birthday treat...

Love my nails? They are done by Sylvia of Her Nails! Check out her post at http://hernails.blogspot.com/2010/07/all-things-cute.html I'm now a hand model. Haha...

Sylvia combined two of my favourite looks into one! She used pink glitters gel as the base and acrylic designs and swarovski crystals on top. Since she knew I love ribbons and laces, she used both to design, and she added hearts and pearls too! In short, it is a combination of all my favourite things! I think she did a great job! Lovely, aren't they?

Now my nails look unbelievably sweet! And the 5 hours is well worth it! I took the day off to pamper myself and get to know my online friend Sylvia! Our first time meeting in person and we hit off with lots of subjects to talk about! And time flew past without me even knowing that we spent 5 hours together! Sylvia is really a sweet and lovely babe.


I believe this is a beginning of a friendship that is going to last a lifetime.

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After doing my nails, I decided to make a trip to Orchard to do my hair! I had intended to celebrate my birthday by changing a new look... and since my good friend, Winnie had chosen that day to hold her wedding, I took leave today specially to do my nails and hair.

Yesterday, I went shopping and met this sweet and cute girl from this shop Ztyle with beautiful curls! She told me that she did it at Reds Hair Salon at Takashimaya. So I decided to give it a try! At first I was undecided between going back to Shunji Matsuo and look for my Korean hairstylist Gerard Lee, so I gave them a call to book my appointment, but too bad, Gerard is off today. So Reds here I come!

By the time I reached Takashimaya, it was already 6.15pm, so it was straight to the directory, look for Reds and headed straight to Basement 2 where the shop is located, went in and told them I wanted to do digital perm. Since it is my first time, I was game to try any hairstylist and give myself a surprise. I was assigned Lionel Tan.

Lionel had a very clean cut look with shot cropped black hair and neat spectacles, black shirt and black jeans. My first impression? He does not look the least like a hairstylist at all! I thought he was a customer! LOL. At first, I was a little apprehensive. He looked more like an accountant than someone in a fashion industry. I expected to get a hairstylist with funky, wierd hairstyle with a bold hue of hair colour, which was quite typical of hairstylists in Reds.

So I told him I wanted to look like a Japanese girl with the type of curls you see in those Japanese magazines. Lovely. But in my heart, I just crossed my fingers that my curls will not turn out a disaster. And guess what, I walked out a satified and happy customer!!! So satisfied, I immediately booked a second appointment with Lionel to colour my hair on Sunday!

Will post my photo when I'm done on Sunday! :)

I love smokey eyes!

I'm so inspired after viewing the online tutorials on Youtube by MissChevious that I decided to try out a sophisticated smokey eye for work today. No photographs today but smokey eyes really make eyes pop out!

I totally love the new look! I'm so in love with trying out new things! I feel like having a new hairstyle and new hair colour... ok... maybe I will think and decide over the weekend! Happiness is when you pamper yourself. I'm also thinking of getting gel overlay on my nails... hmmm....

joy to my feet...

Finally found the culprit for my grouchy mood the last 2 days. It wasn't really a Bad Hair Day. It was a Horrible Heels Day! Well... I could hardly move my feet last night when I was on my way home. My mind was willing to walk 3 bus stops home but my feet were hurting so much I decided to take a bus to lessen the agony.

This morning I decided to try out my new pair of leather heels I bought from Gripz and I feel joy oozing out of me! They were really comfortable! Happy Feet Day is a happy day! A pair of good shoes is really a worthwhile investment! Although real leather heels are more costly, I think it is all worth it.

Happy.

the hidden messages in water

Excerpt from "The True Power of Water" by Masaru Emoto ~

I was certain that the difference in ice-crystal formation was not solely due to the presence or absence of chlorine but ti the other information affecting it.

To test this, I put water into two glass bottles. On one bottle, I pasted a label typed "Thank you," and on the other, "You fool," in such a way that water would be able to "read" them. The water in both bottles was the same. I then froze the water in each bottle.

