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Was really excited about teeth whitening!!
FYI, I had stained teeth due to the amount of antibiotics I take when I was a kid.
So it's somethings that's really bothering me.
My old dentist told me, I gotta do bleaching and didn't explain to me the different types and procedures.
So now I'm wondering, any of you guys interested in it yet not sure what can be done?

Since I'm in this line, I'll love to share a little bit more,
hopefully this information can benefit whoever that has the same problem as me. =)

The part I find it most amusing is doing the take home whitening kit is
where the doctor took a impression of my teeth and process in the lab to make the tray!
The feeling of biting on the soft mould and the doctor pulling it off when it's harden is a very OOOMMPPP! feeling.
I don't know how to explain properly. You guys try it and see if you feel kinda weird lol.

Basically, there are 2 kinds of whitening.
The really fast one (in chair whitening), and the one that takes time (take home whitening kit).
Both kind will get the same results. The difference is the time you see it. And of course the cost.

In chair whitening
- Takes about an hour to see the results
- A special gel is use which is activated by a UV light.
- In The Dental Studio, you can watch a movie with movie goggle during the procedure so it's not so boring!


Take home whitening kit
- Customized trays will be made, ready in 1 hour
- Apply the gel on it and fit it to your teeth for a duration of either half an hour or 8 hours
depending on what concentration of gel you're getting.
- Repeat the procedure for 7 to 10 days to see maximum results

Took a couple of photos of my whitening kit!

I picked the 35% carbamide peroxide cos I have no patience.
I don't wanna wear the trays for 8 hours!! hahaha

Was given a box to keep the trays. BLING-ed it!!


Inside contains the trays. If well taken care of, it can last for 5 to 8 years!!


I have some white spots on my teeth. As understood, there's too much fluoride in the water when I was
young so a lot of people of my age group have white spots. Thus, I got the tooth mousse to use as well!


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The whole afternoon, we're discussing about the Bangkok trip happening next month!
2 of our biggest problems are ticket prices cos its super expensive to get a ticket now
and... which hotel to stay in!! Wanted to play safe and stay at the usual, yet felt like trying something different.

Below are the few we shortlisted!


1. Aspen Suites Bangkok
The decor is very simple. What caught my eye was the pool photo. Looks chillax!


2. The Heritage Bangkok
A highly rated boutique hotel!! Been wanting to check it out for a while!


3. I-Residence
It's got a modern stylish yet smoothing feel. I like the concept!


4. All Seasons
Another modern looking boutique hotel.


5. Imm Fushion
So wanted to stay there!! It's a total 'I've -got-out-of-Singapore'' feel!!!!
Imagine all the fantastic photos I can get out of this hotel!


6. Bally's Studio Suites
I like this simplistic hotel as well!! Looks likes a good place to return to after a long day of shopping!


7. Prime Residence
Cheapest of the lot. And look quite comfortable as well! No pool though.


So make a guess!
Which one have I settled for!

Weight myself yesterday and I'm traumatized.
All the while I'm pretty confident about my weight being stable at 46kg and apparently
I've put on 1.5kg WTFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!! Must be the stupid honey red tea bubble tea I've been drinking!!!!!!

Or maybe is this.

Been chomping one per day for the last 4 days. Can't stop =(

Actually I'm not sure if yogurt are actually fattening???
This is my favorite after lunch delicacy!!!

Retailing at $5 plus at Market Place, but sometimes they would have a discounted price of $2+.
Once they have, I will buy it few days in a row. I felt that the texture is rather different from the
usual yummy meiji or marigold one. Kinda 'gooey-er'. NICE!


In a mood to make stuff so, I baked before going out yesterday!

I just wanna bake and take photos.
I don't really wanna eat it haha



Oh, and one thing I learn today is that hot dogs in food are like coke with alcohol.
Any alcohol add coke taste like coke. Any pasta with any sauce add hot dog, taste like hot dog. LOL!


For dinner, I contributed these as side dishes!

Very unhealthy day. Need to detox tomorrow!

Got the new book by Tony Parson's knowing that all his new books ain as good as
his first few books like Man and Boy. haha..Just need something to read!

And mummy scolded me for being so superficial, paying $3.40 for a ballpoint pen.
But... ITS A NICE PRETTY PINK! So good for work, writing stuff, signing things...make me day!


