SK-II

It is so hard to find time/motivation to blog right now. I have been working at least 11 hours a day everyday last week...i think the honeymoon period of love love loving my job is over. Its exhausting. I still really enjoy it but I can't imagine going on at this intense speed for more than a month. And this upcoming week is going to be just as bad as the last week...7 events in a week and 4 mornings where I have to be at the office at 7am. The weekends are waaay too short. I can't believe its over..I've barely left the house all weekend.

So anyways, my manager has the most AMAZING skin. There are three 35year olds at my office. My manager looks 25, one looks 35 and one looks 45. And I found out that she (my 25 year old looking manager) uses Sk-II this like miracle brand from Japan. So i decided i wanted to try it! Its been 3 weeks, and I think my skin is definitely improving...it looks more even and i dont need to wear as much make up.

 And there is this miracle ingredient in their signature product called pitera. It was discovered in sakae breweries, where they noticed that the elderly people's hands looked much younger. "Pitera is the unique ingredient found only in SK-II products. Pitera is able to blend into the skin easily. It is scientifically proven that SK-II Pitera has seven beneficial effects on skin and works effectively to maintain skin's natural renewal cycle." Anyways it smells a bit funny, but after reading all the reviews people say this stuff changes their skin!

So anyways I'm really excited about this stuff....you should try it!

And on the topic of skin...I went to this amazing facial place called the Sloane Clinic. (I can't believe i actually found a great facial place in Singapore). They had this ultra sonic deep cleansing machine instead of extractions. The machine kind of feels like littlte pricks...and it some how uses water to flush out your pores...and then after they show you this cup of water that is filled with the stuff they sucked out of your pores. Insane and amazing! Can't wait to go again.

Anyways I haven't even done many things worthy of blogging about in these last weeks...but hopefully things will calm down soon! Until next time, xxoo!!

The best meal of the day...Brunch

So its been a while lovelies..I've been sooo busy moving and organizing all the new stuff for my new apartment...its been a little ridiculous. When I get back to American I probably will never want to move again...moving is sooo difficult. So i've been at the new place for a week now and have maybe half unpacked. I have no idea how I accumulated SOOO much stuff! 8 big boxes and 3 suitcases full of stuff to be exact. What am I going to do when i leave?!

Besides the pool the best part of my new apartment is my bed...its like a normal spring mattress with a foot of latex on top? i've never heard of latex for beds before...but OMG combined with my mattress topper sleeping on my bed is like sleeping on a cloud! its sooo amazing. However it does make it really difficult to get out of bed in the mornings.

So even though I've been really busy these past few weeks...i've still had time to do one of my most favorite weekend pasttimes...brunch! I don't know why but I am so obsessed with brunch! Good friends, good food, what can be better than that? And breakfast food is probably my all time favorite food....which is weird considering there was like 4 years of my life where I didn't even eat eggs! Here is a look at some of the past few weeks brunch locations...

Boomerang at Robertson quay is so nice because being at robertson quay feels like you're not in Singapore any more. And everyone brings their dogs to brunch!

This is the place i discovered Turkish toast! How come we don't have turkish bread in the us? I guess its like flat bread...but for some reason it tastes so much more delicious...mmmm

(this isnt from boomerang...but I thought it would give you a good idea of what turkish toast is...)

White Rabbit I think has replaced ps cafe as my favorite brunch place! PS cafe is soooo crowded always...but White Rabbit is very spacious and just soooo adorable. And I never usually like eggs benedicts but I think their eggs benedict with suateed spinach and truffles is amazing! the problem is I'm always too stuffed to have dessert...but dessert sounds amazing too...maybe one day!

So you walk in through the "rabbit hole"

so its in a restored church/cathedral/something...which probably would be awkward if I was religious but since i'm not it just makes it really airy and relaxing

doesn't this just look sooo delicious?! the salad is this amazing asparagus salad!

OMG i just love brunch! besides sleeping in and seeing friends its one of the best parts of the weekend. if you come visit me...i promise I will take you to brunch! until next time, xxoo!

One Year

So I did not even notice this until the end of the day...but one year ago today I arrived in Singapore! I can't believe how fast time has gone by, and how much things have changed!

I can't even explain it, but even though soo much has changed and I think I have grown so much as a person...it also feels like time stopped last year when I moved to Singapore. It still feels like yesterday when I was living at home and just having a great summer at home and dreading Singapore. But now, I have no idea when I'll be living in Los Angels again.

When I think back about everything that I have experienced this year, and all the great people I have met...I still can't believe I am here. I never wanted to live in another country and now I am making a life here...it feels comfortable to be here. I am pretty happy at the moment. Life is sooo unpredictable sometimes!

