So I was at Raffles City about maybe two months ago when I saw this man playing the saxophone in a shop.
It kinda reminded me of this.
Read about it here. SO SAD RIGHT. So if you haven't heard about it yet, Joshua Bell, this handsome violin prodigy who was quite cute when he was young but is too old for me now, was playing the violin at this busy area in Washington as part of a social experiment. When told about it, this clever music academic said that surely people would gather around Joshua Bell and listen to him because his music is oh-so-fabulous.
"Let's assume," Slatkin said, "that he is not recognized and just taken for granted as a street musician...Still, I don't think that if he's really good, he's going to go unnoticed. He'd get a larger audience in Europe...but, okay, out of 1,000 people, my guess is there might be 35 or 40 who will recognize the quality for what it is. Maybe 75 to 100 will stop and spend some time listening."
See this is what clever man said. BUT YET, hardly anyone cared! I promise you, I don't think I would care either. I would be too engrossed in my Pitbull, Flo Rida and what have you. You know, trashy hip-hop that doesn't resemble classical music in anyway. Anyway this is how Joshua Bell looked like when he was younger.
And this is how he looks like now! I'm not saying he is ugly or not good looking. He has just aged and now looks too old for me. OH WELL.
It must be nice to be so obviously good at something that you don't have to choose a career in life.
So Bernard and I watched Thor yesterday!
WHAT A HANDSOME MAN WITH A NICE ACCENT. I just found out that he's Australian and have come to the conclusion that Australia is home to all the best looking guys. Like Hugh Jackman.
Look look this is his wife and they just gave birth to their daughter named India Rose. A friend of mine told me that they named her "India" because they like the country. Don't know how accurate it is. So let's say Eduardo Saverin has a son. He renounced his American citizenship because he loves Singapore very much. Would he name his son Singapore? Eduardo Singapore Saverin Junior.
Like this.
Also I am going to play Scramble with Friends now. Goodbye!
I learnt a little while back that not everything that people tell you is true. For example, it's a common belief that the sound of cats wailing is indicative of cats having sex. I would like to debunk this myth!
So as I mentioned in a previous blog post, Bernard's estate is home to a clowder of cats. I say "clowder" with great satisfaction because it's something that I learnt from The Big Bang Theory, the best show of all time. Pls start watching it if you haven't already. I would assume that the only reason you haven't started watching it is because you just came out of the cave you have been living in for the past five years and your cave was in some remote province of China with no satellite, internet or cell phone reception.
So please watch The Big Bang Theory's The Zazzy Substitution! And learn the correct terminology for a bunch of cats! (For reference, there are 2 ways to address a bunch of cats, neither of the terms are "bunch".) Also I would insert a YouTube video here but idk why these people disabled embedding. So here's a link that you can click here to watch a snippet of the collective terminology of cats.
ANYWAY. Bernard's estate is home to a huge clowder of cats and we can often hear cats wailing at the top of their lungs. There was once we saw cats having sex in the middle of the playground. But then another cat got jealous and the cats separated and played catching around the bushes before we were able to take a photo. So last week, (or was it two weeks ago?), we heard this really loud wailing after Bernard parked his car. So Bernard decided that we should hunt them down to make sure that cats are noisy fuckers (pun intended).
This is what we saw after looking under many cars.
YOU SEE THESE CATS?! They are just sitting next to each other and making a lot of noise!!! Like WTF!! These cats really have nothing better to do. (Bernard and I were doing um, scientific research. Of course we have many things to do apart from hunting around a carpark for mating cats.)
Moving on! We watched The Avengers yesterday *squeal*! I know not everyone has watched it yet so I will talk about it um, very superficially.
I LOVE THE AVENGERS. Omg it was such a wonderful show I don't even know where to start raving about it. These SUPERHEROES. They are SO COOL. And handsome and good looking. And Scarlett Johansson is also very hot. Her butt is truly the best.
Okay this is not the best view of her butt, but trust me, her butt looks better than this. Just that I can't find a better photo to illustrate my point. And the guys are also really hot and muscular. SIGH.
Okay moving away from the highly superficial, the movie was very witty. Like in their exchanges.
Captain America, “Big man in a suit of armor. Take that away, and what are you?”
Iron Man, “A genius billionaire playboy philanthropist.
This sequence was also shown in the trailer! Awesome movie really.
Really funny movie! Here's a Facebook illustration I found on one of Bernard's and my favourite scenes in the movie!
Won't spoil it and take the fun away from those of you who haven't watched yet, but trust me, HILARIOUS. Bernard and I spent the next few hours re-enacting this sequence at random times. OOH WAIT I ALSO FOUND A GIF.
The plot was also really good. We just couldn't figure out who was Loki controlled by but that's okay I guess. BUT IT IS A WONDERFUL MOVIE. Very full of action with just the right amount of suspense and also full of many hot people all of whom I now love very much.
