bridesmaid 911

okay

Mery came over today to take pictures for our shop and she dropped the bomb on me again.

like it's final.

What was suppose to be a September wedding is gonna be pushed forward to February.

IF ANYBODY HAS TIPS ON HOW TO BE THE PERFECT MAID OF HONOR,

PRETTY PLEASE TELL ME HOW.

I thought I had a whole year ahead of me to read up ?!

See, silly bridesmaid  is freaking out.

can you imagine how Mery must be dealing with all of it?

We Have 9 weeks babe! 9 weeks to your big day!

the SMooch Tweed Jacket

It's here! and I love the colour combi
I reckon it'll be a great christmas present for moms and bosses too!
Can u spot the sparkly woven bits on the jacket? : ) 

before and in-between gina's birthday weekend.

Thursday was lunchy with the Anna and the JB.

possibly the only DJ I know who has a 9-5 day job which is not media-related.

the weather these days : 9-12pm sunny like its 1979

12-3pm heavy downpour

wore a knitted floral scoopback dress with my blazer

(which was used as a makeshift brolly when i made a dash to the parking lot)

loved the dress cos it felt sooo warm and nice : )

Lunch was at Wasabi Tei

Utter sadness. he sold the business. u know. the grumpy uncle with the Guinness stout moustache?

Saturday:

Sunday:

walked to my car and saw a cat holed up between my front tyres.

hehehehe

meet mr bulldog

Mery's away so I'm free in the afternoons! :)

Monday: 
Wore the sharp shlder jacket with a navy blue tank dress.
Even the geek at work commented " hey nice dress"

then I had to correct him n say " its not a dress, it's a jacket AND a dress"

I felt like I was from the future, maybe thats why geeky boy(& i mean very very very geeky) liked the outfit.

hehehe

 

Tuesday:

Had to come home and pack. Was so sleepy I fell asleep in the middle of writing names on envelopes :X

Paired a denim vest with black jersey tube dress to go to the PO and then out with Pris

Been on a losing streak at work. Doesn't help when the boss doesn't bark at me but instead tells me to be positive and learn from mistakes. 
"Losing streaks doesn't mean Sarah has become a bad Trader, your mission for tomorrow is to make it an up day regardless how small the profit is gonna be. Just make it Up." 
He reminds me to stick to consistent sizes when I trade and not to double up when I'm in the wrong direction.
Rogue stock of the day was:

FairFax Media dumped from 1.700 in the open to 1.575 (low of the day) and rebounded back to 1.635

Incurred losses both ways. Lost what I've made so far since the month of November. Back to square one :( The tough part for me is managing fear when everything is out of control.

resorted to borrowing a book  : "Trading in the Zone: Mark Douglas" which talks abt the psychological aspects of trading.

But I must add that the Night ended well with Sushi, Pris, Gina, Sinclair and Keith at En dining.

the Boys were hilarious.

plus a new found app for the iPhone which i totally adore.

it's called the Emoji!

Download it if u're using the iPhone and u can add all these emoticons when texting other iPhone friends. it's LOVELY! 

Wednesday:

up in the blue.(phew)

felt like leopard prints.

met ex primary sch mate Angeline to pass her the Havana dress and had lunch with her at Simply Sandwich: )

imagine compacting randoms bits abt life and friends+ gossip in 60 mins hahahaha

**Rumour has it that our SMooch tweed jacket is arriving this weekend.

Im not sure how it's gonna turn out, we didn't pick the conventional beige and black.

crossing our fingers!**

perfect sunday.

keith and his bergs

Anna and I met at Boomerang along Robertson Quay but we were disappointed not to have proper brunch food (think eggs/ham and the works) we each ordered a Salad and a mezze plate... when the food finally arrived, holey moley! the portions were so big we thought we could feed an entire nation with it. and we were so weak! we could barely scale past the top layer.

It kinda poured a lil so we headed down to vivocity to shop a bit before we made it to the shack where it was dry sands and cool wind. It's funny how it doesn't rain sometimes on Sentosa like it does on the main land right?

Food. Shopping.Music and the Beach. No complaints ;)! 

Inspired by Keith's photos

picture credits: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=91156&id=708154788
i had to search for the aquarium on youtube. the video's astounding.

manta rays look like magic carpets n u can spot a tiny diver sweeping at the bottom of the floor hehe

The Halloween Weekend

Anna and I were suppose to buy costumes online from Amazon.com/ Yandy.com /3wishes.com in the middle of Oct but when we did try, most of the amazon stores ( who sold costumes at cheaper rates) didn't ship to SG.

So i bought the catwoman's ears+whip from Lips at Far East Plaza and ordered Wigs from Ebay.com.sg

It was her 1st Halloweeen so she was pretty excited about it.

The List.

the inspiration hehe

I cut out little "X" in circles logos from paper and stuck it on this lame waxy material jacket i bought for $22 

Imagine my glee when it started to pour so heavily. I was fated to be Storm. HAHA

boo im not sure why the uploaded pics r so blurry compared to the original ones :(

The 1st place to go was the boss's place . it was at bedok court and it's a huge 6200+ sq ft penthouse.

the boss dressed up as a Pharaoh and his wife as an egyptian queen 

boss's daugter dressed up as ariel. she's gonna be a doll when she grows up

the place was filled with lotsa kids  and spot davy jones and boss's wife dressed up as egyptian queen with a bloodyhand in her headgear hehe


After dinner and fooling around, we headed to butterfactory.
thank gdness VIP didnt have a queue so we cld sneak in : )

halloween was MAD at butter. so many awesome and crazy costumes : ) be it spooks/superheroes/skanks/bunnies/ robots/

think i wanna be rainbow bright next year LOL

my fav! the penthouse cover HAHAA

after the whole night of partyin

keith was really nice to walk us to the car to get the house key and waited for us to get into a cab

 see the trash behind him  ? it was one of those dudes dressed up as a dude in a bathtub complete with shower curtain
haha guess he couldnt take that along into the cab hehehe


so that was halloweeen night : ) 


outfit of that week!
i was very pleased with a lace top we got for the shop.
paired it with a bandage skirt from h&m and a studded belt : )

the typical weekend.party n then brunch. :P

Last week, Mery and I headed out for a night of Fun.

