Reply to XiaXue's "The Faces Of Haters"

Hi peeps!

Ok this topic I'm about to touch on is a rather sensitive one so for those of  you who are not interested in politics and such can go scroll to the next blog. Don't bother wasting your time reading.

Recently there has been much uproar in Singapore regarding the by-election going on in Hougang between PAP and Workers Party. Well, the uproar isn't much about the discussion regarding the politics itself BUT about this fucking STUPID page in Facebook called the "Temasek Review" which is apparently opened not for the sake of positive discussions, but for the sake of a sore bunch of losers, who apparently use it to attract unnecessary negative feedbacks and discontentment among fellow Singaporeans. Worst part is, they somehow disguise as some Workers Party fans or whatever. Seriously, the vibe that they are spreading are contagiously and nonsensically HORRIBLE.

One of our fellow well-known blogger, XiaXue, was one of their victims of crude, shallow remarks. Why? Simply because she has the PAP symbol painted on her face in one of her pictures. Shallow enough? Not yet. They apparently stole the(her) picture from seriously, god-knows-where, posted on their Facebook page and quoted "Caption Please", which obviously was delightedly commented by the shallow-minded bunch of scums who labelled her as prostitutes and whatever retarded out-of-the-world crude words that you can or can never thought of saying to a random stranger.

Seriously, the negative response to that post was more than that of a Great Singapore Sale event. WOW.

Firstly, let me tell you that I'm not a fan of PAP myself. Not a fan doesn't mean I HATE them or anything they propose. See, I don't get why there's even a divided party here. One is from the government itself and the others simply oppose them. WHY THE HELL CAN'T THEY EVEN MERGE IN THE FIRST PLACE?! PAP plays the role as the strict decisive daddy of Singaporeans and oppositions like Workers Party plays a role as the mother to whom Singaporeans can confide in and suggest positive, beneficial and unbiased opinions to PAP. Wouldn't it be better and less complicated for everyone? It's as if we don't have enough first world problems already.  -__-

Secondly, every individual HAS THEIR RIGHT to choose or have preference to whichever party they think is best as a leader. We are given a choice to choose, so why behave like a bunch of shallow-minded douchebags and slam those who has a different opinion than you? Why must you unnecessarily slam and shame those who didn't even provoke the devil out of you? In my opinion, such acts are plain pathetic, shameless and deprived of basic courtesy.

Lastly, why the fuck are people complaining and dissing PAP when with or without their knowledge, PAP is a GOVERNMENT-BASED POLITICAL PARTY? I do have to agree that some of the ideas they propose are rather crappy, but why diss them when by LOGIC all the benefits that we are milking from, all the funding, scholarship, approved appeal for HDB loan/reduced price, THE FREAKING SCHOOLS THAT YOU SEND YOUR KIDS TO, THE FREAKING HOUSE YOU'RE STAYING IN, are all from the government!

If you think our governing system doesn't bring you ANY BENEFITS AT ALL, by all means, rather than resorting to doing things that makes you look stupid and constantly remind others what a fool you are despite them already knowing, there are many other continents to which you can easily shift to. Perhaps only then you realise all the crap you've been bitching about is nothing compared to the bigger problems other nations are facing.

One more thing, for those who think that politics is an easy profession, and that no political leader is doing anything to at least try and assist those who are in need of help(although I do notice that those who AREN'T IN NEED are also trying to take advantage of the benefits -__-), instead of having no balls and attack powerless people like xiaxue, you might as well act as a hero and do a personal attack on the government itself. I seriously anticipate the outcome of the individuals who think that they are so smart and powerful to do such things. Then we can see where their arrogance and stubbornness land them in.

Just because someone is a celebrity, that doesn't mean they have all the media and the law nod in agreement with them. At the end of the day, they are only fellow Singaporeans who have to abide to the law. Media on its own, doesn't wipe off your crap from the public eye. Their job is to publish EVERYTHING that interests the public, especially your crap. So if you think that a celeb is free from media propaganda, you are so wrong. So stop blindly assuming and calling others(the innocent) names. Kinda pathetic cos such actions only scream "self-pity" and "low-morality".

Oh come on, if you're that shallow, you really don't have to be so transparent about it. Just keep it to yourself. You wouldn't wanna gain notorious fame. So not worth it, Temasek Review.

And XiaXue, if you did read this blog, I'm glad that at least one Singaporean female is strong enough to smack the crap out of these judgemental and pathetic internet bullies. Thank You for staying strong.

