Display Shoutout Board Part 1 (23-8-09)

Today is a rainy day, very suitable for sleeping.
I practically snoozed the entire morning and early afternoon, but of cos was being ‘disturbed’ by loud noises and woke up a few times.

I went shopping again at Tampines 1 in the afternoon with BB and bought myself a nice blouse from MULAN and also the NIVEA new extra whitening lotion..haha…cos trying to gain back my “fairness” after getting the tan from the OSIM Trialthlon sometime back.

When I reached home that night, I quickly did a start on my Shout-Out Display Board. Hee… I completed it before 12am..so I’ll leave it to the next day for some touch-ups!

Wedding design wrapping paper to act as base for my board

Materials needed for the display board

An-Chuang Bedsheets Bought (25-7-09)

Yeah~ Another thing done.
Have finally bought our new bedsheets last Saturday at Tampines 1!
I have been 'eyeing' for a pink color bedsheet from Co'zy for a long time already ever since I saw it on display at IMM. hee...

So that day, we bought 2 sets of King-sized bedsheets sets, 2 pink pillowcases, 2 bolster cases and 1 quilt for a total cost of hmm..... about S$345! Wooops..... that's the most I've ever spent for buying bedsheets..haha...
Alright..the comforting part is that one set of King-sized bedsheets that comes with 2 pillowcases,bedsheet and quilt cover already costs $300+..and now Co'zy is having discount.. ^_^. I bought 2 colors : Pink and White with light blue flower embriodery.. :p

Signoria's Studio Photoshoot (8-6-09)

Went for the Signoria photoshoot on Monday 8-6-09. Earlier on, have told BB that I'll meet him at Tanjong Pagar MRT directly at 1130am. hehe... but cos I'm carrying heavy stuffs and wearing a fly-away flare white tube dress and makeup, I decided to take a cab down instead! *kekee*

As I reached TP early, I asked the cabbie to drop me off at Icon Village as there's aircon there. *lol* While I was standing there nearly the zebra crossing (under the shade..) and on the phone with BB, there's a man walking towards my direction (he's also on the phone) and then he stopped a few meters away from me.

I didnt really pay much attention to him until I've finished my call and decided to walk into Icon Village. I took a wrong path which I thought would lead me inside but actually it's to the toilets...hahaa... then as I was walking along the path, I saw from the glass windows' reflections that there's a man following me! Then I heard a voice calling out and I turned to face this man..... (gosh... I thought what....hahaa.. I thought my skirt has flew up or I dropped something.. :p)
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DUHZ!!! The man said "Hi!! You are so stunning and beautiful. I saw you from a distance just now and I was attracted to you.. You look so glittery, you know..blah blah blah.. with such nice long hair..... blah blah blah (actually me wasn't paying much attn.. cos I was caught OFF GUARD!!hahahaha..)" As he was talking, I was moving further and further away from him until he said "Eh.. you don't so scared lei.. you scared, I also scared.." hahaha..... He then said "I'm Derrick, and what's your name? (hands out to shake mine..) If you don't mind, I would like to ask u out for lunch/coffee next time ya.. I work near this area too..."

... I then did the unthinkable (duno what's my mind thinking at that time..haaa)... I gave my number away... :s *lol* But don't worry... Princess don't think she'll meet him again!! haaa.....

Alright,so after he left, BB turned up soon after and we walked under the Hot Sun to Signoria. We cooled ourselves in the aircon room and do some touchup before the shoot starts.. hee.. The photographer (can't rem his name and the girl's...is it Amber? anyway this lady is the slimmer one...the other lady who attended to us previously when we went to confirm our free PG package, was on leave that day...yeah..hahaha..) asked me if I'm a teacher cos he said we brought alot of interesting props. *lol*

Anyway, the shoot was very fast.. lasted only less that 2 hrs - duno whether is it normal or cos the package is free so anyhow shoot or is it cos the PG is very trained and relaxed in such shooting liao.. So after that,we went to return our costumes before heading bk to Tampines. Gosh! It was really hot that day!

We had dinner at Manpuku @ Tampines 1. Yeeks... we ain't going back there again... cos the food is not nice at all.. (that's BB and my opinions) Cos the food's cold and not cheap...not value for money, I think...