Long Island Teas gets us super trippy at OE

keith and dave

birthday boy-carl
our rockstar sayin gdbye 

gina Finally came after her long day at work.

g's colleague. dont they look like alike? hehehee 

DJ Inquisitive haha omg  i've seen him in his baggy jeans n skates when we were 18/19 n  now he's seen with a posse of girls head banging all the time.

im a fan as well!whoot

kY joined us for a bit

scooted off to Mono to look for more friends n ended our night there 
i thought i lost my trusty canon camera so i rang the place to report a loss after Mery said she didn't have my camera and it wasn't in any of the boys' car but after our dear princess woke up she actually told me she had it all along in her Bag LOL.
just thankful it wasn't lost :P


Brunch on Sunday was with the pisscilla

Rider's Club next to mimolette

Isn't that tree just so beautiful? : )

it rained all morning so we were worried it was gonna be schmelly  and stink of horse-poo ahaha

i ordered eggs benedict with spinach and she ordered hers with salmon

oooh love eggs then we spotted yummy pancakes from the next table so we HAD to order it as well.
just to try u know.

awesome ain't it?
oh gosh ;D~~~~

hehehe food was priced pretty reasonably... between $13-15/ dish not too bad really :D
im dying to go again!! 

Monday: new hairbands for the next day's shoot

 Attempted a going away to Paris theme hehehe

We're trying to cut down on the lace from this week onwards!

SMooch items not here yet though. But November is gonna be SO BLOODY exciting.

Mery will be off for a holiday and then we'll prob just launch all of them and girls can take their time to shop those items.

but we pre-ordered these dresses. and

they're here!

hot pink.white.n navyblue.

i personally love the navy blue and hot pink. and these dresses can be worn by taller babes as well : )

2009=black.sequins.lace.mesh.florals.bodycon.black blazer.

Why do sundays feel like saturdays?

i had to blow up this pic. FREAKIN YUMMY MARGARITAS

and very alcoholic too.

mmm.

felt like a saturday and we went to the shack to say hello to friends.

i love  coconut trees by the beach.

BERGS BURGERS!!!

they have a shop at far east square n its madness!!

Dog giving his " burger" face.

Nope no bergs for u.

hehehe

stayed till sundown : ) had to leave cos the monday blues were hitting us hehe

i spotted hasnor wearing a martin margiela's single lens frame n it was kick ass

2008 design but helloooo

futuristic like hell!

when dressed with beach shorts , it may look a lil silly haha but who cares?

so i've received the pics from like 3 thursdays ago or smth

the lil event at the scarlet hotel

free flow of housepours from 7-930

went on a thursday and these dishy were serving dishies of canapes

i was forced into this by oliver

the scott-ish and the dude behind the freeflow events

and holey moley the whole pt of bloggin abt this is cos i SPOTTED

a SMooch toga bandage dress in fuchsia! Hehe hello!! oh gosh im so happy. i see one almost every week in the clubs. isn't it such an awesome piece. simple.sexy and yet not "blog-shop-ish" : ) im also glad we didn't do a backorder for it.

i spotted someone in a Mademoiselle Smooch dress in apple green crossing the road from wheelock to shaw yesterday and i almost wanted to honK!! haahaa

i can't wait for the next 2 weeks. it's gonna KILL everybody! : )

Bandage dresses in the most beautiful opulent colour and cocktail dresses.

im just dying for them to reach singapore.
DYING

Lets Get Shaky After Sch

Play!

Get Shaky - The Ian Carey Project

The Pink Wall

i know right / there almost every week but still love this wall to bits.

Girls from secondary sch and some from jc.

jaegger bombs!

mich yoda and rebecca

LOVE THE PINK LIGHTS WHOOT

happy twirlies!!!

crazy mane

hot n chinese

ex ntu mate who came up and said " hey u and acrossthebloodyuniverse"

and so it ends.
its' funny how we can never meet up for dinners on weekdays but all can turn up on a friday night out at the club
haha i had FUN girls : )
more please!
it's blogshop payday today, think
it's time mery and i head out and have fun too!! *winkwinkwink*
too over worked these days!

Shopping!

the belated bday +confirmation gift to myself

after graduation, mum actually passed me her Happy Diamonds watch which I called my "lucky watch" cos it made me money every trading day for the month of Sept but i figured it's a lil too flashy

so about time to get a watch rather than a bag : ) hoping it'll be lucky lucky too!

1st one to get to the office on Monday so i get to turn on the lights( i know cheap thrill right) haha

Girls and i watched The September Issue on Wednesday and it was Fabulous.

 I have new found utmost respect for Grace Coddington, ex model in the 60s and now vogue's creative director. She's amazing. the photoshoots which she directs are so effing beautiful .it's unbelievable that those shoots actually take up so much thought and money. She's inspirational.

Managed to get my paws on the last pc hanging of the rack. A size 6 and it was a lil torn at the hems so topshop said they'll mend it for me but it'll take a week. but yay.  kane for topshop dress.Check!

Nicole Encarnita for topshop cut out dress but i shortened the hemline cos it was draping way past my knees

the cut out area : )

Dinner at Majestic Hotel was awesome , i was so happy to have the lamb rack, wasabi prawns and avocado ice cream served in coconut!!

absolutely loved the flowy chiffon drape details of this julie sarandon top which i never got to wear from HKG I.T outlet

has anyone seeen? the alexander wang coco duffel bag?