Choco Ame

Best Free Photo Editing Apps

Hi geeks!!

Ok today I'm going to share with you my favourite three photo-editing applications from the Android platform. I'm pretty sure that some of you are familiar with two of the application that I'm about to share. But here's for you peeps who've been searching high and low for good apps at no charge at all. So who says free stuff arent always good, eh? XD

Ok let me start by introducing them:

The 3 apps are Photowonder, PicArt and Plastic Surgery Stimulator.

Let me start with the Photowonder application, which is the most frequent app I use for editing MOST of my photos. Firstly, its totally FREE for download and despite not having an all-in-one features like drawings and such, I'd still say it does a pretty good job with its wide variety of filters, stickers and themed frames.  Oh, and its perfect for those of you who doesn't have a mobile data plan(like me) cos you can edit your photo's offline!


But I'd have to say its star feature is probably its "slimming"  editing capability. What it does is basically giving you the ability to edit your picture by slimming down your face, body n etc. and the fact that the result is near to flawlessness, is simply amazing.

 *Well of course it depends on your picture quality and to what extent you virtually slim yourself. -__-

Let me post some of its features:

I don't always use its slimming thingy anyway(not if I'm posting my pics online!!) so I'm unable to show you any examples. But really, it does wonders. And to think that there's a WIDE variety of Decor's which you can slap onto ur picture... But of course some of which you have to manually download it yourself. BUT ITS FREE!!

Oh and the "Anti-acne" is also A-FREAKIN-MAZING!! I use that oh-so often! It cleverly blurs the spots(manually you have to tap on the spots) or acne n etc. Real neat. If only you can do the same in real life... Tapping on your pimples and blemishes and it's all gone... *sigh*


Next application will have to be PicArt. FREE for download. However, the fact that you have to be connected to the internet to be able to edit your photos are kind of a turn off. Very inconvenient for non-data plan users. BUT I'd have to admit that you can practically edit your photos in every way possible. Well, except for slimming I guess. But OH MY GOD, this editor is the boss!!

Oh another turn-off factor has got to be the ads. UURGH. But apart from ads and slimming stuff, I doubt there's anything this app can't do. Did I mention you can also add words of which you can customize its fonts and design? XD AWESOME-NESS. There's just too many filters, way more than you can ever imagine. GO CHECK IT OUT!!


Lastly, it's the Plastic Surgery Stimulator Lite. I have no freakin idea WHY they have a paid version when the lite version does pretty much everything it's prolly supposed to do! *sigh* Anyway, you can check out one of my before and after virtual rhinoplasty here: https://p.twimg.com/AsnLon0CMAEx9up.jpg:large

It allows you to professionally* edit a picture of yourself or your face or whatever, kinda like Photowonder's slimming feature, just that this app allows you to be more detailed with the editing. You can use this as a preview of the desired result of your intended plastic surgery, well, if you're even planning on doing one. Otherwise, you can use it for fun or make yourself look more appealing in virtual networking when you're actually not in reality. LOL. Something like that.

HOWEVER, there's only a few tools available which, still gets the job done, but requires some practice and getting used to before you can do a perfect virtual surgery. Still, I'd say this is one freaking amazing shit. Oh and you can use it while you're offline. YAAAY!!

I've pretty much covered everything. The next step is for you to try it out. I'm not sure if PicArt is available on ios but you can try checking it out. Goodnight and have fun editing your camwhores!! Toodles!!

Choco Ame

Tips on Weight Loss

Hello Geeks!

Kinda short one here, just wanna share my achievement. LOLS.

I finally lost 5 kg!! In 3 months plus!!! Not as easy as you think ok!! Apparently I have the FAT genes from my mother's side. Like all of them are either plain fat, chubby or obese. Not that I have anything against fat people, but really think about it. Unhealthy right? And not to mention the amount of self-esteem which drained out of me..

I'm actually a carwasher but still it's not that easy to lose weight. 

About 5 months ago, I was an astounding 64.3kg. Its a little overweight for a person who's 1.56m high, really. I can't fit into my favourite jeans n most of my clothes simply made me look like a fat moron with a wardrobe malfunction cos most of my clothes are either M or S. I have a thing for skin hugging clothes so it was SO unflattering, imagine that. 

I gained 14kg in 3 MONTHS the moment when I switched to work as an office slum. I snacked like a Somalia kid who never had sugary treats. It's a habit, I guess, to eat sooo much when I'm stressed. The job is super stressful, don't get me started... -__-

So this was how I looked like BEFORE and after I gained weight. DAMN I look pregnant!!