So thanks Singapore for making our first year together such a great life changing kind of year! I am looking forward to another year of fun (and hopefully some visitors)! Until next time, xxoo!

I am MOVING!

Sooo to say this week has been a little stressful is a major understatement! It was a major week of stress...so much so that I went back to my not being able to fall asleep ways. To break it down for you in a short way...i had to make the decision to either stay at my apartment...and be broke...or find a place with my friend and be less broke. So we decided to live together...and look for a place together which proved to be more difficult than we thought it would be. The Singapore market moves unbelievably fast with in 2 days of seeing the apartments half of the ones we saw had offers! And we just wanted completely different things...

Do you ever wish for something but when it comes its just too late? Well that is exactly what happened to me this week. When it seemed that we couldn't reach a compromise and I had to decide whether or not to let this couple offer on my current place...I just wished for some honesty from my friend and a set decision. So we made this decision...and then I gave up my place.

BUT then 12 hours later he changed his mind...and I lost my apartment and had no where to go! (theres more to this story...but its already getting long)

So after some thought...and looking at a few rooms (i would be sharing with strangers and would never have a say on who i would live with) my parents decided i should go ahead with getting a 2 bedroom and find a roommate i could live with. So i wanted to offer on one of the places we saw over the weekend...except we were 12 hours too late! A new offer came in at a higher price and I was sooo devestated and just freaked out to my agent.

I told him there was no point in seeing without furniture that was provided and that I didn't even want to see any that had offers on them because it was too difficult and hearbreaking to not get an apartment you like. And somehow he worked his magic...an hour later he got me another 2 bedroom at the same complex for the same price, on the same floor, and the owners (who live in france) would give me money to furnish the place since they couldn't furnish it themselves. We basically put a verbal offer on it without seeing it...I had to meet him there in 15 minutes to get the deal signed.

I rushed there in a taxi...we went up to see the apartment...and it was better than the first one! There is a balcony overlooking the pool and its a bit bigger. Even though moving sounds exhausting...I am quite excited for this place...its sooo cute and still pretty close to town. Anyways while we were getting ready to settle the offer and put down the deposit...a couple who viewed the apartment earlier called to make an offer (thats how fast the housing market moves) but they were shut down. And at first my agent had scheduled the viewing for the next morning but luckily my freakout jumped him into action and he basically stalked this other agent down (the owner's agent even said my agent was so hardworking and must be a great guy to help me out sooo much so late at night). So now I am moving to here in 2 weeks! Isn't it cute? (yes i stole the pictures...but i will def take new ones once there is furniture and stuff)

yay i love pools!

Anyways I guess the lesson learned is that things always work out for the best...and even though i KNOW this it is soooo hard to trust that sometimes. Like at what point am I going to stop being this lucky and because lately it feels like i'm getting too much good luck but I am definitely not complaining!! Loving life at the moment!! Until, next time...xxoo

P.S. I went back for the souflee I mentioned here after 2 weeks of thinking about it with A! Delicious...

Success/Happiness

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." Vincent T. Lombardi

I've been thinking of success/happiness a lot lately. A friend recently wrote in an email to me that she thought I had one of the most successful jobs of the people we were friends with in high school...and that is so weird because I don't consider myself successful....I just consider myself extremely fortunate. Another friend who "reads" astrological charts said that I have the power to get what I want...like anything I picture for my life usually comes true. And that really got me thinking...

You know that book the secret that everyone was soooo into before? I never read it, but I understand the gist of it is that you have to picture the things you want in life in your mind to get it. I can't believe i am saying this but I really believe that is true.  My mind lives in an alternate reality sometimes...in a "perfect life"..you could probably say I am a dreamer and an intense daydreamer. But there have been so many things...random things... that I have pictured in my head that have become a reality. For instance, at the moment, I am soooo unbelievably happy. I often find myself thinking at work about how I could have possibly got this lucky! To have taken all these seemingly radom turns in life to end up doing exactly the kind of work I want to spend the rest of my life doing at 23...while getting international exposure cannot be just a coincidence.

I wanted this sooooo much...having  a great job that made me happy was all i ever thought about! Maybe this "secret" thing really has some value! I cannot believe I spent almost a year soooo unhappy at a job, that I almost lost my idea of what I had always wanted. For everyone out there that says a job is just a job...a means to an end, I think you are wrong. Life is so short to be unhappy in an capacity, especially in a job. Go out there and find what it is you are looking for...be happy...and don't settle for anything less. I think if you can imagine your dream life and go for it...it will happen. What do you think, lovelies?

PS i hope you don't think this was gloaty...i am just so happy!