Team Bonding

It was a start of a new month so we had a teeny company bonding session by

playing  counter strike source at the Colosseum @ Iluma.

3 hours = 2 hrs x$2.50 +1 hr free :D

Anya and LimChiMama ( anna didnt even bother picking a nick)

 best player :the crusher!

(below)

the panther and his 2 beautiful kids

anna and i had a tactic where we just kept jumping and shooting pple so we might shoot someone and  in return, it'll be harder to aim at us hahaha

Friday was at BQ Bar

then we took a stroll to Overeasy for yummy sandwiches and burgers

its been a while since i took the underpass from the fullerton hotel hehe

Food was great!

 this one's funny, obiwan saying he loves Mayonnaise so much he wld snot it  if he could hahahaa but of course it's just a figure of speech n him posing for my camera

the coolest boss ever. he knew the lyrics to ever R&B song at BuM

citi bank girls who shop at ATBU :P hehehe and ex sch mate audrey!

next day was packing packing packing! before i cld go out and hang out with friends

new curtains,  flower motifs in suede which were hand sewn together  to be made into curtains by a talented relative

dreamyyy

The light at the end of the week

Sir Roti John @KPO for Sunday's Brekkie

On our Topshop Spree

check out the woven skirt on the far left hehehe :P Looks a lil like our woven dress frm SMooch.

Ended up with 3 dresses. As much as I think the sharp shoulder look is awesome,  I think it looks best on jackets and not on dresses.

ended up with a mesh dress which was probably Balmain inspired and a natalie encarnita for topshop bandeau dress :D

Gave kane's black eyelet and studs a miss.  i want pink and yellow with eyelets n studs.

wow.

daily fascination:

sat night at House

Long Island tea party

dave 

the almost invisible sinclair

debbie.wayne.sarah

 free bottle for wearing a sillyheadgear/merci!

$3 bunny ears from BKK

ivan before leavin for the UK
 off to zouk

the whole gingang hahaa

n u wonder why he's not at the driver's seat hehe

Friday night.

the shoes

the girlfriends from secondary sch who can't seem to meet up on any regular night but mysteriously appeared at butterfactory one by one hahahahhaha

thats why i say butterfactory is like school.friday nights=school nights

Thursday


topless men at the Scarlet Hotel serving tasters n drinks
it was freeee flow of wine and housepour

me wearing the AX dress from long ago

which i think kinda looks like the one megan fox is wearing cept that her boobs are massive and if i replaced the shoulder straps to rhinestones

hahaa i know... me and my celebrity style fixation

What a Year.

A regular day for me would be like this

7:18am: Grab coffee from starbucks at phillip street and sadly yestrday was the last 730am coffee i'll ever have from that outlet.

Word has it that we are moving at the start of next yr to 60 Robinson Rd and Im gonna start 630am for the next 6 months , so there... no more coffee lattes at that hr, maybe Redbull from 7-11? :D HAHA

7:30-2PM FULL concentration on my trading screens, cursing and swearing in a roomful of dudes. and I've finally been confirmed : ) took me one year. ONE Year. Girls may not be as good as the Boys, but i'm just glad for this learning opportunity.

Shit ALWAYS happens during the 6 hrs. Here's how: 

3 stocks on thursday 1st Oct acted up after1:15pm ( 45 mins to closing) Totally drove me nuts and into the Red. 

See how both stocks were buying and selling between 2 levels the whole day, these are the easiest stocks to scalp and earn cash. The volume for both stocks are really thin, like less than 100K on each side. Then after 1 p.m., Watch how the  stock on top sold  from 1.610 to 1.575 (I haven't had covered shorts for this )and this is where I went crazy nuts in my head. If i sold all 50Kshares I had, I wld trigger all stop volumes and have caused an acceleration of suicide. I had to hold and wait till it rebounded at least back to a certain state of control ( it's amazing How that one black line was causing all that mindfucking in my head) 

AT THE SAME time, stock below :GFF was rallying from 1.665 to 1.705 and then when it touched 1.710 it was an immediate SELLDOWN . oh gosh i swear i almost had a heart attack. It was a  buy buy buy on the offer and then whacking and selling down the bids. Finally closed at 1.675. Person who was controlling all of these must had made twice the amount. 

And at that moment, CGF sold from 3.35 down to 3.31 ( where i was caught) and holey moley it suddenly spiked up to 3.38 and i SOLD it right there. If my eyes were not on the screen, i wouldn't have been able to catch all of that. Yes, the amazing adventures of my life at work. All dictated by candlesticks and prices. But i Love it.

2:30pm : Im out of the office and i head back to my car n become AcrossTheBloodyUniverse's Santarina/ delivery girl. I'll deliver packages which I've packed the night before. Sometimes someone will help me mail them in the morning to help save a day so that the girls will get their stuff a day earlier.The average envelopes Mery and i have to pack in a day wld be this: 

it's TOTAL NUTS and Merykins  use to find it therapeutic but I've taken over packing so she does the emails nw. And I don't think she finds emails very therapeutic HHAAHAHAH :P Im kidding. She's the best PR person for us and the best partner I've had. On Wednesday night, when we were launching stuff at my place , I looked at her and said " Oh gosh babe, we have been living our weeks like this for a year!"  And it doesn't feel like work at all cos we have so much love for each other. That is the most amazing thing for me.The Friendship between us has definitely gone from tight to tightASS. ahahahahahahaha

She's gonna leave me soon and head back to Indo , and have a beautiful wedding to plan.AND IM GONNA PLAN HER HEN"S NIGHT> I SUGGEST VEGAS! LOL

I'll be needing a new partner but things will never be the same.

cos what is SMooch without Sarah&Mery right? 