OBVIOUSLY you can tell which is before and after right. -_-

I didn't photoshop the first image, just in case you were wondering. I just added filter. OH! And that reminds me, you guys have gotta download this freaking amazing application called the Photowonder. Its available on android and ios platform. GENIUS STUFF!!

So I was fucking depressed when I was fat. I tried dieting, didn't work AT ALL. Until I decided to change my job back to carwashing, I SLOWLY lost 4kg. my god. TOOK FOREVER.

Then came my sudden obsession over the kpop thingy and there was the Kim Hyun Joong concert. I wanted to look my best and of course I had to save like crazy, so naturally and obviously I had to cut my daily spending. AND IT WORKED!! I dropped from 60kg to 56.3kg during that period of less than a month. But I'd have to be honest, it wasn't all dieting that helped. It got to the point where I felt GUILTY eating (WTF) and I started puking out 50% of what I consumed. Honestly don't recommend that. UNLESS u wanna die of bullimea, then go ahead and meet your pathetic doom.

At first it WAS intentional. Guilty remember? As time goes by it just happened naturally. I'm a major pig when it comes to eating but this guilty thing seems to help me quite a bit. Now my stomach goes on auto-mode. If I pig out too much, naturally I'll puke. Not the most honourable way to lose weight but I lost my weight. Thats all that matters. LOL!!

So now I'm like 55kg. not that major of a change yet. I'm hoping to lose another 10kg at most. Ok before any of you start to bitch at me, BMI thing is health-wise but if you're talking about image-wise, its better to take your height minus 12 (1.56 - 0.12) or something like that. Its my point of view but its up to you. If you wanna have slimmer legs and arms, might as well you work that extra pound off right? This is how I look now:

Tummy's shrinking ( thanks to xiaxue I found out that you don't have to be overly dumb and spend thousands for slimming centres and stupid products to lose that tummy. Just lose weight. Most of the time it disappears. Well, MOST.) Arms toning, and so is my chicken thighs. And double chin shrinking!!!

So to all of you who are adamant on losing weight, I'm no expert but from what I've tried, the best way is by EATING LESS, try not to eat before you hit the sack at night, and do more exercises or anything at all as long as you move more than you slump onto your couch. TRY not to snack, believe me snacking kills your image. You can snack but not soo often la ok.

Oh and the best way to get motivated,well for me at least, is to find a STRONG reason why you want it so freaking bad. Like perhaps for dates, concerts, your low-self esteem,or simply because you know its damn awful to look like an overgrown plum and you don't wanna die of stupid diseases. LOL.

Try not to consume unprescribed slimming/ diet pills unless you are so damn sure its not gonna have like MAJOR side effects. Honestly, at the end of the day its all about habit. Eating habit. I always believe in this motto of mine, "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger but what doesn't slim you down simply makes you fatter" LOL. kinda lame but personally I find it true. No matter how many bottles of slimming products u eat or how many thousands you spend on slimcare and so on, once you are through with it, if you don't keep it as a habit to eat less/ moderately, its just gonna bounce back. In fact I've heard cases where people often put on more weight after that. why? cos u tend to pig out more to satisfy the crave you held on while depending on such things.

Besides, slowly losing weight is better than losing your fucking kidney over some untrustworthy diet pills right? Or have hormonal imbalance. Or pigging your hearts out. So, think it over. Hope it helps. XD

chao!!

Kim Hyun Joong Fan-Meeting Singapore 2012 (based on my little experience)

Hey hey hey geeks!!

Its been FOREVER since I last updated!!! Been super busy with OH SO MUCH!! Anyway, today's post is gonna be a little different. I thought I should share my experience with some of you regarding the recent Kim Hyun Joong Concert. Yeah its a little late but what the heck! Ain't as easy as you guys think to get a free WIFI connection hor!!

