Rushing!

Ok so now I have been driving for past 6 months.. During the 6 months, I have taken cab exactly twice. Office to Client office and back less than 10 minutes ride each.

So on Wednesday my car was parked at my bf office (it's free!) and I had facial in town at 6pm.. So i decided to take train..
And oh gosh.. i got out of office at 5.35pm. I alighted at Sommerset and stepped into the parlour.. And it was.... 5.53pm!!

I was like, why in the hell did i buy the car! it is so much quicker to take train.. no need to walk all the way to the car park, drive out, go through erp, look for parking space, and depending where i parked the car, it means spending time walking to the place.. Usually it would have taken me about 40mins to do all this..

And by train it took me less than 20 mins to get to the beautician and paid only what? less than a dollar i think...

why why why.. esp now when erp rate is going up, more erp gantries, parking fee is not cheap.. not mentioning the ever increasing petrol!!!! with 1K going into my car every month, I could have bot 6 Louis Vuitton by now!! aaarrgghh

Today..

Took my car for maintenance. My bf took the car and dropped me off at far east plaza.
It was a BLOODY hot day.. After running my errands, i walked to tangs..
from tangs I walked to taka.. start to get bothered about the crowd and the heat..
from taka to centrepoint.. ok am going to faint....
then i took the bus to Bugis.. tatz it.. buay TAHAN lor!

I absolutely missed my RUSH!! oh man, oh man....
Reminded clearly why i love my car.. quiet, no odour, no heat, no single sweat, no crowd, and my radio.. ooooohhhh not mentioning 3 pairs of different slippers in my boot for me to change if i am torturing my feet.. i love my car.. oh my cute white rush rush..

how in the hell did i stand it last time? oohh.. ok i always hailed a cab.. :|

I am so sorry my dear car for doubting... I will bring you for nice polishing and waxing this weekend! ok???

I ABSOLUTELY HEART MY CAR!

Finally finished painting my family portrait!

Things probably you didnt know about ms.purrfectz

1) I played piano since I was 4 yrs old
- i only stopped going to lessons because I started to fancy keeping my nails long and always got slapped by my piano teacher when i was 17. I chose my beautiful long nails over becoming a famous rich pianist which I would be by now.. sighz

2) I learnt to draw and paint since I was very very small
- My mom is an artist and she taught art.. So when i was very small, I was surrounded by aspiring artists and naturally i started to paint.. Won numerous awards from primary school to high school until i left korea..

3) Thus in my senior yr in high school, i knew i should nurture my artistic ability - so was pondering if i should study fashion design or interior design.. In the end I was accepted to RMIT to major architecture but my parents disapproved of me leaving for Melbourne cuz I was only 18. which my parents made the right choice cuz i would have probably partied too hard, drunk everyday, eventually would have flunked out of school and maybe died of OD. :P
Parents are always right.. We just dont realise it until you reach 30.

4) After getting my BA for Multimedia arts and working in production hse for a year, realised my love and passion is actually bossing people around.. :P so said "bye" to being a slave and became a slave-driver instead.. ha ha

5) My current bf who is an art lover and painting is his passion. It kind of influenced me to get in touch with my artistic side which is in my blood.. and got me to hold my brushes again and paint..

And finally I finished my family portrait after 5 months of slacking.. :P



1m x 1m acrylic on canvas
Polly and Crayon posing in front of finished painting.. of them...

Now i am so inspired to start another one.. :D

Belated Valentine's day

My present for my darling for the Vday..

After the lovely brunch at Yumcha at China Town with Michy+Adrian couple we headed down for some spa...! Fish Spa that is!



It was ticklish, wierd feeling.. but was fun! and the fish is quite huge ok!!



Wonder if i can buy this fish and keep at home.. then i wont need to spend soooo much for my pedicure!

$10M TOTO Hongbao Draw

Again, how can I miss the chance to get rich in a blink of an eye?

So I became a bit kiasu and went to two different places to buy.. One of the place is where i often see Group 1 winner.. which is also very near my house.

But this time, I invested $10 bucks and another $10 bucks at the 2nd location..

and the result?

I am one of the lucky Group 5 winner...!! woo hoo~! at least I got my capital back and gained additional 10 bucks! WAHAHAHAHA

It is even better than my $5M mooncake draw from last year!

and the best part? I won it from the 1st location where alot of Group1 won before.
and again this year, at that same location, have 1 Group 1 winner and 1 Group 2 winner! That shop fengshui must be bloody good man!
So whoever bought before me or after me, maybe is the uncle who was in front of me or the auntie behind me had the winning tickets! Bloody hell.....

it was my bad motive.. My ultimate motive to win the 10 mil was to buy that fab 150 pounds top from asos which JLO was spotted on with.. haiz.. i should have had a pure motive like donate money to Cambodia mission or better still, fly there personally and donate and help to build church or something....