Princess's Birthday 7-6-09

Was very busy over the last weekend... trying to finalise the props for the Signoria's photoshoot... ^_^
Have came up beforehand with a list of props to bring for Monday's shoot too.. hahaa... it's a whole big bag..gosh... so I assigned BB to carry the heavy 3 bags of costumes and I'll carry the props from my place and meet him at Tanjong Pagar straight away.

Yeah.. Princess never forgets her birthday which falls on Sunday, but she's very tired that day... yawnz.. BB brought me to Bakerzin to eat the yummy cakes..:p
I ordered the New York Cheesecake together with 2 flavours of the macarons (shucks.. I didnt really catch the long name of the 2 flavours though cos the waiter spoke very fast..haa...)

Believe it or not, it's my first time trying the full size macarons lor.. though I've tried smaller versions before...hahaha...
I don't know how to describe the taste of the creamy texture of the 2 flavours but they are both nice, though I still prefer my chocolate macarons.. :p hee....

After that, BB brought me to Chomel shop at Tampines Mall and he bought me a necklace with earrings set.. hahaha.... love them loads...:p
I can wear them for my ROM/AD/other future dinner functions too!

The previous night, we were shopping at Suntec and Marina Square where I've bought my NuBra set at $89, and BB has bought his grey pants for ROM from G2000 blu for abt $43.
We also passed by Chomel @ Marina Square and so I tried on a purple princess necklace and it's very nice.. I was tempted to buy it but was thinking whether could there be a better and nicer set at other Chomel outlets, so I didn't buy on the spot.

I went home and think about it and after thinking and having tried on various Chomel necklaces at their different outlets at Tampines, Bugis, Marina Sq... I decided to settle for the one at Tampines. :p Glad that I bought it and have just used it for my photoshoot on Monday. hehe...

Hope the pictures will turn out nice....

My Birthday Cheesecake from Bakerzin ^_^

Haggard looking Me.. (T__T;)

This is the gift that Sandy and Yongxi gave to me today for my Bday! (*^_^*) hehe... so nice...

Royal Bed Selection (Part 2)

I was surfing on the internet for mattresses and came upon the following (extracted from Serta's mattresses website), which I think would be useful for new couples who are looking for their new royal beds.. hee hee...

Royal Bed fit for a Princess & Prince (Part 1) (31-5-09)

Sunday, I dragged BB for a haircut again @ Tampines 1. After that, we initially had the intention of only dropping by the SIMMONS and SERTA showroom to see whether are there any offers on the bed.

However, when we passed by SIMMONS, there was no customers inside and there seems to be no attractive offers too. So we walked 2 shops ahead and stepped in SERTA. To be honest, I've not heard of this brand before until I remembered I saw Xiaohui and Seng Hwee's new bed has the 2 infamous sheep toy! haa.....

The SA who attended to us was Claris. I was too engrossed at jumping onto the different beds and didnt really catch what she was saying, as I left BB to listen to what she has to say lor. hahaha... There were quite alot of different models that I really can't differentiate which is which. The bigger beds all looks and feels plush to me. *lol* I was attracted more to the Missouri and another model which I really can't remember its name.

Missouri's having a promotion whereby I can get a free upgrade to King size if I buy Queen, etc. On top of that, I'll get 30% discount + another 8% discount (which that Sunday is their last day of promotion) + 1 lucky dip (which we got another 1 free pillow) + 1 mattress protector + 1 sheep + 1 bench + 2 pillows + another 1 premium gift (which we got another mattress protector).
I'll need to top up another $699 for the bed frame if I want that too.

The price is affordable for us and BB bought on the spot. *faint* I was quite worried because we haven't done much research on beds yet.. but Claris said that it's better that we lock in the price first and should we see a lower price set of Serta brand next time, we can bring our receipt there and she'll reduce for us. (I know this is sales-talk lor... sigh...but then again, both of us like the feel of the bed.)

Anyway, BB only paid a small deposit.
When I got home, I quickly try to search for some info online. It was said that the 3 "S" brands are the most popular brands in USA; namely Sealy, Simmons and Serta.
Sealy won the award for " World's Best selling mattress" whereas Serta won the award for "We make the World's best mattress." Simmons on the other hand, is more popular with hotels which are using their brand of mattresses.

