I love face powder. I cannot live without it. My face will shine no matter what the foundation says how matte it’s supposed to be. Yes, I do swear by foundation and honestly, anyone over 25 with not-so-good skin should be wearing one. It helps minimize those annoying lines that is like ugly stripes of honour indicating you have lived long enough.

Anyway, for some weird reason, compact face powders just don’t cut it. My face is oily again fast and when I powder too often, it gets too thick. It’ll be OK under candlelight but daylight? Nay.

I always use a talcum powder to powder my face but recently I found this Magic face powder that looks like talcum powder from SilkyGirl. Dang, love it to bits. It effectively minimize the shine on my face and it cost RM3.90. Beat that.

My only complain? I know the thing is cheap but it’ll help if it doesn’t smell as well. The talcum perfume is screaming cheap and it’s awful. But then nobody is going to sniff my face, right? Except my dog of course but then he can’t complain.

Just came across this pink Dopod PDA phone in a magazine and my tail started wagging. I’m on a pink frenzy nowadays. Hope this is not what they call mid-life crisis. I’m going gaga over everything pink and sweet. The pink Dopod 818 looks good and judging from the reviews from CNet, it’s not just looks there.

Dopod is a Taiwanese brand and yes, sounds cartoonish. The drawback? What else? The price. It’s not exactly expensive at USD700+, but then for that price, I’ll rather opt for Iphone.

Apple sounds better than Dopod. It’s just a lady thing.

Dopod 818 specs

l Smart model: Microsoft Windows Mobile Version 5.0

l Style: PDA Form Factor

l Frequency: GSM Quad Frequency (850/900/1800/1900)/EDGE EGPRS Class B

l Size: 108 x 58 x 18.2 mm

l Weight: 150g

l Standby time: 150-250 hours

l Talk time: 3.5~5 hours

l Battery:1200mAH

l Color: Black/Silver/Pink/Blue/Lavender

Pink is the epitome of feminism. On a personal front, I love pink. Yes, I’m way over the age where I should still go gaga over pinky stuffs which is more of a young girly thing. But then I’m never known for my discretion.

When I first started my blog, I did consider pink to be the primary template color. I gave up the thought later because I realize it would be a hassle to ensure my blog and content pictures have to complement pink. I do like to incorporate pictures into my posts and going pink is not going to make my life easy. It’s hard enough to find nice pictures and an even harder task to find pictures that complement pink. Well, forget it.

Pink is one of the few colors that is hard to use on blog templates. I don’t know, probably because of its ultra feminine symbolism, guys will of course shy away from pink. I mean real guys, OK?

I’ve seen quite a few pink templates on personal blogs and I could kick myself for not bookmarking those sites. A few of them looks real good but like I say, it’s not for everyone. On the whole, I’ve seen more ugly pink templates than good ones.

But then I’ve not given up hope .. not yet. There must be a pink site somewhere out there in the vast blogosphere that is just waiting for my admiration.

I am lately hit with this sudden insane need to be enveloped in the vanilla scent 24/7. Yep, it’s driving my hubby crazy. No, not in a good sense. He hates it.

I blame it on my recent diet where depravity of sugary stuffs probably trigger an even more need to be covered in sweet sugary scent. I used to get my kicks from Body Shop’s Vanilla range. Somehow some genius up in the Body Shop boardroom made the decision to discontinue the Vanilla range. Yes, they still keep the Vanilla perfume oil but the Vanilla lotion is gone… together with the spray.

In my desperate bid to be sickly sweet, I started looking around for alternatives. I found one brand called Demeter but Victoria Secret (the reseller) don’t deliver them outside US. In the end, I settled for this lotion from VS called Mood - Sweet Craving and Vanilla Orange bodywash.

Can’t wait for them to arrive at my doorstep. I sure hope I won’t be disappointed. According to their description, Sweet Craving is a combination of Vanilla and sugary scent. Dang, I’m game hearing that. No idea what they actually smells like though. That is the downside of purchasing scents over the net. You can’t smell them to know for sure.

Talking about sweet sugary stuffs, I find that smelling all sweet does satisfy my sweet tooth and keep me from breaking my diet. Heck, if I can’t eat it, at least I still can be smother in it. Maybe I’m psychologically satisfied. Whatever rocks my boat, right?

