A Tribute to All Parents in the World

Parents are the most selfless humans in the world. Their love and sacrifices that they make for their children is beyond any word can describe. In order to help their children succeed, they don't mind sleeping for 4 hours or even lesser each day; they don't mind depleting their bank account to get a car for their child or set up a business that their child wants to do; they don't mind taking public transport or climb up the big lorry so that their child can have the comfort of driving in the car; and the list goes on.

Since the day we are born, their lives revolve around us. Never is there a day where they can stop worrying about us and start living their own lives. They give all their lives to us, and ask for nothing in return.

When will we as children truly understand and appreciate our parents? Will there ever come a day when we will stop taking them for granted and start repaying them for all the things they have did for us?

To all the parents in the world, and my own included - I know a million thank you's will never be enough to thank you for all that you have done for us. Thank you.
 

Do Business within Your Own Means

I totally cannot fathom how some how some people can do business at the expense of others, especially your loved ones. If you want to start a business, you need to have your own plans and resources, and not take it for granted that you can own a family-owned property 24/7 just so that you can do your own business; or take loads of investment sums and manual labour off your loved ones, and not pay them duly, but expecting that since they are your family members, they are obliged to help you till the end.

To summarise, if you don't have your own resources and expect people to do the job for you, or using off people's possession, DON'T F-ing start.

On a lighter note, a new collection from Paper Polly has launched. Do check it out. 80% of the items are personally chosen by my Goddess.

A Night at the Museum(s)

Last Friday night, my Goddess and the Horny Devil met up for dinner. They had Jap food at Ramen Play at 313. This was the second Friday in a row that they had Jap food for dinner already. Seems like they never get sick of Jap food since their Jap trip.

After dinner, they headed down to Bras Basar for the Night Festival. This is the third year in a row that they have visited the Night Fest. Such ardent supporters right?

When they reached, it was just in time for the night performance outside the National Museum - Paraboles 2.0. The story is supposedly about 6 satellites picking up signals on the Earth. Well, my Goddess' interpretation is the story of courtship, love, sex and finally the giving birth to a child who turned crazy in the end.

Watch this video if you don't believe her. This shows the sperms on the left, having successfully entered the egg, while those on the right are like dying.

After the performances, they initially wanted to head home 'cos the Horny Devil wasn't feeling well. They saw some creative grafiti works along they way.

And then a boxing match.

And the World's slowest SMS. WTF right?

The Horny Devil did send in an sms, but don't know if it was shown in the end not, 'cos they didn't stay around to wait for it.

On their way to the MRT, they met Moey, my Goddess good friend, who told her that there were some interesting exhibitions called Abusement Park in SAM. So my Goddess and the Horney Devil decided to go in to explore and have fun.

They saw an interesting exhibition about olden days theatre and shows en route. If you realised, the movie poster is called "In Love for the Mood" and not "In the Mood for Love". That's cos the movie was a parody of the famous story, where they got two angmohs to act out the scene speaking Canto. My Goddess couldn't understand a single word they were saying.

This 'Life of Imitation' was even more funny. They had 3 characters swopping roles. Can you spot the difference?

And finally, they headed to Abusement Park.

It was quite an interesting concept I must say. The place is all about torture. If you want to visit the Dungeon, you need to buy some Abusement Dollars at the pawn booth.

There were human mean on sale.

Which in actual fact was just 'tau key' and 'hei piao'.

A fountain of youth that was filled with dismembered dolls

Death by hanging

Death by chopping off the head

And there were short snippets of performances every 20 minutes. The one my Goddess got to see was the chopping off a blown-up dolls head. Hilarious.

There were also other interesting booths like 'Teachers' Pat' where you have to pay Abusement Dollars to learn how to torture others, as well as a Slave booth. You can sell 10 minutes of your time as slaves to earn some 'Abusement' money.

So inconvenient indeed!

Overall, this was quite an interesting concept. Think they can further develop this into some Halloween fun in which the 'ghosts' and 'abusers' can go around scaring people, especially along the way to the Dungeon. As what I have heard is that the never-ending 2-hours queue to the 'Dungeon' was just to see an electric chair. Duh~

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

I'm simply love this version of the classic song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Can't believe a person of this size can sing so well!

When my Goddess last heard the beginning of the song at a Okto programme's trailer, she was pestering the Horny Devil to find out what song it is and download the song for their wedding. She said that it's "Somewhere over the Rainbow" but he insisted that it isn't.

A few days later during a working day, my Goddess complained that she's very tired and sian at work. The Horny Devil then called her up, and played this song. It made her smile immediately. Nowadays, every time she messaged him at work that she's sian/sleepy, he'll call her and play this song to her.

And the funny thing was, the Horny Devil just hummed the song one day at work without realising it. It was his colleague who said he's humming "Somewhere over the Rainbow" and sent the song from her desktop to him.

