Archive for December, 2009
2009 at a glance…
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Here’s the obligatory year at a glance post but this time I’ll do it differently. A summarised version.
I broke up with Tiger on 1 January. It was a hard decision to make after spending 5 years with him but I had to do it. To be honest, I didn’t think about breaking up with him till that day. Didn’t help when he told me he had wanted to propose after I broke up with him. Just made me feel even more wrecked with guilt. Gotta admit that it was a hasty and rash decision.
We weren’t exactly friends after that and there were many times we exchanged harsh words. My biggest regret of 2009 would have to be breaking his heart. Currently we’re kinda working at being friends but I wonder if it’ll ever work.
Sat for my last paper in end Feb. Won the CLEO Guest Editor stint in Feb/March. Got a peek into the world of publishing. I really liked it, would consider getting back to publishing perhaps in the near future.
Started dating CCB in late March. Just broke a cardinal rule of mine by dating a friend’s ex-boyfriend. Somehow or rather, said friend and I fell out, not really because of me dating her ex but because of some misunderstandings.
Result were out in April/May I think. I passed!
Joined the SoyJoy competition. Had fun with the challenges and nearly went mad with the same challenges too.
Jayden and I combined forces to join the SingTel-Nuffnang competition. We won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Found out that I won the SoyJoy competition. Got all set to go to Japan!
Entered the Tangs Blogathon competition just for fun. Basically just wanted to join with Jayden and have fun bullying each other. By some fluke, I actually won the Audience choice. Really did not play to win okay!
Fell horribly sick after Blogathon, must be from the lack of sleep. Nearly could not travel to Japan as I was having a high fever. :/
Went to Japan and spent $3k. KILL ME PLS.
Came back and by another fluke, got offered a job. Took up the job because the $3k spent was haunting me. (I had wanted to nua for the whole of 2009!)
Went for the Great Eastern 10k run. Actually finished without any prior training. HALLELUJAH!
Had my convocation. TMD expensive gown. Must remember to blog about convocation!
Went with ccb and his biker friends to Kukup. Set off my first fireworks! Fucking fantastic.
Work work work. Nothing exciting happened during this time.
Went to Standchart with the mothership. We walked throughout and chatted for almost 2 hours. Am proud of the mothership for being able to finish the 10k!
Started learning driving. Manual is killing me.
Spent xmas eve with the barflies. Hilarious people, they all are. Am scared of said waterfall next year. Must escape Wala in February.
Went to BKK with ccb, Vic, Jayden and Fabian. Spent $1.2k. Crazy amount of money!
Am already planning next year, will be going Bali in Feb and my driving test in March. (confirmed fail!). This year seems to be full of ups and downs. Hopefully next year would be a much better year!
How was your year? Hopefully it wasn’t as volatile as mine!
So, what happened to your hair Nadia?
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009The lowdown. I cut my hair short. Not because I wanted to…
I went to a certain “weather” salon from a friend’s recommendation and I had wanted to have a change of hairstyle. The hairstyle I wanted was rejected by the hairstylist and he recommend something “medium-length” for my hair.
I figured that since my hair was long, medium-length didn’t sound too bad and it’ll probably be a trim for me.
I did leave a few rules for him before he started cutting.
1) I needed a hairstyle that I NEED NOT STYLE/BLOW DRY as I DO NOT blowdry my hair at home.
2) My hair curls at the ends if it is layered/hits the shoulder so it has to be a hairstyle that is flattering and to minimise the curls. I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE CURLS.
And the hairstyle became like this..
So, this is medium length? What was my previous hair length then? XXXL?!
I hated the hair then but I thought at least the hair didn’t curl so it wasn’t too bad.
I WAS DAMN WRONG.
It started curling! I didn’t take much pics with my straight short hair because I absolutely hated the look. This is one of the “nicest” pictures, the hair started curling like shit after that. Needless to say, I will NEVER return to that “weather” salon ever again.
What ever happened to hairstylists listening to what the customer wants?
While I struggled with my hair, I decided to bite the bullet and go for a perm. At least a proper perm would look better than the ugly “duck tails”.
I did my research and decided to check out Shunji Matsuo at Wellington building. Kaoru-san was my hairstylist. She recommended using this new Japanese perm which incorporates Japanese micro nanotechnology into its range of styling and hair care services. This helps minimizes the damage of chemical treatments.
It sounded pretty awesome so I decided to go for it.
Kaoru-san first started by giving me a trim.
Trimming off the ugly layers that the previous “weather” stylist did.
Guess who I saw?! The man himself, Shunji!
He is very down to earth and very friendly!
They then did a “pre-treatment”
Seems like Shunji Matsuo uses a different type of hair curler as compared to those conventional ‘auntie’ types.
The perm was nothing that I’ve done before. The previous ones that I did was usually hooked up to some heat/machine but this one felt as if it was using steam to perm my hair. I did some reading up about the treatment and they mentioned that it was a breakthrough hair care technology which uses a superior performing moisturizing treatment that facilitates the penetration of nanometre molecules into each individual hair follicle, dramatically improving the construction of hair and restoring it back to a healthier condition.