OK, the movie The Holiday was out in 2006 and it took me this long to see it. The truth is, I’m no fan of romance movies. It’s not that I hate them, but for some weird reason I avoid them like plague and choose to embrace those crash bang action movies that do not require me to think. That speaks alot about my personality. I’m not those ‘confrontational’ type.

The Holiday opening line:

I’ve found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare said “Journeys end in lovers meeting.” What an extraordinary thought. Personally, I have not experienced anything remotely close to that, but I am more than willing to believe Shakespeare had. I suppose I think about love more than anyone really should. I am constantly amazed by its sheer power to alter and define our lives. It was Shakespeare who also said “love is blind”. Now that is something I know to be true. For some quite inexplicably, love fades; for others love is simply lost. But then of course love can also be found, even if just for the night. And then, there’s another kind of love: the cruelest kind. The one that almost kills its victims. Its called unrequited love. Of that I am an expert. Most love stories are about people who fall in love with each other. But what about the rest of us? What about our stories, those of us who fall in love alone? We are the victims of the one sided affair. We are the cursed of the loved ones. We are the unloved ones, the walking wounded. The handicapped without the advantage of a great parking space! Yes, you are looking at one such individual. And I have willingly loved that man for over three miserable years! The absolute worst years of my life! The worst Christmas’, the worst Birthday’s, New Years Eve’s brought in by tears and valium. These years that I have been in love have been the darkest days of my life. All because I’ve been cursed by being in love with a man who does not and will not love me back. Oh god, just the sight of him! Heart pounding! Throat thickening! Absolutely can’t swallow! All the usual symptoms.

You know, few years back, I would have broken down and cry hearing this opening line. I can really identify the thoughts and the feeling of loneliness when the holiday season approaches. No time brings out the helplessness and loneliness in one’s life than the holidays. If I do not know better, I would have thought they stole my life story and reciting them in the movie opening. I’m happily married today and you know what, hearing this opening line still bring tears to my eyes.

Tears of gratification.

I’m just so thankful I’m sitting in front of the TV watching this with a man who loves me by my side.

Chinese New Year

Valentine’s Day
I’ve not time to come up with new banners, I thought I might as well showcase some of my old banners from my Blogger blog. I used to change my Blogger banner every 3 months or so to coincide with some festivities. Well, not any more.

I just realized it’s never a good idea to change your brand name… or in this case, blog banner every few months. Aesthetic wise, it may be cool, but then as it progress, it is not such a good idea. Blog identity may stamp from the blog’s postings, but then undeniably, the brand name or banner plays an intricate part in ensuring the blog identity stays intact.

I had fun though with those banners. I will try to come up with new ones as time permits.

Happy New Year 2007

Current blog banner

Aesthetic wise, I do find I have more love to blog when I actually like my own blog. Liking my blog starts with liking what I see. I’ve spent the whole night, even forgoing my paidposts to find a WP theme that I find appealing.

I did like a few of the themes but then realistically, some are just too hard to change and modify the design. It is important for me to find themes that are modification-friendly. It’s a bitch when WP designers use CSS background image instead of mere html ones.

After trying on at least 3 other theme design, I settled for this in the end. It’s a plus I don’t have to modify much. I just changed the banner.

Thank God Sex and the City is history. Past tense. Hallelujah.

If I have to put up with another one of Sarah Jessica Parker’s damn Manolo Blahnik heels, I’ll kill myself. Forgive my extreme prejudice. I’m not exactly one who’s blessed with long lanky legs. Wearing outrageously priced Blahnik heels will do my legs no justice. I’m not seeking leg attention… I want a diversion.

Seriously, how many Asian chicks are born with long lanky legs? What? A lot?

You must be kidding me.

Anyway I bet they are flat chested. The big man up there can’t be that unfair, right?

Something original here. Taken with O2 PDA phone. Not mine.

No offense to her doggies… Kimora is a bitch. It’s not a compliment.

I watched Life in the Fab Lane yesterday and I cannot stand her whine. That is the thing with women. We love to watch the bitches so we can bitch behind their back.

In my wannabe life as a profiler, I know what she’s up to. Make us mortals jealous. See, I’m so gorgeous and filthy rich. I am spoilt, catch me if you can. Blah.

Get a life. Talk to me when you take out your silicone implant and go without your next Botox injection. Bitch.