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    • Posted On: November 16th 2024 at 5:14 pm | Add a Comment?
    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.

    Day care

    Night care

    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.


    Posted On: October 21st 2024 at 6:30 pm | Add a Comment?
    Categories: New stuff, Personal life, Shopping

    I finally finished the Hermes Le Jardin de Monsieur Li Eau de toilette after about 3 years? Well, to be honest, I only started using it more often last year. It’s my second favourite scent and I was thinking if I should buy it again. Then I went to try the new Barenia perfume from Hermes and it smells really good on me. My SA was telling me when it first launched, it was completely sold out. In addition, it is refillable which was a plus point for me. But then again, the refill and the 100ml bottle is like the same price. The refill is 25ml more though…

    Anyway, I decided to switch to the new Barenia perfume and have been using it for the past few days. I have been trying to use my Hermes and Jo Malone perfumes more since Le Labo perfume is really expensive.

    There’s this saying that perfume will improving your aura and I think that’s a good thing. I need toxic people and toxicity far away from me. Lol.

    Did it help to improve my aura? I think so. At least it helps along with my inner self work too.


    Posted On: October 12th 2024 at 6:21 pm | Add a Comment?
    Categories: New stuff, Personal life, Shopping

    After 2 years, I have finally finished using my Le Labo Citron 28 perfume. I went back to MBS branch to get the refill and got a shock of how much it costs. It is S$432 to refill the 50ml bottle. I immediately felt that I am really very expensive. Why is my signature and favourite scent so expensive? 😮

    Then I went to check how much I paid for it when I first brought it. It was S$475. Okay, so I actually save S$43 for refilling it. It’s only their City Exclusives series that is so expensive and of all scents, I love their Seoul City Exclusive. Oh well.

    Anyway, that means I should use more of my cheaper perfumes from brands like Jo Malone and Hermes instead of Le Labo.


    Posted On: October 11th 2024 at 11:17 pm | Add a Comment?
    Categories: New stuff, Personal life, Shopping, Technology

    Hello to my new iPhone 16 Pro. Whee!!! I ordered it on 9 October night when it got restocked and collected it on 10 October. Then I got my new phone case and screen protector from Casetify today. I’m so excited because it is my first time splurging on Casetify. Their cases are like so expensive. Then I got the original Hello Kitty ones. Hehe! First time getting the original Sanrio Hello Kitty phone case. I’m like over 30 years old and is only willing to splurge so much on my favourite Hello Kitty phone case now. 😀

    The Casetify screen protector is also very expensive. I wanted to get my screen protector from my usual shop but the shop at Cathay Cineleisure has closed down. 🙁 I don’t have time to go Sim Lim Square and Casetify today and no time to get them tomorrow so I just get the screen protector from Casetify as well. Wanted to get their Ultra HD but it is over S$80 and I really cannot bring myself to spend so much for a screen protector. In the end, I went for their Anti Blue Light range. Well, my spectacles is already anti blue light so it is a bit funny to use anti blue light screen protector. But for the same price, I didn’t want to get the normal clear screen protector and I don’t like that my screen will look darker with privacy screen protector, so I compromised and got the anti blue light one. Oh well. I shall tell myself not to change the screen protector and protect the phone from dropping so that I don’t damage the screen protector.

    The total damage of the phone case and screen protector? S$163. Ouch, my wallet is hurting. My heart is aching a little too. Not to forget that my phone is like S$2049 since I upgraded to 512GB.

    It felt like a huge jump from my iPhone 13 Pro and I was trying to get used to it. Definitely loving the camera side button for sure. I have to say that button is really what attracted me to change my phone. I like that it is lighter than my iPhone 13 Pro too. By like 5 grams hahaha.

    I was sharing with my therapist about it and how I momentarily felt guilty for spending so much money. Lasted for 2 secs to be honest haha. Then she taught me a way to logically and rationally make sense of it. I need to practise the mindfulness. I need to recognise that some type of expenses is necessary and I need to make sure that I am in a good position to spend and not feel guilty about it.

    On a side note, I don’t think I will want to change phone again until I am forced to – like when there are no more OS upgrades. Moving my data and re-login to a new phone is very troublesome. It’s even worse when you have more data too. May my phone last for a long, long time!


    Posted On: August 10th 2024 at 9:04 pm | Add a Comment?
    Categories: Food, Friendship, Overseas, Personal life, Pictures, Shopping, Travel

    I’m quite excited to visit Disneyland, not because of the rides but the beauty and photos I can take there. For those who know me personally, you will know that I never and will never be a rides/amusement park kind of lady.

    It’s quite expensive trip though. I spent S$56.22 just on Uber rides from hotel to Disneyland both ways. I went with Revathi and Gulabi so S$56.22 is after splitting the cost threeways. So yes, it is quite expensive. Then the ticket to both parks at Disneyland is S$357.72. Yes, I paid for priority access and I did make use of it a few times so I would say it is worth it. The crowd is just way too scary. So that’s S$413.94 just for the rides and entry ticket for 1 person for a single day. 😮

    Will I go back again? Nope, but I would love to visit the one at Florida where they have 7 parks. Haha. It’s like a once in a lifetime experience.

    I took lots of photos and given that I went there to take photos, I did manage to capture lots of moments and I uploaded quite a few on my Instagram accounts. I shall share it over here to document this special and expensive memory. Specifically the S$414 memory hahaha.

    I brought my backpack for the trip to bring my tripod and camera only to realise that I forgot to pack both items after I reached Disneyland. :/ So all the photos are taken by my iPhone 13 Pro… Oh well, the photo quality would have been better if it is taken by my camera, especially the night shots. I guess I just have to make do with whatever I have.

    Food is not more expensive than outside of Disneyland but it certainly tasted quite nice. My standard of asian food quality dropped a lot when I am in US because beggars can’t be choosers. 🙂

    Of course I didn’t take the ride. Just look at the ride video below…



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