Last few weeks, there was this AMAZING concert I went to. OK i know. some of you aren't kpop fans. Then I guess you should be reading the next blog instead. LOL. Anyway to you kpop fans out there, ROCK ON!! heheh... Especially the Kim Hyun Joong fans, I'm pretty sure the vibe of the concert is still stong. Left quite an impact didn't it? XD

Anyway, the public ticketing sales was on the 20th of April. Really felt pathetic cos I thought that all seats would've been booked by then. Hah. Thanks to the lucky UOB debit card & UOB One card members, the floor seats WERE FULLY BOOKED!! Disappointing as hell. But still, I'm glad I still got a good seat at the area.. But of course its nothing compared to the PA, PB & PC seats!! *sigh*

The moment the tickets were open to public, boy did I rush from my workplace to Northpoint in hope that there are still good seats left. *KIASU* But what the heck, it turned out that SISTIC there, or shall I say, the reception, only open at 11am. WHAT THE FUCK. Still, I rushed to Junction 8, and...I GOT MINE!!

WAS I RELIEVED OR WHAT!! Sadly I had to celebrate the occasion alone cos sweet little boyfie has been BITCHING all week about me wasting money on such crap n yada yada yada.. ITS KIM HYUN JOONG WE'RE TALKIN ABOUT HERE, DUDE! XD

Ok let me make a little confession. It may sound a little crazy but the main purpose of me attending this concert was initially to pass him a little souvenir I made for him. I was already planning to "bribe" the co-ordinators in case the tickets was sold out.. yea yea yea.. petty petty me.  But what can I say? I'm just the kinda person who will go all out to do what I want to do. Thank God most of the crap that comes across my mind are nothing harmful. OK enough yapping. This is what I made him:

Not too bad eh? *BoPaisey* But before any of you start bitching about it, I'd like to confess that it is rather out of proportion here and there... BUT YOU CAN STILL TELL ITS HIM RIGHT??? RIGHT?! ok. that's all that matters. At least I didn't draw stickmans...

Have to admit that I was a little reluctant at first... It could've been a part of my portfolio but I guess he deserves it for all the hard work he put into the mini-concert. SHAME ON YOU IF YOU DIDN'T GO!!! joking. LOL. But the concert was amazing. What a good first time experience. What a "suaku" I am. SERIOUSLY.

Apart from having my heart stolen away and such, I'd have to say that this event brought alot of blessings. One of which will definitely have to be the new friendships which had blossomed along the way. What better way to make friends than with those who shares the same stuff as you right? XD Really unexpected but I'm so damn glad. Time to refurbish my friend lists.LOL.

So I got to know a few angels, one of which is this 15 year old girl. She's so adorable. Meeting her was kinda awkward cos she's 15 and I'm like 21 and she's WAY TALLER THAN ME WHEN I'M WEARING 3 INCH HEELS!!! AAARGHH!! Is 1.56m THAT SHORT!?

So here are the great people I met:

Sadly I'm only constantly contacting the girl in blue. Rest of them are too busy, I think.

The hi-5 session have got to be the best one of all. I think that was the most anticipated moment by everyone. Its really thoughtful of him to handshake/hi-5 all 3000 of us. And to think he didn't even wipe his hands in disgust.. On the other hand, a little gross cos god knows what everyone has on their hand.. Hope he didn't fall sick. Imagine having a sore person who dug their nose and didn't wipe their hands before handshaking him.. EWWW!! ok. must think positive, I'm sure us Singaporeans are more hygenic and civilized than that..

One particular incident which I wasn't aware of until after the fan-meeting has got to be the fact that some KHJ fans have been swooning over his bodyguard, Mr Jeong. LOL. There's a video at youtube. Go check it out. Freaking made me laugh my pants off!! Guess it won't be shock if he becomes a celebrity too one day. I'm sure those of you who's swooning over Kim Hyun Joong are equally swooning over his bodyguard!! LOL!! Definitely not me laaa. Kim Hyun Joong one and only. XD

I know i don't really have much pictures of the event. Aparently I didn't have a camera with me apart from my crappy Galaxy S phone which was already draining of battery even before the concert started. what the heck. Go google out his name and I'm sure thousands of results will appear. Quite a number of his fans apparently made a blog dedicated to him. Alrights people. kinda late. TC!!

Chao!!

Trouble With HAIR!!

Hey hey hey Blogeeks (the lame term I will start using for blogging geeks like us!) how is your Tuesday?? Damn the weather is HORRIBLE here in Singapore! One minute its raining n in the other minute the sun is scorching hot like nobody's business!! Jeez..

Anyway as promised, today's blog will be dedicated to u guys with highlighted/coloured hair (like me!). I'll be reviewing a shampoo I came across with recently which is specially formulated for chemically treated hair. Along with the shampoo review, I'll also be reviewing a hair mask and also its leave-on hair moisturiser, all three of which are from the same brand/company.

