The start of 2012.

2012 has not been a good start for me. I haven't been blogging because there has been just too many things happening for the past few months which I have not shared.

My cousin passed away unexpectedly during new year's eve. He was only 32 years old. Just when most of the people were happily celebrating the coming of 2012, I was in Malaysia for the wake mourning. I looked at him laying down in the coffin and then vivid images of him passed through my mind. I would never had thought that he would passed away just like that, that the last I saw him was during Chinese New Year last year. It came through to me that life is really fragile, and you never know when people close to you will be leaving you.

Then during Chinese New Year Day 1 when I was in JB at my grandma's place, I had an encounter with the supernatural that left me thinking that I could have been really been down on my luck. My parents sort of sensed it but they kept quiet so that I would not be afraid. Ever since that, I started to be very conscious of small little noise/sounds in the night. Paranoid or what, I don't know.

That's not the last. Again during Chinese New Year Day 4, I went back home to realize that my room had been broken into - with my newly bought Nikon camera lost. Apparently, someone had tried to use a L-shaped metal rod to hook up my bag which is by the window side. My camera had a handstrap so it could have been hooked up and stolen away. My bags were being rummaged through and what was left behind was that L-shaped rod which I stupidly threw away because I had thought nothing was lost. Made a police report 2 days later and up till now there's still no news.

Someone in my family wasnt in good health all of a sudden and I am afraid that things could be worse than just what was initially guessed. I can never imagine how I would react if it really happened.

Till then only did I realized how much I loved the people around me. I had thought that all I want was to earn more and more money and climb higher in my work. But things changed, and I see myself going to the extent of being willing to put off whatever I have now and future advancements to be there for whoever I loved.

Life's short.

Other than earning all the money you can have, what is the real happiness that you are looking for?

After all the things that had happened for the past few months, instead of feeling that I am being unlucky or unfortunate, I felt the opposite. I learnt that despite all these, I am still fortunate. I have a family who dotes on me and a boyfriend who listens to me and advise me on stuffs.

Simple things brings big happiness that last forever.

What more can I ask for?

Universal Studios!

Just 2 weeks ago, boy and I took leaves to visit the Universal Studios. I have not been there before (except peeping through from the entrance lol) so I am really excited about it. We went there on a Saturday and the crowd was crazy, so many people! But I am really grateful that we got the express passes, courtesy of boy's friend! :) That leaves us going to express lanes for rides, unlimited times. Awesome right! Express lanes are always empty so it can be shiok to walk through it with loads of people queuing in the non-express lanes. 

Popcorn place at the entrance!

We headed straight to the Transformer ride where there was a real long queue. Luckily for us we did not need to queue so it was pretty fast for us. It was only a 5 minutes ride but nothing fantastic. In my opinion it is worth to try it out but not worth it to queue 2 hours for it.

Right after we came out from the Transformer ride.

We went to the highlight of the day - Roller Coaster! I cannot remember what was the exact name of this ride but all I remember there was 2 types of rides for this - The Human and the Cylone. Boy was telling me how exciting this ride was and that the Human ride was actually quite scary. We took the Cylone first and verdict was - Scary for the first time try only, but very giddy after the ride.If you are able to conquer the first time for this, then it should not be a problem to take repeated rides for this.

After the Cylone, we took the Human ride - which boy screamed like mad and was holding on very tightly to the bare railing that secured our legs. I pull his hands up but he immediatedly pushed my hand off to hold on to the railing. Lol! In my opinion it is not as scary, but is fun. 

I think we took like 10 rides for this!

 The Revenge of the Mummy ride. Quite mild though.

Look at how crazy the crowd was!

Then we headed over to Far Far Away for the Shrek ride. I love the castles and I bet most girls will like the structures here, just like those you read/saw in storybooks! Pretty! :)

Waterworld was next. This is not a ride, but an action show. You can really hear gun shots, see fire etc.

We got too tired so we had lunch at Mel's Drive in. Quite an old school fast food restaurant and the food was not bad too, just a tad too expensive.

Our meals that boy ordered!