More pictures of the treatment.
I look like an alien man!
As you can see, I got quite bored after a while…
The end result. Of course, this is with styling…
But I’m pretty satisfied with the end result.
Pic of hair close to one month after the perm. No products used.
Of course, I would prefer my long hair as there’s so much you can do with long hair but I’m glad that at least, I tried a new hairstyle. Sick of my “stagnant” hair.
Now… to grow my hair long!
Do you prefer my straight short hair or permed short hair?
The Soyjoy Japan trip! – Cute puppies in Osaka
Sunday, December 27th, 2009Here’s another entry! This time we moved from Tokushima to Osaka. While I love traipsing to different places, I absolute hate packing and unpacking with a vengeance.
Here’s some pictures of our hotel!
As you can see, space is limited in Japan. The hotel rooms were also quite cramped. Remember to bring your laptop as most hotels offer free internet. Totally regretted not bringing my laptop. 
I’m going to flood this entry with lots of cute pictures.
We girls went to walk around Osaka and we found this really cute petshop!
Cute aren’t they?
After that, we went for a yummy teppanyaki dinner. Will post up pics in my next Soyjoy entry!
Off to BKK!
Sunday, December 27th, 2009I’ll be away for the next 4 days rendezvousing with 4 guys in bangkok! Have scheduled two entries while I’m away but if it isn’t enough for you, follow me on twitter. Will be tweeting on the go! www.twitter.com/nadnut!
Merry Xmas everyone!
Friday, December 25th, 2009
Have a blessed Christmas with your loved ones!
On a side note, I spent my Xmas eve with the barflies and here’s a splendid video done by Ahtiong and MsV!
I wonder if CowboyCaleb has seen this… Once again, Merry Xmas!
Wtf of the day – Reindeer dung?
Thursday, December 24th, 2009Wtf of the day: Apparently reindeer dung is now “in” and can retail up to $29k. Article here. Seriously, wtf?! Where can I trade in my persian pussy for a reindeer?
Spot a new eye colour anytime!
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009[Advertorial]
I was born with dark brownish, almost black eyes and while I like my eye colour, I do feel bored with them sometimes. Why settle with what you’re born with?
I don’t believe in settling with what I have. I like playing around with it. For example, my hair has been through lots of dye jobs and various treatments. Recently I chopped my hair short and had it permed. Drastic change!
I love changing my eye makeup. Some days I’ll be sporting a green look and sometimes a smokey eyes look. Sticking to the same look is so boring! So why not change your eye colour? It’s almost the same as changing your clothes!
CIBA VISION has kindly sent me some FreshLook coloured contact lenses and I decided to try different eye shadow looks with them! Here’s showcasing the three new colours!
For the FreshLook Sterling Grey lens, I decided to try it with not too much makeup.
I paired it with light brown eyeshadow and a bit of liner. A very natural look. Most of my friends prefer this colour on me the most!
My personal favourite would have to be the FreshLook Gemstone Green!
It’s more eyecatching than Sterling Grey and I had fun matching my eyeshadow to the colour!
I matched a smokey green look with these lenses and while I thought the colour of the lenses were rather eye catching in pictures, some of my friends thought it was natural! I guess, it was easy to match and wasn’t too outlandish!
The FreshLook Brilliant Blue lenses on the other hand could not be missed.
I say, totally play up your makeup if you’re going with a strong colour. Go with smokey eyes, put on some falsies and go all out. The Brilliant Blue is all about being eye catching and being noticed! Go all out!
So what’s your favourite colour on me? I have more colours! Perhaps I’ll post it up some other day!
Do check out FreshLook Colourblends! Not sure of what colour will suit you? Why not try the FreshLook Colour Studio? Have fun! Do check out the Facebook page for FreshLook too!
Wanna win a pair of FreshLook lenses? Tell me which colour (any colour of the Colourblends lenses, there are 12 colours!) suits you best and why! 5 pairs to be won!
Online privacy. Be smart about it.
Sunday, December 20th, 2009I’ve been reading lots of articles on online privacy and it astounds me on how many people lack common sense. Well, I understand if the older generation are new to social media and all that jazz but for the younger ones like you and me, we would know what to do and what not to do.
If you dare publish something, you just have to have the balls to take the consequences, no?
I know that with my blog, I’m basically opening myself to any forms of attack or danger but I take proper precautions.
I don’t publish my address or where I work or details of the guys I’m dating. I use a nickname for them, to protect them as much as I protect myself. While I use my first name for my Facebook profile, I do not use my full name. I limit my Facebook profile so that friends only could view them and I do not add strangers as friends. I have yet to limit my Twitter page to friends-only but I do not post any super secrets on it.
Be careful. If you are careful while walking along a dark alley at night, why aren’t you careful online too?
Have some common sense people. If you can’t erase all digital footprints you leave, limit leaving traces of them. If you still persist in not taking proper precautions, then face the shit when it comes.
