Oh the Claw in Singapore

Oh hai again.. still in Singapore. I have the worst hair ever in this country. There is absolutely nothing that I can do short of sitting all day and night in an airconditioned room. Even then it looks crazy. It is flat, frizzy and lord knows what is going on with the ends.

So I have bought stuff. I am such a retail scrooge in Australia it is not funny. But here it is ok! I made a trip to Sephora to check if they stocked Tarte as I was asked on Twitter to see if I could get it here for her. No luck with Tarte but I got to relive my teenage years playing with Urban Decay. Anyway, most posts on stuffs I bought when I get back - I might buy more. LOL


Here I am clawing the Louis Vuitton clutch that Mum has decided to give me. She said that she has used it once or twice in the last 4 years that she owned it. Thank you very much! Louis Vuitton and free are great combinations in one single sentence.

What else do people do in Singapore other than eat and shop? And shop and shop? And then eat some more? Really...

Balmy Singapore plus Key Club Launch Event

Oh hai everyone I am in balmy Singapore. It is exhausting!!! Boys are out of routine and getting up at 4.30 in the morning. :O Well let's unleash the claw out in Singapore a bit later. I hope to get CLAW blog post. Seems like Claw has her own fan base.

Before I left Melbourne, the lovely Sarah from Silverleaf PR sent me an invite to the Key Club Launch. My first thought was - oh wait is she sure that she sent the invite to the right person? So my friend and I trooped up the road from our office in our dresses and heels. I wore my pink Manolo Blahniks and Armani Exchange dress. No duck lips or trout pout lips sorry, there was a mandatory mirror pic that I conned my friend into getting in. She is horrified!

It was a fantastic night people watching and I am now determined to buy a bodycon dress. This Mama still gots it ya know. :) Damien Bodie (ex-Neighbours and Winners and Losers) insisted that we take a picture together. It was like we were best buddies. We had a chat with Mat Beyer (Masterchef) who is @cookingwithgoths on Twitter and his friend Joel from . The funny thing is, we started following each other before he went on the show. When I was watching MC, I thought hey this guy reminds me of @cookingwithgoths on Twitter. DUH!


Here is Damien and Lee (MKR) just chilling as you can imagine in the big gold seats. I am upset that I did not give these seats a whirl. We had parked ourselves in the corner seats next to the DJ booth at the front room and told the waiter with the food to keep 'em coming.


Ok seriously... does everyone wanna pat the velour cowboy suit or is it just me? I am assuming it was velour! Champagne all around that night and the food is amazing! You need to try the duck! I left right when the music had stopped and stumbled out. Attended and presented at an Executive meeting that was an all day event the next day. I felt like one of the boys!

Multitasking Instant Cooking

Ya know what, I am eating this as brunch/breakfast. Unashamed asian.. LOL.

But seriously I picked up what I thought was a carton of Indomie from Costco. It was not Indomie. It was lord knows what brand. I have not had Indomie since circa 2000 when I first came over as a Uni student. Those days of Uni share housing and cartons of Indomie lasted about 5months. I moved out and upgraded to Korean ones!

So I thought, oh well why not? It has been more than 10 years. I had forgotten that instant noodle cooking involved multitasking. There are HOW MANY PACKETS to cut up and mix up? Times that by the two packets that I normally need - don't judge I have an appetite. So there it is.. one packet of oil and kecap manis. One packet of bumbu powder and chilli powder. ADD deep fried onions into the equation. PLUS a fried egg on top. You need fried egg on top people.

Lucky I had enlisted D to help me with the packet cutting. So frantic packet cutting, noodle in hot water tossing. Drain, mix with the sauce. Cut your powder and toss it. Deep fried onions on top. While frantically cutting powder sachet, heat oil for your fried egg. Flip the egg, toss egg on top.. sweating..

D was yelling I WANT MINEEEE... Grab another bowl. Dish out his share. Cut his noodles, chuck spoon into his bowl. Fall into couch... have another seagull child stalk you for food. Split egg to pieces and start shovelling egg into his mouth. Feed yourself... So there. Multi-tasking.

New Skincare Routine

This is my new daytime routine. This is quite a lot for me therefore please put up with it.

I was a LUCKY girl and won the SydneyShopGirl La Clinica giveaway. Look at that! Face mask and serum. WINNING! When I opened the package, the lovely essential oils hit me. Oh this is new I thought.

So I have added the La Clinica serum to my little duo in the morning. I use the serum first and then slap on the Korres Pomegranate gel and last the little sample sized Neutrogena sun block. I grabbed this from promo people at Doncaster ages ago. I have to admit that I am lazy in putting on sun block. I take the Chinese sunblock method which is not go out!