Oh well.. but i am still verrrry happy! Esp it is the last day of the lunar new year, which is really beginning of the tough year cuz this year my luck supposed to suck BIG time, but it seems like, it is all smooth sailing! :))

oh happy day!

updated..

Woke up this morning logged on to my msn, accidently opened full size of my msn window..
And at one of the vendor's nick, I saw..



I got a shock for a second! I was like "Wat the ... "

then realised "g" was cut half way and appeared as "a".. she meant "heng heng"
had a good laugh but just had to email her.. maybe was her good wish i won 30 bucks! :D

Failed to be a fulltime homemaker

I dont like house work. Period. Well excluding laundry. I love doing laundry.
I cook, but only expert at few dish so I rotate :P But i do not enjoy washing dishes.

My mom is a full time homemaker. Our house was always sparkling clean and nothing is out of place. She goes for morning tee (golf) after that goes high-tea and shops all afternoon, and she cooks dinner. She is so busy being a tai-tai but the house is always clean. We had a part time maid before, but my mom gets suspicious of everything, that we ended up dismissing her and my mom was more than happy to get her chores back :\

But me? no.. she tried teaching me how to cook and i end up chatting away with her that I completely missed what she was doing. I dont iron my clothes so my mom always iron my clothes at one go, and i wear them, wash them and wait till my mom to visit me so she can iron all of them again.

When i stayed in a smaller house alone, it was ok to manage. Well I thought I did. But the day i moved out from bayshore.. Gosh.. I cant believe i thought my flat was neat and clean and i actually lived there for 2 years.. the dust was everywhere, it was dirty and had lot of dead roaches hidden behind furniture and God knows where:|

After moving into this bigger place, i got myself a Part-Time helper! And gosh, she is an angel sent from heaven to help me. She must be a saint or something.. she cleans the house squeaky clean! The floor is sparkling, the toilet is so shiny and no sign of dust or cat hair.

But then I realised I am always busy just before she comes. I am bloody busy bustling around the house cleaning! i pick up the laundry, i wash the dishes, I organise the barang barang around the house, i make the bed, throw away trash..... My bf and my brother dont understand and say "Arent you paying her to do all this?" when I become hysterical at them for not helping me...
I can't explain why.. but i realise it is not only me. I read one of the feature article in the papers and magazines.. and they explain it clearly why they do this and I totally agree..

We dont want to look sloppy to others.. Friends, colleagues, or to anyone we meet..(part-time helper is certainly "others"!) We always want to look purrfect and appear as if everything is in order.

We are successful fulltime working women, thus we have control in everything.. Career, Money, Men, children and of course house work (ahem!)...
It is just that we r too busy so we just need a little teeny hand from the part-time helper to just "assist" the certainly NOT sloppy and already-purrfectly-done-housework-by-moi so we can use that spare time for a quick manicure.. heh heh

I just spent $310 on cookies?!

Was watching makansutra the other day, and he was eating this savoury looking cookies. i swore to myself that i am gonna get my hands on it.

And it is CNY, instead of traditional pineapple tarts or that roasted pork thingy which is so fattening, i decided to get these cookies instead..

It is not those usual cookies you come by.. At "The Cookie Museum", which is at the 1st floor at Esplanade, they have most wierd flavoured cookies you would ever imagine.. Such as nasi lemak flavor, ikan bilis flavour, hae bee hiam flavour and lots more!!

And it is soooo good I tell you.. not sweet, not heavy.. but the price tag doesnt come cheap. Esp now it is CNY - a tin of cookies costs $30 ~$32..

The sales girl is sweet too.. she let us try all the flavours.. and for spending that much, I got tea leaves! The cookie tins are so pretty, the bag is so chic and even the name card is posh!

Got it for my bosses, my parents, my grandparents, and of course for my bf's parents :D

And a tin for myself which is called "Love&knots" it is strawberry+honey mango+brazilian nuts" it is heavenly.. and it is so gooooood that my dear cat Polly sniffed it and started to nibble it and finished the whole half piece! hmm i hope it is not lethal to cats or something.. :/

Definetely you should try it.. Now i know what to get for my Singapore visitors.. this is really something very unique which you find only in Singapore! Singaporeans should be proud of these cookies man..! I would choose these cookies over kimchi anytime!

