A Mind of My Own

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I’ve been playing with the unused nail polish for the past few days. I now have O.P.I, Lo’Real, The Face Shop, Izu, Red Earth and Sally Hansen. I played with them, no, not on my nails and realised why the girls love O.P.I.

It has the smoothest application even if the surface is uneven. Oh boy. The worst to apply is unfortunately, Lo’Real. When attempting to reapply when the nail polish is still wet, the shade went lighter. The same goes for The Face Shop, Izu, Sally Hansen and Red Earth.

What makes O.P.I. so special? I have no idea except that I am breathing in too much nail polish despite my attempts to paint in a room with the windows wide open. At this moment, I don’t mind collecting unused nail polish (any shade is welcomed) and unwanted jewellery. I am trying to go green by mix and match. So, contact me and let me know what you are willing to donate. Thanks.

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The continuing saga of China’s poisoned milk has everyone in the world in an uproar. Parents are scared that they could be poisoning their children slowly with milk from China. In fact, everyone is frantically trying to get refunds from retailers when they saw the list of food that contains melamine. The problem? I have just ate 2 packets of the Oreo.

Milk is an important part of a baby’s life as it helps to build the calcium level since at a young age, the absorption is faster and retains until the age of 25 - 30. With so many babies in China, the distributors of milk would want to earn as much as possible and thus, the underhanded means to inflate the volume of the actual amount of milk being sold.

I find it disgusting. In order to earn more money, the milk have been falsified to inflate their actual volume. In order to earn more money, such dangerous tactics have been used and kept hidden from the public until 53, 000 babies are found dying from drinking the milk formula from the same milk powder distributer.

Due to the high number of poor in China, it seems that quality is never part of the plans since the people will not be able to for the standard. No one is willing or able to pay for good quality. As it seems that China is able to produce more milk than other countries, or is it because it’s cheaper, hence the products that are now being recalled are affected by the huge impact.

The cost of doing such an unscrupulous act is the deaths of babies, causing companies and retailers to go through the refunds and poor quality. Poor quality isn’t the first time China products is known for either. Is this what they want to be continued to be known for?

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Friday nights are for partying. Thus, ES called for a last minute night out. We had dinner at Sakae Sushi. My craving, apologies. After dinner, the four of us went to Ink Bar but it was closed off for a private function till 9.30pm. Since it was just an hour’s wait, we made ourselves comfortably at the entrance.

The lady serving the drinks didn’t even give us a menu or asked if we would like to drink anything. Within 2 minutes after JC had returned from the restroom, we went to Introbar. Goodbye to poor service. We made ourselves comfortable at one corner of the club, the door where ES attempted to open but failed to try the other unlocked door. A really face palm moment.

We ordered our drinks and enjoyed the ambiance at the place. Poured our work woes and about the cruel world of why working and looking for jobs can be horrible for women at certain ages. The obnoxious people who refused to understand a problem at work and people who sing different tunes in meetings when a problem is still unresolved and why budget seems to be bugging everyone.

Mainly, we shared our stories of how to overcome them and releasing the stress. CD arrived nearly 10pm. This was where the fun started because she was all raring to go dancing her heart out. She spoke of her dancing experience in Boat Quay or was it Clarke Quay; this guy is a dancing instructor and asked her for a dance. She agreed after the bar owner said he is a dancing instructor. She twirled around in Salsa style half the night. Getting giddy was the end result.

Since she wanted to dance her stress away, HF accompanied her and they went to Equinox. At 12.30am, they returned to the table and spoke of this guy dancing near CD and unbuttoning his jeans. He was dancing very close and was really excited about CD. His friend started to dance in front of CD and got pushed away.

I didn’t realise that guys just got hot under while dancing and needed to strip. I would have crushed the balls so that he can’t use them to bang any more. CD said her hands would have been dirtied. How unfortunate, it would have been good to crush those balls.

It is unfortunate that discos and dance clubs can’t screen people for stripping-compulsive-disorders-in-public. If anyone can come up with a clamp device for crushing balls, do share.

