Categories: Advices & Tips, Insights, Love
One of my future neighbours, Rae, gave me this advice over Telegram and sent it at 2:22am. 222 is like an angel number. It means the following: trust the process, focus on your goals, nurture your relationships, express your creativity, acknowledge your feelings and commit to a true partner.
What energy u give out is the energy u attract.
Actually in a r/s v impt to find a partner or spouse that can work hard together w u, regardless who earning more but willing to be align w ur goal in life everything can be worked out. Look will fade / age but the heart and the value of life will not.
So if keep focusing on look, then the criteria to find the right partner will nv come. If u look at the value of life / principle then everything else will fall in place.
Just sharing la, my hub is younger than me, I work earlier than him. But we align on our goals and our life is great.
So really what’s the priority in a r/s that u r looking at.
If a guy handsome ah, then outside flirt flirt u also no security, but a guy is devoted, ur life is superb.
I guess it is a good reminder, especially the part on the type of energy I am giving out and the kind of men I am attracting. No more scarcity mindset or putting myself down.
Categories: Insights, Japanese related, Korean related, Personal life, Reviews, Shopping, Skin care
I realised I haven’t blog about my skin care regime for 5 years. My last post is in 2019. I have other posts earlier which you can see them here. Some of the old posts are archived though.
- My skin care regime in early twenties – 2014
- My skin care regime in mid twenties – 2017
- My skin care regime (2018 edition) – 2018
- My skin care regime (2019 edition) – 2019
Day care
- Cleanser: Fancl Washing Powder has been my holy grail since 2018. 😀
- Pre-serum: Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum EX has my holy grail since my first post about my skin care regime in 2014.
- Eye cream: Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Eye Cream has been my holy grail since my 2017 post.
- Serum: Kiehls Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Solution
- Serum: Drunk Elephant C-Firma Fresh Day Serum
- Moisturiser: Kiehls Ultra Facial Oil-free Gel Cream
- Sunscreen: Kiehls Ultra Light Daily UV Defense Aqua Gel and Round Lab Birch Juice Moisturizing Sunscreen
- Base makeup primer: Cle de Peau Correcting Cream Veil which I just started using since end 2023.
- Base makeup: Hermes Plein Air
- Blush: Hermes Silky Blush Powder
- Finishing powder: Dior Forever Cushion Powder
- Setting spray: Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray
Night care
- Makeup remover: Sulwhasoo Gentle Cleansing Oil
- Cleanser: Fancl Washing Powder has been my holy grail since 2018. 😀
- Pre-serum: Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum EX has my holy grail since my first post about my skin care regime in 2014.
- Eye cream: Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Eye Cream has been my holy grail since my 2017 post.
- Serum: Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Rejuvenating Serum
- Moisturiser: Kiehls Ultra Facial Oil-free Gel Cream
Damage*: S$1767
* I’m following the prices I found online and not the ones that I actually paid for. I always do my due diligence when it comes to buying the products and where+when to buy them. So what I paid for is lesser than what is listed.
Wow, it’s a 65% jump since 2019. Lol, lifestyle inflation is a real thing. Maybe I should say is skin care inflation. Lol. Well, when you are older, you do need to spend more to upkeep your appearance. 😐
Sulwhasoo, Kiehls, Fancl, Round Lab and Drunk Elephant are now like key skin care brands while Hermes, Cle de Peau and Charlotte Tilbury are my go-to brands for daily basic makeup now.
Categories: Insights, Personal life, Rants, Work
I’m counting my blessings at the work related opportunities that I receive.
Not everyone has a job and not worry about impending layoffs.
Not everyone gets to travel on business trips to other countries.
Not everyone gets budget to study/upskill themselves.
However, as much as I can get these opportunities, there will always be people who are jealous at what I get. I mean… If you don’t ask, you won’t get it, right? If you don’t deliver results, you won’t get it, right? This is a reminder to myself that there will always be jealous, negative and toxic people around.
“Yeah. We are our own person. If people are negative best to limit the interaction.
Cuz we are influenced by the top 5 people we hang out with.”
This is something that one of my mentors, Marie, told me. Not exactly linked to the jealousy I received from my colleagues but something where I asked for advice on.
Obviously people love to see and gossip about the good stuff that others receive, including myself. What others did not realise is the difficult times people have to go through. They also did not realise and did not want to see the amount of hard work people put in to receive these “good opportunities”.
As I grow older, I realised it is even harder to have people around you who truly appreciate what you have and are happy for your accomplishments.
I realised that as I become more self aware and mature, I am gaining more empathy and awareness on the effect of my words and actions. The world of the empathetic is tough.
Categories: Insights, Overseas, Personal life, Pictures, Travel, With my NEX
I went to Golden Gate Bridge in this trip again. This time I managed to walk more than half of the bridge. I don’t think I walked till 75% but I am still quite happy that I conquered my fears and got to the midpoint of the bridge. It is quite an accomplishment for someone who has fears in heights and water!
I kept encouraging myself to continue to walk and don’t focus on the height or the ocean below me. I hit my goal of reaching the middle of the bridge then I decided to walk back. Whoa, panic set in and my legs became jelly-like. But I am all alone so I cannot be stuck in the middle of the bridge right? No one can save me in that situation except myself…
So I started distracting myself by thinking about the Tiffany and Co hardwear bracelet I tried on at the Haneda airport during my transit. That certainly helps because I did manage to make it back to the start of the bridge.
This is a very long episode but I have to say it is very insightful. Definitely something about the female dropping handkerchiefs kind of analogy that I think I might want to try.
Also the part on not finding someone who is your equal. Decide what you want and see if you can fulfil what you want in other types of relationships, such as colleagues or friendships.
Knowing what you are and be able to gauge the character of others is good too. Know what you lacks and find those aspects in others.