If you have a high ceiling and would like to add a little live into your boring walls, you may try adding a few pendant lights. If you are creative enough, it will not only be part of your furniture, it will also give an artist touch to your walls.

When you have pendant lights dangling and looking a bit tad of fragile, do not ruin the effect by putting any type of light bulbs. A few low voltage light bulbs will complement the warm and cozy feeling that is brought out by the pendant lights. Before you know it, you’d have the same cozy ambiance from your favourite coffee house.

However I’d rather stick to my Caramel Macchiato from Starbuck.. Oohh… Drools…

Being a woman, I love shiny things that glitters prettily especially at night. I have a huge fascination for stars and moon and could spend hours on my front lawn, lying on my back and watching the stars winking down at me. It calmed me down and yet sends a dose of refreshing adrenaline that makes me giggle and laugh while I stargaze.

Ramadan is slowly coming to an end. While everyone is rushing to prepare the end of Ramadan, I am still deciding what to buy for my Baju Raya. Perhaps this year I would just forgo the tradition of buying new clothes and just wear the old ones which are still in perfect condition.

Anyway I was observing the price of Spot Gold and decided to check up on this blinking ad that was on the sidebar. The site I went to have brilliant sparkling diamond engagement rings and much more sparkling gems. My eyes went blink blink when I looked at their clarity and different cuts they had on display.

Ooh… they even have those custom made designed rings. Wow..  To be able to have your own custom made ring on your finger… Wow..

I was supposed to be having a refreshing jog early in the morning. The weather was fantastic, cold and windy. Too bad it was so windy that it brought in the drizzle which eventually brought in the rain. So the objective of going for a good jog went literally down the rain.

These past few days I was so busy working that I could not even have a small time to myself to blog. My life revolved around the computer, my work and my bed. BORING!!

I wanted to get a new pair of running shorts or perhaps bermudas for myself. None of those on display looked to my taste. But it was a total opposite for men’s running shorts. They have such nice designs that I had to glue my hands to my side from grabbing them and putting them into my shopping basket.

Anyway Ramadan is here once again. Things to plan, money to save and cookies to design… It’s so much of a hassle…

Why do some men take in testosterone booster? That was the question that rang through my mind for a few days ever since I heard my friend was taking them. From what I understand, testosterone are male sex hormones that bulk up body tissues and encourage the retention of protein by the body another words, body builder – literally.

I don’t understand why some men would want to buff themselves up and pump the muscles over the press. Not everyone can achieve a body like Rambo. While some did manage to turn into Rambo models, some unfortunately turns out into becoming a ninja turtle. Big body, small head and legs.

I’d really prefer men who are just well toned in their own natural physique. At least I do not need to worry over a 100kg+ of muscles crushing me should he faint.

Anyway I can’t wait for the Last Airbender movie to come out. I want to see my dad’s favourite cartoon popped up to life. Yes, he loves the cartoon and would go all lengths to watch everyone one of the repeats of the show.

It’s cold, it’s wet and it’s windy. That is the normal rainy weather in Johor Bahru. I got caught in the heavy rain once again this morning and it left me cold and shivering to the core. Even my hot mugs of milo  made by my younger sister doesn’t help to chase the chills away.

However the weather is perfect for a sleep in, which I unfortunately cannot. I got a feeling that it will be rainy the whole day.

Currently I’m trying to find new ideas on how to treat acne using natural remedies. I’m not sure if natural remedies will work but since I am quite free, I will do some light research on that.

I’ve heard of acne creams, wash and lotions but never pills. I was quite shock to hear that such things exist, so as they say, curiosity kills lures the cats. After Googling it up, I did find out that there are such acne treatments.

It states here that the pills act as both a detox agent and cures acne at the same time. So basically its a combo pill. And they even have a nutrition list for those who are crazy about what they take into their body.

It looked perfectly ok to me but I wonder why they’d put in marshmallow in? To add the creamy flavour to the taste?Hmm..

Years ago, Singapore boasted one of the countries that seldom and almost zero accounts of flooding. Meticulous studies and research to prevent flooding was made and it worked nicely for decades. Singapore was almost flood free. Almost as certain parts of Singapore still faces slight flooding.

Boon Lay Way, where the old Boon Lay Secondary School used to be, always faced the problem of flooding at the side gate. It was a major to trudge through the ankle deep water just to get out from the gate and to the bus stop. It was even terrible when you have school the next day and the only pair of shoes  you have were those wet ones you wore in the flood.

