One Year Part Three - The Finale

Half a year back, I wrote about my Goddess and the Horny Devil's anniversary celebrations. Yes, that's how belated it is. In August last year, they did the finale of their 1 year anniversary celebration. It was a surprise planned for her. After a friend's wedding dinner, he told her they are going for a 1-day getaway, and asked her to have prepared her swimsuit. In her mind she was already prepared for Pulau Ubin stay.

Yes she still had wavy hair then, that's how long ago it was

Cheeky and refusing to tell her where they are going

Egyptian No-magic Cream

Heard some good reviews on the Egyptian Magic Cream - claims especially from the West that it gives fabulous skin and removes scars, eczema etc. so my Goddess decided to purchase one tub online to give it a try.

Part of the ingredients is honey, bee pollen and olive oil, making the content really rich. Heard from makeup artist Larry Yeo that some people are allergic to Bee Pollen! Being very cautious, my Goddess applied a really thin layer on the face every night for 3 nights.

Adventures at Legoland Malaysia (Another Picture-filled Post)

When Legoland was first opened, they did some roadshows to sell their early bird tix. Always game to explore new places, my Goddess purchased these tickets for herself, the Horny Devil and her friends.

Initially they intended to go during the school exam period, but due to their house reno commitments and later the Horny Devil's exams, they could only postpone it to last weekend.

Taking bus into Legoland was quite easy - they boarded the Causeway Link at Boon Lay MRT station bus stop/taxi stand area - where a lot of shuttle buses pick up workers from. This CW6 bus will bring you to Tuas Checkpoint. From there, you just need to hop on JPO2, the shuttle that will bring you to Legoland in just 15 minutes, and later loop to the Premium Outlet Mall. However, you do need to take note of the time. There's one at 8.30am and next one is at 10.30am. Missed it and you will have to find your own transport it. The shuttles at Woodlands Causeway is more frequent at half hour intervals, but the ride to Legoland will take you about an hour though.

The very colourful bus interior

Beauty Products Review - Good Skin Labs, Vaseline & The Body Shop

A month back, my Goddess was in the mood of making her skin flawless and perfect. Probably it's the time of the year where you want to make yourself look and feel your best.

And so, she went shopping for samples from The Sample Store. Think the popularity of the store has kinda of died down a little. The samples there were like for old products and mainly Korean drugstore BB cream.

To settle my Goddess' cravings, she still ordered some samples online.

The parcel has arrived...very promptly

The items ordered

Eat, Eating, Ate at KL

Remember my Goddess DIY-ed her own Galaxy nails for her cousin-in-law's wedding? Here' the post!

The wedding was held at KL, so the whole Koo family including the boyfriends of the 2 sisters went on a road trip to KL. Prepare your tissue. This post is all about good food that will make you drool!

 My Goddess worn her tattered 3/4 jeans - the fake Abercrombie & Fitch one - which she bought like in 2008 during her first overseas trip with the Horny Devil to BKK with her twin Nora and his buddy Kevin. She wore if for a while during her uni days but stopped after a while, thinking the jeans looked too rugged for her. 4 years later, she still could fit in! Phew~

As they went on straight onto the new highway from the Woodlands Checkpoint, their breakfast stop was at one of the Rest & Relax stops.

And if you have driven down the highways before, you would have known that the food there are usually very sucky (except for the one A&W stop!). The stop that they were at had thousands of flies. So many that it just turns your appetite off.

Look at the congregation of flies! Eeew~

In the end, my Goddess ordered only the Beef Dog, which is also very yucky.

The Horny Devil's doesn't look yummy at all too.

How to DIY Galaxy Nails

My Goddess was surfing around on Instagram when she came across someone who had her nails done the 'galaxy' style by her manicurist. It looked really pretty and so intrigued by this, my Goddess decided to surf around to find out if this could be DIY.

And to her surprise, the galaxy nails isn't hard to do at all! It as even easier than ombre nails. So here's sharing with you the simple steps to getting pretty galaxy nails!

Long or Short?

My Goddess' hair is now at a stage of neither long nor short. She's now deciding on whether to leave it long or cut it short.

She likes the versatility of long hair, where you can style it any way you want. And it looks feminine too. At the same time, long hair makes her look older, something she doesn't want. Furthermore she has really thick and unruly hair which is hard to managed.

She also like the chicness of short hair - easy to maintain - fuss free. But there's only so much she can play with for short hair.

Which style should she go for? Can you help my Goddess decide by taking the poll?

Liese Hair Dye + Salon M-i

It's been a while since my Goddess coloured her hair. Her black hair roots have grown out by about 2 inches or so?