I am definetely impressed with it, and further more i am so amazed that I xtually spent $310 on cookies....!!

You can read more here other people have blogged about it too

God's Favor!

Last year, my bf's sister lent me this book "Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential" by pastor Joel Osteen. It talks about favor and how blessed we all are.. Though there are some critics about this book, but I wont go there.

However, i enjoyed this book, and i realised how really blessed I am, and understood what is "Favor". All the while I thought either I was just plain lucky or just have good vibes that things work out the way I want it to be and concluded all this happens to me, because God loves me so much. Which is somewhat true cuz God loves me so much that, God's favor is all over me!!

One example is, I never worry about crowded parking lot at malls or at work. Ever since i started driving, I realised parking is a b#$%# in Singapore. But after reading that book, I will always pray before I enter the carpark.

I pray to God that I will not be impatient, I will still give way to other drivers, I will drive slow, whoever is about to leave had a good time at the mall and lastly, God will provide me a parking space.

And, he always does! Believe me, the busy hours at parkway parade during weekends at L4, the moment i enter, I always get a space. right in front me! Though there are cars parked along the alley waiting for the lots, the spot i go to, always someone is about to leave!
My bf tot it is just bunch of coincidences, but now he believes it is really God's favor.

Like today I dont know why, but Raffles City parking was full today. the cars were waiting in line outside to enter the carpark. I waited as well. It took be about 10mins to reach the barricade. And I thought "oh no.. it is going to close in front of me since about 5 cars in front of me just went in." but guess what! The barricade closed right after i entered. So i was the last one behind a long tail to go down to B2. Didnt have much faith about empty lots but had faith in God..

And guess what! while the other cars in front of me were circling, I turned right towards the escalator entrance as I could feel the favor all around me.. and right in front of my own eyes, a car slowly drove out giving me the lot!

I am soooooo favored!!

When people asks why are you so lucky?
I answer, it's God's favor. I love him so much and he loves me so much that he favors me.
Though how cranky I am, or what a crappy day I had, the moment i leave everything to God daddy, he comforts me and show me his favor which immediately makes me smile again and praise him! Isnt daddy God so wonderful?

Six Degrees Of Separation

The world is getting smaller and smaller... We are all linked in some way even we are different races, or live in different continent..

- My boyfriend's best friend is my good friend's close childhood friend.
- My boyfriend's estate friend's wife is my Korean church friend. And we were at their wedding - but of course we didnt know eachother then.
- One of the bridesmaid at my boyfriend's friend's wedding, was one of my far east plaza hang-out friend when i was in high school! *brought back all the teenage memories i wished NOT to remember*
- My boyfriend's camp mate is my ex-school mate who used to pursue me..
- One of my boyfriend's sec classmate happens to be my friend's sister
- My boyfriend's sister is my coy director's friend... *ga ga ga maybe a chance of promotion? :P *
- My friend in US joined this new coy in SF which he became the client of my ex-coy in Singapore and my ex-colleagues slaved for him
- My Korean best friend moved to SF, and she met this guy who works in my current coy in SF, and he reports to my ex's twin...!
- I got to know this guy in SF, found out he works at my previous coy which i was outsourced to, and works together with the boss i used to report to! though we never worked together before we exactly knew what is eachother's role in the team! *freaky*

and i think there is more, but just cant recall anymore..
So what does this mean....?
The world is getting smaller and smaller.. I thought it happens only in Singapore, but apparently, it happens across the continent as well! And 6 degrees just seems so far now..
So make sure you have good reputation, work hard, work well, be good, be nice, because words get around REAL fast! :D

oh i remembered something..

My big boss in Milan knows Armani in person.
And Armani designs suits for Brad Pitt.
So if my big boss knows Armani who knows Brad Pitt... And I and my big boss is obviously linked.. So it turns out, I and Brad Pitt are friends!! HA HA HA

ok.. it's wednesday.. two more days to weekend...

Spoilt cat!

Went shopping at Club Street and got a very belated xmas gift for my cutie Crayon

It comes in a such a lovely case.


Lovely "F-L-I-R-T" Collar! It totally says all about Crayon... it cost me a whooping 40 bucks but so worth it..


Modelling for mommy to take her pic!


She looks absoultely chic with a pink bling collar, a pink bell, and not forgetting the diamond pendant!

Christian Marriage Preparation Course - day 1

With all the strong recommendations from the church and cell members, we registered and went for our first class - Christian Marriage Preparation Course..
It is 8 weeks course and it's $50 a couple.