However I didn’t expect an important place like Orchard Road to be facing a terrible flash flood. So who should we put the blame of the recent flash floods? Will it be the unpredictable weather or the construction works on the Marina Barrage that affected the main water flow of the main river in Singapore or the ever on going land reclamation project at every known Singapore owned islands?

In my opinion, it would be all of them. I wonder if the geologist in Singapore has done any studies of the movement of the earth. Constant digging through the earth for tunnels and other purposes, land reclamation and the lacking of widening of the main water flow such as the rivers and canals  may perhaps be the factor of the flash floods in Singapore.

But is Singapore sinking? I am not sure about that. Unless there is a major earthquake (touch wood!) it may perhaps move Singapore like what it did to some countries after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

Coral reefs were destroyed, some land were pushed upwards from the sea while some land sank. I can’t really remembered what was the title of the documentary but I clearly remembered how much land the quake had pushed out from the sea.

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Perhaps I should start a club on loving oneself regardless of weight, size and colour. The recent matter of small sized clothes that had me huffed in frustration turns out that many women are facing the same thing. We all hate SMALL Size or FREE SIZE apparels.

It has come to my attention that clothes manufacturer lately has a crazed devotion on making clothes which are either notoriously small for an average healthy size person like me and declaring them as Free Size. Unfortunately wearing those clothes doesn’t make me feel free at ease, in fact it makes me feel suffocated. Only the agile lithe gymnastic person who can bend their limbs can fit those clothes without tearing the seams.

What’s worse is that once we, the average size women, cannot fit into these small sized clothing, the sales person and those who are around us would give us sly smiles and snicker behind our backs. What’s so good about having only skin and 1mm of meat on your bones? Are those who are not in this category labeled as aliens?

Perhaps we should all place the blame on the founder of the Skinny Models, Twiggy Lawson. She was our first skinny, twig sized model that made the whole fashion industry scrambling to make all the clothes as small as possible. These are the people that make kids and adults being so self conscious of themselves that to look otherwise would make them be alienated or even criticized by others.

I could still remember the time when everyone thought being skinny is healthy. Everyone I knew was scrambling to get their fats out of their system, partly also the men would not find anything larger than skinny desirable. Slimming pills, Slimming spa, appetite suppressant (many wanted to buy phentermine) and etc became such a big hit.

The skinny issue is also warranting ill effects from the  youngsters. Some have taken up excessive starving, practice of bulimia and excessive usage of slimming pills. There are even websites and clubs that promotes such a thing to get the desired effect.

If only these youngsters know how difficult it is to bring back home food, then they would not practice such things. If only these youngsters faced the problems such as those in countries that are plagued by war or natural disasters where food is scarce, then they would think twice of starving themselves.

If only someone could ban the skinny models on the runway and replace them with average healthy BMI person. NOW then the fashion industry would be fair to us, average sized women.

I went to Singapore yesterday and did a walkabout in Orchard and Bugis. Lots of things have changed since the last time I stepped into there, which was 2 years ago. The old Ngee Ann City was torn down and replaced by a new mall, Ion Orchard. The old Specialist Building was torn down and replaced with 313@Somerset and the open carpark next to it had a new building made over it. The Orchard Emerald was gone, leaving the Peranakan Place intact.

In Bugis, well nothing major had changed but there was a new mall beside the Bazaar stalls which used to be car parks. My old rojak stall is not in view, not sure if he had moved off but apart from that, the Old Victoria St still looks the same.

I did some light shopping at Orchard and Bugis. NEVER BUY THOSE $10 clothes unless you can try them or you are as skinny as a toothpick. The clothes may look very nice and tempting but the moment you try to fit into it at home, it just get stuck at your shoulders and worse, your breast.

Don’t get overwhelmed by all the cheap prices. Buy only clothes that you CAN TRY AND FIT. Or you’ll end up tearing the poor clothes at the seams. *glares at the smallish-ly laced blouse*

Anyway I did manage to scout for my supplements. I really think that the price in Malaysia looks much nicer than those found in Singapore. They are 30% costlier!

*Frowning at her unsightly tummy* I use to think that those who were suffering a cellulite scarred stomach are things from the movies. But after staring at myself in the mirror everyday, reality sinks in Mr Cellulite smiled sinisterly at my tummy.

Oh how I miss my teenage years when my my stomach was firm and had toned abs. Now its all the abs lumped into one fat blubber. So embarrassing.. I did Google up for diet pills that work but after reading or should I say getting lost at the jumbles of advertisement, I decided to call it quits.

No pills will work on your fats unless you accompany them with exercise and proper eating diet. Aiyo.. Now I have to wake up earlier and do daily routine exercise. All for my slim tummy…