如果痘痘長在...

额头 - 代表心火旺、血液循环有问题，可能是过于劳心伤神。这类的人脾气较不好，应养成早睡早起的习惯，睡眠充足，并多喝水。可以服用“导赤散”以泻心火。
鼻子 - 如果长在鼻梁，代表脊椎骨可能出现问题；如果是长在鼻头处，可能是胃火大、消化系统异常；若在鼻头两侧，就可能跟卵巢机能或生殖系统有关。可以服用“枇杷清肺饮”合“黄连解毒汤”以清热燥湿润肺。
下巴 - 表示肾功能受损或内分泌系统失调。女生容易在下巴周围长痘痘的可能是月事不顺所引起的。可以服用“知柏地黄丸”以滋肾阴清虚热。
左边脸颊 可能是肝功能不顺畅，如肝脏的分泌、解毒或造血等功能出了状况。可以适当地服用“龙胆泻肝丸”以泻肝火
右边脸颊 可能是肺部功能失常。可以服用“枇杷清肺饮”以泻肺热。

This is what I found on Google when searching for the causes for the zits on my chin area. It's written in a Chinese discussion board. It basically says that zits and pimples on the chin area are most likely due to kidney problems and digestive problems. If you're a girl it might also mean a funky menstrual cycle (lol, that's me). Check out the really cool names of the medicine they suggest that you take (are they prescriptive?) -- 龍膽﹖導赤﹖好像武俠小說喔... XD 不過龍膽不會是蛇﹑蛇﹑蛇膽吧 *驚驚*
不過話說回來﹐難怪我下巴的小痘痘一直都沒有好(整個消化很差而且經期超不順) -__-"

"Be vewwy vewwy quiet. I'm hunting wabbits." -Elmer Fudd

According to wiki, as well as dictionary.com

wabbit actually refer to a self-replicating program that is not a virus nor an worm. All it does is make replicas of itself on the computer. But, not doing anything else doesn't mean they are safe. By replicating rapidly on the computer, they can hog up the system memory and result in system failure. 

Well, i guess for most of us, wabbit is known as Elmer Fudd's way of pronoucing rabbits. Hopefully this is the "wabbit" that you get to encounter, and not the wabbit programs :)

In which we chilled by the pool...

I took NO小 to our apartment's little poolside garden on Saturday, and we had fun chillin' and hanging out by the pool. Check out the adorableness that is NO小 the wabbit...

Like what a friend commented upon seeing this picture, NO小 actually looks like a proper rabbit amidst all this green and blue instead of a giant monster (which he normally looks like) when he's lying around in my bathroom.

After much running around and digging holes, we were exhausted and retired to a nearby tree for shade...

We found a pretty white flower on the ground and NO小 told me that he really really wanted to wear it (hey, who said boys can't be pretty?)

And then it was still much too hot for our liking, so we hid ourselves underneath a patch of tall Bird of Paradise flowers.


Comfyness. We like flowers.

At this point, clouds began to gather and the winds were blowing and we were afraid that it was going to rain. So we ran and ran and ran, and finally made it back home. (Actually, NO小 was exaggerating - we took the elevator, and it took us less than 2 minutes to get back home... But maybe rabbits have a different sense of time?)

Wanlong

It would make me so happy if I could either be here...

or here...

... instead of where i currently am.

Just looking at this picture and thinking about this place makes me feel sick.

I'd give anything to be here instead:

The danger that is Maybelline Japan

This isn't a discussion about cosmetics. This is a post about marketing.

I'm kind of a brand whore when it comes to cosmetics. Except for Japanese brands (which produces drugstore/budget brands under giant cosmetics companies like Kose, Albion, or Shiseido), I never use drugstore brands. Not trying to be a total snob, but drugstore brands just don't do anything for me (especially brands like Maybelline or Sally Hensen, which have bad, cheap-looking packaging, and almost non-existing quality, but well, I guess you get what you pay for).

So it was totally surprising when I saw this really cute loose powder from Maybelline Japan. It's currently a limited edition product in Taiwan, and available only through Watson's from mid Aug-mid September.


It's metallic-pink and shaped like a giant pacifier. I know -- it doesn't feel like Lisa at all. But it's cute, and I figured if I end up not liking it, I could always find someone more appreciative to give it to. The price seemed reasonable at NT425, too (that's roughly a bit over USD$12). Not to mention it was supposedly a Japan-exclusive item. So, a good deal right? I asked Jack to purchase it for me because it's available for such a short period of time, and he agreed.

