Bangkok - June

In a blink, July is ending.
There is so many things yet to be accomplished on my end.
Seems like there is so little time, and a very lazy Daphne.
Since I'm sick, sleepless, and restless - I'll just spam lots of pictures from Bangkok.
The nice view of the airplane wing and the blue blue skies.
So fluffy and nice - the clouds!

Mam, in posing mode.

Bored...so need to entertain myself.

I swear there's like a thousand shot of myself..but I shall spare everyone the agonies of my narcissism!

Just one of myself in my Raybans, Lady Gaga Heartbeats and an extra touch of overexposed look to complete this picture!

and looking at my olive glitter nails, i have this urge to change my barbie pink + silver glitter reverse french manicure nails back to the boring olive glitter nails.

I know, i'm such a magpie - always ♥ glittery bling bling stuff.

Too many travelator at the airport, so was attempting panning shots to multi task. 

But alas! travelator too slow. No panning feel - Fail.
Weh! :(

Haggled like mad with the Cab driver, who also tried to cheat me off extra charges and finally reached the Baiyoke Boutique Hotel.
The place is decent and holds up fine.

Like!
The funky pop up feel to the interior, but I might try another hotel the next round - just for variety's sake!
I do love purple, but the purple in the room makes it alittle too dark for my liking.

The overall color scheme of the place reminds me of our local hotel Re! or something like that.

There is nothing much to scream about toilet wise, so... we move on to other entertaining stuff...like that very huge fish tank I spotted when I wandered past the food court at Siam Paragon.
Wha!

I reckon that it would be rather therapeutic to dine with the fishes.

you know how I've always wanted to be a pretty mermaid swimming away with my scallop seashell bikini and a flower on my head, with the rest of my hair trailing prettily as I swim away..
sorry, dont puke.

anyway, fish tank food court was not my dining destination, for I had a meeting with .....

Mr Cruise! 

Could not keep him waiting, and I doubt he really wanted to eat in the food court with the fishes, or be part of my mermaid fantasies..

We ventured off and dined in this BBQ restaurant at MBK instead.
It's been a month, and the name of the place eludes me at this moment... it has a green dino on its signage, if it helps!

Picture of my new "Vivienne Westwood" inspired ring that I got for a hundred Baht by the street.
Taken while waiting for my food to be served.

Lalalalal!
My fingers look scarily scaly in the close up shot.
I think I need to remember to moisturize myself daily.
Nice ring anyway.
Stares at ring.

Om nom nom time!
Guess what's this?

Looks like Mekajiki sashimi from a far right?!
Ans: It's Lard, not sword fish sashimi. :(

Fats from Mr pork, used to grease the BBQ pot. Amazing huh?
I forgot to BBQ the left over lard to noms... just like how they usually deep fry these yummy things and garnish them along with my mee pok!

Condiment platter...
I had to mix them all into a bowl of sauce.

which ended up looking like this!

Of course I squished the lime into my sauce, not dump the entire wedge into it la!

The chopped up chilli is quite potent in a mild way...and did not do wonders to my toilet time, as claimed/forewarned  :(

Guess our stomachs run on different OS!

I practically drank up the sauce - coz I dipped all my BBQ food into it.

* I swear I constipate whenever I travel. Whyyyyyyyyyy!

I hate running around overseas feeling clogged up and FAT,


Next we have the Garlic fried rice.
Looking at the garlic chunks now, is making me rather hungry.
Meh!

Miso Pork.
Not helping with the hunger pangs at the moment...

Close up.
Appetite suppresent - Not!

the Pre greased BBQ Pan, with some soup stock at the bottom.

Beef I think?
I was too engrossed with eating to bother about what's what.

So I shall introduce this platter as Sliced Meat with jappy fish cake, shrimp, squid and chicken.

The squid did not look very appetizing to me, so I skipped them entirely.

Scallops!

They look fine...but tasted urgh when I BBQ-ed them.

they taste nothing like the ones served in Sushi Tei. :(

No sweet, Succulent taste.

I finished them anyway.

I tweeted the other night that my stomach could possibly be hiding some parasite worm the size of Naigini the snake from Harry Potter. Hahahha.

Forever hungry!

Kidding.

No Naigini please, if not I'll have an uber sized tummy just to contain the snake.

Not nice, wont be able to fit into alot of my clothes.

The beef noodles at Platinum foodcourt is rather yummy.

Salty. But yummy.

Gawked at the lady before me who was dumping insane amount of condiments into her soup.

Seriously... Heaps of Sugar, Chilli flakes and Fish sauce!

Wonder how her Kidneys managed with such heavy workload all these while..

Also Ate Mac Ds while I was there, and got a Kung Fu panda, collectible Po cup!
He's cute and very helpful.

