Business Trip To Singapore

I went to Singapore a few months ago for business trip. It was my second trip to Singapore. Like a lot of Malaysians, the first foreign country I went to was Singapore. Well, my first trip to Singapore was not for pleasure too, I went there for machine buy off, the schedule was quite hectic, so I didn't manage to go around Singapore. For my second trip, I managed to walk around Orchard Road and Clarke Quay. However, the night I planned to go Marina Bay, it rained, so I just abandoned the plan and stayed at the hotel. 

Anyway, for someone who earned RM, everything in Singapore was so expensive. So, even though there were many department stores in Orchard Road, I just window shopped. For the food, I didn't do the mental conversion to RM, so it's still bearable. Well, I didn't go to the high end restaurant, I just had my meals in the food court in department stores, the food selections were quite varied and all the meals I had suited my palate. I guess Malaysians and Singaporeans have similar taste buds.

I felt safe mentally when walking in Singapore. I guess many Malaysians shared my sentiment. Hahaha! The night view in Orchard Road was not bad, I took so many photos using my phone. It's too bad I didn't bring my camera along. 

Orchard Road

Crack Heels

I had crack heels, but it's nothing serious, I mean, it didn't crack until I felt the pain. It's quite mild actually. Although I applied lotions on my body, I felt it's not convenient to apply it on the foot, imagine touching the floor with bare feet after applying the lotion, quite icky. Plus, I don't wear heels and very seldom wear sandals too, I am a shoes person, I like loafers and sport shoes, and I can't drive with sandals. So, my crack heels were not really a issue for me until the skin started to peel off. Then, I started to get worried.

So, I decided to apply lotion on my feet. Since I have two creams from Taiwan that I haven't use that time, I decided to try that for my feet. One was Cingjing Hand and Nail Cream 清境绵羊油护手霜 and another was Celllina Cream 雪芙蘭滋養霜. Both were very affordable. For the Cellina Cream, I bought it in Watson Ximending, while for the Cingjing Hand and Nail Cream, my brother bought it when he went visiting Cingjing, he went earlier than me, so when I saw the exact same package, I really laugh out loud. In the souvenir section in Cingjing, there's a package for two bottles of Cingjing Hand and Nail Cream plus two bottles of sweets made from sheep milk. all four items for 100 NTD. Actually, I was wondering why my brother bought hand cream and sweets, that's so not him. Hahaha, the actual cause was it's cheap. 

mild crack heel (before and after)

Wallpapered Top Of Cabinet

I first found out about self adhesive wallpaper on apartment therapy, since then I wanted to use that on my room. I searched high and low for the self adhesive wallpaper, it's available in Lazada and Rakuten. However, after I knew that it's sold for much cheaper price on Taobao, I lost the interest. Although it's much cheaper in Taobao, I think the shipping cost will make it not so cheap. So, the idea was left hanging. 

Then, a new Mr DIY shop opened in my place, when I visited the store, I found out that they have wallpaper (non adhesive and self-adhesive type) and the price was quite reasonable. So, I googled to know the quality of Mr DIY wallpaper. It turns out that many Malaysians were buying wallpaper from Mr DIY to decorate their homes. Weird, when I used that search term "Malaysia Wallpaper", it only leads me to some online shops. But when I used the search term "Mr DIY Wallpaper", there were many reviews. 

So, I decided to do a small project on top of my house cabinet, it is a plywood based cabinet. We put water pitcher and dish rack there, so, sometimes the water would seep into the top cover and after some time (more than 10 years), it started to crack open, it's unpleasant to look at, so that's my plan, to put the self-adhesive wallpaper on top of the cabinet. 

Before

Special Biomedical Repair Cream

I had chin acne problem for so many years and I thought it is due to the hormonal issue because normally the acne would pop out near or after my period. So, I didn't try very hard to find something to apply and solve the acne. If it's due to hormone, any products would be useless, right?

