as a tote on the plane cos she can dump her seater or shawl into it.



And now, lets move to what I like in her collection. This is my favourite bag because it's such a great bag wiuth gorgeous leather. I bought this Bottega Veneta Interwoven classic design bag (called the Veneta) for her while I visited the outlet at Legio off Florence last September and despite it being a nice bag, we both find the zip too constricted and it cannot really fit alot of stuff cos the size I got for her is the small one. nonetheless, the leather's absolutely stunning.





This was gotten on our first Europe trip in 2001 from Gallaries Lafayette's Prada. It is a great small hobo and Mum loved it to death before she got her LV hobo. haha...But she said that she is starting to use it now as she loved the nice golden yellow (aunty thinks its a lucky color...haha)




This is the Cach bag I got for her in 2005 summer while I went to NYC. I think its a great tote and cos it's such a cheap bag (295USD) Who cares if it gets stolen or dirty haha..Ok, and I like it that the material is waterproof and the color's very lady.

lovin that brit(ney)

i was surfing on youtube lookinng at jolin's gorgeous legs in her new MTV and i remembered that one of my fav. gossip monger blog trent mentioned something bout miss spears new MTV for piece of me...so i decided to check it out and man! i love that crzy mama! i am kindda glad she is getting rave reviews with her blackout (though I went blackout when i see the album cover) and i just love her new MTV cos the lrics is sooooo describing her (insane lifestyle)

Here's the lyrics to the song and darling, am i the nly one who think it mirrors her (crazy horrible) life?

I'm Miss American Dream since I was 17
Don't matter if I step on the scene
Or sneak away to the Philippines
They're still gonna take pictures of my derriere in the magazine
You want a piece of me?You want a piece of me...

I'm Miss bad media karma
Another day another drama
Guess I can't see the harm
In working and being a mama
And with a kid on my arm
I'm still an exceptional earner
And you want a piece of me

I'm Mrs. Lifestyles of the rich and famous(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. Oh my God that Britney's Shameless(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. Extra! Extra! this just in(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. she's too big now she's too thin(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. 'You want a piece of me?'

Tryin' and pissin' me off
Well get in line with the paparazzi
Who's flippin' me off
Hopin' I'll resort to some havoc
And end up settlin' in court
Now are you sure you want a piece of me? (you want a piece of me)

I'm Mrs. 'Most likely to get on the TV for slippin' on the streets'
When getting the groceries, no, for real..
Are you kidding me?
No wonder there's panic in this industry
I mean please...

Do you want a piece of me?

I'm Mrs. Lifestyles of the rich and famous(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. Oh my God that Britney's Shameless(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. Extra! Extra! this just in(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. she's too big now she's too thin(You want a piece of me)

I'm Miss American Dream since I was 17
Don't matter if I step on the scene
Or sneak away to the Philippines
They're still gonna take pictures of my derriere in the magazine
You want a piece of me?
You want a piece of me...
You want a piece of me?

I'm Mrs. Lifestyles of the rich and famous(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. Oh my God that Britney's Shameless(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. Extra! Extra! this just in(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. she's too big now she's too thin(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. Lifestyles of the rich and famous(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. Oh my God that Britney's Shameless(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. Extra! Extra! this just in(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. she's too big now she's too thin(You want a piece of me)

Oh yeah

You want a piece of me

another fickle minded personality trait

Well, instead of trying to study for my GMAT, i was scoffing around the net trying to find a better hotel other that express by holiday inn and surprise surprise! At a special rate of 1400 (only 70 more!), i managed to get a luxurious room at Renaissence Hong Kong Harbour View! The special price was cos the hotel in currently undergoing major refurbishment works in 80 rooma so noises are expected hence, the low price. but the good thing i hope is that my room is one of the other 200 plus that have already been retrofitted with the Marriott (which Renaissence fall under) signature bedlinen and beddings. haha...and the view looks good!

last minute

another random thought occured to me today, in fact, just 2 hours ago.

anyway, one of my pal is not getting married after all in december (luckily i called to check) and ok, i am actually kindda issed cos mum and i had wanted to go to hong kong in end december and stay in the lovely sheraton again a la 2005 but cos that fren was supposed to get hitched. so, in the end we decided to not go anywhere this year.

And, since my taipei trip fell through i was looking around various websites and chanced upon a deal by cathay for a round trip to hong kong in january for only 608 per person inc. taxes. Kindda a deal but hotel was the pain. Sheraton no longer has any rooms available for their promotion and that means if i wanna get my SPG (starwood preferred guest, not my alter ego, the sarong party guy) points, i have to choose the le meridien cyberport in the far fetched remote corner on hong kong island: read, bad location. so i had to loof for other alternatives and cso its soooo darn last mnute, all the better hotels cost horribly expensive for a room that is less than expansive.

anyway, i managed to shorten my chioces to either excelsior (managed by the posh madarin oriental group) or express by holiday inn (a lower end extension by hoiday inn) both of which are located on hong kong island (in my countless times to hong kong, i have always stayed at the Kowloon side). The excelsior is selling at 1500 HKD per night and express at 1300 HKD both exc taxes and i decided to go for the lower class express because the location is superb. It's smack besides Times Square at Causeway Bay meaning I have lots f things to do to entertain myself. And at 1300, its a steal compared to Sheraton's 3000 nightly rate! I remembered a time when I stayed at Sheraton for only 1700 per night and that has a "stay 4 nights get 2 nights free" promo which unfortch is not available this time round.

Anyway, Express is a good choice given that breakfast are ncluded everyday and the MTR is just below the hotel. The website on holiday inn is bare mnimun true to the express brand name, and i trust the brand name cos I once stayed in an express in Spain before (akin to accor's ibis brand) and had a good experience. Besides, the hotel s relatively new having only started operations this year and the room looks nice and simple. though of corse it lacks the overall omph factor of sheraton...

So i will be gone for my annual shopping trip from jan1 to 5 and hopefully, i can get some nice stuff...

Food, Desserts and Drinks

If only that's the order of all gatherings, then wouldn't it all be lovely and puur-fect? Well, met up with derrick, brandon, xinna and peiyi for dinner at traditional hainanese kopitiam Yet On at Purvis, then we decided to force Derrick to frive us to Dempsey Hills for some desserts at the Ben & Jerrys where I ordered a 6 scoops ice cream to share. Then we decided that its still too early to call a night at 10+ so we head back to city hall area to chill at Timbre opp my school But we did managed to see the lovely Orchard Road Christmas Lights from Tanglin to Raffles City as we drove from dempsey to timbre.

We order steamboat and a few dishes. Personally, I oove the steamboat (which is by per portion serving) and the chicken here than Chin Chin opposite (though Peiyi prefer the one at Chin Chin) I think that the chicken here is more tender and not as fatty as Chin Chin. I also think the tofu is better.














The ben and jerrys at dempsey is freaking crowded even though its a tuesday! i think dempsey is a nice area, imagine a cluster of colonial barracks in an area surrounded by trees (and mosquitoes). The area is nice but unless someone is driving me there, I am so NOT going there in a cab.
















There's a ben and jerry's van outside and my pals just cannot resis the temptation.


The highlight of this photo below is the enlarge it and look at the gap between the two male lead and surprise! you'll see something very special!