A few days back, had my hair BLEACHED in highlights at a salon by the name of Cardinal Unisex Salon. Its located at  102 Yishun Avenue 5 , next to the AMAZING Blue Star Restaurant (I'll do a review on it another time!). For those of you who are familiar with affordable priced salons, I'm sure you know how the end results usually turn out right? Oh by the way I forgot to mention that this salon has been around for AGES.

Definitely gonna be my FIRST and LAST time going there. Why? I asked for highlights of PLATINUM BLONDE and this is what it turned out to be:

whatever colour it is, DEFINITELY not platinum blonde

So I Google possible reasons to why my supposedly-bleach highlights turned ginger/copperish. Voila. I thought it turned "brassy".  The closest-to-sensibility answer. Or so i thought. So I kept Google-ing solutions to solve my weird hair issues until I came across others who face similar problem to mine and they were discussing on this weird product known as a Purple Shampoo.

Okay I'm not too sure how many of you (excluding you natural blonds. DUH -_-) actually know of such product or have used one before but I was like "WTF?!". Hey, don't think I'm totally dumb ok! Try asking the salons in your nearest shopping mall for a purple shampoo and see how they respond!! Well i did! In exchange to my enquiry, they looked at me as if I was babbling crap. Oh well, at least you man-made blondes-wannabes in Singapore now know that majority of our hairdressers here don't totally use the proper products in the first place. How disappointing.

Anyway, in case you guys don't know, a purple shampoo is literally purple in colour and is specially  made for those with blonde hair, man-made or natural alike. The colour of the shampoo itself is to help to tone down the brassiness (awfull yellowish/orangish tone to blonde hair) of the bleached hair.

Its said that bleached hair is more vulnerable to discolouration from smoke n etc. Oh well.

So I found one here in Beauty Language. The product is called RPR Brighten My Blonde and it retails at a  price of $19.50 for a 300ml bottle;

I've used it for 3 days so I can't really tell if it's an excellent product but I'd have to admit that my colour did improve a little.  However, I wouldn't totally advise you to get it unless you regularly mask and condition your hair as it dries your hair after the wash, which is a turn off for me.  Bleached hair requires alot of moisture cos bleaching itself strips your hair of its proteins n moisture which of course, will eventually turn your hair as dry as a broom's bristle.

Try to Google for other alternatives of purple shampoo. Oh and another turn off factor is that the shampoo  itself smells like those bubbles you play as kids. You know, the funny chemical smell, but I guess its not too bad. You CANNOT use purple shampoo EVERYDAY because it will turn your hair white or grey cos these shampoo is meant to slightly lighten your horrible brassy blonde. For the RPR, I use it every alternate day.

Another product which I got from the same brand is the RPR Repair My Hair Intense Treatment. I LOVE IT! I have horrifyingly thick hair with damaged ends and I'd have to say this product did me justice;

Also retails at a price of $19.50 @ Beauty Language

I use this on alternate days too but I'm prolly gonna use it every 3 days cos it pricy for a 200ml tube and I've used 1/6 of it already!! LOL. I use this after I shampoo with my normal Asience shampoo. Leave it on ur whole hair and bundle it like a dim sum for about 20 min n rinse... Oh and did I mention it smells like the coconut sweet we used to eat as kids? Syok factor!!! LOVE THE SMELL! But seriously, this is good stuff.  I'd highly recommend this treatment.

Last product I used as a leave on moisturiser/treatment is ALSO from the same brand and its called RPR My Vitaliser and its pretty good too! The smell is a little like Brylcreem (T_T), just a tad more floral and pleasant. Not too shabby I'd say;

Retails at a price of $19.50

Also got it at the same shop. There was a promotion of 2 at the price of $30. Okay overall I'd say I love the hair mask the most cos I have a fetish for delicious smelling stuff and to be fair the product is awesome. My hair isn't as stiff as it was 3 days ago thanks to these products. In case you might be wondering why I didn't get the Brighten My Blonde conditioner instead, I personally find it ridiculous to get a boost of blonding brightener(which doesn't do justice when it comes to moisturising) when I just want it to lighten a little bit at slow pace so I can finish the bottle and get the result I want. But I will DEFINITELY continue with the mask. AWESOME!! XD

Alright then.  If you do come across better purple shampoo in Singapore, do update me. In any case, stay tuned for more reviews. Adios and enjoy Labour Day!! (you lucky people! I still have to work!!)

Toodles Blogeeks!!! AUUUUGAAA!! lol