I'm baaaaack!

ok ok, so maybe I wasn't all that busy. I just simply felt the bliss of slacking. The last week was filled with showing movies to the kids. On average, I watched Transformers 3 times in a day =.= Damn megan fox. All the boys say they're her boyfriend. "Cher! Pause that! pause pause!!! wah! megan fox got nice boobies. Kiss kiss kiss! sigh,..... why she never kiss me" OMG =.= Of course I didn'tpause, but the raging hormones of teenage boys..... sigh. I watched Transformers 1 and 2 until I was sick of it.
aNYWAY, The school holidays have currently started for the kids, so I'm free free FREE!!!!!! No nasty kids to handle :) Wheeeeee!

Here is another polish I wore to school. It's so sparkly it makes me happy! I must have been a magpie in a previous life. lol. This took 5-6 coats to build up the depth of glitter. It's never ever going to be opaque so don't even try. The number of coats depends on how much glitter u want. 

 And here is a rather blurry video of Anna Sui 011. It's like a shower of sparkling multi-colored glitter on your nails. :) Really pretty!

This an interesting bread I found at a Tampines foodcourt at the bus interchange. It's supposedly Rose Bread. S$1.30 per piece. It does have some rose aroma when u bite into it but it's not overwhelming. The filling is very slightly cream rose scented cream and there are bits of red cherry-like preserved fruit that taste of rose syrup? Quaint but not something I would fall in love with and swear by.

Rose Bread.

Cream filled center with slightly aromatic pieces of preserved rose?

Cheers! :)

Dire straits

I've been really preoccupied at work this week. I've realized that it's quite depressing to work with kids/students. Life has been more or less smooth sailing for me, so I can't understand the malice that some of these kids emit. Some are good kids, willing to make an effort to learn, but quite a few are uninterested in an learning. They may come from dysfunctional families, but that simply does not excuse their behavior. Some of them simply swagger up to a teacher, ANY teacher, and spout vulgarities/insults. We most definitely did not do anything to deserve such animosity. I have never even seen some of these students before. And they are not afraid of any disciplinary action since they already spend plenty of time in detention. It's not just 1 or 2 nasty kids, but almost a few in EVERY class. I understand that there are schools which house students of lower academic abilities who come with their own emotional baggage and attitude problems and I should not expect too much out of them, but this is too much. This kind of disrespect is very unbecoming. The kids of today are displaying a culture of disrespect. They do not respect neither seniority, be it age or position. Many years back, a teacher could punish a student thoroughly. Nowadays, disciplinary threats do not avail since over-zealous parents will raise hell over the slightest things. I really am at a loss with how to deal with unruly kids. A Senior teacher told me we must be "like Buddha" and be unruffled by any unruly behavior. In short, I am supposed to put on a Stoic Face and calmly take all the insults that the kids dish out at me.

The future looks bleak. I wish we were able to implement strict measures and discipline all those wannabe hooligans. They actually think it's cool to be a delinquent. I really pity the kids who want to learn but are stuck in a situation where others destroy their learning environment.

Just the other day, I actually broke down and cried after a whole day of being insulted. It seems the classes here make most trainee teachers cry at least once before their contract is up. They actually seem quite proud of it........... I'm not going to give up. These kids think they can lord it over me? Yes and No. Of course I'm not going to totally give up on them, but i'm not going to rise to the bait anymore. All I'm going to do is put on a Stony Face every time they tell me crap. I actually pity them... They just don't understand that it's not my future at stake, it's theirs. They may think they've won, but the fact is they're only just starting to embark on a future where sooner or later, they'll reap the consequences of their actions.

I resolve to emulate Christ in the face of insults.
Breathe in, breathe out. Zen. Total peace and calm in the face of a typhoon.

And yes, a teacher shouldn't be too obsessed over her nails, 'cause that is considered vain/materialistic/bimbotic but this really is part of my weekend pampering process where I retreat to lick my wounds and recuperate from cutting insults.

And here are my work appropriate nails, OPI Fiji Weejee Fawn. It's a very neutral pearly nude. It's perfect for a classy chic work-look.

Random nail polish pics

comparison to OPI absolutely alice. AA has a much darker base with only gold glitters.

hmmmm.... i have no idea what these are? no idea at all!

Lush haul :)

Lol~ I've been busy with my new job recently. It's been very interesting and slightly frustrating. I'll try to update more often :D Anyway, here is the stuff I ordered from Lush. Lush is not easy to get hold of in Singapore, so this is a new experience! This was my 1st lush spree and so far I'm very pleased with the gorgeous smelling soaps!