The results were more than supportive of my theory; the water in the bottle with "Thank you" formed beautiful hexagonal crystals, while the one with "You fool" had only fragments of crystals.

If water collects information and its crystals reflect those characteristics, it means that the quality of water changes based on the information it receives. In other words, the information we give to water changes its quality.

I was more motivated than ever to study water, and at the same time, I started to think about how people would be able to become happy with good water.


Water Understands Words

As this experiment convinced me that my theory was correct, we then began to give water various information, freeze it, and photograph the crystals. The results were very interesting.

We consistently found that water responded to positive words by forming beautiful crystals. As if it wanted to express its joyous feeling, the crystals opened up like a flower. In contrast, when water was shown negative words, it did not form crystals.

For example, when we showed water the word "happiness", it formed crystals with well-balanced shapes like beautifully cut diamonds. On the other hand, water exposed to the word "unhappiness" resulted in broken and unbalanced crystals. That water seemed to have tried hard to form crystals, but it exhausted its strength and crashed, happiness slipping away from it.

We continued to show a pair of opposite words to the same water: "well done" versus "no good", "like" versus "dislike", "power"versus "powerless", "angel" versus "devil" and "peace" versus "war". Water formed crystals only when it was shown positive words.

Interestingly, water responded to foreign words in a similar but not exact manner as it did to Japanese words. Water formed beautiful crystals to all the words expressing gratitude all over the world, such as "Thank you" (English), "多谢" (Chinese), merci (French), danke (German), grazie (Italian) and kamusamunida (Korean).

For more on this research, you can click here to http://educate-yourself.org/cn/emotohiddenmessageswater14oct06.shtml

trainer's day celebration

Since nobody ever thought of starting a Trainer's Day, we borrowed the Teacher's Day Celebration on 1 September to give ourselves a reason to celebrate. Actually it was my boss's idea to give us a lunch treat at Trader's Hotel as a reward for a job well done!

After having our fill, we took flight at the Singapore Flyer. It was my first ride ever to get a bird's eye view of my beloved country, the little red dot we are so darn proud of to win an olympic medal in 48 years. Indeed, we've come far. And looking at the little red dot from the height 2 metres lower than the peak of bukit timah hill indeed sends thrills down my spine. It was a wonderful experience and we were delighted to have a tour guide explaining the various places of Singapore to us Singaporeans. For once, I felt like a tourist in my hometown. And it kind of feel wierd. There are so many things about Singapore that I had not known of!

The tour guide was sharing with us that the direction which the Singapore Flyer turns, has something to do with feng shui because, it is turning towards the heart of the financial hub of Singapore, which is the Central Business District area or Shenton Way. Many skyscrapers were all designed with feng shui in mind. Take for instance, Conrad Hotel takes shape of the number 13, which means to carry on "living" forever and thus signifies prosperous business. The famous one is of course Suntec City, which comprises of 5 towers that represents the 5 fingers on the palm and the ring inside the palm, which has an upside-down fountain, that the water, which signifies wealth, is always flowing inwards, thus into Suntec city.

The half-hour ride ended rather quickly and it will be probably be my once in a lifetime ride.

dress like a cupcake should feel

This is just "So Jerlynn!" as my friends would put it. My goodness, this poster so inspires me to spice up the colours in my dressing. So much so that I wore a red top and salmon pink cardigan and cream coloured skirt with pink, red and black stripes to work! Do I sound like I resemble one of the cupcakes? I think that all the colour combinations above make great dressing styles. Each one of them... just look carefully and take your pick according to your mood!

I'm so in a cupcake mood. **lalalalala...*** the weekend is here!

a chimera no more

So exciting. Tomorrow I will be running the first class of the new module that I have co-written and developed over the past few months - Buyer's Psychology in Insurance Sales. It feels like planting a seed, watching it grow and now, the flowers have bloomed and awaiting the fruits of my labour ripen. That is a wonderful feeling. A euphoric achievement. Nine months ago, the mere thought of having written my own course would have been a chimera.