Attempted to charge my phone and the weight of my charger was too much for the plug to bear.

Found something useful for Po to do.
Used him to prop up my charger lo.
Hoik!

Po to my rescue ok!
He had to face the wall the entire night while my phone charged on.
Feel alittle bad for the hero.

Bunny ears that I've acquired from MBK!
Bought them in Pink, Peach, Red and purple!
I believe I was wearing the peach one out in this picture.
*beams*

Look at my baby Po cup.
I ate Mac Ds' Samurai Pork burger to get both cups.
Luckily it's yummy and unavailable in Singapore.
Since I'm hungry now....
Thinking about the Samurai pork burger makes me sad.

On my last night.
I went to this Bbq place to eat beef.
Everything was beef there.
It's yummier than the first BBQ place by comparison.


It was beef heaven! Beef parts, Beef chunks, Beef slices.
You know, various cuts of the cow and its innards.
Super duper yummy!
What you see in the picture, is just the tip of the iceberg.

I seriously do not remember which cuts I've had for dinner, for i relied solely on staff recommendation to send the meat over.

I dont speak Thai, neither do they spea-ker goooder ink-ker-lish (speak good english).

There was this chunk/cube of beef that was superb - coz the chunk cubes was meatier than slices, and I attempted to do a medium rare - medium well doneness on it. 

Good stuff! 

By then I was too oily and totally into my food to want to snap more pictures.

It's seriously all raw meat anyway.

I ate up like a hungry lion would devour its hearty meal.

I love beef

Biiiifff!

Ok, you get the picture.

Name of the restaurant?

You figure out yourself ya?

Hahahah.

That's about all the picture I have to share.
Next up, Tibet!
Not sure when though!

Ethereal Feel

I'm rather into the ethereal finishing type of pictures lately.

With the lens flare, bokeh, blurry, fantasy type of feel.

Might be the fact that all I wanna do lately, is to escape from reality and live in a world of my own.

Been attempting to capture them with my point and shoot camera, and have since given up hop on capturing nice ones in Tibet, now that i'm back in Singapore.

Sigh.

But looking at them, they're really pretty.

The imaginary feel these pictures portray makes me feel dreamy, happy and unreal.
Hahaha.

As usual, I attempted with random pictures that I like... and here's my shot at it.
First picture with slight touch ups here and there... like adding alittle color on my cheeks to give a "glow" finish.

After my attempt in the "ethereal treatment" which consist of some flare, Bokeh, and mixtures of filters to achieve the feel.

Not quite there, i'm still working on it, and this is only my first attempt.
Hah!

The chain -on-the-shoulder dress is now available at bowtique in 3 colors. White, Black and the purple that i'm wearing!
Love how it fits when I wore it to Zouk a few nights ago.
Please support my bowtique by checking out my shop, as well as to get your friends to have a look see too!

Love lots!

Bear and their bile.

I chanced upon this article shared by a friend on Facebook, and was horribly distraught upon reading it.
It spoke about the heartbreaking story about the Moon bear's long suffering over the attempt of their bile (for "medicinal" use).
I weeped about how painful it was for the bear, the conditions they were subjected to for YEARS, and how this bear mommy would rather kill her own cub, than to allow Humans to cause it prolonged suffering before killing herself.
I would too, if my child has to suffer that fate.
You can read the story/article here 

Friends who know me, will know how much I love animals in general.
I cry at every Hamster's death, and get excited at every dog, Yak, chicken that I see, and every death and cruelty affects me alot.

The last time I weeped this badly over animal cruelty and blogging it was in 2008 over the PETA clip I saw. (I'm gonna save water, and do myself the biggest favour by not watching the video again) Those interested can click on my link.

Perhaps campaigns and outcries as such are a matter of #firstworldpains - where we stick our noses into other people's business and way of life, judging and telling them what's wrong, what's right, and some may argue that if i'm all for animal rights, I might as well go vegetarian just so that no animal would be harmed etc etc.

All I'm saying is, it's not right to take a life. But if we have to - do it quickly and painlessly, as like 90% of the general population would wish for, when facing death, and kill only when necessary.
Prolonging suffering, and consciously doing evil within your control is such a horrible thing!

Having just returned from Tibet, with a mind fresh on my conversation with Rinpoche Kunga on the topic of Karma - I truly hope that these cruel people would repent and just stop hurting living creatures for the good of themselves and the good of other living creatures.

A good part of stories usually stems from China, and I seriously begin to doubt the moral reasoning behind them Chinese.
I dont care if they want to establish fake Apple stores and sell counterfeit products for profit, but I draw the line at causing hurt to living things.