List of the stuff I ordered:

Honey I Washed The Kids Soap
Karma Soap
Rock Star Soap
Fair Trade Foot Lotion
Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter
Imogen Rose solid PERFUME     

so far I've only tried out the perfume and lotions. The Imogen Rose solid PERFUME had a very heady scent. It's very..... exotic smelling, much heavier than what I usually like. I have to be honest and say I don't think it smells like a rose. Smells a bit like the strong scented kind of perfumes that some Muslims like to use. It's not bad, just needs a little getting used to due to the unexpectedness of it's un-rose like scent :)  3/5

The Fair Trade Foot Lotion was supposed to have a slight spearmint tingle. Unfortunately, there was none. it smells minty, looks a pretty pink but is slightly more watery than I expected. Usually foot lotions are more creamy than hand lotions, but this one was very liquid. The moisturizing factor is only ok, but since my feet are quite dry I prefer The Body Shop Spa wisdom Africa Honey & Beeswax hand and foot butter. 3.5/5


The Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter was the one product I was really looking forward to. After hearing raves from Laquerized and other nail divas, I was convinced it was the perfect cuticle moisturiser to save the day. I have to say, it's nice but it's not really the miracle worker I expected. My OPI avoplex high-intensity hand & nail cream works just as well for me. Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter was good to use but I think it's more or less the same as my usual cuticle moisturiser : |  4/5


I haven't had the time to cut my soaps into smaller cubes to use and try out, but they all smell heavenly! :) I'm pretty pleased with my Lush haul even though not everything met my expectations :D I'll still continue to buy Lush! :)

OPI Burlesque haul

LoL~ Today was the 1st day of work and all I was required to do was stare into blank space :x It turns out today is intro day and so no work was assigned. I hear this is called the honeymoon period before hell on earth is unleashed :|

Anyway, this just came in the mail today, so I thought I would show it off. I ordered the 6 glitters from the OPI Burlesque, 2 Orly cosmic fx colors and ESTESSIMO TINS 016 - The Splash Blue.

Without further ado, here are the bottles:  

with flash

ESTESSIMO TINS 016 - The splash blue, orly Space Cadet, orly Galaxy Girl, opi Sparkle-icious, opi Show It & Glow It, opi Simmer & Shimmer, opi Extra-va-vaganza, opi Glow Up Already, opi Bring On the Bling. (in no particular order)
P.S. I already swatched all the glitters and they're really pretty! BUT, is it safe to post OPI Burlesque swatches? I'm not really keen on getting warning letters.... =.=

OPI The color to watch

V-shaped white dotted nail art

The Color to Watch

This polish is really pretty to look at. It reminds me of frosted bluebells. It shimmers a pale silvery purple/blue, almost like a metallic but not quite, with flashes of blue and reddish-purple microshimmer.  It take 4-5 coats to eliminate VNL but 2-3 coats gives it a slightly sheer paler finish that makes it look more delicate though there is a slight VNL. This color reminds me of wintery shades, delicate and cool.

1 coat

2 coats

4 coats

sometimes more is too much. lol~

The men just don't get it

I went for a hair perm this morning and extorted money from my dad to pay for it. He handed S$50 to me and went back to reading his newspaper. I paused.
Me: "Erm... this isn't enough."
Dad: "Eh? Not enough?" he hands over another S$50.
Me: "Still not enough"   ---> 囧 face
Dad: "WHAT?! How much does hair perming cost?!"
Me: "About S$230-300, i think."
Dad: *heart attack*

LOL~ He grudgingly handed over the money, but when we met for lunch he was still sulking. My mum and I think it's absolutely hilarious~ The guys normally pay S$10-30 for a haircut and so they don't understand why girls have to pay so much for hair treatments and other hair services. In fact, my mum and dad like to go to a small salon @ bedok central where haircuts are only S$3.80. This scrimping makes them feel happy since they come from a generation where the traditional notion of saving money is a valued Chinese virtue.

Yet, this is also a gender sensitive issue as men are less frivolous. When I mean less frivolous I mean that some guys will buy 3 colors of the same shirt so that they don't have to continually shop to find something suitable. Girls, on the other hand, will most probably do a lot more shopping to find various pretty clothes. 1stly, society places a lot more emphasis on a woman's appearance. 2ndly, men are supposedly more practical/logical while women are more flighty/emotional creatures. Let's face it, a male will most probably buy a few expensive branded items (e.g. Car, Power suits, Pen, ...) while a female has infinitely more items to spend on (e.g. clothes, shoes, make-up, ...). This doesn't mean that men spend less then women, just that the nature of what they spend on is different. A car is definitely more expensive than make-up. Yet a car is a singular object, a one-time splurge, while make-up consists of multiple objects that are cheap separately but add up to a considerable sum in the long run.

All this is nothing new, just a random rumbling : D Anyway, we have the Castledew 9143 swatch below. This polish is a frosty light pearl pink that's nothing new. It was a little streaky in application and I do not recomend layering as the base is milky/streaky so it isn't suitable on dark colors. It contains a pink and white shimmer that's not very obvious since the overall effect is that of a frost/pearl. It's work appropriate though and very pleasing to look at. A staple for everyday :)

1 coat

4 coats. (smudged thumb by accident while taking photo)