Coming up...

An entry about teeth whitening! I've got all the photos ready!
Photos of the whitening trays, gels, case etc and now I'm just keeping a
log of my 10 days whitening experience! Will be sharing my experience and information as well =)

05 November 2009 - Thursday
Really glad for the full day off!
Been feeling very uptight and could really use as much relaxing time as possible!

Met up with Sebast for lunch. Been a long while since we caught up!
Had apple cinnamon pancakes at Cedele! Yumyummmm!!

But I kinda regretted at my choice of cafe when we took a walk in Ion and saw
all the super attractive tea deals with good tea and yummy light bites!

Wanted to go for tea at TWG but sadly it was full house.
Thus we settled down at Marmalade Pantry.

Somehow the feel is gone. MP no longer feels like the MP I knew!
They don't even have the rose lychee cupcake any more =(
We had a lemon cup cake and a pot of tea each.

Just nice, Y's birthday fell on the same day and we went for dinner at Megumi, Siglap.
I hate myself for not dining there sooner.
Cos it's AWESOME.

The best thing is, they have very big tables. Enough for my intense ordering style. LOL!

The goodness of the sashimi was written all over his face. haha

Just like when I tasted the Hokubee beef. My god.
Though the sweetness is not like the wagyu beef, the soft melt-in-your mouth texture
satisfied me completely. In fact, even the sukiyaki soup stock is really not bad!
I think I've found my fave sukiyaki after Sun's! The only downside is the veggies variety in it
is not as good as Sun's. But the beef. My god. The marbling is amazing! I can't stop wanting to eat it.


And a good meal is never complete with after dinner wine =)
Thanks Shanshan for the recommendation! And such luck! Gewurztraminer was in the list of
promotional wine of the month at Vie Bar!!
It's so light, so sweet and with every sip, the hint of lychee kept me so happy!
We got a bottle, finish up and I felt I would like to have another glass hahaha

And I slept very well that night!

06 November 2009 - Friday

Caught The Sister's Keeper with Arvin. Not accurate to the book but nonetheless, great cast
and my tears threatened to fall at a couple of scenes haha.
Headed to Wine bar for a couple of drink. Bumped into a few friends as well!!
Started with 2 Jaggerbombs and ended the night with....

Favorite! YUMYUM!!!

Enough of sweet drinks for the week.
Heading for coffee with the gang later!

It's been super long since I have the time to sit down, upload photos and post something on this space. But I'm still pretty active on twitter! The whole of October has been..well.. I'm packed, busy, pissed, angry, thankful, settling, relived, steaming, boiling, tired, sore... yea a whole bunch of negative vocabs. Well, things have kinda settled. In fact, some stuff have even turn for the better! Something to look forward to! Sometimes I hate my job for the insane hours and whothehell works on Saturday. Yet, Im thankful to work with this team of people and I know how lucky I am to be assigned to work with them. And my work also seem to be gearing a little closer to what I wanna do these days.

Before I head off for dinner at Megumi, I'll post a couple of photos.

Can't even remeber the time line. Accumulated for too long. LOL!

One of my lunches.
Was so bored of the usual chinese food so I thought having a sandwich and corn soup.


I've not been feeling too good at the end of October... So was always going for soupy light
food. My first time trying Le Viet. Well, every dish was so boring looking...
But the taste is pretty refreshing and dynamic!!! I would be back for the grilled chicken noodle thingy!


On another night with a bad appetite, I met Shanshan (like finally after 3 mths?! )
and I had a salad with tea while she tried the new beef wrap!!!
How I wish I can drink that glass on wine too =(


On a random date with dear Geneii. This place needs no introduction.
Our gang's usual cafe when we eat out in orchard!


This was at Santouka, The Central!
$20 a bowl of ramen. All I can recall is how freaking fantastic the white wine tasted at Wine Bar after
this bowl of very powerfully oily, thick generous meat ramen. hahhaha


Didn't head out for Halloween this year due to 2 reasons.
1. If I head out, I might do some really crazy shit due to what happen the day before.
2. The sassy missy event at SPH auditorium on Sunday!
A hair stylist, beauty consultant, aesthetic doctor and dentist was involved in this talk.
The Dental Studio was involved in this event with Dr Ng as one of the speaker.