From hurting animals, inflicting poison to humans by selling fake eggs, melamine milk, poisonous pork laced with Clenbuterol just to name a few, there is something extremely wrong with their moral standpoint.

Yes I do understand that when people are desperate to make a living, they'll do anything just to keep their family alive, and being raised in a *developing/ developed country made me very ignorant to all the sufferings that poverty has to offer.
(*sorry, still can't decide if Singapore is developed or still developing coz sometimes Singaporeans are still so... backward)

However, at the cost of hurting other living beings just for survival - that's not right.
The karma one accumulates is just terrible.

I'm not going to impose my spiritual beliefs here, and rattle on about karma, but I draw the line at moral ethics and their governance, and I believe everyone has the power to make a difference in making the lives of every bear, dog, cow, goat and Yak better - and I pray and hope that China would wake up its idea soon.

My quick post-Tibet complains

Its been slightly over 24 hours since touching Home ground.
Going to Tibet made me contemplate life from a total new perspective, especially for the TOILET -that would be my wish for the entire CHINA. Please improve your toilets.

The weather was pretty harsh for summer.
Imagine this... 4 degrees in the day with sunshine on the mountain top, and they call that Summer.
Pfffft!
You'll think that being closer to the sun would make you warmer... but nope.
I was freezing my ass off.

I'm now back in Singapore, I'm feeling extremely lethargic, with a braille like textured skin to boot.
It reads "BAD SKIN"   :(

It is as if I've some constellation formation smacked right across the forehead and somewhere under the eyebrows/above the eyelid..
weird place for clogged pores to evolve into pimples.
They look absolutely Ugly, Bumpy and Angry from my itchy fingers.

Clearing my skin with my Shiseido Black Mask as I type out this post,
truly hoping that I could avoid the meteorite from erupting onto the surface of my skin.
The attempt to scrub the face to "clear off surface dirt" yesterday night did little to ease the braille formation, so I'm pinning my hopes on my Black Clay Mask.

Please let the black clay mask work, and the skin be alright.
*amen*


Lengthy Tibetan post would come later, when I overcome inertia and aesthetic/facial woes.

KThxBye



*Just peeled off my mask, and spent the last 10 mins staring at the debris peeled off along with the Shiseido mask. ( Yes, I've got this mad habit of staring at the pore debris collected each time I peel off my mask or pore pack. It's sick, but it makes me happy to know that my pores can breathe now!)

I'm amazed at how much junk was clogging my pore - because it hit a new high score
It's no wonder that I could harvest pimple in weird parts of the face.
I'm officially blaming it on the pollution and harsh dry weather in the mountain top.
It is insane.

Just slapped on my Laneige Water Sleeping Pack to rehydrate my skin, and I'm all set for bed.
Good night.

Cloud room, Rainbow cakes, and Prayer Wheels..

A room full of Clouds.

How pretty right!

If I have a huge house in future, with a room to spare - I might just leave a room full of clouds just for meditation and stoning purpose. 

So pretty and calming!

Back when I was a kid, the cartoons I watched always depicted clouds like marshmallows textures.

That was love at first sight with the clouds.

Wishing that I'll get to visit the clouds someday, just so that I'd be able to bounce around the cloud like a bouncy castle, because the white, fluffy texture looks extremely inviting!

First time I met a "cloud" was when Mommy and Pops brought me to Genting Highlands in Malaysia. 

It was kinda sad to know that "Clouds" aren't fluffy and soft like marshmellow in reality, just misty and misty. 

I spent half the morning chasing after the "clouds"... while the parents watched, becoming a soggy kid at the end of it.

Not bad for a 3 years old with cloudy ambitions.. 

Haha.

On other news, 

I shall attempt to bake myself a Rainbow cake when i'm back from Tibet!

Look! The cake is soooooo pretty!

I want a slice of it now!
Rwar!!!



I hope to capture lots of pretty shots while I'm away, that is if the trusty camera will live up to its usual standards!
Also, i'm totally looking forward to spinning the prayer wheel while I'm there.
I'm gonna spin lots and lots and lots of them, itchy finger style!
heh heh heh.

Will be back on the 19th
See ya then!

Marching on.

Alright I'm taking a break from work.
I swear my entire body's so exhausted from sitting still that i'm practically aching all over.

Oh and my poor eyes!
Trust me, I scrutinize every inch and pore of my pictures, before uploading.
I know I'm a sucker for details.
*nods*

I'm pushing myself so hard that I'm ready to wave the white flag pretty soon.
BUT I SHANT GIVE UP!
I went alittle nuts, and started digging quotes.
My favourites are...

You may lose faith on us but never on yourself ~ Optimus Prime.

Doing your best in this moment, puts you in the best place for the next moment ~ Oprah

I know!
My quote references arent' quite the most credible sources, but they make total sense alright!
Tsk!