I cannot decide which Avenger I love the most, but here is a picture of Thor. I thought that as a demi-god he should at least have some sort of presence on my blog.
And now I would really like to buy these thumbdrives for myself to look at every single day. I mean, they are very cute aren't they?
Apparently you can buy them here but omg all the Chinese words intimidate me. Read more about the USBs on Design Taxi! Pls, if anyone hears of these thumb drives becoming available in Singapore, LET ME KNOW. I need them.
Anyway, moving on from The Avengers, yesterday marked my first experience watching a movie in the Platinum Suite! Watching a movie in the Platinum Suite is like, something you must experience at least once in your life I feel. And THANK YOU BERNARD FOR BRINGING ME FOR THIS EXPERIENCE.
So we sat around in the Platinum Suite lounge before our movie started. We had a menu from which we could order stuff from!
But I didn't order anything. Here's why!
Bernard ordered his dinner though. He got fish and chips, a drink, and a dessert for $28! Which is actually not bad! Later on we realised that eating in the dark can be quite challenging. But the food was not bad!
Also this was my seat. I am number one!
The seats were really comfortable! You could just sink in and make it recline to whatever angle you want! There's even a support for your legs so you could actually turn the chair into the bed. And sleep in it. Very plausible especially with the blankets that they give you.
So the seats are arranged in twos, with a table in between with a little lamp for um, mood lighting? And little buttons for you to call an attendant/waiter/usher (what is the job title of people who work in Platinum Suites?).
Yes. So this is how we watched the Avengers. In style.
So yesterday! I was at the bus stop minding my own business, waiting for the bus to go to Orchard. I was waiting for the bus at around 5:30pm, which meant that I was awake for just over an hour that day (I am very good at sleeping). Another bus had just moved off so the bus stop was empty save for me. So I completed another game of Scramble with Friends and the bus came just as this two Indian grandmothers came with their throng of tiny grand-daughters. (Okay not that tiny, some were quite rounded).
So, I stood up to wait for my bus to stop at the bus stop when one of the Indian grandmothers started shouting loudly, something about clothes. I thought like maybe, you know, her grand-daughter was being idiotic and I don't know, messing up her clothes. When I turned to look, the grandmother was actually shouting and gesturing at ME okay. ME.
And OMG SHE WAS SCREAMING SO LOUDLY. She was like "Pull down your skirt, it's so short! You look at my grand-daughther *gestures at grand-daughter* she wears her skirt with pants! You also must wear skirt with pants. You see your skirt so short, so short until my grand-daughter can wear. Why you look at me like this! Your skill so short....."
ON AND ON OKAY. And my bus still hand't arrived because there was a red light. And hello, it's not like I was wearing anything slutty okay. I was wearing this.
HOW IS THIS SHORT. This is on Kendall Jenner okay. And according to google, Kendall is 175 cm. See?
AND I AM AROUND 10 CM SHORTER THAN THAT. So this dress is 10 cm longer on me as compared to when it's on Kendall. I WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED OKAY. I thought that maybe my dress had ridden up on my way to the bus stop without my knowledge. But as it turned out, it had not and the old lady was crazy. Really. I was only able to stare at her in confusion which later on turned to distaste. LIKE HELLO, I feel I was quite appropriately dressed and you cannot see my bra/underwear so why don't you walk a bit more and find an ahlian in microshorts to scold?!!! Trying to prove a point to your grand-daughter is it?!
But later on, after venting my confusion and anger on Twitter my negative feelings dissipated and then I felt quite proud that you know, an old Indian woman thinks I'm a slut. Shimah said that this old lady has to get out more. I think she doesn't even need to get our more. Just stay at home and watch some Lady Gaga on YouTube. Doesn't even have to be a controversial, religious one. Maybe "Just Dance" would do. As you know, she is prancing around in an oversized animal-print top with no shorts. Might be enough to put her out.
Then after that maybe she'd like to follow up with some Pitbull. Any video actually. They are all the same. All with gyrating girls in bikinis. I think she'd like that.
Yes so anyway, was sort of called a slut in public. There's only so many times that can happen to you without you wanting to stab the person in the stomach. So thank you crazy old lady, for helping me cross out something I wasn't even aware was on my bucket list.
♥ Jac.
(PS: BTW, the first thing my mother said when she saw me in the dress was "Nice dress! Where did you get it from?" Also NICE AH my new dress. It cost me USD$13.50 and you can buy it here .)
So Bernard and I went for this Kiehl's event the other day. IT WAS QUITE FUN. We spent most of our time cutting up used Kiehl's bottles into um, decoration for something or other. But the important thing was that we took a polaroid with Mr Bones.
I quite like these Kiehl's events. They are small and good and you can get to eat cute finger food and drink orange juice. And they let you cut things up for fun. This is my artwork. I feel it is very good and artistic.