Below is an extract of a search by one fellow forumer who has done her research on the 3 brands:-
"For simmons they r renowned for the support for their original pocketed coil technolgy .Simmons is the first that bring in individual pocketed coil decades ago it is the orginal only orginal pocketed coil are pre-compressed. I know u all dont understand. For example when we pre-compresses a coil from a 7 inches(Simmons have the highest coil height in the market) to a stardard height simmons set, the coil actually will be insisting on getting up so we slp on the mattress we can feel the support.Imported from USA,Japn,Korea,Canada,OEM malaysia,OEM China n OEM Thailand.

Sealy entered Singapore market not very long. Sealy are renowned for their Posturepedic coil, we call it open coil. all the coils are fully connected with wire.Posturepedic coil have sensory arm n triple off set it is said to be able to adjust to the correct alignment for our body.Sealy mattresses are mostly very comfortable.Sealy is the world's best selling mattress. Total Sales figures (world no. 1) Sealy + its two other sub companies.Sealy also have very wide price range(cheap to very expensive)as compared to Serta n Simmons.Most range Asemble in Thailand.Only some Unicase(expensive) from USA.

Serta is the youngest in Singapore mattress industry compare with the other 2.Serta is renowned for its mira coil technology is also name open coil fully connected with wire among the coil, n their comfort level for mattress.If serta says it is no.2 no one dare to compete with it for comfort level.But Serta these recent years did come out with their pocketed coil series for their mattresses.Serta did also won the title (We make the world's best mattress).Most range asembled in indonesia. practise OEM(original equipment manuafacturing).Some from USA.

Well If u wanted support higher can go for Simmons,if u wanted Comfort level higher go for Sealy or Serta open coil(motion transfer high) are used to make soft n comfortable mattresses.If you want support n no motion transfer between u n ur partner can go for Individual pocketed coil.If u only more concern about enjoying of comfort level 3 minutes before u slp u can go for open-coil Sealy or Serta.Only Simmons USA range can be compatible to Sealy n Serta for the comfort level.If u r more concern about the 8 hrs of sleep u will need good support u can go for Simmons.Choose a mattress according to what your needs.Hope it will help u to choose a mattress wisely."

Hope the above helps new couples buying new beds! (*^_^)

I'll only be able to feedback on my bed only in November after I've lied on it. hahaha....
In the meantime, there's only pics to show..

This is the Serta - Missouri mattress. (I think it's considered as a Pillowtop + Eurotop..Darn.. what exactly does this mea? I guess need to google again.. :p If I'm not wrong, pillowtop's referring to the layer of latex 'stuck' on top of the mattress..)

This set below is the Night Star Prestige Series... Looks posh and plush right? hahaha... I'm attracted to the bottom part of the bed frame that has those Martha Stewart's lace designs... :p

And this below, is the bedframe titled PRINCESS with bench.. I am going to go for leather/PVC bedframe!! ^_^

Painting House (Part 2) 17-5-09

Yeah~~ Finally done with the full house painting during the last weekend.

Now BB's only left with the 2 toilets' ceiling to paint and finding a vendor to make a new main door and the kitchen sink. *lol* sounds like a new re-vamp of the entire 5-rm flat. :p

The living room wall was painted with Rose White color, our room - Sky Blue color, MIL's room a light lavender-pink, BB's bro's room - a Mulberry color that looks like those Chewy fruity grape flavor color (*hahaha...Ah Hong and the rest were laughing cos it looks like a princess room) and cos his room is opp ours, so somehow if u stand outside in the middle facing both rooms, it really looks like the LADIES and GENTs toilet.. ahhaha...

P.S: this mulberry color is not chosen by his bro ya..hee.. somehow it's a combined decision of me, BB and MIL and he said he's ok with anythg though his initial color was a dark blue... =p

Didnt take any photos of the rooms yet cos it's very messy that day..hahah.. conquering both living rm and his bro's room in 1 day lei..

Furthermore, I think some paint dust flew into my eyes and caused me to have sore eyes that evening till this morning then it healed.. SOB SOB..

Oohhh... currently, I've been preparing a prop for my 1st photoshoot nx mth. haha..

Nearly done with it... now's only left 1 part.. can GUESS what is it? *lol*

Don't know why the picture turns to this angle..it should be viewed/rotated 90 deg to the left.. ^_^ hee...

