Its 3 days to Christmas and I can't stop hauling! I bought more stuffies from Ling last week. Some for pressies, some for myself.

( 'Tis a season to be hauling! )

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Current Mood: content

Have you girls completed with your Christmas shopping? Well, over the weekend, I was out shopping and dropped by my favourite drugstore to pick up some stuffies and look what I ended up with:
Spotted & hauled! New Japanese Drugstore cosmetics at Watsons!  Knowing my love for asian cosmetics lately, how could I pass on new Japanese drugstore cosmetics!

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Current Mood: cheerful

Remember my post about searching for a suitable makeup remover wipes for my trip to the States last year? This L'Oreal De-maq was among the 'shortlisted' ones that I wanna try but I ended up liking the Biore Wipes and stuck with that for the trip. Well, since it was only going for S$10 during the recent L'Oreal Expo Sale, my elder sister and myself decided to pick up 2 packs.

( Effective or? )

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Current Mood: sleepy

Skin Food has several tub masks and among the variety of tub masks, I recently bought the Cucumber Soothing Mask Wash Off from Ling.

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Current Mood: cheerful

For the past 3 and a half months, I have been carrying my medium agnès b tote and I'm getting a little bored with it It was the only tote that could carry my work ThinkPad around without lugging an additional lap top bag. For days that I do not need to carry my ThinkPad around, I wanted a nice work bag that can could contain my daily necessities...

( My very first Kate Spade )

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Current Mood: happy

The main reason for my last haul from Ling's site was to get a new hand cream as my colleague commented that my existing favourite hand cream - the Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Intensive Moisturizing Hand Treatment smells like moth balls! I have to admit, the Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour range does not have the most pleasant scent around but it works wonders for me! It definitely does not smell like moth balls but after that comment was made, it started smelling like moth balls on me that I had to source for another hand cream for the office.

( Want hands that smells like a fresh boquet of flowers? )

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Current Mood: content

{ Blasian, Blackanese, Awkward sexting }

"I know it's brutal on you that you can't be with me all the time, I get it. It fucking kills me, too. I finally found someone I connect with." Tiger to Uchitel

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Current Mood: okay

Every so often, I get cravings for steamboat. Fresh ingredients cooked just the way you like - what's not to love? I like the individual servings because buffet style is too filling, but this one the servings are just enough to be full and be satisfied. I only order the fat beef because it's the cheapest on the menu (LOL!) and meat + balls + veggies = perfection!

When I traveled to Taiwan a few years back, I remember a slew of steamboat restaurant scattered around the city - for the 8 days I was there, we had steamboat meals at least once a day. I wish we had more selections of shabu shabu style restaurants here in Manila - going to the same places can get kind of repetitive. :( But nevertheless, I LOVE steamboat and can never get sick of it!

The one that we frequent is Healthy Shabu Shabu. "Healthy" because it claims to have NO MSG in the soup - which ummm, I don't really believe! EEEE! But yeah, if the marketing works, why not? :P They have branches at pretty much every single mall here in Manila, so when a craving hits, you're set to go. :)

The entrance


It was a pretty slow night! No other customers!


Extensive menu with pictures!


Pouring the soup on the individual pot


Sate, chopped garlic, chopped chillies. "special" soy sauce


Mix mix mix


Fresh ingredients! Yummy!


Fat beef! (Scary red though!)


Simmer simmer simmer


Squid balls and Shitake mushroom. Nom nom nom!


A side order of Tempura!


Goodnight, MOA! :)

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