For a while, mom thought i was going crazy especially with $3K of stocks accumulating in my study room every week, but I think ATBU having appeared on Life! kinda made her feel a lil proud of us, At least she figured the constant driving in and out to get stocks.deliver.pack.hours spent infront of the laptop was worth it. she wishes she can help but she knows she's not tech savvy  enough and i don't think i want her to help with delivery either HAHA. 

So there story of my life so far. I Work hard and i play reaaaly reallllly hard.

Weekends are so precious in that sense.

Photos of all that headbanging crazy dancing/alcohol in a while.

I have custmers who have suggested us going over to their offices and they'll have a meeting room for us so that the girls can try on and buy stuff straight from us. how fantastic:)

I love the pple who shop with us. we are absolutely nothing without them. 

If any of u do happen to read this. Thank you so much.

F1f1f1f1f1f1f1f1f1f1

begged G to take a pic of Lilo if she was gonna get a chance to and she did!

G's awesome!

Nothing makes me happier when I see not one but 2 of my fav jap model and Tv Starlet wearing Topshop dresses that I have too! : )

me heart u Topshop : )

Jessica Michibata ( above) and Blake Lively (below)

it's like yay-ness! score!

TGIF started early this weekend. we had an afternoon launch and invoiced as much as we cld before we welcomed the weekend with open arms.

Since we were heading to Dempseys,thought i'll wear the woodstock tunic on top of denim shorts and my denim heels from Zara which cost $59.90! they use to retail at $159.90 : ) STEAL !!!

 finally caught up with ah bui after procastinating like crazy. had to catch him before he leaves to pursue his masters .

the ah bui lookin v stressed o the phone hehe : P

Long Island Tea served in fancy China hahaa ( very alcoholic)

SKinny Pizza!

pris n her headpiece : )

Friday night was spent in bed ( was too tired to do anything)

Saturday and Sunday was all abt the hat.

sat evening was me shoppin in shoorts with gina!

met up again at the national museum : ) i forgot to bring my camera so i'll wait for pris to fill in the gap:X hehe

n its me with my silly hat AGAIN ahhhaaaa 

 my awesome G hahaha

 

Will.i.aM in the house.

pink camou tanks at the entrance

Samantha Ronson in Novus

Sunday was AWESOME!

ooh yes i love Mink PInk and u can get it from Eclecticism in Isetan at really affordable prices.

Bought this mermaid-ish off shoulder tunic and wore it with beige flats for the F1 race.

dress code for the suits was: no shorts and beach wear so i reckoned no flipflops

n of cos.

the hat! hahahahaha

loving the drapery of it : )

n guess who wore Bleu as well.
PURE COINCIDENCE hahaha
pseudo sauber fans :X

 thought the arrow signal was so cute

view from inside the press suite

each suite had a long table of foodies and desserts.

amused by the mini mantous and chilli crabs served in little jars.

ear plugs! i had one in my left ear and tried to be garang and braved the thunderous roars of the engines that flew by

the warm up

the crash of the webber.

the champ.
hamilton had such a great lead.
vettel emerged 4th : (

the make shift washrooms were AMAZIng. how on earth did they manage to install Air conditioning , proper flush systems, and sinks and all in a cabin above the ground?

liked the poster above the bmw merchandise store.

& it was time to go home!

girls were at NAB but i was to sleeeepy to join them, can't wait to see their pics!

The weekend of Alex-es

Alexandra and Alexander that is.

18th Sept Friday:

p, ivan and alex from his university who's gg to KL for a year long exchange

im jealous, look how tall she is,and i was only up to her shoulders with my HEELs

have u seen the super shiny kitty cat of a clutch
top/skirt/bag :topshop! :D

meow.

Brunch on Saturday.

FOOD

missed the dble choc cake mgoshhh
G met us at Jone's the Grocer cos PS closes at 5
and we yakked and caught up till late

Next Day
was Al's 27th Bday at Senso (Club St)
highlight: FREE FlOW CHAMPAGNE
i must have had like 10 flutes cos there was some magical waitor who just kept on re-filling our glasses
everytime i yakked to anna and turned my eyes back to the table, my glass was filled : )
fantastic!

ems turned up in her brown wig

the russian/asian/kiwi mafia federation
(we're very rude)

white wayfarers

we were offff!

they have the coolest parking lots! u just have to wait for the container to come down, drive in and u get out : )

we were so effing excited cos it was a jimmy chooo sale at grand copthorne

scooted off to ridley park

the lovely anna n me making our getaway.

for both days, i had brunch and had the craziest dinners with an ol' friend.

remind me never to eat on weekdays. HAHA

While Packing...

Had an uber long day yesterday. For once , we stayed past 630pm ( I know some of u are prob rolling ur eyes hahaa but we usually get off by 215pm so it was painful not doing anything but having to wait)  Long story so yeah. 

Ended up watching Final Destination 3D at Vivo at night with the colleagues and omgosh

it was gory and bloody and nails were flying towards us .

I kinda liked the effects. It was so real!

Pris is back! Collected my Krispy Kremes from her whoohoo! : )

 Check out my eyebrows.

Absolutely HATE it. Under-Tinted/Over threaded and over plucked:( Plenty of space all around now.

Rumour has it that the daddy is adopting a puppy tmrw.

I think they might be bored of me .

WHAT SHALL WE NAME IT?! it's like having a new baby!

The Sept Issue feat Anna Wintour

"Anna is like Madonna"

The Month of August

It was quite an interesting month for Mery.

She got hired and works in the same building as me wheehee!

The day before she started we were suppose to launch something but we figured it was gonna be her last day of the "taitai" life that she's been having for the past few months so we decided to postpone that and we  headed down to

marmalade pantry for tea and then to Balenciaga to get her bag which she reserved a while ago.

