Black Lovet

I am beat.
Salzburg is beautifully boring…oxymoron but thats how it is…

To sum it up, churches, a famous fotress that has amazing view of the alps and the entire Salzburg region, a pathetic shopping street with Mozart’s place of Birth (yellow shophouse) and lush greenery….The colors are amazing and the place is very touristy..

Note:The last two photos were at the base of the fotress after taking the cable car down. The whirly thingy is an example of the canals that were used in the past to supply water to the different parts of salzburg.. Brillant if you ask me. Then the photo with rows of Balls( sounds so gross) is actually a representation of what was used to fight on ships and on land in the past.
Fotress is a must see in Salzburg.. everything else pales in comparison to the awesome view at the top.

Ok. Watching The Dance Floor really disgusted and cracked me up all at once.. I couldnt understand why they picked such spastic judges and i can only say that the Malays will win all the singapore idol, dance idol, whatever idol to with the arts… Damn gross siah the show.. I cringe at how i used to like to dance stupid dances too… puke puke…Glenn Ong looks and hosts like shit. For a dance show, why couldnt they have picked younger hipper hosts? MY God.. OLD FOLKS to host a dance show… tsk tsk tsk.. Looks like Channel 5 is still channel 5 after all… And Jade to part host it?? Her accent and english is not desirable.. At least the chinese channles put on more interesting variety shows.. I miss Singapore TV#&^$ It makes me cringe and laugh alot!!!

Ahead lies Rome on the 16th of May.. cant wait for that.. cause Rome is so historical and i need to see a change of sight please.. no more churches and castles.. it drives me nuttsss…
Hopefully,G W, we get to go to NYC!!!!! That will be sometime in June..
I need to get out of this European world and into something more modern to spice up my life..BRING IT ON!
ciao

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Tomorrow i head off to Salzburg, better known for where Sound Of Music was produced. I think there wont be anything very exciting.. maybe more scenic stuff… yawns… I was thinking to see the salt or ice mines in Salzburg but that is damn troublesome…

We have a few trips ahead that needs to be planned soon.. maybe to vienna,rome,italy??? We cant decide where to just yet so we are taking short trips for the time being.

In around 2 months, it would our 1st year Wedding Anniversary!

From 2 singles,

To this…

I really loved how everything fell into place at the last minute, all at the right time. Everything was fab.

My aunty who owns Irene Creations sponsered the beautiful gown in the first wedding pic.. The frills on it was simply stunning… ..

I was a nervous wreck that day and i was so happy that my side of the family was rather composed and nothing went wrong!

Thank God.

In the second pic i think he was laughing cause i was saying that i wanted to shut the photographers mouth up.

He repeatedly insisted on ” FUNKY” shots!@#^$… I mean in Public area and in front of our family k.. I was like… OMG HELP ME…I am conservative like that!! Did he want some tongue action??? Yea, so we had to do some DECENT PDA but at least there were onlookers rooting for us…. People even took photos of and with us… so it felt good… hahaha.. My Uncle acted as the second camera man and was literally in the photographer’s way most of the time….. I have so many memories of that day and i think it was a surreal, weird, yet perfect wedding for me…

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Rurouni Kenshin OVA (not reflections)

Wow. I dont like the series of Rurouni Kenshin but this movie is excellent. Tissues def needed….

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A show about machines, alchemy and another world? Totally out of my interest zone… Those were my initial thoughts watching an episode of FullMetal Alchemist. I didnt like machines so i dropped it. But i was desperate for another anime to watch besides Naruto and Avatar. i couldnt find better animes so i returned to the entire FMA series including the movie. Now I love it.
I adore it. Its horribly good. I just had to sit through it…
FMA was written by a woman! NO wonder it tugs at the heart strings and it is so wonderfully plotted out. The plot runs deep and this manga is not unnecessarily long drawn, unlike how NARUTO can be sometimes. But Naruto is so cUte and i love the ninja fighting scene… Draws one into that imaginary child world again…

I love FMA… The movie perfects this entire anime for me.