Yes, tomorrow. A chimera no more. A dream comes true.

what does my name mean?

Someone asked me what's the meaning of my name today and I did not know. So I thought I should do a search. Frantically did a search for the meaning of my name Jerlynn and apparently, I could not find anything from the various websites.

The nearest record was Jerilyn and Jerelyn, which is a modern combination of "Jeri" and "Lynn". And "Jeri" is short for "Jeraldine". And "Jeraldine" is a variant of "Geraldine"- which means Rules by the spear, ruling spear.

The other portion "Lynn" means a cascade in Anglo-Saxon and a waterfall in English. A cascade is anything that resembles a waterfall, especially in seeming to flow or fall in abundance: eg, a cascade of roses covering the wall. In French, it is a variant of "Lynette" and "Eluned": Idol. This form emerged in Tennyson's story of Sir Gareth and Lynette in one of his "Idylls for the King" (1859). In Spanish, it is a variant of "Linda" which means pretty. "Linda" in Latin also means beautiful.

kids!!!

my havoc mom

Sometimes being real bored can be a dangerous thing. Just a few days back, I brought my mom to the salon as she is whining at me about wanting to have a new hair colour. So I actually brought her and we did our hair together. It was really a bliss to have a mom who is as vain as me!

So since my mom has short spikey hair, it took a shorter time for her hair to become bronzy red with gold highlights. I had to wait a bit longer since the length of my mane is now reaching my waist. So while waiting for me, my mom was being persuaded to embroider her eyebrows, since she has rather thin brows to start with. So naturally being vain, she decided to give it a try. I was trying to persuade her against it as I thought it might be a rather painful process.

I never succeed. So happily she came back with nicely and naturally tattooed eyebrows after a mere 20 mins and told me that I'll be up next and I couldn't refuse her early birthday present because she already paid for it! Gosh. I couldn't believe my ears!

So I underwent the horribly scary process of being multilated by the beautician. With precise and a steady hand, she actually drew my eyebrows line by line using a penknife. I could hear sound of the blade brazing against my skin and feel the sharpness of the blade on my brows. I gripped my teeth with fear and just praying for time to pass very quickly.

The price to pay for vanity.

Well, since my mom gave me new eyebrows, I decided to treat her to a manicure and pedicure with full spa massage on both hands and feet! It was really enjoyable to spend time with mom and who says going out with mom is uncool! My mom is really cool. Now, she's got brilliant bronze nails to match her hair colour! While I did mine a dark vampish red. Cool. Anyway, it's to match my ninja suit - as I'm mostly black from head to toe. LOL.

bad hair day

I'm having a bad hair day. A bad hair monday. Oh well, I need to chop off my locks for the ends are getting frizzed out. And oh how I missed my soft straight mane before I made a wrong decision to perm it.

It was not exactly a wrong decision I would say. I had my boss admiring my curled locks and gave me a thumbs up for the zen image. It was indeed an ego booster for him to come up to me and specifically compliment my hairdo.

My boss is very particular about our image. His philosophy is that all sales person must portray the professional image. And he has laid the rules that all guys must be in shirt and tie, all ladies in suit or dress. Plunging necklines, translucent tops, tube tops, mini skirts and any hint of cleavage are banned in the office. Naturally, my boss sets a good example by being immaculately dressed in a full suit with his signature Louis Vuitton ties with matching coloured shirt and designer cuff links everyday.

"To be successful, one need to first look successful."
My boss's top favourite phrase. How true. If you don't look successful, how do you gain the confidence of your clients? Everyone likes to be associated with successful people.

"When you look good, you feel good. And when you feel good, you make your clients feel good too! And when your clients feel good, they will give you the business and refer their friends to you." That is absolutely my boss's sales philosophy.

Ok, I need a new stylish professional hairdo, hair treatment spa and hair mask. Yups, and a new hair colour. I need a new look.

Agenda for tomorrow morning: To book an appointment with my personal hairstylist.

the little splendors of life

Thoroughly drained with a piercing headache, I sat here typing out this post.