Ok, to set the things straight first. We are NOT getting married yet, because he didnt propose to me yet - thus no bling, and we dont talk about it yet in details.. But i guess we kind of have silent agreement that we are gonna end up together :D

No expectations on this course, i guess we just want to get to know each other more, and what to expect in a marriage.
When you are bf and gf everything is beautiful.. sky is always blue, everything tastes sweeter, and when u r pisst off, u just go back to ur own house. but in a marriage, it will be a totally different story i guess.

We already started bickering at eachother on our first lesson in front of other couples - but of course not the bitchy bickering.. we just like to out argue eachother :P
And when we were doing the inventory check we bicker at eachother again cuz our answers are different.. (but the answers are not supposed to be the same and not supposed to share the answers with the partner!)

But it made us think quite a bit.. And not just for the marriage, but it will be a good stepping stone for us to go the next step in our relationship even as a boyfriend and girlfriend.

Strongly recommended to go for the course when you are planning to tie the knot!

gadget month!

Been busy with shopping this month!

One of my new found hobby is looking for those boutiques where they bring in Australian, UK designers clothes in small quantity.. so i will be only one or maybe 2 wearing in Singapore! And those boutiques are so difficult to find i tell you! hidden in those shop houses and such! and price dont come cheap too.. but what the heck right! I am not gonna say where.. yes i am a selfish shopaholic :P I want to keep it for myself.. HA!

On another note, I have been getting gadgets this month..

I finally got a new phone!! Nokia e61i in black! beautiful!

but.. i have yet to figure out how to set up email.. but my bf thinks it is for the better, since i wont be checking emails working day and night :)

And i got myself a canon photo printer. where i hook up to my digital cam and can print pictures! I can now print my babies pic and hang up on the wall! yey!!

I got a Nintendo wii too! It is awesome and fun! Quite entertaining really.. :)

And i got all of above for free! how awesome is that!! (except the phone i topped up 200 bucks)

Finally the biggest purchase this month.. LCD TV!

I have been talking about getting a new tv since last CNY.. So it's been a year.. and yes.. it is worth every single cent. the TV is beautiful! I could have gotten a LV bag instead but i settled with the tv.
but.. i still refuse to subscribe to a cable.. so i watch the local channels on my beautiful TV! and hey! got bigger screen to play wii! :D

Am i becoming a geek now? :P Nevertheless i love my stuff this month!
Ok, now is time to start saving up for my HK summer sales trip, US road trip in fall and London Harrods boxing day sale trip.. and not forgetting the nightmare - income tax.. ha!

New Year New Beginning!

Happy Blessed New year to everyone!

Been a while since i blogged..
Was busy with work (excuses excuses), busy with my parents visit, busy with all the xmas gatherings, attending weddings, busy with driving around Singapore with my cutie Rush! :)

Just came back from my long waited Bali trip with my dearest and my friends.. lovely villa, lovely food, lovely weather a purrfect start of the new year..

My new year wish? I will not call it a wish.. because when you call it a "wish", it sounds like you are wanting something you are most likely not be able to have.. like I "wish" I strike millions from toto or I "wish" i am a size zero.. :P

So there is no wish this year.. There is only to-dos.. like..
Be contented and Happy of what I have, call my parents more often, eat and stay healthy, work hard, learn more, love more, play more, save $ more :)

It's gonna be a very good year regardless of what the horoscope says! :D

Been one year and still going Strong!

Dec 1st is our 1 year anniversary.

Gosh.. how time flies.. It has been a wonderful fun year, went through thick and thin, being their for eachother and getting to know about eachother more.

Now we know what we are thinking without saying a word, and able to embrace eachother's flaws.
He knows how to manage my foul mood swings, and I know how to tame his temper. :)

Reading this last year's entry feels like it just happened yesterday.

http://purrfectz.blogspot.com/2006/12/things-that-you-do.html

He still makes me laugh, until now he still doesnt like to say mushy things, he still hates shopping (he says online shopping is a God send)and we enjoy every minute of being together talking crap and irritating eachother.

this pix is exactly a year ago at winebar - where we first met two weeks before and end up being together :)



I love you baby and 2008 will be a even better year..

Xmas mood!

Christmas is coming.. and long vacation is coming up too..! hooray!

And my beloved friend michy created this cheerful clip to get me in the xmas mood - i cant stop laughing.. esp at pia and jess.. haha

My pals for 10 years! and who will all be my "sisters" & "bridesmaids" when i get married. :D only michy is missing here, but since you r married auntie already, we understand :P & I forgive u since u took ur time to create this hilarious clip of ur beloved sisters!