After that I went to meet Ronnie for some salad. She desperatly wanted some cakes and we're
worried that Obolo would be close by the time we reach. So we opted for Cedele at Frankl Ave instead.


Ending the entry with one of our Zouk trips.
Jagger bombs, shots and friends. I ♥ !


Will back back for more photos of today's trip to Cedele,Marmalade Pantry and Megumi!

When is the last time you saw Esther in short hair?
For a lot of people, never.
For me, my secondary school friends and my family, that would be 6 years ago.

So this is me, without my long hair.
What do you guys think?




 

 

Last year, my dear friend Clement won the best present award.
He was still confident that he would win it this year.
And he was right!

Though its a close tie with the tea+french press present but this is realllllllly touching!!!
A thousand pieces jigsaw puzzle of Stitch framed up.
Thanks Clemmmmmm you're the best!!!! Can't wait to hang it up!!!

08 October 2009 - Thursday
Bebe's '22nd' birthday party at Timbre!
Theme - GREY AND FABULOUS!!!
Highly significant cos all of us are growing old and grey and we hope to be still fabulous! LOL!

Anyway, here's the birthday girl!


Geneii's really sweet to handmade presents for us!
This is his handmade top for Bebe! Fabulous ain it?
The red bag is from me and Ron!


And Gene made me a necklace yay!


We had a spread of food and drinks.
The usual MUST ORDER food!


Last Piece+Fimbles minus the small one and the lam one.


Me, Ron and Bebe!


LOL!


Time to light the candles and sing a birthday song for our dear Bebe!


PREEEETY!!!!




Can the background people look more excited and focus at our birthday girl!!!!!


Much better =)


Ok I have no idea why but I think MY HEAD GREW BIGGER WTFFFF!!!


More photos of Bebe!


If we're a boy girl band, we would fail terribly.
Poor posing coordination between the boys and girls!!
Stand so far from us! Scared of us izzit!!!


More photos with the birthday girl!



Love the background! Like postcard!


We're getting older, feeling grey at times but nonetheless...
STILL FABULOUS!!!


  

Very satisfied with today's manicure+pedicure session with Bebe!
I'm quite a conservative color person actually. Ever since my poly days,
my pedicure is always red. And manicure either red or french so much so
that I believe we should all be born with red toe nails. LOL

Today is no different except instead of the white tip, I went for glitter tip!
And I'm so please with it! Kept looking at it and love seeing the little glitters reflecting against lights!

Just a very very simple manicure but I love it!!!

I think manicure reflects greatly on a person.
Like bright and colorful colors are for the young and experimental.
I don't really understand the 'trend' over chipped nail polish. I think it's simply
very ill maintained, careless, clumsy. Maybe it's just me but I always feel quite
disgusted when I see that. Once my nail polish chipped off or when new nails grow,
I can't stand it and will remove it immediately or give it a fresh coat of paint.

One more thing to share, a new fun bag I just bought!
A girl can never have too many bags and when I see random bags,
I can't stop buying it and use it a couple of times just for variety sake!
* its not so white in actual.


That's all for tonight!
Good night everyone!

Just to share some awesome products I've gotten the past few days!
My favorite lip gloss brand gotta be Clinique and Dior!

It's been a while since I finish my previous tube of Clinique gloss
so I'm really excited when I received this from one of the doctors!

This is really super moisturizing! After I recovered from my high fever, my lips were
damn dry and cracking daily and I've the annoying habit of pulling out the dry skin.
This totally kept me away from doing so cos it just smooths it and its so tinted and glossy!

From my darling Veron!
Knows me really well. My number fave gloss from Dior!

If I can only choose to only apply ONE cosmetic, I would pick gloss =)

Leon and I both got a card holder each from Agnes B.
Once I saw the pretty bow, I knew I gotta get it!!!



Into my 3rd tub of ~H2o+ face oasis moisturizer.
I have total faith in their products!


I'm still in the midst of searching for a good toner.
This time I tried Body Shop's seaweed toner!
Not sure if it's good. Been using it twice only so far and it seems to be pretty alright.
Any reviews if you use this? Or any toner recommendations?


I'm sure most of you heard of the Laneige sale at Wisma!
Been using loose powder for touch ups and wanted to try out press powder so
this is a really great deal for me after hearing all the raves about their press powder!!!