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I have been busy watching heaps of anime.
We plop ourselves in front of the comp and load many videos on you tube and have a good time watching all the cute shows.
Naruto and Avatar is my favorite!

I have not used my LV yet. I love it in its original, untouched state. Also cause i have been reading these forums that have horrendous stories of women scatching their bags, staining it, so on and so forth… I even contemplated using a leather spray or buying a bag that can be placed inside the LV to prevent stains. I know i am paranoid about my investment and quite a sissy to buy a bag and not dare to use it. It should be hanging in a glass cupboard for Geez sake!

But if i do use this bag intensively for a few yrs, it will look totally worn and i get a new bag!!! I can dream right.

That aside, i discovered that H&M is in HK too!!! I love that!!! They have such cute clothes that look casual but not cheapoish!

Daily life aside, lets talk LIPS
Tried many lip balms and i am only a fan of a few…

I love Blistex and Bodyshops lippies for their ultra moisturising properties. Blistex does have a smell that takes getting used to. I tried many from the Blistex range and it just isnt as good compared with those i posted here. Neutrogena on other hand does the job. It has no taste or fragrance and it conditions.
I also tried this brand called labello since i am here in germany– care gloss..

Nice color and my lips feel soft.

Product Review coming up:

I bought two expensive products in Paris. Its not all to splurge. Its for cosmetical experimentation.

I was getting so sick and fedup of my red spots that seem to linger on no matter what.

My mom and hubby kept saying that i had stripped my skin and made it THIN.

Okay, fine… not to be discouraged, i am now on a frantic hunt for a miracle cream that can minimise such reddness. I SWEAR I HATE WINTER!

I was sold Darphin intral complex in Paris Apotheke and i was absolutely SKEPTICAL but i still bought it cause the lady was like its fantastic for sensitive skin. Its made it paris too so i was like, lets just get it…

Darphin has alot of fantastic ingredients in it… Darphin sensitive range products contains a soothing ingredient chamomile in their propritary calm complex. Chamomile is FABULOUS for soothing the skin so it cant go wrong. Intral complex calms has really lessened the reddness. The price tag doesnt leave me with such a big smile unfortunately. Everything in Euros seems a little cheaper because of the currency so it seems not so bad but relatively speaking i would never in Singapore spend more than S$100 for creams. Desperate times calls for desperate measures… Moreover, daddy gets the BILL!!! hahaha… When i start working i must give my parents more money to make up for my splurging!

Sisley…. Why did i buy it? It gives me tiny bumps. A few small zits. I suspect it has pore clogging ingredients and i used to have a fren who used it and she kinda got big zits after faithfully using their product. It has such a nice smell and its hydrating properties are really good though. Cucumber is good for preventing pigmentation according to the skin type book but this cream is so damn EXPENSIVE and i get a reaction to it. SHIT… such a waste to use it as a neck cream. Maybe i will pass it to my Mother in if she comes later this month cause Lemas sister is now in Hongkong and i dont know when i will see her.

In conclusion, sensitive types can use darphin while people with normal skin can use sisley.

I cant even get a refund unless i fly back to Paris… OOOhhhh another LV bag would be FAB! yea rite

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Paris in a nutshell is musky, smelly and simply fascinating.

There is a plethora of materialism in this city.

Too much has been written about the sights but i choose to write still about the feelings they evoke.

People….

Weird, colorful, vibrant.
Weird cause, i saw a young pleasant looking man BRUSH his TEETH in the TRAIN!OMG.
There are alot of colored people which left me people watching most of the time.Its sad to see that colored people seem to be type casted still: Blacks work as secruity guards and seem to hold menial jobs, while asians mend the CD,LV counters and the whites…. i dun know…The country is definitely more diverse than munich but in terms of being a fashion hub, it loses hands down to the people in Munich.
The pace of life is slighty faster than in singapore and overall the people look rushed, rugged even tired.