I shalllllll.. show off some of my hardwork.
Yay! I love Show and Tell!
Hahahahha.

You should prepare yourself for an overload of Daphne.
It's time like this when I'm totally in love with myself!

I deserve all that self pimping after all the hardwork that I've put in!
Especially if you saw the originals before I turned them into this - You'll be insisting that I'm genius!

Lol.

My Harajuku Doll Dress.
Extremely in love with them and my "bunny ears" hairband.
Woots!

And if you scrutinize both pictures really really hard, I've got fuschia pink eyes!

Sister lent me her Coastal Scent color palette, and looking at it was sheer joy - I'd say it's like receiving a box of Colleen Color pencils in 120 colors when you were a kid or something like that - for my mom usually only equipped me with the 48 color basic pack for school, citing YOU DONT NEED SO MANY COLORS FOR SCHOOL > LOOK AT HOW HEAVY YOUR BAG IS!  :( I'm such a deprived kid.

Joy and glee aside, it was kinda tough, as I kept forgetting which shade of Pink I was using - it was like playing "spot the difference"
Let me show you why!

Digression aside, back to my Harajuku dress.

I kept the Blu Grey version of the Harajuku dress, as I "vowed" *ahem* to stop buying white stuff to wear. Wardrobe's overflowing with white/cream/pearl - yeah, you get the peekture.

With my peach colored bunny ears!

Blu Grey is pretty pretty too right?

and there was my Safari Lioness dress!
Pink and White glows on me.... while the Sand and Olive was Meh! Made me look like I was sick and dying.

Night watch is another of my favourite!
I kept the Teal Blue for myself, and gave Da the black version - but she happily exchanged it for the Teal Blue too, just because she's sick of Black.
I guess her anti black, is probably the same as my anti white phase at the moment.

And here's my new favourite Shorts!
The Peplum.
Ta Dah!
I like the touch of Mermaid Candy star necklace.
Makes the Monotone outfit alittle more.... colored? :)

I've decided to keept the Peplum shorts in pink, because I don't have a pink shorts?
That, and so I can secretly wear white some times, because I like to match my pink shorts with white.

Lastly before I end off, my new favourite Tigress Tee!

I know I said that I dont wear Tee Shirts a few post ago...but you have to read the fine print ok... I said I dont wear UNISEX tee shirt.

This one has a Tigress wearing Heart shaped glasses!

So It's confirm a Girlie Tee shirt! 

Practically living in this Tee everytime I head over to Wavehouse.

♥ it alot! 

I added the Parrot Feather "earrings" for the photoshoot. :)

Lots of accessories not uploaded yet. 

I shall work hard! 

But it's really time to call it a day and go shower.

That's about all that I've done up so far for Bowtique's new stuff.

Decided that it totally doesnt make sense for Bowtique to be in idle mode, until my full collection is up. Shopping should not be determined by weekly or bi-monthly collection.
It is technically an everyday thing right!

Therefore I've taken to uploading something new every other day.
*beams*

Need to shower and hit the bed.
I think i have been so stressed that I've dreamt of chirpy-twitty little birds 2 nights in a row, and waking up at 10am automatically.

* I dont usually have dreams or remember my dreams.
Neither do I wake up much in the AM.
I must be Stressed.

In my head: There must be an angel - Eurythmics
lalalalalalalalalalalala...

Just because I'm bored...

So the girls were talking about their chinese names and how the strokes would affect their overall personality and whatnots, just some weeks back, and the thing that struck me was - How the hell did they know the meaning of their chinese name?!

Fine, they had the heads up because they each consulted the chinese-dissect-your-name master (sorry, I dont know what are they called professionally), and I never saw the need to see one, and for that, I felt like I was cheated out of a conversation topic for a good 5 minutes.

I shall google up the most basic meaning of my name, just so I wont feel left out / feel like i've been cheated off an experience.
Hahah.

Well based on what i've gathered....

Great!
That essentially makes me a plum that supposedly has both brains and looks.

Why! With a name like this, by right I should be darn pretty and genius leh!

Hahahah
Who knows - without the name it could have been much worst right?

Shall stop complaining  :x


ps: I've been hard at work photoshopping.
I seriously look like a panda now, and getting quite pro at repeating the same few steps.

Everything had better fly off the shelf like hotcakes!
Wait! Make it better! I want them "Hot" like the highly sought after Coke glass I've been collecting!

Speaking of collectible glass cans, I'm TOTALLY intending to lay off MACdonalds for the ENTIRE JULY!

However, I am a proud owner of MANY MANY Coke Can Glass.
Yay! to crazy weekly MAC binges and a possible future clogged artery.