Plastic and Makeups

Take a look at the pictures below. Do you know who is this pretty lady?

 



If your answer is Dawn Yang, our local celebrity blogger, you are only correct by about 15%. Because the pictures above are actually 7 different girls (only the 4th photo is Dawn Yang). I was surfing this blog site called Daily Lenglui which features pretty gals and I found many of them all looking freakishly alike, as though they were dolls coming from the same factory or something.

Most of the 'leng lui' are rumoured to have plastic surgeries to look the way they look. Could they have all gone to the same plastic surgeons?!

On a different note, something else from the net amazes me.

This is Promise Phan, an Asian girl living in USA. And this is her on a normal day without makeup. Very ordinary-looking.

Now this is Promise Phan, with makeups. WOW!! I know.

She didn't have just one type of gorgeous look, she is versatile like a chameleon.

She can even transform herself into Disney's princesses. Here, you have her as Jasmine in Aladdin and Ariel, the mermaid.

Not just that, she can also make herself up to resemble superstars; save going under the knife. Check out her miraculous transformations! I was so blown away!

Promise Phan VS Angelina Jolie

Promise Phan VS Taylor Swift

Promise Phan VS Scarlett Johansson

Even Captain Jack Sparrow!

Before seeing what Promise can do with makeup, I was contemplating to have double eyelids surgery. I do have double eyelids already but they are flaring into multiple eyelids and also they are on the faint side. Anyway, now I am bloody inspired, I will learn to live with my natural eyelids and accentuate them with makeup instead.

Have a good super long weekend! No diff for me, I am still on MC.

Now Hiring

I love my children, that's without a doubt. But having to deal with their leaky noses, ear-piercing screams, bumps, bruises and earth-shattering cries on a daily basis can zap up all of my energy, leaving me feeling awfully crappy. It's time like that when I would wish that I have a double.

So here I am, putting up an ad for this shitty job, so that I may take a breather.

Position available: Mommy to a preschooler & a toddler

Potential candidates need not have any prior experiences nor qualification.
All age and race are welcome. Smoker need not apply.

Job Requirements:

- Must possess a heart brave enough to tame the tigers and compassionate enough to spare an ant.
- Must have patience by the truckload
- Must be able to work round the clock; ability to multi-task is an absolute must.
- Must be physically fit (because this job does not permit you to be on MC)
- Must be able to plan ahead of time, better if you are good in forecasting
- Must possess abilities to teach, entertain, discipline and read a captivating bedtime story
- Must be familiar with Supernanny, Jo Frost's 'time-out'
- Must be able to administrate medicines, take temperature and dress up wounds (nursing background is an advantage)
- Must be able to plan and cook nutritious meals for the kids
- Must possess the skill of a hairdresser and the flair of a fashion stylist
- Must be able to pronounce A-Z phonically
- Must be familiar with the characters of Sesame Streets, Dora, Barney and every classic fairy tales
- Must be firm and gentle at all times
- Must be able to deal with stress, pressure, cries and tantrums
- Must be fair and unbiased
- Must love monsters children

Benefits: Almost none except for the occasional hugs & kisses and unlimited supplies of poo & pee.

Remuneration: Priceless! And believe me, I don't say it's priceless for nothing. You won't get a cent!

Any lunatics parties interested in the above position, please leave me a comment.
(Honestly, I do not believe anybody would respond.)

The Gift

Have you ever got more than you bargain for? Like the time you paid for a moisturiser and got a brand new lipstick. In retail, they call it "free gift".

I went for my routine health screening in June this year and I didn't expect one, but I too received a "free gift".

No, it didn't come properly wrapped, neither did it spot a cute ribbon on it but anyhow, it had profoundly changed my life and I will tell you all about the incredible things it had done for me.

For a start, it had given me a 17 days vacation. I get paid without having to go to the office, it's more days than someone's annual leaves, all add up!

Suddenly, I am showered with love and care; and had calls, messages and emails flooding in from every corner of the world, even from friends or acquaintances whom I have not heard from in years! Next, I woke up to flowers; and fruit basket came knocking on my door.

I am given the legitimate reason to laze on my bed for as long as I wanted to, without anyone dare calling me a bum. Finally, I found time to do nothing but watch my kids sleep. It was luxurious!

I became so much more knowledgeable and gain enough medical vocabulary and jargons that I could easily be passed off as a medical personnel.

It had help me to recalibrate the priorities of my life and forced me to redefine my values and purpose for living. It's amazing! And I got it for free!

The catch is - it's non-returnable, non-exchangeable and also non-transferable. So what is the free gift?