Enjoy!
>> CLICK HERE

hey maybe for our xmas high tea outing we should all dress up as elves!

House makeover for the princess

Ever since my car arrived, i have been making frequent trips to Ikea. haha. as expected..

And i am busy buying furnitures for my cats! Gosh the new designers from Ikea understands the weakness of pet owners.. we will buy anything for our furry babies as long as is cute!

And this is how i splurge and spoil my two princess.

I think my babies make the product look good. Ikea people should contact me, and with just a small fee (just enough for my another LV bag will do:P) i will give them rights to use my babies pix on their product.. and I am telling you the sales will soar...!!

:: The Empress couch :: damage - $159

The forever model Polly


Crayon can be a model too!! the purrfect shot - body to the sideways face facing straight to the camera.. she looks so much slimmer! watching America's Top Model together helped.. :D


:: Cutie PINK tent :: damage tent - $19.90 cushion - $5.90

awwww... so sweeeeeeet...


and model is always a model.. Polly Purrfect..


and lastly a bonus..

my cutie baby Crayon's famous du-lan face..
do you see a small round thing left to her pink bell? That's a REAL 0.03 carat diamond.. talk about a spoilt little luxurious kitty cat.. or is it the mommy? :P

My favourite darlings

One of my favourite pix of them together.. in 2004 they spotted a bird sitting on the window ledge outside..

Imagine you walk into the room and spot this two jokers looking out the window..
you will definetely go "awwwwwwwwwwwwww....."



Close up.. so cute and lovely!

Totally hooked on Online shopping!

I knew it.. Once i start something i get hooked.
That is what happened, when i first went for facial.. then manicure..

Though i have been working as an e-marketer for past 5 years, i refused to do any transaction online.. I did not like to expose my credit card or my personal info to some online shop.. Also i firmly believe you need to try it on before paying for it.

Until last month, my dear shophaholic buddy Mich 'forced' me to order something so that 'we' can share the delivery charge.. And after 2 weeks the item arrived, and as expected it was a total disaster!
One of the singlet didnt come with the vest as it was shown in the pix (and i paid 28 pounds for that stupid singlet! xtually it is not that bad..), and the tshirt a size too big.

Then as the USD is getting cheaper we decided to shop at urbanoutfitters.. which when i am in US, i dont even look at the shop.. but things are so cheap now we started to shop.. which now 3 weeks passed, i still donno where is the stuff.. stuck at vpost?

Then the items i ordered last week arrived yesterday from UK, and my my my.. Dont i just love the stuff i bought this time! Though again size a little bit big, but who cares... And it is the shiok-ness you feel that you know you are the only one wearing this in Singapore! (unless someone shopped at the same online store n happenes to have same taste or went to UK to get it.. watever)

Why i prefer online shopping now?
1) It is as Mich says, it feels like Christmas.. Waiting for the things to arrive and when you unwrap the registered pacakge (smells like overseas too!), it is like opening a christmas pressie.. :D
2) Saves so much time. When i go Orchard, i walk around not expecting what i am looking for.. try it on then think then not feeling sure if i really want it or not then leave it and go home. Next day i decide i want it so i have to go all the way back to Orchard.. When online, you sit comfortably at home look at the design, watch the catwalk, imagine a bit.. then click! transaction is done.
3)I am into Jersey material for sometime now.. In singapore, nice jersey designs tops or bottoms are so limited. its all the same stuff.. In UK, there are so many designs and come in different colors!

It's absolute COOL-ness!

.. clicking away to another shopping website

My very FIRST... car!

Finally after 2 months of waiting my RUSH is here!

It is so cute and i loooooove it!

Left is K&J's Vitara and to the right is my lovely cute RUSH

They look so cute together i was admiring the two cars from my balcony over the whole weekend.. :D

I picked up my car on saturday and my car plate came out 2nd prize (4D) and i was so busy being a chauffeur i didnt have time to go and buy.. but oh well.. maybe next time! :D
I am overflowing with luck these few months!!!

$5m Toto Mooncake Draw

1. Dont tell anyone
2. Put the $5m in the bank
3. Not going to quit my job
4. Use the monthly interest only
5. Buy a bunglow
6. Take a month off for holiday
7. Build a bunglow in Bali
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.....people won $30 and I am one of them!!!!
HA HA HA

The new face for Miu Miu

Polly Purrfect


baby Crayon


Irresistably A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E!! O_O

and a bonus.. my darling's sexy leg :P


how nice.. all my 3 babies bound to me with a miu miu ribbon! :D