In view that the festive period is coming, and that she has a couple of weddings to attend in Nov & Dec, my Goddess decided that it's time to re-colour her hair.

My Goddess first tried Liese last year, and she has never looked back. It is so much cheaper than your salon colour and it takes only 30 minutes to colour as compared to the salon's 3 hours. This is probably her 3rd or 4th box. But instead of her usual Mocha Orange colour, she decided to do a different colour this time round - Chestnut Brown, partly to also commemorate her last few weeks staying in Chestnut with me!

Proof of the Author Writing

In case some of you are doubting if the posts are written by me - Winnie the Mighty Dog. It sure is!

Here are the evidence:

Waiting for my Goddess' laptop to start up

Can you help me log in with your password please?

Path to a HDB Tai-tai: Fans & Song Cho

I know I haven't been blogging much about my Goddess and the Horny Devil's home and their renovations. That's not because the reno is done and they have happily shifted in. They are actually far from it!

That's the problem with getting your contacts in for the reno at a friendship price - you can't rush or 'gan' (aka scold) them when things are delayed or not done properly.

They are now at the carpentry stage. The carpenter is their FIL's contact and from Malaysia. And so you can imagine the 'bargain price' that they get for the massive amount of carpentry work. But I'll save this for another post when all the carpentry works are done. Anyway, a 2-weeks job took them almost a month now, either because laminates are OOS, the cupboards not done according to their FIL's design and need rectifications, or the workers need to rush other projects elsewhere in Malaysia.

After a 2-weeks halt and not doing any reno works over the weekend, they finally managed to arrange for something this Sat - the installations of fans.

The Horny Devil is a big fan of ceiling fans as he grew up from a family that uses ceiling fans. To him, ceiling fans create maximum air flow around the house with minimum obstruction as compared to standing fans. But to my Goddess who never grew up with such an item in the house, she views ceiling fans as a visual obstruction to the whole house, making it look smaller.

And so, the two of them compromised - the house will have ceiling fans, but provided the designs are something chosen by my Goddess. And to add on to the problem, their fans need to have lights that match with their intended Scandinavian theme since there isn't much lights in the house, especially in the rooms.

And my Goddess' criteria - white, slim and with simple lights. To try to get cheap and good bargains, they went in to JB to search for the fans. In total, they went in about 3 times to look but my Goddess found nothing that caught her eye. They were either too big for the house, if not too fat and bulky looking. Malaysia is especially popular with KDK fans which according to my Goddess, have a 'fat' neck. Also, they can't customise lights with the fans that have remote control functions.

So in the end, my Goddess combed through Bukit Merah (opposite Queensway Shopping Centre) and almost the whole stretch of Balestier Road in search of the ideal fans. And she found such designs in Crestar and Fanco. And only in Singapore are they able to find such small fans of 42".

And the installations begin! 

The Body Shop Year End Party

Wondering what makeup looks to wear this coming Christmas? Come learn from the pro Larry Yeo, on the latest year-end trends. You will also get to do your part for charity with the gingerbread man decoration as Gingie will be given to the kids at Stamford CareHut. Come do you part where you will look good, feel good and do good all at the same time!

Halloween Special (Beware of Disturbing Pictures)

Reno is taking a toll on both my Goddess and the Horny Devil. It's taking such a long while and not done, so luckily there's something to distract them from their monotonous weekly house reno monitoring.

My Goddess and the Horny Devil were invited to a Halloween/dress-up party. Initially, my Goddess didn't know there was a theme to the party, so she wanted to be a generic ugly witch. She even bought her props at Diaso and SKP.

Cheap cheap, cost only $2 each

And how can a witch go without black nails?

To make the witch look more evil, more Goddess also bought a red lipstick from The Body Shop. It looks rather red on its own, but when applied to lips, it turned out more pink :( So in the end, it didn't have the crimson red look that my Goddess wanted to portray.

And the Horny Devil wanted to be his favourite character - something green. So they got themselves face & body paint from Spotlight.

Vain Pot Goddess 2

Okay, this time round my Goddess is comfortable with what she wore to office - it looked casual but not too casual for work, and it's really comfy! But the problem is, my Goddess forgot that she has a business dinner event that night!!

This was what she wore in the day

So she had to make a last minute shopping during lunch time to get something more suitable for the night. Luckily Forever 21 is just nearby! Forever 21, always offering clothes at an affordable price, and a wide range of clothes for all occasions. 

In just 20 minutes, my Goddess picked out 4 attire and decided to settle for this cut-out glitter bodycon - not overly formal but yet sexy at the same time.