It's Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 2, better known as CIN-2 (precancerous stage of cervical cancer), with a detection of high risk HPV, the strain of HPV that causes almost all cervical cancer.

Picture taken from my colposcopy

I had LEEP to remove the dysplasia and is still awaiting my biopsy report. I am hopeful but vigilant. I know, this might just be the beginning and while I am doing fine now, I wouldn't wish for you to have this "gift".

I had my "gift" and there is no way for me to return it, I thought I might as well make the best out of it, by telling the world that Pap Smear had saved my life and it could save yours too.

And we can all kick Cervical Cancer's butt by choosing a non-promiscuous lifestyle and with a simple vaccine to prevent HPV (works even better if you are not sexually active yet) you would have lower your risk of Cervical Cancer by so much.

Cervical Cancer is currently one of the most common cancer affecting Singaporean women, but with some effortless commitment, we could all help change that. Log on now to Power Over Cervical Cancer because I am sure, like me, you wouldn't want to wait until you are given the much bigger "gift' - Cervical Cancer, itself.

Bread and Butter Pudding will save the day

Yesterday morning, I received a telephone call from my gynaecologist; it was news that wasn't very pleasing. Although, I kept reassuring myself to stay positive; it still had me thinking.

If I die one day, would I have anything that I might want to pass on to my kids so that I can be remembered by. That afternoon, I showed Laetitia how to make a simple dish, using 'recycled' bread from our fridge. I know she would surely love my recipe for Bread and Butter Pudding. And I was right! Laetitia couldn't stop eating it.



Ingredients:

5-6 slices of bread (I used leftover corn bread, but any bread is fine)

2 cups of milk (I used the free samples baby's formula)

2 eggs (small to medium size)

Half cup of brown sugar (white sugar will do too)

A handful of raisins

1 tsp of vanilla essence

A pinch of salt

About 2 tbsp of butter for greasing the pan and buttering the bread.



Instructions:

1) Preheat oven at 175 degree and grease a 24cm x 20cm baking tin well with some butter.
2) Cut the bread up into quarter or smaller pieces and butter both sides of all pieces of bread.
3) Beat up the eggs lightly and pour in the milk, then whisk them up gently.
4) Pour in the sugar, vanilla essence and salt. Continue to whisk until the mixture is consistent.
5) Line the bread pieces up in the baking tin, sprinkle some raisins on top and pour in half of the mixture, passing through a sieve.
6) Lay a second layer of bread pieces, sprinkle the rest of the raisins and pour in the remaining of the mixture, passing through a sieve.

7) Press lightly on bread pieces to ensure that the mixture soaks through well.

8) Pop the baking tin into the oven and bake for 45-60 mins until you get a golden colored top.

9) You can pass through a fork in the middle and if it comes out clean the pudding is ready.
10) Set it to cool for a while before cutting.

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Tomorrow, I would be having a surgery to remove the pre-cancerous cells found in my cervix. I know, many of you might be worried reading about this. But please chill, you would be helping me, by believing that I would do well.

If you are still feeling down for me, use my recipe and bake yourself some delicious Bread and Butter Pudding. Trust me, baking therapy does you good!

Wisdom that I wish I didn't have

Some weeks back, I was experiencing a nagging pain in my tooth; a check with the dentist revealed more. I was having a wisdom tooth and it was impacted, that was why it was hidden out of my sight.  It wasn't just that, the wisdom tooth was also pressing on my nerve causing this on and off pain.

An appointment was made for a dental surgeon to cut it out. And today is the day.

You have no idea how terrified I was. Since young, I have this morbid fear for dental procedures (even polishing scares the shit out of me) and this was made worst by the root canal from hell which I had a year ago.

The dental surgeon gave me some shots of local anesthetic then the rest became fuzzy. I think I was trying to create some kind of mental block so that I would not suffer any post-traumatic stress disorder from all those drilling and cracking and yanking.

I was later told that my wisdom tooth was not only humongous but it was also very deep (close to the nerve) hence the dental surgeon had to break it up before removing it.

I brought my "souvenir" home. When Laetitia came back from school, I show it to her. It was a good chance to talk to her about oral hygiene and my bloody tooth was a good scare tactic useful tool to get her to brush her teeth every night.

When I was done preaching and was about to dump my tooth in the trash, Laetitia suggested that I keep it under my pillow for the tooth fairy. I didn't want to keep the yucky remains of my tooth, let only sleep with it. So I made up an excuse that the tooth fairy wouldn't want my tooth.

Then Laetitia said cheekily, "Why? Is it because it's broken. Next time, be careful ok!"

I just nodded and smiled back.

Well, I am just glad it's over.