Now this song is totally meaningful to them both. You'd definitely hear this song if you are ever attending their wedding!

Freebies Giveaway!

Remember just 2 posts back I wrote that my Goddess went for a Her World makeover session? Well, she was given a big goodie bag and she's not going to use some of the items in it. So, instead of wasting it and throwing them away, she has decided to share it with Paper Polly fans on FB!

So to win these items, simple go to Paper Polly's fanpage (http://facebook.com/paperpolly), tag one of your friends to the item that you want to win, and write down who you want to tag. It's that simple! No minimum spending is required.

On sponsorships and entrepreneurship

A number of bloggers these days have been seeking for sponsors to sponsor them items/services through listing their wishes and wants on their blog. These services/items may range from wedding gowns and accessories to plastic surgery.

Is there really such a thing as free lunch in this world today? I mean I do consider it free since you pretty much don't have to do anything except blog about the sponsorship. That's quite a good deal isn't it? Blogging about these sponsorships is a part & parcel of your life, and it won't take up much of your time.

For me, I'm not seeking for sponsors for expensive things. I just need a good high-performance camera for my Goddess owner. So Nikon or Canon, if you are reading this, I hope you can do some kind donation.. I can help test your camera and publicise how good it is over at Paper Polly. Though it isn't some big establishment, we have 600+ fans and counting.. tsktsk..

Guess unless you are some celebrity blogger, small fries like me will never have our wishes fulfilled, unless the sponsor's initials is BF or ME.

So, getting past all the dreaming, I'm not photography junkie. I can appreciate the beauty of the pictures, but I ain't no creative or artistic person who can frame such good shots. The reason why I think I should get myself a high-performance cam is that I think the photos of Paper Polly are not looking professional enough that it may turn some people off. You think so?

Let me show you some egs which I think why my Goddess' current Olympus cannot make it:

Pics taken from Olympus is still not too bad. And with a photographer directing, at least the lighting is still there and the pictures clear.

And luckily for my Goddess, her photoshop skills are not too bad, so the pictures turn out clearer and better.

But when my Goddess do self-shots, really cmi. Stood at the wrong position with no lighting. And to minimise the hassle of always having to set the timer, she used her hp camera, thinking that it has the same number of pixels, and hence will generate the same quality of pictures, she was totally wrong.

The pictures turn out really pixelated. And in a lot of the shots, the colour setting was totally off and she looked green and sickly.

But oh well, she already spent 3 hours on the shoot, so she can only salvage the pictures as best as she can.

She's been thinking if she should get a better camera. Which brand is better eh? Nikon or Canon?? Any comments?

And also, we've noted that focusing on getting the product right is not enough. Though it's the most essential step to take, getting people to know about your product is more important. There are so many considerations to running a blogshop, especially in this competitive market with low barriers to entry.

Is the range of clothes ok? Are the prices too steep? Is the layout user-friendly enough. Does the website gives a pro & fashionable feel enough to be a blogshop? What are your thoughts on Paper Polly?

My Goddess really hopes that one day Paper Polly will make it big and be in the league with blogshops like Bonito Chico, Love & Bravery, Runway Diva etc. Wonder what was the special secret recipe to their success? Time (as in first-movers advantage)? Marketing? Product offerings? Wished she had taken up marketing/econs in the first place so this will come in handy.

But oh well, until she finds the right formula, she's still far from meeting her target.

Guess we just have to take things in its strides. But do come visit Paper Polly if you can and share it with your friends and family members.

Thanks so much for your support!

herworld.com Makeover

My Goddess saw an online ad on FB by herworld.com, recruiting for people to do free makeovers. In a matter of greed and fun, as well as the opportunity to meet new people and promote Paper Polly, my Goddess readily signed up.

And who knows, she was called up to be one of the 5 models for the makeover workshop.

They met up at 1030am in the morning at Ion and had fitting sessions.

Unfortunately, the New Look at Ion had such limited selections and sizes, my Goddess couldn't find much suitable dresses that could fit her party theme and makeup. So unlike the other girls who had such beautiful dresses,

My goddess had to settle for a cream/white frilly one that's M size. Totally not her style :( Well, it's a free session, so what more can she expect?

She was one of the two selected to be the 'live-demo' models.. Wonder what's the criteria.

The 5 models

Pictures taken with the hairstylist, Fashion editor, and makeup artist.

Posing for herworld.com 'Spotted' section

This was supposed to be her makeup for the day. My Goddess was expecting something dramatic and similar. In the end, it turned up really light and almost not visible. Guess the dress didn't really suit the dramatic look, sadly.

The Horny Devil was nice enough to go down and support her.

So my Goddess treated him to Happy Lemon!! The bubble tea shop that my Goddess loved in HK, 'Ugly Centre' (Argyle Centre).

And my rewards for spending my afternoon there for the makeover session is actually quite good. Besides the free makeover (which unfortunately, I have no use of cos I went back home straight), there were like many goodies!