We didn't feel like shopping so we decided to walk-into the aesthetics clinic at Wheelock on a whim. and asked all about botox and everything that we wanted to know with the Dr. We paid $50 and I've given up hope on those invasive injections for boobs and stuff HAHAHA

But Botox. I think Botox is gonna be one of those stuff that i might try for my  wrinkly wrinkles on the forehead.

Cos  those nose fillers/ chin fillers? they're gonna bruise for a week and seriously why go through all that pain and bruising?

Next day, she called me at 7am cos it was her 1st day at work and oh gosh in my haste to pick up her phone call, i got into an accident with another car on the CTE !HAHAA my car kissed the back of lady driver who happened to be a nurse  on the extreme right lane and thank gdness i just had to pay $300+ and not more when we settled it at the workshop ...

So there, I lost my shopping and gossip kaki on the weekdays :( and i cld only see her on Sundays to take photos.
Am devastated but yet happy cos i know she 's thoroughly excited abt her new job.
 Thinking I would be more free on the weekdays,I signed up with Fitness First at 1george st and omg the pool! the view of the pool is super amazing.
love it.  shall take pictures next time. And guess who did i bump into? Dave! doing lunges and all before his national day stint lol.

Watched Singdollar with Pris and her brother cos our darling gina caught the Flu-ey and was quarantined for a week .
 But we finally met up pre national day weekend.

Dave spins on Fridays at KPO and it was my first time there. Pretty chill and the crowd was an eye-pleaser too.
Food was not too bad wagyu beef and roti john and the mentai pasta was shiok!

Pris was really sweet to bake cupcakes for meee! : ) and she saved one for Keith as well. August/Sept is truly the month of birthdays mann.

I sold the LX3 to Dan got myself a Casio Exilim SX12, ultra slim compared to the LX 3 n easy to fit into purses. but holy moley. the flash is so bright i can hardly open up my eyes haha so future party pics are all gonna be me with closed eyes : (

Next day was Potluck at Mike's and Leona's. Can u actually believe the house was SOUNDPROOFED??!

hehe this dude practically lives/breathe his music mann.

shigeki n elaine : ) .

really? hahah

the chair and oh so many  lovelybooks!

the scratching post of a cat named Fish.

and meet FISH herself.

The weekend after was a trip to Batam . Dudes and dudettes from work and another firm wanted to cable -ski. I just went along to get some sun but it was glooomy every single day : (

We stayed at the Holiday Inn which had impeccable service and we had crazy drinking sessions by the balcony, i was surprised no one lodged any complaints abt us.

 The only thing that salvaged the trip for me was Anna and the massage .

I had my monthly so i was upset we couldnt go for the baths and hydro stuff : (

Next day back in the office, I received a text from Mery.

Mery: "Babe you in town? Wanna go to xxx after work? anyway perry proposed in indo omgggg!"

Sarah: "OMG ARE U MARRIED??!"

Mery:" Waahaa not married lah, err engaged?"

Sarah:( in 3 seperate msgs)"AAAH!!!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"Congrats!!!!"

"HOW?!?"

Mery:"haha RELAX BABE!"

Sarah:"Im very happy for you OMG! how does it feeL? Are you shocked?"

Mery:" yeah i was totally shocked! he made a musical box and all, i actually teared wahaha but it was a simple one" 

Sarah:" omg CONGRATS!how does it feel Oh gosh. so happy for u!"

"OMG Mery lordianto poon! im like so amazed he did it. You're so lucky! I'll be your bridesmaid and everything you need and the godma of ur kid!" hahahaa

SO apparently, im gonna be one of their MCs for their wedding cos well I was basically there to witness the entire court-ship hence love since uni year 2 mann. HAHA : ) LOTSA STORIES TO SHARE! : )

Unbelievable month for Merykins right?

The following weekend. It was Anna's and Sarah's birthday night out.

2 days before turning 24.
630am before work.

630pm leaving the house gg to meet Ems

actually had the river island dress shortened, absolutely loved the boning and the chiffon layering : ) hehe

Obiwan!

dan got me a really weird drink which was a concoction of many many spirits and i puked 4 times on a nearly empty tummy  and KO-ed by 10pm.

I was abt to go home until Pris rang dan and said i MUST GO TO OVEREASY. so he took me on a $20 cab ride from bq to nowhere n eventually ended up  at one fullerton.

Pris made me red velvet cupcakes with jam and they were heavennnlY!!!

i was so happy cos the first time i tried them , i told her i wanted them for my bday and look who made it all come true?

apparently lotsa pple were celebrating their bdays as well so everyone from sch was there. felt like a School Night or reunion of somesort HAHA.

n the silly ah bui.

all very unglamourous shots of me. but i had tonnes of fun that night. : )

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Next day, we were suppose to to check into Sentosa Spa Resort.

OOOH the girls and i had so much fun!

the courtyard

the bed which we shared

gina chope-ing the bathtub

inside spa botanica, i felt like it was almost an only women sanctuary

we ordered lunch by the pool before our massage

chicky breast wrap yumyum,  stuffed with lotsa yummy sweet carrots too haha

the masseuse kneaded long strokes on me and it felt so good cos of the hangover & very bad flu vibes

we laid in the pool for quite a bit and went to the mud "bath" which didnt have a pool to dip in anymore, so we had to cover ourselves in deep sea mud and let it dry for 20 mins before heading to the shower

For dinner:we went back to the room and ordered room service, food was great as well

Dinner was infront of the tele cos the girls brought DVDs to watch

we caught

NOTEBOOK!

EVERY GIRL MUST WATCH THE NOTEBOOK.

A touching love story based in the `60s which starrs the very handsome ryan gosling and the uber goddess gorgeous rachel mcadams.

they r my new fav.

Priceless &;

Vicky Christina Barcelona
were the other 2 shows.