Attractions…..

The first night was spent in the airport. I know it sounds crazy but we didnt want to take the risk of taking a train to the centre only to find no spare rooms. Moreover, we needed to have 16 euros in COINS because the machines didnt accept any of our credit cards. We called the airport metro chairs our refuge for the night and it was horrible. Dont try it. The place was freezing and some other overnighters inluding both of us were grouped together. Safety in numbers right…. Oh, then along came this phillipino mother and daughter pair who had lost their luggage taking British Airways and they chatted us up. Man they were so damn talkative. They left after 2 hours of wasting my listening time…apparently the loss of luggage happens alot to ppl taking this airline…

We stayed till 6 am and took the second train out to our hotel in the centre of Paris. What a big fat relieve.

The next day, we walked around Champs Elysees and naturally i pulled him into Sephora with me. Its overhyped man. Alot of boring brands can be found and common ones too. I think they dont carry alot of brands that the American Sephora stores carry such as Dr Murad,Peter Thomas Roth. No ANNA SUI in the store as well. PUkes. Shu Uemura was overpriced and even with a 15 % deduction in VAT, the price is still not competitive.
There was this asian promoter as the store and when she spoke french i almost burst out laughing. Heres what she said….

French asian lady: “This givenchy perfume is made of grass…. It is irresistible….you can put it in your toilet because the box is like a diamond.Open and close like dis… Only in sephora…. you can just turn around and i am here…okay bye. ” (all in the typical french speaking english accent) LEMAS eyes were popping out of his socket and i was bitting my tongue to prevent from laughing.

I like to complain but theres obviously some perks to Sephora. They are generous with their samples and i helped myself to shiesedo future eye cream, elizabeth arden ceramide cream spf 15, sisley sunblock, Dr brandt line cream. Huk huk huk.. Their house brand is affordable and they have a large range of cosmetics.

We saw Dior, Hermes,blah blah blah and frankly, it was a bit boring.

Friday we visited The Lourve. It is said that if a person were to take a minute each and look at each and every artifect in that building, they would need months to look through everything in there. Personally i think that the Lourve is a must see Museum. I am not cultured but the paintings and scultptures were beautiful. Hmm..i remember alot of naked male sculptures but it was not that “impressive”…. huk huk… The Asian section was incredibly boring.While the Greek side was more interesting.

The best was Mona lisa’s section. Why? Cause we spent our time trying to get a picture of her and trying our very best to avoid being smacked off by the securtity guards.

He nudged me twice to keep my camera therefore i only managed to take 2 shots of her. They’re very blur because of all the morons scrambling to the front and blocking my view.

Whatever it is, sneaking photographs was pretty fun.

We reached the Eiffel tower at night and it was stunning. Looking up from the base of it, through the hole in the middle made me queasy! But it was beautiful from afair and up close with the white lights on. People who have the guts to go up are truly gutsy and are crazy casuse the queue is a bitch..

See the shot below? It was so funny. Mas asked me to stand on the bench so i could get this shot. All the tourist started copying. I took photos for evidence. This one shows them sitting down but there were other copy cats standing at the same bench as us!

The River Seine was georgeous. Loved walking along the sides to admire the side painting shops and stare at all the crazy people absorbing UVA and UVB rays.

Look the crazy police dont walk along the seine river, they rollar blade.MY gosh, totally old school.

There was this beautiful stretch of park along the Notre dame with such beautiful flowering trees and a cosily tucked away park .People just lazed around and slept on the benches.

Ah… LeMas was great at manuvering the metro and we got around without a glitch.Its way cheaper and easier to get around.But be warned. Its SMELLY. ITs STINKY. ITS MUSKY. ITS FUNKY.

Ah, we visited the Moulin Rouge just to get a glimpse of Paris own Red light district. Wow. Its full of sex shops. A whole stretch of shops to watch XXX, shops with large assortments of you know what, peep shows and all..

Last but not least, i needed some form of memorabilia from this place..

