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 hello beautiful ones~ HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014! あけましておめでとうございます! wishing u a splendid two.zero.one.four ahead and may the beginning of new year brings everyone pinkest health, plentiful wealth with loads of goooooooooood luck!! bidding goodbye to 2013, im thankful that my makeup career had been an awesome joyride, this journey is incredibly amazing because of gorgeous people like you :) thanks to the many of you for the sweet surprises and friendship along the way... thank you for leaving footprints to my insane life. most importantly, great thanks to my family, my lurve ones for being there for me always! <3

 a big THANK YOU to everyone of u!! 

no doubts, no posting on dec as nov-dec was absolutely crazy ^.*  sharing the season of joy with my family, besties, friends and brides! <3  so here's glimpse of the few splendid moments of my gorgeous makeup life in the fabulous 2013. 

[  b r i d a l . m a k e o v e r  ]

adriel & corrine

david & claire

estée & ben

celestal & junquan

 "many thanks to all the brides in 2013 who given me the grace
to share their wedding joy as their makeup artist <3 wishing you the best everafter"

[  e v e n t . m a k e o v e r  ] 
 

[ studio ] the photoshoot makeover for the amazing nate tao together with the awesome ophotographer matey daniel ho and sam ^o^ somehow, we always turn the studio into playhouse!




[ event ] makeover for celebrity ong shu-an at toni & guys event. yet another gorgeously humble and friendly artist to work with... she's a beautiful artist, inside out.

[ event ] sk2 annual award gala makeover for the global top achiever from sk2 internationally

http://www.ccf.org.sg/download/tribute/Tribute_Issue2_2013/files/assets/basic-html/page7.html

  [ sponsored ] an event for KKH that i will rem for life - makeover for moms of inpatient children. that's one and only time i had to halt my brush to wipe my tears in washroom as the mom tear while closing her eye to have her makeup done. another moment forever. i pray for the beautiful children to recover from the illness and eternal strength for the great moms, with lurves.

last but not least, my 2013 finale assignment with 
both my makeup besties - marie and eva!

*feeling awesome*

[  t r a v e l  ]
 as usual, a year-end-trip to reward myself *grin* this yr end trip, together with my mateys, we to nha trang (vietnam) for leisure and golf! totally awesome trip! some sneak preview of the beach and the golf course ^.^ will blog about the whole trip in another post, keep ur eyes on my snail post~lol

[  r a n d o m n e s s  ]
brought my honeybees to east coast park for a bike ride and saw this interesting iconic sign at the beach which i never knew the existence. as for the guy, juz pure coincident he posed for his own camera when i took the pic, epic lol.

[  c h r i s t  m a s   p a r t y  ]

  every year's christmas is filled with lurve and sharing joy, tis yr is no exception :) so many pressies ive gotten, only one-quart of the pressies {pic below} was mine/ lol three-quarts are for my honeybees <3  well, many more not posted in the pics too. thanks to my besties who always surprise and spoil pamper my honeybees~ <3

finally, a fabulous end to 2013 and a splendid way to begin 2014~~
here's my lil ones going school together for the first time!!

恭喜發財，万事如意，歲歲平安，年年有餘  
wishing you a blessed, 
prosperous and happy lunar year,

candy t.

travel --- welcome to hcmc vietnam!

this is the third time i been to vietnam but it felt like the first time.  probably bcuz' of the good laughter i shared with my buddies and the time-off from the overstressed country we lived in... 5 days in HCM were well spent and i rate this country - awesome. here's all the good things im gonna share with u too!

 first thing first, check-in my golf bag! ^.^

over the hcm sky~~

the local scene is kind of manifested by motorbikes and you gonna watch your way when crossing the road. no joke okay o.O

the hotel arranged a mini bus to fetch us and upon arrival, he parked his car onto the walking pavement and... a tree right in front of the door. epic parking, tat's so cool. lol

h o t e l

the accommodation was arranged at Phu Giai Loi (PGL) hotel and in chinese translation, it's known as 福佳利.  importantly the room is decent, cleanliness is well maintained and the best part -- it's newly open, so everything is new and nice. good food and shopping is only a 5 mins walk *thumbs up*

 the beauty of PGL hotel is that the staffs speak chinese and cantonese! language barrier is the only problem i encountered over that few days... most of the vietnamese doesn't speak english and so if you intend to shop in the local market without a companion who speaks native language, think twice. lol price tag at least tripled too!!

 lucky me stayed at the 8th storey which is the highest level... that means i don't get the vehicle noise waking me up in the morning as the hotel is located next to the main road! *wink wink* see the view from my room :))

Phu Giai Loi Hotel

580-582 Nguyen Trai Street,
Ward 8, District 5, HCMC Vietnam

http://phugiailoihotel.com

http://phugiailoihotel.com

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l o c a l . f o o d

don't miss the local delight - pho (beef noodle soup)!

as told, this cafe serves the best pho in town. and yes, i totally agree. the soup is refreshing from mostly the beef broth, not so much of msg. and... did i ever tell you that the chilli is spicier than our chilli padi... omg!

each bowl of the delicious pho cost only 30,000vnd (less than 2sgd) and it's a bowl full of fresh beef meat :)) official drink of the trip? beer. lol only 30,000vnd too!