This morning I woke up early so that I can brew the tea leaves Alex got for me.
So after I did some readings, these are some points I gathered about the proper way of
brewing a good pot of tea! Pardon me if these information are not accurate!

STEP 1: Boil some fresh water! Don't use overnight/few hours old hot water in the heater type!
STEP 2: Once the water is boiling, pour some into the pot to heat up the glass then pour it away.
STEP 3: Put the tea leaves in and pour in the boiling water.
STEP 4: Watch the leaves dance for 2-3 mins! Don't disturb and stir it!
STEP 5: Press down the french press to stop it from brewing and pour out a cup to drink!
STEP 6: Fill up the pot again for your second serving!

Here I have, a perfect Sunday breakfast!
A hot cup of Earl Grey with Green Tea, scrambled egg and a cookie!


I spent my whole Sunday packing and throwing things in attempt to make my room neater.
One of the most satisfying items thrown gotta be my foot wears.
I threw away about 10 pairs of slipper+heels+flats.

However its not such a painful affair cos I did gain something.
Materials for art/collage making! The crystals on my sandal  are perfect materials!

Start of a work week again!
Everyone let's wear something bright and cheerful to perk up and chase away the Monday blues!

It was the most boring looking chicken salad and chicken sandwich I ever seen.
When I saw the burger I exclaimed ' 'WTF? looks like a boring piece of white chicken breast!!''
But the taste is totally opposite of how it looks!
Whatever sauce they put, its making me going back for more.

Overeasy is one of my fave spots because of its ambiance.
I can be there for just some wine and dinner or I can be there for some a pre-party drinks!

Leon popped by the clinic with some mooncakes for me.
The famous D24 durian mooncake from Goodwood Park Hotel.

Little did he know how much I dislike mooncakes of all shapes/sizes/types.
Ate it though. Since I'm a big fan of durian. Not too sure what's all the fuss about GWP Hotel's
durian mooncake cos it tastes just like durian. So why not just have durian?

However on the night I went to Overeasy with Alex, we tasted this really awesome mooncake
at a push cart kinda store at One Fulleton. It was innovative and perfect blend of taste and texture.
I tried it and man...the taste lingered after that and I can't forget about it till now!

Mini snow skin with Kwai Feh Lychee Liqueur from New Majestic Hotel.
The sales lady said its lychee snowskin with lychee liquor with white chocolate inside!!
$48 for 8 a pack I think.

Ok I can't find a photo of it online. This is the lychee-tini mooncake from Peony Jade.
Looks close enough to the one I tasted.

Yum! Makes me crave for a glass of Lychee martini right now!!!

What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?

Absence from work for 5 days and the amount of work pile up
and emails to clear are terrifying!!!!!!!!
So I was really looking forward for lunch cos I know by then I should have cleared all emails.
And indeed, I managed to! And lunch was even more pleasant today because...
I got my birthday present from Alex!!!

Thankew so so much! This is a damn awesome gift!

I love good tea and TWG is a very good brand and also my very own French press teapot!
YAY!! Always wanted it but I felt it's a bit too expensive =(
But now I have! I have! yay!

I've also got myself a new bag from Zara!

Now I'm considering to get another handbag from Zara.
It was love at first sight but it can hardly contain anything =(
Well, a hundred bucks for that beauty. Should I or should I not.

This year I'm having a very very belated birthday celebration
with all my close friends cos I was practically sick through
the annual leaves I took for my birthday =(

But managed to get through the day with my darling boy!
We had lunch at Coca where he gave me my birthday present!


Gene baked me birthday cupcakes which was so yummy! Thanks honey!
I'll try to forget what happened to the flour you used for baking hahhaha
Japanese food with Bebe and Alex where Bebe had her favorite shiok maki!


On the day of my birthday dinner treat from Leon,
we decided to have something light for lunch.
Thus, we went ahead to make salad!
All kinds of veggie, dried cranberries, apple baked ham, black pepper and Italian dressing!


Here we are!


I can't believe my taste bud when I  ate the salad. It was mind blowing.
And through the meal I was munching on the prickled cucumber. Freaking addictive!!!!
The kim chi was also one of the best I had in various restaurant!


The highlight of the meal is of course the Wagyu Beef.


Different parts of wagyu beef, beef tongue, lamp chops, pork belly.
Sinful to the max, but who cares when the satisfaction level is unimaginable.