And so… the lure of Louis Vuitton seemed like a pretty good take away.It was full of nothing but ASIANS! you know black colored hair people like myself ? The LV booth was mended by ASIANS staff and customers.It was like a wet market and i was part of it.. shame on me.. hahahaha… I walked in and out the first day of the Galaries Lafayette LV store empty handed and totally undecided only to return the second day.

Voila

You get the picture.

Random Shots of us and Paris

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I am shallow.
I am leaving for Paris tom and all i can do is search for places to shop and read reviews on beauty products.
My god. I have been sitting at this desk and searching through the entire Makeupalley.com reviews and memorising the Skin Type book.
My god. I have not been researching on how to get around Paris. Choke. I seem to believe that the scents of eyeshadows and face creams will get me to sephora, along the famous Champs Elysees. Who wants to see all the boring famous sights? Thats what discovery channel is for!
Okay, since i am leaving tom at 10pm and have not booked a hotel room for tom night cause we cant get anyone in that particular hotel who doesnt only say , pardon and bonjour, we cant communicate our wish to extend our stay. Shit. So we sleep in the airport tom night… anything for sephora, anything for sephora….

I have been doing a crazy search for safe effective products based on research and ingredients.
For skin types: Sensitive, normal to dry skin type, prone to clogging, cant use alot of sunblocks.

Dr Murad Day Reform Treatment- apparently, it has retinol inside and some collagen inducing ingredients. I have never tried their acne range but i also havent heard a lot of good reviews on it. I think their Vit C range * murad essential C night moisture
* would benefit those with drier skin and pigmentation problems though.
Cetaphil products- if you use a ton of products and always get clogged pores no matter what, i suggest their sensitive skin moisturiser. Beautiful. I cannot rave enough about this gentle product.
Elizabeth Arden- They have good and bad products like anyother brand but i have never experienced much irritation with this brand. If i can take it i am sure alot of ppl can. Their moisturisers are good and i like their vit c capsule. I used it long ago and it pumps moisture into the skin.
Weleda- only sunblock i can say doesnt clog pores at all. This line is organic, suitable for vegans and doesnt test on animals. They do not jam pack their products with a thousand ingredients and this helps to minimise breakouts. Great for very sensitive skin types.
Dr Hauschka- cleanser is excellent for people with normal to oily skins. Their rose cream is great for very very dry skin.
OLay- I would only recommend the more expensive anti aging creams and serums from this range. The cheap products from this range give me bumps. I know many ppl who love olay 7 signs anti aging serums. Their masks are great.
La roche posay- Active C for lines
Biotherm- good only in singapore or in humid climates. Not good in colder countries with harsh waters.

Makeup
shu Uemura cleansing oil. the best.
Shu Uemura foundations
YSl foundations* too frequent usage or long usage can result in bumps
Maybelline mousse
Every powder i have tried leads to clogged pores. So i dont use any now

Facial washes or moisturisers that do a good job in breaking me out.
neutrogena
Eucerin
loreal
tons of drugstore brands
tons of japanese products that are too oily
Vichy facial washes
In Summary, a hell lot of things break me out.Yea, i have to live with my fussy skin and i dont like that its super high maintenance but what other choice do i have. Spring is approaching and it looks like sunblock is going to be my best guard against more freckles! If i were back in Singapore, i would love to go to the derm cause they are the best. I havent been to one yet but i bet they are way better than the derms here. I want to get my ear lobe infection taken care of and see what i can do about very old scars when i go home. 5 more months… !!

Moving along, i was watching American Idol and i cant say that i like any of the ladies. I am not bias. I am bored of women winning american idol and doing a hell lot better than the men. Its crap. Look at the guy with white hair that won and Ruben… blah… Anyhow i love this song i put up. Sang by Blake in American idol… Hmm i am not so sure that he is that original at all. He just copied 311.. what a good strategy to sing a remake by a rather unknown band.

This is the best version.

Salut and see you guys on Monday.Wish my pockets luck!

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