Back to School Basics Collection has been launched! Hop on down to lafemmedabelle.livejournal.com now!!

*Oh ya my dear friends, can help to invite your friends to our facebook group? Just need to go to our group page and click invite friends. Then you can start selecting your friends to invite or invite all. Thanks!! :)

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This post is dedicated to my boyfriend. Yes my boyfriend. First time I am calling him as my boyfriend here.

I would like to express my sincerest gratitude over here to him. Really, throughout the whole of these 3 years, he has been there for me to give me all the support and help I needed. The advices that came from him meant a lot to me as I am one who is very indecisive and sometimes would need someone by my side to reassure me, give me opinions and their take on certain matters. He is a very straight foward guy who doesnt beat around the bush. He will give me a scolding when I am wrong or had behaved unreasonably because of my temper.

When I faced problems in school, be it academics or friends relationships, he is always there to listen to me and offer me valuable advices. Although most of them eventually fell to deaf ears, but at that point of time I felt that all I need is just someone by my side who listens to me. After some "lectures" from me, I felt much better.

When I told him I wanted to set up a blogshop business, his initial reaction was "That's good. Go ahead. But I will not help you. You will have to do it yourself." It was a support from him for my decision to set up my blogshop business. I felt really very touched because even my own family members does not support my decision. My brother told me that to dismiss this idea. My mother asked me not to do because I will not earn much from this. Despite all these, I still go ahead with what I like and want to do.

He then helped me alot along the way for my blogshop business. When I need a photographer, he borrowed a DSLR camera from his friend and even engaged another of his friend to be our photographer at a very minimal sum. Then, he spent weeks to create a program that can actually track and input all our customers' details, transactions and generating reports and invoices. He also did all the photoshop and clean-up of all the images. Even the design of the preview pictures was also designed by him.

When I do not have sufficient money for the stocks for my second collection, he told me not to let money get into our way and readily lent me the money I needed. In the end, he still helped me a lot.

Although we often quarrel over trivial stuffs, mostly because of my very bad temper, but in my heart I still think that he is a very good boyfriend. He will ask me if I have enough money to spend and constantly asked me if my bank account has enough money. He cares for me, but doesnt show it out much.

Sometimes, his attitude can be very fucked up too. But I havent experience that for quite a long time. He used to be very fucked up last time. :)

One bad point about him though: Ignoring me when he is busy with school or work. Never bother to reply my smses and when I call him, he will sound irritated and that's when quarrels started. Even if he reply, his reply is always a one letter word, mostly either a yes or no, which I totally hate.

Anyway, I know my temper is very bad. And a lot a lot of times I used a very irritating tone on him when he asked me stuffs nicely. I know and I will try to improve on that. I will also get a book to write down my schedule.

So here I have something to say to my boyfriend of 3 years and still going on, Rikki - It's been quite a long journey together. I never knew we could last through our university years. Along the way, we learnt alot about each other. I hope this will continue on. To me, you are a very good friend and a wonderful boyfriend. So, ditch the thought of "You can be a very good friend, but a very lousy boyfriend."

Very mushy right. Bet he must be puking in front of his laptop/blackberry right now. Hahaha but I dont care. I just want to say how I feel!! :)

Apologies for my late updates. Had been busy with work recently. Havent even started on my FYP and I knew nuts about it. Very vague idea of what I am supposed to do for the project. Gonna meet up with the engineer to discuss more about the project scope.

Researched on pressure regulators but still I could not grasp any idea of how it works. Die.

Recently, we engaged Lay Tin (yes, Joe's gf. Haha) to be our model for our second collection. I must say she is a very responsible and hardworking girl. Both Selina and I are very very satisfied with the end results. Having no experience in modelling, she made the effort to go through a lot of blogshop websites to search for poses etc. She even tried posing in front of the mirror. Effort is all it takes. No one will ever know that she has never done modelling before because her poses and smile are just so nice! Oh ya, she even brought her own accessories like hats, scarfs, bangles etc to match with our apparels. And she's such a nice lady to talk to! Sel and I even thought of hiring her as our permanent model now. Hahhaaa.

Yes and here's a preview of whats coming up next! :) The bag will also be featured in our second collection!

*Click on the image to enlarge! There's a few items not featured in this preview :)

I do notice that you seem to get irritated easily these days.

I shall refrain from asking anymore questions now. It might be better to just keep quiet to prevent any conflicts or misunderstandings.