I went to Sengkang Swimming Complex last month. This is a long delayed post. Oh my. Well, DD wanted to go swimming, so, we went to this newly opened pool. It was raining heavily from 9am. I was so antsy as it may mean that I won’t have the chance to take a look around the new complex!

Thankfully, the Sun God decided that he had to take over and the sun shined from 11.30am onwards. On weekday, it is a good place to be with since the pools won’t be too crowded until you can’t do a thing despite paying the entry fees just to get in.

Indoor pool for swimming and teaching.

Kids playpool. Most of them love to play with the water pipes.

A round pool that I don’t understand what its purpose is. Yet.

The water slides. Way smaller than in Wild Wild Wet and other pools where space is bigger.

What I noticed is that the lifeguards were very busy with people who run around despite the floors being slippery, mothers who attempt to let their kids with arm floats or belly floats go into the adult pools, adults attempting to step upon the kids slides, etc.

My lifeguard friend said it is because of serious accidents that have occurred in other places, kids running despite being told not to and ended up with gashes on faces, some with bones seen after getting deep cuts even when told not to do dangerous stunts and more.

Overall, the swimming pool slides are for fun, thus, use common sense. If the recommended usage of the given float is pasted on the boards all over the pool, use. You don’t want to be sent to the hospital just because you didn’t listen.

Having problems with my endless encounters with True Spa for the umpteenth time, DD and I decided to book 2 more slots with the reception and thought that we would be able to use up the package faster. The end result? 2 weeks booking at the front desk meant they lost the damn paper with the slots.

I am letting loose the name of the account manager this time as it’s the 824357265438th time we have not managed to book the slots despite out best attempts. Caslyn Aw was there when we asked for the slots. After going to get some piece of paper, she told us to book with the front desk instead.

Thus, we wrote down what we wanted and they said they would call. They didn’t call. It meant that our slots were lost, again. Nothing new. So, I wanted to confirm it. I called. 1st time, it rang more than 18 times before I heard someone pick up and attempted to cut out the phone contact. WTF?!

I hung up and tried the 2nd time. Same thing happened again. Bloody Hell! 3rd time, same! Furious now, I slammed the phone receiver. On the 4th call, someone picked it up and put me on hold for 2 minutes. I got the call cut off which was what I expected.

Steam was coming out of my head by this time. I called more than 4 times and decided to give up. My sister called and after 3 times, she managed to get connected to someone and started scolding her. I don’t care if the lady was innocent or not. I want my slot confirmed that was all. Simple, right? For True Spa, it ain’t so simple. They use the bloody schedule books using pen and paper but cannot even get any of our slots right or confirmed.

I took over the call and started scolding her over the phone too. I gave her the necessary details and it was confirmed that they didn’t register our bookings. Bloody Hell again. 2 weeks before I handed the front desk that piece of paper and they can’t even make the booking? WTF is going on?

If you can’t even get a simple booking right there and then, please pack up and go learn some customer service from Thailand and Batam. They allow me to just go in about 4 hours later to enjoy 3 hours of good massage at cheaper rates. You don’t go crying around saying Singaporeans don’t like to have spa with you because you are expensive but provide lousy service.

I didn’t spend my money on things that don’t go my way as promised. A promise is a promise and I will find a way to contact your chairman or CEO for that matter. This is a promise.

There have been too many things going on. I’m quite confused as to where I should be starting. It’s hazy and yet I have so many things to do. Such as finding ways to earn money without resorting to working in an office. Unfortunately, Singapore isn’t really a good place to start. Or any other country for that matter.

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I still need a day job. Unless I can work 4 hours a week. It will be a dream come true. I haven’t gotten over Latte’s demise yet. It is a traumatic experience if you witness your beloved pet grasping his last breath in front of you despite all the efforts to save him. It was really unfortunate that Latte died as a virgin.

I haven’t been sleeping well since. Some of you may scoff at the idea of losing sleep over some guinea pig. However, any pet owner will be upset at the lost of their pets because they have been spending time bonding together and gotten to love each other. Imagine living together with your Labrador for 15 years. It passed away due to sickness or old age. You have been walking around the neighbourhood every day and the loss has changed the routine. How does that feel?