Pris, Gina and Daniel made me a happy girl on my birthday weekend despite me being really down with the flu and snoring really loudly at night HAHA.

On Aug 28th, mery and i went down to the SPH for our very first interview with the straits times : )

giddy with excitement we wore our SMooch toga bandage dresses for the photo shoot.

the massive camera the photographer used

Apparently 5 blogshops were featured and we were one of them. but I have this strange feeling it might not make it to Life! cos it's been 3 weeks and still no story : (

went for a freeflow event at NAB after the shoot it was too windy so original plans of it being held on the helicopter pad were laid off...

and i was there with the beautiful yanna and anna : P

nothing can come between them and their "vordka"

hehe

:)day of jubilation

BKK with Dan the Man (24-26th Jul)

Can't really take time off from work these days, cos everyday contributes to my monthly profit and loss on my trading accnt. So we scooted off to BKK on a Friday evening and came back on Sunday 4pm for the weekend.

But it's always fun to be in another cntry and Bangkok, omg it's like the one stop shop for everything.

Amazing food, amazing pple, amazing shopping, amazing culture, amazing night scenes.

I can go onnn and onnnnn. :D

I bought a Panasonic LX 3 camera for this trip cos my canon was getting a lil old and the screen's a lil fuzzy.

We stayed at Siam@Siam boutique hotel. Highly recommended cos it's near MBK and the National Stadium BTS.

 The breakfast area

 

The infinity pool which overlooks the national stadium

  

 

sarah the hammie

took dan to MBK , bought contact lens at cheaper rates, shopped at SIam square, siam paragon, went to Kuppa for comfort food  : )

 

  

  

the highlight of the trip was to dine at Sirocco at the Lebua State Tower

Sirocco also means wind.

The restaurant simply blew my mind.

 

 

My hot date for the night.

dessert! haha

 

 

 

the spectacular view frm the top :)

the lights, music, food everything was perfect and so romantic. on that night alone, i heard like 4 birthday songs hahaha.

so after stuffing ourselves, we decided to head down to JET. it's at thonglor and apparently, that entire stretch has new clubs which is a lil more  "trendy" than the RCA stretch so we went to check it out...

t

the one who caught our eye 

lotsa photos of these 21-22 yr old chicks from uni hahaha

the night ended when i kneeled on the floor and KO-ed.

Dan rescued me and whisked me back to the hotel :whoops.

next morning was breakfast and whoohoo back to Singapore.

floral frenzy

have a thing for floral jersey tank dresses these days
may i suggest dorothy perkins cos it's a lil cheapr compared to topshop : ) but they're made of crappy cloth material so i had to wear it over a white slip dress.


everyday we'll have to do something for the shop, mailing out stuff, getting more stocks, making phone calls, haunting suppliers to make sure our stuff r ready.
we have a few suppliers for SMooch and the tri coloured band dreses r here : ) abt time to launch it!

friday night was out with the 2 crazy girls from work
we were at bq n ended up at supper club where i bumped into sancia too hehe



somehow we ended up on the bar top at BQ





saturday morning...

forgive the shades was being sillY! haha

the morning was spent on the schmelly car
changed my rims( thanks mum!) at the workshop and settled all parking fines +installment for the month.

watched harry potter with dan and his female clients from societe generale ( i cried buckets and cringed when the potter trio have their love muse n crushes) followed by an evening out with the girls which ended at Brozeit at vivocity : )

n somehow we ended at butterfactory cos it was dave n poptart

check out pris's hairpiece, it was a gift from gina
it's from galaries lafayette hehe isnt it so pretty?
we r def suckers for head bands : )

its another month before i turn 24 n i kinda have mini panic attacks every now and then.how do people remain so calm?

outdoors :D

ever since i got back from hkg( which was an eating affair), it's been blogshop and work non stop

mery n i went outdoors with a friend for the first time to get some pictures taken on film
us being cheesy girls, have been wanting a picnic shot for the longest time and im glad we've finally made it HAHA


these were taken with my iphone hehe

kaz is wearing the ballerine dress in cream from our blogshop : )

am in love with the house
theyhavea little walkin wardrobe upstairs and a cute bathtub :X

The HK weekend with Pris (4th -6thJuly)

yes i've been lazy.
to update this little space of mine.
hahaa.

im putting on crest strips(whitening strips for teeth) from HKG, my baby step to remind me to get my arse to the new dentist across the street at work : )
went to HKG on a whim, needed the break real bad.

we were lucky to be driven arnd by a close friend and he put us up in his spare aprtment at the caribbean coast.



we had a nice view of the sea , these buildings go up to level 58 how freaky!





the first meal was pingpong wantons in TST



followed by shopping in harbourcity n the stretch





before heading to the Peninsula for tea.


( their scones were so-so and the clotted cream cheese was soo bad ) but oh well, everyone goes there for tea and it was the company which mattered anyway : )




so thats where the nearest goyard store is

we went back to central where i went ballistic at H&M
they had faded denims, black vests, cut out dresses, plenty of sundresses and accessories :D

had superb century egg and goosemeat at yeung kei : D~~~

friday night at HKG = was my 1st time partying
we went to Prive, below dragoneye and iloved it
the crowd was more cosmopolitan then back home n everyone speaks fluent english
boys were uber friendly, good news for the ladies HAHA

SaturdayNight, pris met up her friends from uni
We met at Azure on top of LKF Hotel, it had a pretty view of the city, music was so cheesey but the crowd couldn't care less. one minute we were singing backstreet boys, the next we were crooning to britney spears it was hilarious n MJ's hits played on n on.
shld see karen n christine on the dancefloor, 2chilli padis

my fav pic for the night
so many lips HAHA
pout away ladies

i've finally tried ebernezzers
they're the best tasting wraps i've tasted in the world! ahaha the choice of sauce is simply amazing, i was addicted the moment i sunk my teeth into it and this was even after copious amts of alcohol hahaa

we had them for supper on friday, ta-paoed one home n we ate it again after waking up like uber late on sat afternoon and again for saturday's supper before tsui wah

 Lane Crawford is amazing. I was a little taken aback when thousand dollar shoes were strewn all over the shoe dept like the ones u'll see back home in OG. Louboutins,JimmyCHoos,YSL,Repettos... it was like shopping Net-a-porter inself. i loved browsing thru everything. Elizabeth and James, Alexander Wang, they had everything!