I had fish burger set!

Boy's beef burger!

Headed over to have some mild ride after our full lunch - Madagascar ride!

Came out to Hollywood area for some photo-taking. I love how pretty the structures there are!

Lights, Camera, Action next! Where they show you how films are made.

Finding a place for some rest because the weather was so hot!

Even in the evening, the crowd still has not subsided.

Christmas performance going on!

Boy wanted to stay till 9pm to catch the fireworks so we found a good spot just in front of Mel's Drive in!

 How pretty! :)

That marks the end of our day so it's back to Home Sweet Home! :)

Date!

How's the week so far? Mine has been great, and company managed to give me what I expected - which came just in time for Christmas and New Year so that is a great cause for celebration! Christmas is just round the corner and I am so excited about it because that would mean celebration, fun and of course a day off from work due to holiday in lieu! :)

Took 2 days leave off from work last week and both boy and I had great fun. We went to Ikea to shop for my cushion for my office chair, town to Christmas shopping, Jurong to have our hair cut/treatment/coloring done, Universal Studios and then to East Coast Park for some cycling!

The post I will be doing on the Universal Studios will be a long one so I shall start with East Coast Park first. It has been ages since I ever cycled such a long distance at ECP and I've never went there during a weekday! So it is really surprising to see that there wasn't any crowd at all - in a way that is good because I never like crowds. Before we drove there, we went to Tampines Giant to have our breakfast and do some groceries shopping as well as get our snacks!

We cycled for a whole 2 hours and was really shag after that. Found this bar restaurant somewhere inside ECP and decided to chill there for a while because boy loves the scenery there.

 Full of greens!

 The sexy look which obviously failed. Lol!

 Pardon the bare face!

Took some walk nearby since there is still a bit of time before we go for our dinner.

 Noticed the new hair shade!

 Boy also had his hair colored but his is darker because he needs to have a more corporate look!

Color above is more true than below, because it looks too yellowish and bright below due to strong lighting :(

We had a good deal for our colorings because Michelle is running a promotion at the moment. And from what I heard, this promotion will be ending in just 2 weeks time.

All the products are from Japan, Korea, Paris, US or Spain and NO China products used.

Here's the set of promotions that Michelle is currently running!

KOREA SOFT REBONDING @ $65/- 

(free cut + treatment for all hair length)

DIGITAL & TECHNICAL PERM @ 40% OFF

(free cut + 40% off all treatments)

CLAY ESTHE EX SERIES SCALP & HAIR TREATMENT @ $49/-

(for all hair length)

CLAY ESTHE RESHTIVE @ $69/-

(for all hair length)

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COLOR / HIGHLIGHT

(free cut + treatment for all hair length)

Male @$38/-

Female @$58/-

CREATIVE HIGHLIGHT @ $3 per Section

L'OREAL WORX From $48

(free cut + treatment)

Xquizit has launched in some new set of treatments...

 "Moe Moe" from Japan

"Tamaris Hair Rescue" from Japan

"Macadamia Natural Oil Treatment" from US

"JOC Color Protection Treatment" from Spain

Xquizit Hair Design

494 Jurong West Street 41

#01-132 S(640494)

65675466

www.xquizithairdesign.com

Michelle is located at Xquizit Hair Design and she is the owner there. It is best to book an appointment with her a week before because she is really busy!

A little treat!

Apologies for being away for almost 2 weeks because I am real busy at work! Faced with a lot of problems and I hoped to get it solved amicably :)

It's the Christmas season and I think it is time I give myself a little treat this year! Bought a wallet because my old wallet was spoilt and what I did was to stuff my notes, cards and coins in any compartments I can find in my bag. Lol! Became so messy that I decided to buy one!

Live, Laugh, Love!

 Braun Buffel!

 Boy arranging my cards for me.

Had this for breakfast on one of the days and I am so in love with porridge now! :)

 My desk, which is like super duper messy now lol!

Working is never easy, but working for others was never what I had wanted. There comes politics into play and many other factors that really ruins everything. The only consolation I have is probably my nice colleagues.

Cheers!