Phở Lệ
303 – 305 Võ Văn Tần
District 3

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m a s s a g e . s p a

besides the food, spa was fantastic. excellent service with cheap price tag. one minus point, none of them speaks english or chinese. even the service menu is in vietnamese words *fainted*

that's the vip room where we are being massaged! okay, hiding somewhere in the pic is one of my cute friend trying to 'camouflage' himself when i take picture. lol

for 115,000vnd (abt 9.50sgd) per pax, we get 90mins of spa service in vip room which includes foot spa, head to toe massage and steam bath sauna. the only thing is that you are required to tip the masseur from 100,000vnd onwards. well so what? even 20sgd spent is worthwhile!

 Minh Phuong

21/16 Nguyen Thien Thuat - Phuong 2, Quan 3

http://www.footmassage.vn/

http://www.footmassage.vn/

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m a n i c u r e

 it's not to be missed. i was brought to a local manicure shop owned by carmen's friend :) this is my other cute friend indulging in her manicure service done by the shop owner!

this is my manicurist, trying to remove my gel nails. im so glad they know the technique to remove gel nails althou' they don't know how to do gel nails!

this lady pretty young lady is my lovely vietnamese friend - carmen! she's assisting to soak off my gel nails even thou' she's not working there *hurhur* so nice rite?!

 ta-dang!! my spa manicure and pedicure all done in 90mins :))  thou' it's not the type of nailart that i'll do in singapore but i think this manicure and pedicure are so nicely done.

these manicurists are skilled and their service is great, they even walked over to the opposite cafe and treated us drinks! price tag for the manicure? only 80,000vnd (5sgd)!!! wth rite?! with this price tag i won't mind to do manicure every other day!!

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g o l f i n g

my expectation was met. so im glad that the golf resort did not disappoint me after a 2hrs long journey  ^__^  the golf course was fabulous, service is good (staffs speaks english too! lol) and changing room is clean and well equipped.

hmm, we'll always stopover at the golf club's cafe stocking up our ice-box with beer before our first tee-off  :)

starting off our first tee-off at the desert course! weather on that day was cloudy and did drizzle a bit in the midst of our game but overall the weather was considered nice. see the awesome view of the golf course hehe

this desert course is so cool... they literally made the landscape like real desert.

but definitely not an easy course to play, especially for novice.  we did the 2nd 9-hole at the palm course which is slightly easier to play and nice golf course too!  too bad i was too engrossed in my game that i didn't take pictures for the palm course :(

aside clubbing, golf is the only thing that is not cheap in vietnam o_O  18holes game, a personal caddy, a buggy and few cans of beer -- total bill 160usd . but im sure going to play golf at this resort again.  golfers, do mark this venue as one of your next golfing trip! :)

 Song Be Golf Resort

 77 Binh Duong Boulevard, Lai Thieu, Thuan An,

Binh Duong Province, Vietnam

http://songbegolf.com/

http://songbegolf.com/

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f o o d

 the host gave us a treat at a well-known local chinese steamboat restaurant. well, don't underestimate this typical steamboat meal we had in singapore cuz' the bill was 8,000,000vnd (abt 500sgd)... -.-"'

the roasted pig was yummylious thou'

this other cute friend of mine is holding to a quail as small as a fist size... and the last thing i'll ever eat in vietnam belongs to a quail too.  the egg.  See it yourself!

 yup, quail is forming and they eat it. apparently it's the local delicacy... but im not gonna had it anyways. lol

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l o c a l . s c e n e

we went to the local temple and seems like the vietnamese religion is very much alike to our chinese buddhism ^.- 

while visit the temple inside a small heartland, this is the transport of the day - 3 pax bike ride!  feels like im in old days m'sia hahaha. can you spot me?!

 i must post this pic cuz' i find it so hilarious. the story -- my guy friend, obviously someone hunky and vain, freaked out from a ride offered by carmen and was made to wear an hello kitty helmet during the ride. lol WELCOME TO HCM!

so much to share for now... 

hope you enjoyed reading as much as i had enjoyed the trip :))

 lurves, candy t.