Anyway, after my trip back from Taiwan, I had continuous chin acne problem for a long time, I think more than a month. I just applied my skin care products as usual, I didn't think too much actually, I was thinking it would subside eventually. Quite positive thinking! 

Then, when I went for a facial, the beautician at the beauty salon recommended a pimple cream (Special Biomedical Repair Cream) to me, she gave me a very small sample tube to try. Well, I tried it on my chin area and somehow, after a few days, my chin condition became better and better! And after using this cream, I didn't have acne for one month straight, even during the period time. 

Special Biomedical Repair Cream

Guardian Pharmacy House Brand (Hand Cream, Body Butter And Hand Soap)

Normally I wouldn't buy house brand skin care products, I would go for the more "established" brands, expensive or not, it must be in the market for some time. Anyway, I was looking for a hand cream after I finished my Nivea Soft. Initially I wanted to buy the Body Shop Hand Cream, it's around RM20 for a 30ml tube, however, at the same time, I saw the Guardian Pharmacy ads on the newspaper (yes, I still read the hard copy newspaper), Guardian was having sales and one of the items was the Guardian Hand Cream, the offer was buy 1 free 1.

Well, the Guardian Hand Cream was around RM9 a tube (not quite remember the price) and it came in a 40ml tube, and the best thing was the buy 1 free 1 offer. I could get two 40ml hand creams for less than RM10. So, I decided to buy the Guardian Hand Cream, it's so much cheaper. Since there were two types of the hand cream, I got one each, the "Cottony Flower" and "Velvety Rose".

Guardian Hand Cream (Cottony Flower & Velvety Rose)

Guardian Hand Cream (Cottony Flower & Velvety Rose)

Aloe Vera Flower

My house have a pot of Aloe Vera plants. When it started to have little Aloe Vera, my mom would cut the old big juicy Aloe Vera out to make Aloe Vera drinks. So, I never knew that Aloe Vera has the ability to flower. So, I was really surprised when I saw spikes growing out of the Aloe Vera plants. 

Aloe Vera Flower

There were two plants on the same pot. I think both flowered at around the same time. By the time I noticed this, some buds already changed colour, not the earliest stage of flowering. I think the earliest stage must look like wheat plant. Hahaha! 

Plant A: early stage of the bloom (10th June 2015)

Plant B: early stage of the bloom (10th June 2015)

In one week time, all the buds bloomed into red / orange flowers. Some of the petals already dropped too. It's so fast.

Plant A: the flowers turning red (17th June 2015)

Plant A: photo taken from the direction of the ground (17th June 2015)

Plant B: the flowers turning red (17th June 2015)

In one more week time, all the petals dropped and only a stick left on the plant, it's quite sad, life's so short!

end of life (25th June 2015)

petals dropped to the Aloe Vera plants (25th June 2015)

Shiseido DeLuxe Night Cream (R)

I stumbled upon this Deluxe Night Cream (R) when I was window shopping at a discount store Mr. Max in Kumamoto. The reason it caught my eyes was it's a product by Shiseido and it's cheap. It's not sold in the Shiseido counter though, we can only find it in the drug store or supermarket. The retail price on the bottom of the bottle was 800 yen, but I think Mr Max price was cheaper than that, I forgot the exact price. 

deLuxe Night Cream (R) by Shiseido

The package was very simple, it didn't come with a box, just a plastic wrap on the bottle. We can only know it's a product of Shiseido from the bottom label "製造販売元 資生堂". On the label, it mentioned that it's a very moisturising cream "しっとりタイプ" with very moisturising ingredients 潤い成分. 

deLuxe Night Cream (R) by Shiseido

My face was very prone to acne when I bought this cream, it didn't help my acne condition and didn't exaggerate my acne condition. Since it was meant to moisturised, I used it when I felt itchy during the dry winter months. Meanwhile, I keep on using the Shiseido D Program. After that, from early this year, after using a pimple cream recommended by the aesthetician from the facial salon I went to, somehow, my chin acne subsided, I always thought that it was due to the period.