For the past week, I've been dying to blog but unable to do so. Though I login to Blogger almost on a daily basis, the hectic work schedule left me wearily staring blankly at the screen, unable to type anything. I resorted to guest-blogging on Barry's photoblog - Snapshots of my Life, to satisfy my blogging craving.

Did I tell you guys that how I became a guest-blogger? I found this wonderful photoblog started by Barry. I felt it a pity that this blog was left to gather cobwebs for a year! Hence, I've volunteered my humble service in an attempt to revive this blog and at the same time, to showcase my amateur works.

At least you guys have something new to view while waiting for me to recover from the writers block syndrome and insomnia. Now I seriously need some good sleep.

revival of my hello kitty email

After my traumatic spam mail deleting activity yesterday, I've decided to dump my innocent account as I have better uses for that 1 year of my life. Disclaimer: This act does not mean I'm not innocent anymore.

When I login to my Hello Kitty Email, I'm totally pissed amazed to find that they have deleted ALL my emails as I did not login for more than 6 months. Wow, such initiative is rarely seen nowadays. Now that it is cleared, you can email me at jerlynn@hellokitty.com . No forwards please. Thanks.

DK, are you fainting yet? ;p

craving for new blogskin

Oh, I was yearning for a fresh new look not only for myself, but for my blog as well. I'm putting on my thinking cap for ideas for a new blogskin. If you guys have any innovative suggestions for colours or theme, please leave me an espirit de l'escalier.

I want a clean and crisp look, so forget about the dark colours or else Merv will not visit my blog no more. And I'll be really depressed.

Do keep your ideas coming while I await the rejuvenation of new brain cells.

little town called Kulai

Like a little child exploring a new place, I look forward to my first train ride to a little town in Malaysia called Kulai. It feels like going back through the ages as I admired the historical train station with those beautiful wall painting. Such simplicity as the train passes by kampongs where people live in tattered houses by the jungle I could never imagine living in. Scenary that I never saw as all my previous trips to Malaysia were in a set of wheels where I had the luxury to sleep throughout the long drive.

Was warmly welcomed by my friend's sister who came to pick us up. Along the way, we talked and I was shocked to find out that there are NO cabs in this little town and there is only ONE bus that comes at ONE-hour intervals. Everyone living in this little town drove around in a set of wheels, which is a necessity. There is only ONE hypermart in this town and half the shops have closed down, though this town feels a lot larger than Singapore. I think I will die of inefficiency if I stayed here.

Singaporeans complain when our bus service that arrive only 5 mins late. Singaporeans ought to be less of a pain in the ass and count thy blessings. We should get out to see the world ever so often to be thankful that we are among the most blessed in the whole world.

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A heartwarming episode of the day is always worth blogging.

Was playing with my friend's baby niece and she is really a cutie. When I first came, she refused to let me carry her as I was a stranger to her. However, after spending an afternoon playing with her and feeding her biscuits, she warmed up to me.

When it was time for us to leave, I waved at her with a bright big smile only to find her smile disappearing slowly and her face twisted to a frown and then, to my horror, sparkly tears welled up in her eyes and she started bawling.

My heart dropped and rolled off a few metres that I nearly died from a heart attack. It was such a heart wrenching sight! I walked back towards the car as her mother wound down the car windows. I took her little hand as she held tightly, refusing to let go. I sayang her and promise that I will come back again. Only then she let go of my hand unwillingly.

I waved hard as the car drove off. Little did I expect her to become so attached to me only in such a short span of time. As always, I'm just too sweet to resist. Lol.

vanity tale

Who in the right mind would travel 6 hours to and fro just to do up a new hairstyle albeit a badly bruised purple butt?

Crazy and moronic as it sounds but I am proud to have broken that record. The extent women go in the name of vanity is simply boundary-less.

With a combination of straight bangs and curly locks, my stylist cleverly dyed and highlighted my hair in 4 colours. It looks surprisingly cohesive and comfortably stylish without looking outrageous. I'm swooned.