Oh and we also go some free things too!
Kiehl's Ultimate Strength Hand Salve and Soy Milk and Honey Body Polish! TRAVEL SIZED. *shoves them away into my things to bring to Europe box* Currently, my box is filled with travel sized things that I think I may need. Including an almost empty travel sized Kiehl's moisturiser which I used before I realised that it is travel sized for a reason. The reason being TO BRING FOR TRAVELLING. Some times, I really puzzle over what goes on in my head. Also Kiehl's at Vivo is having a 20% off all items till Sunday. URGH. I truly must not go and stock up for future use because currently, my future lies in all the shopping that I am going to do in H&M UK.
Also this travelling to Europe thing is a pain. Like, I have heard of friends whose iPhone got stolen from their bags walking through Paris, and a gf of mine who got robbed in Hungary, and a guy friend who got mugged at gun point. LIKE WTF. I FEAR FOR MY LIFE, MY SAFETY, MY SANITY AND MY BELONGINGS. (Bernard told me his major concern was "who will take photos for us?" so I feel this makes me THE RESPONSIBLE ONE.) So I was looking through the H&M site and decided that this would be a good bag to bring to Paris.
See it is like textured so it is hard to cut through without me feeling something and also there is a zip across the top, although it can't really be seen in this picture. ALSO. There is an inner lining so like, double protection I guess? Sigh I really don't know. You see, this is the problem with living in such a safe place like Singapore. Most of our worries of crime and punishment revolve around, "Did the gongcha person give me toffee milk tea instead of honey milk tea?"
So speaking of travel, Bernard's family went to Korea without him. As a one week trip Korea cost $1k+ which is the equivalent of a plane ticket to London. So Bernard spent a happy one week being the King of his house. Then his family members came home and he is no longer the King. They did however bring back loads of cool stuff for us!
Seaweed! Can someone tell me the difference between Korean seaweed and Japanese seaweed? I opened the resealable packet of Korean seaweed and found it to be like, sweet. But I don't know if that's the flavour of that particular packet or if Korean seaweed is sweet in general. CONFUSED. Also it made my breath smell seaweedy for 2 hours +. Made me a bit sick. Luckily, I was at home and nobody smelt my breath except for me.
I also got face masks from Korea, mainly from The Face Shop! I now have collagen masks, hyaluronic acid masks and also raspberry collagen eye patches. Hopefully they will be good and effective and I will look like a movie star after wearing them. Speaking of movie stars, Megan Fox is pregnant. How strange but good. I guess? I bet she will be a MILF okay. Very good for her!
Bernard's mother also got me these Laniege things. Marilyn was raving about the water sleeping pack, like some gel mask you wear to sleep. I tried, it is really a gel. And I was a bit skeptical okay what if it all comes off onto my pillow at night?! And I guess some of it must have, but most of it stayed on my face. (Y). Don't know what I was supposed to feel and I don't know if my face was really more moisturised or if I was undergoing some placebo effect. I will try this out again to see if my skin is truly more radiant and what not the next day.
She also got me the water bank essence! It won a place in the Her World Beauty Awards for being the most Hydrating Serum for the Reader's Category!
I don't know how people know these things okay. I mean you must buy a bottle and try it over a period of time right? Then how do you know it is better than another brand? By the time you buy another bottle you would have forgotten what the first bottle is like! Unless was really a terrible product and gave you chronic acne la of course. *shurugs*
Anyway, Bernard and I also went to for some German food after the Kiehl's event (YES, I CHOOSE TO CIRCLE BACK ONLY NOW).
And you see we ordered beer!
And also, this is my boyfriend. He sort of looks like that on a regular basis.
See? DID I LIE?!
Also this is me and the food. Hello!
We ordered more food than we could finish! We had 2 beers, a sausage platter, mozzarella salad and spaetzle (I love spaetzle and am happy that I did not wait till Christmas to consume some this year)! Oh and onion soup too!
Very good dinner. Very worth the 30 minute wait although I wasn't there most of the time as I was busy shopping in Sephora. In my defence, Philosophy had just come to town and HELLO, IT'S PHILOSOPHY. The number one skin care brand in USA!
So I obviously had to buy some stuff on the day of the launch. Because I am vain and what not. So I bought 2 items! HO HO THE FIRST IS PURITY, A MAKEUP REMOVER THAT I FINALLY LIKE. Very big achievement. I have tried 4 brands in the 2011. And I have decided that I only like this one. But it is pricey. I think $34. But OH WELL. I like it.
Ho ho and I have also bought a lip treatment called KISS ME TONIGHT as my lips keep cracking and peeling. But they have stopped since I started using this. So this is not bad I guess. HA! In retrospect I guess this is how people rate beauty products. $23!