There we were, happily grilling away!
Ron, you would LOVE the assorted mushrooms with butter and garlic!


I swear, every single item I had was mind blowing.
From the appetizers all the way till the ice cream.
We had 2 generous scoops of green tea ice cream and it was
so smooth!!! Its thicker then the regular ones and its not too sweet, not too raw tasting.

This is definitely one of the best meal I had this year.

Thanks baby for the treat and the present!


Stay tune for more birthday celebration photos!
This year I'm having it belated cos I'm sick =(

By the way, my camera is gonna 'transfer' hand and I really
hope to sell it to someone whom I know will take care of it
real well and love it as much as I do! You know who you are!
Give me the good news babe!

All thanks tomizdivine  I went crazy over this month's GWP.
Seriously speaking, I didn't even know of these 2 magazine cos
all I read is Vi Vi and some other popular ones....

So I was in Kinokuniya at 1.30p.m and they told me the shipment will be in at 2p.m
so no reservations till then. When we reached Kino at 2.05pm, IT WAS SOLD OUT wth?!
Luckily the lady was super nice, she saved 2 copies for us!

So here goes, the GWPs for these 2 magazine!

The Agnes b tote is so small and cute!!! Perfect for a chill out Starbucks trip!
And the Marc Jacobs wristlet is super functional!
Ever since I lost my limited addition red coach wristlet, I didn't find a replacement until now!

What I like most is how 'uncheapo' they are.
The gift with purchase is a reputable brand and the packaging in which it comes with left me speechless.

Remember all the freebies we get from local magazines?
The random tiny not very pretty design freebies which is wrapped in a plastic bag enclosed with the magazine?

The ones you get from Japanese magazines look like this.

SUPER NICE RIGHT. The freebie won the magazine content.

 

Just a reallllly quick update!
Was over at Butter Factory on Saturday...
Not much photos cos when I took these few with LX3, I felt that the photo
ain nice. Kinda too bright too hash and drains off the color of fair skinned ppl namely, ME! hahah
But when I uploaded it to my lappie and start editing on Lightroom, it's not what I thought!

Well, I need more time to play with my camera.
Preferably before this weekend of MY BIRTHDAY CELERBATION YAYYYYY!!!
Hmmm not as excited as previous years mainly because I'm getting old,
I didn't even have enough annual leaves to go any where and everyone's
working especially my boy who just started his job working the london timing =(

Went to work as usual on Monday and NO MONDAY BLUES that day
because, I got my first birthday present!!!!
Very pleasant surprise from Dr.Ng! Thankewwwww!!!!

Gorgeous gorgeous cosmetic from Chanel!
Chanel cosmetic has the full package.
Power packed quality product and it's gorgeous inside out.
I wish I'm more resistant to attractive packaging tsk!

02 September 2009 - WEDNESDAY

Treated baby for lunch to congratulate him for his good results and getting a job at the company he wants.
Lunch treat at Borders Bistro!

The pasta is super yummy!!!!!!
The Caesar salad is a big let down though. Kinda tasteless =(
Other then that, everything else was fine. A relaxing, cheap, nice and bright cafe.
The kind of place I will definitely be back often at the alfresco area =)


While he left for work, I went to my monthly brows trimming at M.A.C, vivo.
As usual, I can't resist getting some products.
This time, I settled for 2 eye shadows and a new cake of foundation.


Caught Final Destination 4 with Geneii and Jason

and after dinner decided to go for a drink at Wine Bar.
The plan was to leave by 11plus cos we both have stuff early in the morning to do.

About to leave and I saw Yvonne together with the dudes we used to hang out for drinks.
Oh manz, how can I leave early after missing out so much for 3 months!!!
Thus, its only after 2 appletini, 2 tequila shots, 2 jaggerbombs, wine, beers, random drinks
then I got my ass outta Wine Bar to head home. That was 3a.m I think. LOL
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01 September 2009 - TUESDAY

After work, went for for Alex's happy food which is waffle!
Gelare is bad but that was the only store available from where we were.
Oh, and they burnt our waffle. Its crispy.
Actually, I like it that way. I love it crispy and soaked with syrup!! hahaha

What I remembered clearly about this Tuesday was that in the afternoon
THE RAIN WAS FREAKING HEAVY. MADNESS.
And I saved my friend from the rain. I totally felt like a hero!