  

  

 

2 hotels i'll love to check out next time

this boutique hotel was across Zoe's cafe (slightly behind the agnes b cafe at central) 

and the swanky manky W hotel.

 

rings which we bought ourselves. pris got the unicorn n i got the carousel.

bye hkg! :D

i told pris i was just gonna go to hkg n breathe in the hkg air but i think i might have overspent a lil at H&M/bought a bag from agnes n m by marc jacobs, hk is the shopping mecca . They have every friggin label off the internet, it's def way better than back home.sigh. next yr! HK Sevens!

mashed potatoes

rock:D
especially @ Brozeit

was so delighted to have ice latte served in a huge mug like this
huge mugs usually equate to milk shakes and smoothies and rootbeer floats

baur-omelette with mushrooms and ham
thought the tiny spring onions were cute
wasnt in the mood to head out on saturday but dan kinda cajoled me meet up for brunch :D n it was awesome , they serve breakfast food till5pm .
spent the entire day together : )

love the purple of this bandage skirt

Zara's having a sale and i think i went a little crazy : )
got this pair of shoes for $59.90,slashed from its original price of $159.90 :D

+ a peacock printed silk top amongst many other pieces :D
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had to run errands with mery today ( finally managed to get our hands on some stuff cos we had such an un=inspiring week) so we're eager to launch!
her legs r like so tanned now, perfect for skirts hahaa

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Watched Transformers at GoldClass with Dan, it was pretty effing awesome!!!
i cant believe it received half star rating and the ST reporter reviewed it as :"loud and dumb".
I thought the robots n effects were spectacular : )

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Boat Trip

Thursday:
wore a creamy blazer from the blogshop with my faded denims : )


met pris up for yummy escargots ( this has my vote to be THE BEST IN SINGAPORE) at 22 ann siang hill

Friday morning:

Didn't drive to work, cabbed down and i saw a friend from Flowtraders skate-boarding down the road and tall geeky whiteboy from next door get off his mountainbike in the corridor. ( yes they actually take the lift up with the bike) and i was dressed in my tankdress+bikini n flipflops.
very nice friday vibe eh.

news of MJ's passing hit us and we played his songs all day long.
Beat it, Heal the world, black or white, billy jean,smooth criminal,triller, u name it, we had it on.
so sad to see him go like this.
I did pretty okay yesterday and after work we got into a chartered bus to changi sailing club.

We have a company boat trip every 6 months
This time we went on board a kiwi -made trimaran super yacht.
We departed from Changi Sailing Club

the lower deck had a huge sitting lounge , bed room,2 toilets n a kitchen
the upper deck had lotsa tables and sunchairs : )

food :checked

we catered from botak jones and sandwiches, mash potatoes, n everything else was delish!

sunnies n sunblock: checked
asahi :checked
captain checked:



when we got into the net, the waves were really forceful and we were like SHEET, better hang on to the rope and the bikini haha


almost came undone n i was hanging on to dear life cos the force of the water was immense
we were like big fishes trawling on the net, much to the amusement of passing coast guards.
was really fun to be in the water : )



pretty rainbow :D

most of em took the kayak while i floated to the tiny beach




and we saw this awesome machine


wings attached on a speed raft n it remained in air the entire time! must find out what it's called
it's like a batmobile which goes really fast haha
we boozed till 11pm and i was too sleepy to go anywhere but home : )
which explains why im up so early :X

Gina has been having a time of her life, she'll update us without fail what she's seen and done.
i wanna go there with her n pris too : )
n look what she bought for me?! so pretty :D

that fun fun fun song

http://www.imeem.com/noahandthewhale/music/k3b4J1iH/noah-and-the-whale-5-years-time-sun-sun-sun/
Oh, well, in five years time we could be walking round the zoo
With the sun shining down in every me and you

And there’ll be love in the bodys of the elephants tool
I’ll put my hands of your eyes, but you pick throught

And there’ll be sun, sun, sun
All over our bodys.
And sun, sun, sun
I’ll die in next
There’ll be sun, sun, sun
All over our faces
And sun, sun, sun
So, what the hell

‘cause i’ll be laughing around your silly little jokes
And we’ll be laughing about how we use to smoke
All those stupid little cigarretes and drinks to put wine
‘cause it’s what we need to have good times

But it was fun, fun, fun
When we were drinking.
It was fun, fun, fun
When we were drunk
And it was fun, fun, fun
When we were laughing
It was fun, fun, fun
Oh, it was fun.

neon orange

uh oh this dress is already on sale on the webby:(
bought this dress a couple of weeks ago at $76 , i thought it was a bright shade of peach under incandescent light
but the next morning when i woke up, i realised it was bright neon orange under sunlight ,
i was mortified cos i/ve never own such ravey outfits so no where to wear it cept to the clubs

check out how it glowsss,
went to check out aldrin's gig at zouk



gina wasn't around but p n i had fun : )

i told her she had to try this fun drink called "the dreamer" it has tiny little vodka jelly bubbles right at the bottom and it's a happy drink complete with lychees and fruity flavour

dave being silly

one of the future photographers for ATBU ahahaha

the girl who makes sure im home safe :X
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for father's day
took my dad n mom for yummy sushi at en dining .
we had like 13 side dishes :X
now i'm stuffed n have to go to bed ;)

busy beee!

