People always think of Cancer as fatal, deadly, incurable... but wait. I'm sure you've heard of Cervical Cancer right?

Did you know that although Cervical Cancer is the ONLY women cancer that CAN be prevented by a vaccine, 1 woman in Singapore still die from it everyday? It's such a painful pity.

I talked to so many of my female friends. Doesn't matter if they don't know that Cervical Cancer can be prevented because information can be passed on from you and me. But they display nonchalance at the mention of prevention against Cancer!

It breaks my heart and makes me very discouraged. Does awareness of everything have to be rooted from some form of incentive?

Does an ad have to go "Free XXX" or "Do XX and Win XX" before it gets our attention? It's really sad.

For what it's worth, not sure how many people out there are really reading my blog, I wish to urge everyone to spread the word on Cervical Cancer. Everything you need to know can be found here: www.pocc.sg

You can protect all the women you care for just by encouraging them to go for their regular pap smears and vaccinate against HPV. Empower them with knowledge. Your gfs, wives, female friends, colleagues, mother, aunties, cousins, and neighbours even.

Nobody deserves to die from a cancer that is so easily prevented. People say, the vaccine is costly. I say, could the cure be more expensive than the prevention? (It's about $420 and above for the entire dosage of the vaccine)

Isn't prevention better than cure?

This trip to Vietnam, Hanoi was made in March 2009. It's grossly overdue. I left off at Day #4 at my last burst of posting. :) You can read more about my trip to Hanoi here.

We took the overnight train from Hanoi to Sapa. The journey took damn long (abt 12 hours) and we slept most of the way.

This is Ah Long San (ALS aka Derek) and Kerk saying Good Night to Hanoi!



12 hours later, Hello SAPA! It's my fault that I decided there and then when we got off the train that I needed to pee. The toilet was..... traumatic to say the least.



1) No Door. Main Entrance to Female toilet don't have nvm... indvidual toilet also don't have!!!!!

2) Erm, Small. If missed a step, my bare ass would touch the gross tiled wall

3) The dustbin was incredibly near your nose when you squatted

Holy macaroni. I peed as quickly as I could and ran out gasping for fresh air.

The boys saw me and asked me how was it. I showed them this picture. 'Nuff said.

We took a walk around town and here's where the avalanche of images of the quaint little Sapa town will come.


The Sapa Tribal Touts!!


More of the touts awaiting for us outside the hotel!


A closer look at their dress


View from our bedroom to the great beyond


The local market

Our walk around town gave us some gruesome times as well. The people loved their dogs there. Both to eat and as a pet

Some were prettily (almost cruelly) "customised"...



And some, well... weren't so lucky.



Yup. My stomach churned and I nearly lost my breakfast at the sight of that.

After a short rest, we will be meeting with our guide and making the hike to the nearby tribes. Blog entry on this coming up real soon (Part 2, of Day 5 at Sapa!)

As Andy prepares to depart for college, Buzz, Woody and all of Andy’s loyal toys find themselves in…DAYCARE! It’s all for one and one for all as plans for the great escape get underway.

Yes people! The new Toy Story 3 is out! I'm not sure how Ken and Barbie works out in the show but I like them both already! Check out the trailer above!

The way they meet is so cliched that it's perfect. That's the way I imagined Ken met Barbie since I was introduced to dolls. :P

My favourite Toy Story 3 character has to be PEAS IN A POD. They are damn cute!!! Check out their cutey little smiley green faces! Can't wait to see the role they play in Toy Story 3!

“Catch Toy Story 3 Movie starting from 17th June 2010 and join the official Facebook and Twitter page!”

Who's up for some intense, shimmering hues for your peepers??? Inspired by the striking colours of butterflies, L'Oreal Paris Open Eyes Chrome Intensity eyeshadow palettes are truly bold, bright and beautiful.

I'm lucky to be invited to launch of this great new product and I asked my sister and Angeline along to the Chrome Intensity Bloggers' Party by L'Oreal Paris Cosmetics. Who doesn't love an afternoon of playing with makeup and colour? Haha!

So there we were discussing makeup, taking photos and waiting for our turn for a makeover!

The event was held at Fika Cafe, a quaint little cafe that serves Swedish food. We each chose a swedish main course to share, a drink and even a dessert (which was yums btw).

We each got the wonderful 2 makeup artists to do a little makeup for us using the new L'Oreal Paris's Open Eyes Chrome Intensity eyeshadow palettes!

Julian, the makeup artist, chose AQUADISIAC for me.

Here's a description of this colour:

Aquadisiac brings you the blues - from aquamarine to indigo - in a clutch-friendly case.

And since I was in a happy blue toned dress, of course I had to have makeup in the same hue!

Do you guys think the result looks nice?

I think the Timeless Green is lovely! I love the shades! I can't wait to experiment with each. I gave my sister the AQUADISIAC palette since she uses blue more often than I do. It's ok, I like Timeless Green more

Do you know…

Each shade is awash in intense colour and delivers a highly pearlised finish. Colour payoff is also high in terms of fidelity (what you see if what you get) as well as pick-up!

I've got oily lids. So most eyeshadows won't last me past lunch! T_T I went for shopping in the mad hot weather after the event and still it stayed on!

I went for yoga class after that and while it was smudged a little, the colour was still visible! My sis's one was still very much in tact. Impressive.

And ladies, 65% of men say eyes are the first thing they notice about a woman. And this very generous gift from L'Oreal really came at the best time possible because as mentioned in an earlier post, it's time I took better care of my appearances.

Pretty cosmetics bags!! Both colours look lovely!

I got the Super Liner - waterproof gel eyeliner, 3 colour riche lipsticks (my all time favourite) and the Ultra Volume Collagene Mascara!

My boyfriend took a look at my treasures and proclaimed that this could last me a year! Haha.

Love the gifts!!

Check out the entire collection above!

My colleagues are going to be gawking at my colorful eyes these few coming weeks!! Hope I get the technique right! :X

L'Oreal Paris's Open Eyes Chrome Intensity eyeshadow palettes are now exclusively available at Watsons only! Come July, it will also be available at Guardian, selected departmental stores and major supermarkets and hypermarkets. It's limited edition, so do go check it out asap! :) Retails at $19.90 per palette.

Thank you L'Oreal for a wonderful afternoon.

Check out my awesome pile of evergrowing bills at the end of every month!

Its true what they say about how owning also means you have to tend to it. I want to do so many things with my life and I want to do it all now but I keep telling myself to slow it down. To take it in steps. Little ones but sure ones. Steps that will bring me to what I want to be.

And I am quite where I wanted to be. At the age of 20, I decided that advertising is something I can do well and I will succeed in it. I was both in a hurry to learn everything I can and be an account manager by 25. That's checked on my list now.

My other goal is to be an account director before 30. Can I do it? I believe I'm working hard and smart enough for this.

I wanted a house. All of my own. I wanted to own it. I wanted to buy pretty stuff at my whims and fancies and own it all. Although I share the house with the friggin' bank, its still mine to call home.

I wanted independence. I wanted to come home, kick off my shoes and sigh at the great feeling of lounging at home.

I want to be able to afford to pamper myself with gifts and stuff. My next goal is the LV Neverfull Bag if I get a promotion at work.

I have never owned a real branded bag before. The only real shebang is my COACH passport holder which was a gift. I should have something to call my very own.

And I will. Cos I only live once.

So bills or not, I'm exactly where I want to be.