I think I have been using it for about a week? I have to report back on the effects – probably takes longer than a week. J But I do notice that my skin is clearer and heals faster. I am a bad naughty picker!

This is my new daytime routine. This is quite a lot for me therefore please put up with it.

I was a LUCKY girl and won the SydneyShopGirl La Clinica giveaway. Look at that! Face mask and serum. WINNING! When I opened the package, the lovely essential oils hit me. Oh this is new I thought.

So I have added the La Clinica serum to my little duo in the morning. I use the serum first and then slap on the Korres Pomegranate gel and last the little sample sized Neutrogena sun block. I grabbed this from promo people at Doncaster ages ago. I have to admit that I am lazy in putting on sun block. I take the Chinese sunblock method which is not go out!

I think I have been using it for about a week? I have to report back on the effects – probably takes longer than a week. J But I do notice that my skin is clearer and heals faster. I am a bad naughty picker!

DVF for Gap Kids coming to Australia

When I was pregnant with Pickles, I thought I would be having a girl - as you would - and then my 'life was complete'. One boy and one girl.. "oarsome" I thought.
At the ultrasound we found out he was a boy. I became a pregnancy hormonal crazy lady or rather more so than normal. I held onto Ralph Lauren baby girls' clothing and cried in David Jones. True story there by the way.

Every month of so, someone will tell me that I should have another child. My response is to tell the person to wash their mouth out with soap. So no, I will never have a girl or have the desire to have another baby. There are very few moments when I go awww I wished that I had a girl. And it is usually when I see clothing that is simply adorable and gorgeous for little baby girls. Then this landed in my inbox. DVF for GapKids.. YES! Are you kidding me, I am so there. Scroll quickly and I see that it is only for girls. Once again my money is safe. But you know if I had a girl. I would so totally make her wear this dress. Maybe not the tights.


The below look is my favourite. I think it is because I would wear that jacket. LOL! Check out that jacket! WANT... And the shorts!!


The collection is available from 15th of March. I foresee women grabbing them off the rack like Stella for Target. So for those readers with daughters, I just want to let you know that having boys is really good for my wallet :)

This is why I do not do kids' birthday parties

I have not hosted a birthday party ever for my boys and do not intend to until they are about I don't know 15. When I can throw some money at the problem and take them out instead of having them in the house.

Number 1 playcentres are awful places where feral bullies and their even worse parents think it is alright to have a go at my son just for walking past. Number 2 every young kids birthday party I have ever attended has been a disaster for the actual child. One burnt his finger on the candle while his father was making a speech. Another was so grumpy and angry, she had to be put to sleep and nobody was allowed to have a 'look' at her. Number 3 have you seen Chinks hosting parties? We overcater like a monster and this costs a lot of money!

So because my lovely team mate who started the same day as me is leaving Melbourne and relocating for a few years, I had to throw a party. She had done one for everyone that was leaving the country and we had a few team members from overseas. Also wanted to show people my decking and front yard. :P Anyways, guess what. I have enough dips and lamb for another round of party. Who wants to come over? I had to stop myself from making more salad the morning of the event as I was paranoid it was not enough! Oh and another tip for myself, next time order the non-raw fish sushi! I was wolfing down sashimi like a crazy person as I did not want to waste it.

Check out the cake pops that I ordered too from Karen. How cute is that?

Another problem with yesterday's party were rude kids, grabby kids and my boy was overwhelmed when everyone who was older (basically everyone else) grabbed his bubble machine hippo and was not letting him touch it. The Chinese Tiger Mum in me wanted to grab said hippo and start attacking the other children. Take that bubble now! See above play centre reference. Mick had to yell at that same said child who decided to yell at D when she was on her way out. I think she was angry about leaving as she wanted to watch Angelina Ballerina. Lucky for grumpy Angelina Ballerina watcher it was not me as I harboured thoughts of hitting her out with my handbag. Angelina Ballerina's brother also decided he was only going to exclude D from looking at his tanks. Cue thoughts of plotting to hit him with his box of army people. There were also very well behaved children and I have to say that none of them wanted to play with rude kids either. They said no we are not playing with you anymore you are very rude! Silently pumping fists in the arm at victory. So you see, putting me in a roomful of other children and I suddenly become crazy. Not a good combination!

Vogue Forum Melbourne Bloggers Meet

This post is late! The vogue forum Melbourne bloggers meet was last Saturday. Check out our hot legs!

Quite frankly I thought that I was going to be murdered by them when we had dirty hands, naughty hands, walk walk walk and bend roll up introductions to the casual class. I mean really?! I thought to myself perhaps next time I should clam up when they are after suggestions for activities. It was like we were auditioning as extras for Illegal Blonde – Bend and Snap.

Honestly shocked that I now have the knees of an 80year old. When bending, I can no longer roll up.

Thanks to kerker for the picture!