This was the most economical choice too as she doesn't have suitable undergarments, and this dress doesn't require any strapless wear. And the shoes that wore from home are quite suitable for this dress too.

Vain Pot Goddess

My Goddess had a super packed and tiring this week. Besides rushing for the X'mas campaign at work, she and the Horny Devil was planning their house carpentry and deciding on laminates. Every night was at least a 1am for her.

Normally my Goddess would have in mind what she would want to wear for the day the night before or the morning itself while she's showering.

But this morning she was totally too zonked out. By the time she was showered and was going to get dressed, she still wasn't certain except for the top she bought in bkk. In the end she changed in and out twice and settled for her H&M dress, while she rolled the long top into a short mid drift crop, held up by her hair clip.

See I wasn't kidding when I said my Goddess used a clip to hold up the top

 The effect was quite weird, especially when she didn't have a nice semi casual black shoe to go along. She had to settle for her low height pumps which look a little serious for her dress.

Can't stand her unmatching and tardy look, she decided to go shopping for a new pair of shoes. So she ended with a discounted black wedges that were tall and comfortable. It was a good retail therapy and stress relief - killed many angry birds with one stone!

Volume Rebonding

The Horny Devil has been complaining that my Goddess' hair is very messy, thick and wild like mine. My Goddess also felt that her curls are growing unruly now that her hair is getting longer, and so she decided to go for the much raved about in Korea's volume rebonding.

Again, she went back to her Korean stylist who did her Korean curls, Mira at Salon M-i. Who better to do volume bonding with than with a true-blue Korean since it was founded there!

At the salon, still pondering if she would have made the right choice since her curls were only 3 months old

How volume rebonding is done is quite similar to normal rebonding. But instead of going straight into the straightening tongs after the cream solution was applied and washed out, big rollers were used in between. This gives the hair the so-called 'volume' in volume rebonding, and the ends slightly curled.

Tea Tree Pore Minimiser and Tea Tree Oil Review

Recently, my Goddess was given a complimentary The Body Shop Tea Tree Pore Minimiser. Initially she was pretty skeptical about it.

That was because a few months back she spent a bomb purchasing the Estee Lauder Idealist, which promises to illuminate the skin and minimise pores. But ended up her pores were more clogged than every due to the silicon-based formula used. The Horny Devil even commented every day then that her skin seem more 'jialat' (in a bad condition) even though she had no stress from work then. So she stopped using this after one month and her skin got slightly better, though once in a while she still experiences clogged pores which leads to breakouts.

Back to The Body Shop Tea Tree Pore Minimiser. My Goddess was skeptical about the effects it claims to bring. But since it was free, she decided to give it a try.

Path to a HDB Tai-tai: Craftstones

My Goddess has been wanting to get some brick looking/ wood planks looking wall for her place. Doesn't have to be real bricks/wood - can be tiles or wallpaper as real bricks take up too much space, are ex and tough to maintain. So she first searched around for wallpaper - a less space consuming alternative. Went to Goodrich and Asro. Goodrich have a lot of nice brick designs! Totally what my Goddess was looking for. But it also comes with a hefty price!

Path towards a HDB Tai-tai: Electricals & False Ceiling

False ceilings and electrical re-routing got to be done together as the electrician will lay the wires while the false ceiling structures are in place, and once they are laid properly, the plaster boards of the false ceilings go up followed by the necessary touch-ups and cementing/plastering.

False ceilings have the following purposes:

1. Demarcate a special area for the house.

This will be my Goddess and the Horny Devil's dining area

 2. Hide cove lights - mood lighting that shines on to the ceiling.

Path to a HDB Tai-tai: Balcony Decking

My Goddess new place has a super big planter hole, and the Horny Devil and her has no intentions of setting up a farm or a garden using the hole.

Hole big enough for a fish spa pond

And so the two of them decided to get decking for their balcony. They spoke to several decking companies - Woodpro, Supreme Floors, Floor Expert, Timberlist, Goldhill and Evorich, trying to find the best material and deal for the balcony.

Path to a HDB tai-tai: Storage Rack

I've never expected home reno would take away more of my time with my Goddess than the wedding preparations!

She's like out every weekend with the Horny Devil, first checking defects, then home furnishing/lighting/electronics shopping, curtain sourcing...and now that her renovation has started, being there from morning till evening to supervise the renovation works!

The first house purchase that they purchased and was delivered was their storage rack for their home shelter.

This rack is from the popular Yee Sin from Renotalk. Initially my Goddess wanted to get the really chio boltless rack from Gawa. It looked so chic with its seamless design, and best of all, it's available in cream - their house theme colour!