Okay very good. I have nothing else to blog about and so I shall watch some videos and then go to sleep. Let me leave you with my favourite song of the moment. It is by a very awesome man named Flo Rida, and it has the most wonderful lyrics.
CAN I BLOW YOUR WHISTLE BABY WHISTLE BABY LET ME KNOW
GIRL I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT AND WE START REAL SLOW
YOU JUST PUT YOUR LIPS TOGETHER AND YOU COME REAL CLOSE
CAN YOU BLOW MY WHISTLE BABY WHISTLE BABY,
HERE WE GO!
How is this not clever? Okay goodbye everyone! ♥ Jac
I'm damn excited you can't imagine. This is especially so since I just finished the Philosopher's Stone quests for Pottermore (yes i'm laggy I know). But for those of you who have yet to see my celebratory, albeit incessant and irritating tweets, HERE IS THE HOUSE I GOT SORTED INTO.
AND HERE IS MY WAND.
I am very excited by my wand because it is has a phoenix feather core. And obviously this is good as Harry Potter's wand has a phoenix feather core as well. And I must sound slightly insane and you must think that I'm a huge Harry Potter fan but NO LA. Just a small fan. No where near this guy.
Please watch this creepy video if you haven't already done so. But in case you are lazy to stream it, here's what Geekologie says about him.
Seriously, some people have too much time and money. Like this other person Bernard was telling me about (who is also featured on Geekologie).
Okay so in case you are slightly dense and need everything to be spelt out, she underwent surgery to mould herself into a real life barbie. Okay now I will start my rant.
LIKE WTF WHY DID YOU DO THIS OMG ARE YOU INSANE?!!!! LIKE YOUR PRIORITIES IN LIFE. I THOUGHT MINE WERE MESSED UP BUT TRULY THIS TAKES THE CAKE. NEVER MIND THAT I AM OBSESSED WITH SHOPPING/MATERIALISTIC/DEVOTE MOST OF MY WAKING HOURS TO SOCIAL MEDIA/CONSTANTLY TALK IN CAPS. YOU THIS CRAZY GIRL, ARE WARPED. Okay don't get me wrong, I am all for plastic surgery for the elimination of everything ugly and replacing it with perfect store bought plastic looks and what not. I mean, fake and pretty is better than ugly right? BUT HELLO THIS IS TOO MUCH LOR. IMAGINE WHAT I COULD DO WITH ALL THE MONEY SHE INVESTED IN PLASTIC SURGERY. I could have bought a Mercedes AMG with COE okay. And also gotten a driver's license. Which I do not have. Or I could get a chauffeur. Either way la. Also here is a link to her Ukrainian Facebook thing if you want to see pictures of the Barbie you had when you were little visit the beach and stuff.
OKAY MOVING ON! So I just booked my tickets from London to Paris today. Booked for both Bernard and I and now I am so broke. But nevermind okay. Because being broke stimulates people to find new avenues to express themselves/new activities to do which do not require spending money. Although I am still very sad that I am no longer stimulating the economy of course.
So I previously mentioned that I was not bad at winning things (see: here and here). So this is actually what I have been doing lately. In fact, I had to take leave from my Gong Cha shaking job in order to collect all my prizes.
So this is what Bernard and I collected.
And this is how it looks like after I emptied the bags out onto his bed (thank you Bernard! :D)
So breaking it down, I won these Dove Facewashes and Vaseline Body lotions from Cosmo.
This Keretase Hair Masque (very excited to try) is from Cosmo too!
These are from Roxy! There's a Schick Intuition shaver (which I am giving to a colleague), a $10 Roxy voucher, Maybelline eyeliner, Loreal Expertise fixing spray and mousse, Nylon, Laurier santiary pads, stickers, and some Roxy sticky sweets. Oh and some Biore make-up wipes.
So I won some passes to the media launch of Fashion Steps Out last month. While I was at that event I bought a $3.90 face towel from this shop called Laline. It's managed by Wing Tai in Singapore. A USA brand that was set up in Israel or something.
SO ANYWAY, I wont $100 worth of products from buying that $3.90. (OKAY OKAY YA I AM QUITE LUCKY I ACKNOWLEDGE THIS).
so here's what I got from their newly opened Marina Square outlet. So from top left hand corner in clockwise direction, a $3.90 face towel for Bernard, a raspberry vanilla body scrub, lavender mint foot cream, lavender hand cream, musk body scrub, body souffle in ocean and vanilla, and a foot exfoliating peel thing for Bernard's mother. NOT BAD RIGHT.
Yes and I also won a $10 Starbucks card (which ness and cameron also won) because I posted that my dream job is to be a pole dancer. Cameron's dream job was to be a Victoria Secret's Fashion Show bra adjuster. An answer full of win. I don't know how that could possible lose.
And I would now like to leave you with a very meaningful song.
Okay time to sleep then. Goodnight everyone!
❤ jac.