I have been thinking about life. It’s so short that I just want to spend more time with my family rather than spending so much time at work earning more money but it’s useless when you can’t be there when your family needs you.

I have been thinking of starting my own business but it isn’t going to be easy since I have absolutely no idea where to begin. I do know there is someone who wishes to help. That’s so sweet. At this moment, I would like to think about the business type and strategies before jumping into the bandwagon.

I am utterly fed-up with True Spa. Each time an appointment has to be made, I have failed to secure any appointments that fit DD and my schedule. DD has made an appointment with the account manager and we have yet to know if it is confirmed because there isn’t any call from them.

This is horrible. We have booked a month in advance and apparently, this isn’t enough. I don’t even know if the person is still working or just ignoring us. Why do we even buy a package when the after sales service is horrible and lacking the attitude to even keep the paying customers happy?

Spas are supposed to keep customers happy so that they will introduce their friends to join in. Spas are supposed to have adequate follow-ups so that customers won’t be even blogging or writing so many negative reviews too.

I don’t even know how much we have left to use it all up so that we will take our money elsewhere. Bangkok and Batam have better services that this company. They even have slots open for 4 hours in advance or immediate.

One would think that one would like to be healthy. However, this woman, takes the cake. She is accused of faking brain cancer in order to avoid going to work. Her scheme came to light when the “doctor’s letter” was left on the printer of a neighbour.

Her colleagues were so kind to donate their medical leaves so that she could rest at home too. What if one day, the cancer part is real but no one will believe her any more?

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It is now day 10 of my Lasik after operation. The vision is now crystal clear. I do have to avoid looking at close objects for too long, such as reading and sitting in front of the computer for too long. There is no point spending more than $2,000 only to go back to short-sightedness, isn’t it?

However, there are risks involved. No one said it was ever 100% guaranteed. Let’s be realistic here. It’s an operation. Any operation has risks involved. Even a liver transplant has risk involved. I have avoided crowded places on the first day.

I have avoided rubbing my eyes for 10 days. I have avoided letting tap water fall onto my eyes for 10 days, nearly. I have used the eye drops at every hour and drinking the eye drops as I simply have to use up the Refresh drops or it’ll be a ways. Not drink literally as the eye drops just flow to the back of my throat. When you cry, your nose will have some build up, right?

The Good

• Clear vision upon waking up.
• Snorkling or diving is great.
• White water rafting great too, you don’t have to worry about your glasses being tossed away during the trip down river.
• Take a break from being in front of the computer.

The Bad

• You need to wash your hair at the hair salon for 2 weeks.
• Your face is dirty half the time as no water can touch your eyes during the healing period.
• Night vision problems for a few months. Halos and star bursts affect those who drive at night.
• Itchy eyelids can’t be scratched for 2 weeks. You don’t want to displace or have wrinkles in the flap.
• Dry eyes reported for some people.
• No running, jogging, soccer, any contact sports for a month.

All these negatives will go away. Just bear with the cumbersome for 2 weeks and wait for the halos to go away. I’m hoping to be able to wash my face and hair properly soon. A few more days to go.

An aunt of my cousin’s passed away this week due to womb cancer. She was in her 30s. Womb cancer often strike women of age 30 and above. AY’s mother was diagnosed with womb cancer and had hers removed. She was also above the age of 30 during the diagnose. [Update] She got better after the operation. [/Update]

A talk with my father a few days back had him telling me that stomach cancer runs in my paternal side. Stomach cancer tends to hit men more than women. The causes for it is unknown. However, there are certain factors:

• Age: Most people with this disease are 72 or older.
• Sex: Men are more likely than women to develop stomach cancer.
• Race: Stomach cancer is more common in Asian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, and African Americans than in non-Hispanic white Americans.
• Diet: Studies suggest that people who eat a diet high in foods that are smoked, salted, or pickled may be at increased risk for stomach cancer. On the other hand, eating fresh fruits and vegetables may protect against this disease.

Symptoms may include the following:

• Discomfort in the stomach area
• Feeling full or bloated after a small meal
• Nausea and vomiting
• Weight loss

What I do not know if I will pass down the genes to my children. It’s also a good idea to compile the family’s medical history.