Blogshop Business

Some things to clarify. My blogshop's name is LaFemmedaBelle, pronounced as "La Fem Da Bell". It seems that alot of people doesnt know hows to pronounce lol.

Our model - Junying is really one popular blogger. Within a few hours after she advertise for us on her blog, we received orders and enquiries from quite a few customers to the extent that our Polka Dot Romper and Polka Dot Bandage Dress was sold out! Yeah! First step to success! We are thinking of asking her to advertise again, this time round advertising our other pieces of clothes too!

I have no idea how to add friends of friends to our group in Facebook. Tried searching on google but to no avail. Anyone knows how to?

This is what someone wrote of me:

I dont know whether to laugh or be inspired by this to change my temper. But I found it funny. HAhaaa. Anyways, to this person - I know. I am trying hard now too. But it's just that my temper is just way too bad and it takes a lot of time..

Something bad happened the night before. My dad was hospitalised and had to undergo an operation and I was in the hospital with him all the while. Never slept. It really broke my heart to see him in that kind of situation.

Although it has nothing to do with me, but I felt very very guilty towards it. My heart really ached when I saw him in that situation, especially when I saw the photo. There is nothing I can do to help him and all I can do is stay by his side. It doesnt feel good when he had to wait 14 hours for the operation to begin after the accident happened. Throughout the whole night, I really felt very very guilty although it was a accident. And now here I am wanting to rant out how I feel.

Leave my family members alone.

It's been a long while since I last updated my blog.

Latest news: I just booked a trip with Rik to Bintan and we will be away 3d 2n from 4th July to 6th July! Booked a spa package consisting of a 75 minutes massage and shopping time too. Will be staying at Bintan Lagoon Resort (supposedly a 4* hotel but we will know whether this is the real case when we reached there). Total damage = $233 which is considered cheap for hotel + massage + shuttle bus to shopping area and back to our hotel. As two stingy cheapo people, I decided that I shall bring 3 cup noodles while Rik decided that he will be bringing bread as we discovered that one meal over at Bintan can cost up to SGD20-30 bucks. Gosh. I would rather eat cup noodles and use the money for the jet-ski!! Really really want to try it but Rik doesnt want to spend that much money on this.. cause' it's quite expensive. :(

I screwed up my Japanese exam paper. Dont wish to elaborate but I totally screwed it up. It's quite easy actually. Damn it.

Back to nothing-to-do-feel-so-bloated-and-useless at home days. Maybe I should go swimming in the morning everyday like what I used to do for the previous semester. No income = Bad mood.

Anyway, have you noticed that we have started to quarrel more often these days? Always over trivial matters like who scold who, your tone harsh or my tone harsh, you or me being easily irritated over small matters.. I hate it everytime this happens. Each time this happens, I feel the strain in our relationship.

There was a period of time where I felt the sweetness of our relationship. But like a flower, it withers off very fast. I wish we can quarrel less often over small minor matters. I wonder if it is because I am more sensitive now or it's because your temper has changed..

Even though this is not possible, but I still wish to say here - I wish I were being pampered.

On Sunday, I was invited by Rik/his mom to the Grand Gallery at the Ritz Carlton for a hi tea invitation in the ocassion of the Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay here in Singapore.

There was a bunch of Indian ladies wearing nice sarees at the Grand Gallery and they seem to be chitchatting. I think they are the rich tai tais. As I walked past them, I overheard one of the ladies conversation. "My son is 21 this year and he is studying law......"

Then it was time to welcome His Excellency (That's how the people there address him and he is from India). I was still munching on the delicious crunchy potato chips when he arrived. So I quickly stuffed it in and looked at him with a full mouth when he walked past. Damn paiseh.

Finally another person arrived with the Queen's Baton in his hands as he walked through the Grand Gallery. Everyone started clapping and so I did the same. We had thought the top of the Baton was supposed to have fire but we were wrong. In fact, the Baton was a high tech one. It has in built camera, and a GPS system that can capture smses. After listening to the speech, I then realised that this Queen's Baton Relay started out last year in October starting from London, and it will travel through 70 countries with the last stop being in India. And it is expected to end by Oct 2010 this year. Cool!

Hi-tea started. But the food was a little disappointing though. Anyway, the potato chips rocks!

After that, had dinner with Rik's relatives at Pho Hoa. Due to some reasons which I am lazy to explain here, the whole meal was free of charge. Hanged around and then they went to Starbucks to have some chit chatting session. I suddenly feel that kids are cute!

Anyway, the main point is apparently, someone felt that I am materialistic.. Well.. I dont feel like explaining this anymore.

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