l'occitane bath & shower gel

it was my christmas present last year.

i think this is a bit too expensive for a shower gel. not suitable for everyday use unless you have someone to supply you new expensive shower gel every month.

not much bubble but it smells really nice. and relaxing. i usually use it at night. whenever i'm stressed out or depressed. or when i just want to pamper myself with something slightly expensive :)

OPI muppets collection: meep-meep-meep

muppets collection is a new collection from OPI.

most of the colours from this collection are glittery or shimmery or both. all of them are really lovable.

this particular colour that i chose is shimmering fuchsia. really bright and not too pink for my liking.

TWG tea salon & boutique

bought macarons from TWG again when i visited singapore last month.

$2 per piece.

from the left: earl grey & chocolate. napoleon tea & caramel. grand wedding tea, passion fruit & coconut. moroccan mint tea. 1837 black tea & blackcurrant. camelot tea & praline.

didn't get the bain de rose tea and lemon bush tea because the last time i bought them i didn't really like them.

my favourite was napoleon tea & caramel. earl grey & chocolate was nice as well. good news is. TWG IS OPENING IN PAVILION! can't wait. now i don't have to travel all the way to singapore to get my macarons already *happy*

when there are too many choices in life

saw this new bag from prada store. i'm a sucker for prada. especially when it comes to prada saffiano leather. this is the latest shape for the classic collection and i am very very tempted.

i like this as well. but it is too similar with the one i have. the birken-like bag which showed up in Mission Impossible 4.

went to prada and the promoter was asking me to buy the Mission-Impossible bag. "you know it's so famous now everyone is buying it." i told him "i have it way before Mission Impossible promotes it". and the fact is that bag is already famous even before Mission Impossible promotes it.

and of course my all-time favourite. really like this but since it's classic i am not in a rush to get it. surprise surprise this is the only prada bag which i don't mind buying something besides black colour :P

and recently i'm eyeing on a few mulberry bags. either the alexa.
or the mini alexa :D
small bayswater is also quite cute!
and of course i will only buy the black ones :D

not thinking about other brands recently. but you'll never know. i may change my mind an hour later :P

random photos taken in turkey

wanted to do a few thorough posts on my trip to turkey last month but didn't seem to have the time to do so. since i left work quite early today. which was like 9pm. i got to do a short and sweet post :)

just some random photographs taken in turkey. it was a 10-day trip and it was great. some asked "will you go back again?" i don't really know. there were places which i want to go back again and again. like london. been there more than 6 times i think. and there were places i told myself "been there done that no point going back again". like rome.

turkey oh turkey. such a beautiful place.

cappadocia. a unique and breathtaking place.

hot air balloon experience. a lifetime experience indeed.

istanbul. not the capital of turkey.

(if only the lamp post was not there!)


and i spent my birthday there :D
and made a wish.




ruins of troy. canakkale.

til my next post :)

winter wonderland

i'm back!

my 10-day winter trip was awesome. minus the never ending bus rides. but it was ok because the coach was really comfortable and the bus driver was one of the best.

didn't have time to unpack yet. actually i'm just too lazy to do it now. dirty clothes and souvenirs are all over the place and i guess i seriously need an elf (since christmas is near) to sort things out for me.

didn't take a lot of pictures this trip. so it's easier to select my favourites :)

will update more about the trip soon. ta ta for now :)

counting down

next month this day i'll be flying off to a country which has never been on the top of my holiday list. all along i've known that it's a beautiful country. but i just never thought of visiting it. most people put italy england france amsterdam switzerland on the top of their europe list. no?

recently i've been spending a lot of time in the bookstores. old man has to as well. and he knew that i want to just sit down and view the magnificent pictures from the travelling guides which are too expensive and i'm too stingy to buy them.

i've done some research online and i just can't wait for the trip! :Dare they gorgeous or what?!

love comes in all shapes and sizes

macarons from nathalie's gourmet studio :)))
happy! *big grin*

bedtime novels

so what have i been up to lately? nothing but work and work and work. after work all i can do is cuddling in bed with my bedtime novel until i fall asleep. not much energy to think (let alone do) about other activities which require me to stay out of bed.

can't say that i haven't been enjoying life. life's great recently. and i'm particularly happy that since i'm spending so much time in bed i've managed to finish a lot of novels. now that's what i call life.

finished reading 陶晶莹's 我爱故我在. i personally think that she's very smart. and this novel has just proven me right. she has a unique way of telling her stories. just like how great she always is on tv. although i can't really relate to them since she talked about life of a mother and wife (and i'm nowhere near that). i felt like i actually understand what she was going through. there was this particular entry which she described the whole process of her giving birth to both her children. how she managed to overcome hurdles. what she had experienced. i don't know why but i was actually amazed by this whole natural birth thing. to be honest i'm not someone who's dying to be a mother or someone who loves kids. and although i've read a lot about these stuff and know truly well about how tough it is to become a mother etc. they never make me stop and think about it. it was after reading her entry that i actually sat down and thought about the whole process that she went through. and i realised that it is actually very tough to be a mother. and imagine the pain one has to go through. and the courage. seriously i don't think i will ever want to be a mother.

of course she didn't go on and on about motherhood. there are a lot of stories about love and life and how we should always treasure someone who really cares about us. and our lives. overall i really enjoyed reading it. and i hope she writes more :)

also finished Jodi Picoult's Picture Perfect.

the storyline is roughly similar to Sophie Kinsella's Remember Me. at least that was what i thought in the beginning of the story. but this is way better. although both books started off with a woman having lost her memory and found herself to be married to someone who has tons of money. this is better because it's not too predictable. a lot of suspense and flashback.

another book that i've finished was Jennifer Love Hewitt's The Day I Shot Cupid.

thought it would be great but it was ok only. she gave too much advice on how to move on after a break up. which i thought it was a bit too much. unless she wants to categorise this book as one of those self help books. which i thought it was not. of course if you're going through a break up you may find this useful. but a lot of times stuff like this won't heal. time will heal.

went to a few book fairs recently and grabbed a lot of books. i can tell you i'm the happiest girl on earth.

after buying so many books. i have no choice but to pack all the others which i've finished reading. didn't realise that i've finished so many of them. and they're still occupying a lot of space under my working table. need to get rid of them soon. because the new books that i've bought and the ones that i'm going to buy need space in my room too!

til my next book fair! can't wait :D

babycakes ♥

words can't describe how happy i was when i received this ♥