Wednesday, June 11, 2008

About Food and Skincare

After work today, i decided to pop by to Bugis to look for some moisturizer to put on my face.

I've got a new hair cut yesterday, finally. And now, when ppl ask me if i did anything to my hair, i can finally say "YES I DID".



Well, i have to say that the picture doesn't really justify that i look better in my 'After' picture. Because, i was more heavily made-up (read: too much powder, early in the morning) in the 'Before' pictures.

I like my current hair !! U can see in the first picture, my hair ends are really really thin and i really hated it.

To celebrate my new hairdo, here's a narcissistic picture.














































Done with the vomitting?!!!?!?!?! Hahahahaha....

Anyway, as long as i think i'm pretty, whatever is being said is passe.

As i was saying, my face is pretty dry. And despite having a fair complexion, i have very dry skin. And i'm a nightmare for beauty consultants because i don't do the cleanse-tone-moisturize, purely because i was lazy, not because of ignorance.

But then, i'm already in my late twenties, so it's high time that i must gambatte to maintain my skin. As the chinese saying goes : 世上只有懒女人, 没有丑女人。

So, before i get saggy skin, i better learn to Cleanse-tone-moisturize, before the others such as collagen and anti-aging. Wha, being a 美女is not an easy task at all ok. All the tai-tais are busy with their manicures and pedicures, and we think it's so relax....

I have a fetish for using a set of things that are of the same brand. Currently, my make up and cleanser are from Skinfood and would love to maintain that. So i went exploring in Bugis, though i know that i won't get anything , because there's no Skinfood in Bugis. And ended up, i had a wonderful dinner there.

I sat down at the newly-set up corner of shops, where i noticed a certain Fisherio Fish and Chips. And being a fish-lover, i was pretty enticed to try. The concept of that whole spread of shops are very open-spaced, but who cares. As long as i get good food. =)

This is the menu



Since it's a Fish and Chips shop, i sat down and ordered a Breaded Fish, and had an additional New England Chowder and drink to go with it.

And i must say, that the Fish has indeed, exceeded my expectation.

The bestest Fish & Chips i've ever eaten is in Perth Australia, and the closest that i can find here is Fish&Co. But i must say that Fisherio can give Fish&Co a run for its money, if it continues to maintain their standard.

The breaded fish is not too oily and the fries are thick and properly fried. I waited for like 15 mins for the fish to arrive. So, good food is worth the wait. Just that the Chowder can do a bit better (it tastes a bit bland for a start).

The pictures doesn't justify how good it is, but u can from the crowds that wait to sit at the cramp and small yellow tables, that the food is good.



With food this good, i spent less than $10 for this meal (with 20 cents to spare):
$6.90 for the Breaded Fish + Fries
$2.90 for the soup + Drink.

They are located at the Basement of Bugis, next to the mama-shop (now it looks more atas than pre-renovation). There's a pretty wide selection of fish, and chicken for you connisseurs if u wanna try it.

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As for this regime that i want to start keeping, i ended up 破功. I got my toner and moisturizer that is non-skinfood. It's quite disturbing to me.

I'm going to start using Olay's White Radience Intensive Whitening cream. It cost around $13 for 50ml. So, we shall see in 2 weeks if my skin gets better or not.



To me Olay (i think it was called Olan previously?) Moisturizer/oil(玉兰油) is one of the first Moisturizers that appeared in my growing years. It reigned together with Hazeline Snow (夏氏霖雪花膏), which is the one which i learnt to dabble on my face when i was in Primary 4. Though i discontinued it from Primary 5 onwards, i always know that it's popular with the likes of my aunties and grandmother.

Though there are other great contenders such as Neutrogena, Loreal, which carries really good moisturizers, but to me, where moisturizer is concerned, it's really back to basics.

If i saw Hazeline Snow, i would really think of buying it, but Olay caught my eye for the intensive Whitening, and i'm really looking to see if it can really work for me.

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CSS is tough but interesting. I think i'll akan-datang till i'm back from AGBS to continue.

2 Days to Bangkok!! Woohoo!!

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