Materials:

Cardboard (that I coup from office's paper box)

Orange Construction Papers

Scissors, Scotch-tape

Silver Metallic Wrapping paper

House Painting starts! 26-4-09

Today during lunch @ Amoy, saw Zoe Tay. I was like murmuring "zheng huiyu, zheng huiyu" to Ms Xixi BUT she didnt hear me. Instead it was Zoe who heard me calling her and turned her head slightly, acknowledging my call-out. *hahah* so malu* ..
I wanted to take a pic with her but she seems like in a rush and went off with her 2 helpers.. haha... nvm.. better luck next time! But I have to say, she's really slim! hehe...

Oki, yesterday morning, we started our room painting works! *abit ahead of schedule but then again, the earlier we complete, the better cos will be one thing off our To-Do list*. ^_^
We were lucky to have the help of Ah-Hong jie and her brother aka BB's cousins to help us do the painting as well!
By the way, they're professional designer and renovation contractor. And alot of people say Ah-hong looks like our national pingpong player Li Jiawei, esp when we go to the market together, the aunties will ask her if she's Jiawei?! *lol*
Anyway, Thanks alot Ah Hong jie and cousin!

Our room is now a nice cool shade of ANGEL Blue... very cosy and aquarium-like.. hahhaa...
*happy* Even Xiao Ziqi (Hong's daughter) says our room is very nice!

Painting artists at work. BB and Ah Hong jie in the background. ^_^
Me is the Quality supervisor - scrambling around looking for 'defects'. Hhaha...

Our newly painted room! Oops.. but I think I wasn't able to capture the real color of the walls in this picture. (T__T;)

Next to add, will be new furnitures for the room! haha...

I didn't want to post the Before pics of the room because I think BB will 'scold' me..haha.. cos it was such a messy room *lol*

Ah hong's bro say will make us a new cover top for the tables shown above because the top part is peeling off le... :p I was thinking whether should I paint the tables in white? Because I want a country-style kind of white furnitures... hmmmm..... let me find photos and post in my next post.

I also bought a HelloKitty mini-fan and a Disney Princess fan @ Tampines 1, to bring out for my photoshoot. *lol* so cute.. shall post pictures next time. ^^

Punggol Arcadia (Part 2) 12-4-09

Happy Easter to all! ^o^
Friday was a public holiday, me went to meet BB and we went to explore the newly opened Tampines 1.
Gosh! It was damned crowded! It's like the whole of East side people just came specially that day and jammed up the whole place!
The queue was exceptionally long for this new and 1st Japanese Casual wear store in Singapore -- Uniqlo. *Horror*

As the queue was so long, I decided not to rackie the store until today 12-4-09 (Sunday), me and BB went there early at 11am. Haaa... but people were already queuing! OMG! However, it moved quite fast, so we don't need to wait for very long.

Hahaa... it was SPREE time again for me!!
I bought 1 grey jacket and 1 light blue cardigan, both amounting to $79.80. Not cheap sia but their material is good, I would say :)

I also bought 1 new pair of Bling Bling flats on Friday from Mitju and also a sunblock.

Saturday, me and BB went to Vivocity. I went to Daiso and wacked up some DIY stuff for ROM. hehee... currently left all these stuff at BB's house! I also bought a very nice cotton vest for BB to wear! Hahaha... his ROM outfit should be settled :p Easy task...hahhahaa...

BB also went to have his hair cut @ Twister, Tampines 1, today. It's nice!! hahaha... I showed the stylist a photo of the hairstyle and she knows who the person in the picture is -- Xiao Zhu! ahahha.... So BB, next time you can have your haircut by Faye liao lor! Somemore, you may be able to bump into Andy Lee (one of the bosses of this salon, a joint venture of Mark Lee, Quan YiFeng and Michelle Chia and Andy Lee), just like I saw him today! :p

We also went to see our new hse @ Punggol on Saturday night. *Surprised* I counted the time taken to walk from the MRT to our new place and it's only less than 5 mins. hehe...
They've already started the foundation works! *Good Good*
BB and I then took our time to walk around the neighbourhood..although it's very quiet partly due to the place has not been fully developed yet and also it's at night, it's still going to be a nice place in future I think. :)
Also, there's 1 direct bus which takes us within 10 mins to reach the 3 big malls - IKEA, COURTS and GIANT. This bus no. 34 also takes us direct to BB's house, so it's rather convenient :p hehee...

OKie, that's all for today...it's time to sleep again.... yawnz... byebye for now...