Mery's gone for her lovely holiday and she was nice enough to email most of our customers before she left, so i just had to follow up and of course packkkk
hahaha

spent the whole of thursday night packing till 130am after pris and gina came over.
gina came to drop off her luggage and pris came over with beautiful sprinkled red velvet cupcakes YUMMEH : ) hehe

I think the former blog was much more entertaining. this has degraded to a lowly commentary of my daily life with no insight or deep thoughts.plain superficial.
i guess it makes no sense to rembr the sad moments.

After work, i got slapped with a $50 fine for parking into 2 lots. and it's not like my car is very big, it's actually really tiny.
i was running out of time in the morning, so i parked directly behind the car infront, little did i know i had parked 1/10 into his lot.
when i got into my car, 2 young men by the cafe told me a female and a dude took pictures of my car.
"omg u're kidding me"
" no really, we're not"
" why wld they take pictures?"
" cos u park 2 lots mah, they send to traffic police"
" OMG U gotta be kidding me"
i hope my car doesnt appear on stomp or anything. please, i'm not a typical singaporean roadie who's inconsiderate. worse they laugh at my car." watch how this Hyundai Getz take up 1.5lots"sheesh.

Rushed to the post office to mail out the stuff, popped by the suppliers' and the first thing she said to me was " wha i love ur dresssss"
this dress.
n this pair of shoes.

so she conveniently took pictures and said she'll love to manufacture it.
sure thing.
just make sure ATBU gets to sell it first :X
so at 430pm sharp i was back home and KS picked me up.
we zipped off to Morton's Martini bar for some yummy finger food and martini's.
we sat right in the middle at the basement bar and the waitress completely missed us,so we didnt get to have a morsel of steak sandwiches. we were there for an hour before picking up gina after work at 6pm. zipped off to the airport and yakked till gina had to go off.
london- 1 week
paris -1 week
stockholm-3 days
GOSH im so jealous.
i hope she kisses a french dude while she's there. say hello to all the beautiful shops and go crazy in london.the shOPPING!!! and in stockholm, the GIRLS!

when is it gonna be my turn? at the rate im going, i really have no clue.can't afford to take leave until im earning big bucks like the seniors. everyday counts for my monthly P&L.

Since we were in the east, we scooted off to Perle Noir at Siglap for awesome MUSSELS in bacon and cream sauce , large oysters and a cheese fondue.
We were stuffed silly hehee. I had 2 glasses of wine and i had to KO.
and that's how i ended my friday night.
drunk/ in bed with make up and contact lens still in eyeballs.
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woke up at 6am with blurry vision, decided to shower n get my lens out. the thought of unread mails in my inbox totally spooked me out so i sat down in my study to check them again. and i havent slept since.
caught the sunrise from my window : )
so tired right.


and i updated my iphone to the new 3.0 version.
hello copy +paste and MMS, i've been waiting for u!

today im gonna do nothing but run errands for the blogshop and im so pleased to wear this.
wheehee!



think i'll opt for a massage later :) to ease into the weekend after one last round at the post office.
wait up,weekend. dont slip away yet!
sarah-

life wld be soo dull without u n u n u

Saturday:

Met mery at KPO ( short for Killiney Post Office) , it now has its own valet parking that costs friggin $10! and a very snazzzy cafe by the side. This is prob the only post office that has Lamborghinis parked in its parkin lots, ie: Atas.
So we figured why not mail some stuff and have brunch after.
They have Happy Hours for non alcoholic drinks to 4pm and we each had a strawberry smoothie and it was YUMMMEH : )



we ordered scrambled eggs served on thick toast with bacon n hasbrowns and we also had the roti john which was surprisingly good : )
The cheapie tank top i got from zara still had its security tag on so we had to go to zara again to remove it ( wonder why these tags aren't working when it shld) ...we had a short session at Honeypot and said our goodbyes : )


Went home for a short nap n picked my lovely grandma ( whom i fondly address as AH MAH) for her 80th birthday dinner.


We ordered the cake frm Canele and Pang was really nice to rush it for me cos usually they entertain custom-make cakes 3 weeks before the actual event. lucky for me i had pris the week before: ) haahaahaa

grandma's 8-0!
Ah mah dearest n me go long way back.
She's the reason I wld watch channel 8 shows at 7 and 9pm together with her while i scribble away on my homework, n She'll always tell me how impt I am to my mom and how I need to be good to her cos my mom wld do anything for me.
I'm so glad she's healthy and I hope she lives a hundred more years : ) hahahaa
It was quite a family affair, n i'm pretty sure she's happy with the turn-out of relatives : )

my spunky bunch of aunts totally amused with quad camera haha


Sunday:
Church with Dan and picked the girls for a full pedi session at Serenity Cove.

i was too late to snap a pic of him when he walked out with what i thought looked liked a furry vest.
i wished i had a brother. i'll make him carry everything for me too. HAHA.

behold the furry vest

n the girl's who's going to europeeeee omg i m so jealous! hahaha





at serenity cove, the 2 girls BLABBERED on non-stop, oblivious to the menacing stares strewn by aunties in fila t shirts from behind their " the next leader" storybooks.
i was happily munching on my walnut cookie n chocolate bits n sipping my passion fruit tea n checking my emails. it's such a luxury to get ur feet meticulously scrubbed in avocado sea salt scrub n have tea n cookies. sigh.

then p suggested scones n i was like YES YES YES we must go.
so we went to Fosters and ordered 2 tea sets. n they were so sweet to give me an extra scone n fruitcake. i am the cookie monster and only the girls know it. we had like 4-5 srvings of cream:X


sundays are perfect like that.
chit chats.
that's all we need.

currently humming to:
Bitter Heart by Zee Avi
she's CUTE!
n not to mention her voice which is so smooth n velvety