Meh.

Good thing I wasn't so dazed by its pinkness that I forgot to read it up on an online discussion board about makeup and skincare (it's in traditional Chinese, but here it is anyway: http://www.urcosme.com/index.htm). Turns out there's only 4.3g of product in the tiny loose powder case. That's 125NT for ONE GRAM, making this Maybelline product more costly than Chanel or Dior. (My Anna Sui loose powder is around 1400nt for 25 grams, that's around 65 nt/gram.)

Just looking at the display picture, you'd never know right? It looks so typical Maybelline - messy, a whole lot of loose powder cases crammed in this tiny allotted space - it looks so cheap.

I personally think it's their intended goal -- cute packaging, seemingly reasonable price, limited availability -- to suck you in and you end up paying more for this drugstore brand item than for products from premium brands.

From my limited understanding of how this works, probably 3/4 of the price you pay for goes toward funding the company's advertisements, rents, and other expenses. Customers end up paying premium for something they figured was cheap and a "fashion item" instead of a "luxury item."

This is rather impressive coming from a brand known for its affordability and availability in the US and pretty much around the globe. So far I don't see this happening in the US drugstore makeup brands business yet, but only exclusive in Japan. Guess this proves the already-undisputable fact that the Japanese are just that much better at conducting business than the rest of us.

I told Jack that he didn't have to buy it for me anymore. It's so not worth it.

p.s. Although it's supposedly a Japan-exclusive, it's made in China. I'll have to admit that 90% of the reason why I gave up on wanting this product is because of that. Toxic powdered milk, toxic food, clothes, mattresses... etc. Toxic loose powder will look so good on this list.

"This is a work of art, not a toy."

Look it's my very own Smorkin' Labbit!

I first saw Smorkin' Labbits when I was hanging out with BS at Siam Paragon. They were part of an exhibition for a Japanese anime fest or something. And it was love at first sight I swear. The Labbits were just too cute -- but the price was staggering so we thought, oh well, maybe it isn't meant to be.

But then, BS took the trouble to get me one and mailed it over from the States!

SUCH a good friend.

姊姊﹐謝謝~~~~~~ 你竟然會記得Labbit的事﹐超超超超級感動的*跪拜* 最近一直都在很衰覺得倒霉爆了﹐然後Labbit就出現了說~~~讓我不禁覺得活著果然還是有好事的咩(哇哈哈有沒有這麼誇張啊)

The Labbit is just so damn cute NO小 is jealous :)

photofunia -- it's super fun

<-- see, it's NO小!

cute right? :) i'm sick today with a killer sore throat, but i spent hours playing with this -__-"

go ahead and make your own at http://www.photofunia.com/ :)

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more pics:

<-- this is my brother, jimmy (who really does look like a villain)

now,

are you ready for the last one? it's a bit disturbing...

tada! it's (almost)ex-PM samak XD

cheers,

又一次 whoah... again?

follow-up to my previous post: seems like a whole lot of people like to force their cats to wear pomelo caps (it's most likely an asian thing cuz i vaguely remember seeing dumb kids putting this thing over their heads when i was a kid in taiwan). look at the cat's expression -- it's just hilarious XD

chipmunk babies (and NO小 the wabbit)

cute yeah? *超可愛* *大心*

















and let's not forget NO小!
this was taken on the first night he came to our house, see how tiny he was? :)

i want a french bulldog puppy...

*awwa* he's soooo cute <3 i shall take this little guy home with me (lolz, i wish :p) and make him mine. and i shall name him Sean Paul III.

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edit: have you guys ever seen the show Pan and James (狗狗猩猩大冒險)? James the bulldog is so adorable. 好想把他抱回家喔 XDDD

色老頭和小妖精 A Modern Fairytale Part 2

她遠遠的就看到他了。
一個帶著Jaeger-LeCoultre名錶的男人﹐有點不耐煩的盯著離他不遠處的女人。舉手投足都帶著一絲驕傲的自信。Lucky﹗她竊喜。今天這麼快就找到一個這麼棒的男人。嗯﹐雖然長得有點普通普通…她瞟了眼他的油亮禿頭和有點撐緊襯衫的小腹。好啦﹐看在名錶的份上﹐也還算過的去啦。

5點39分﹐女朋友跑去試內衣﹐他開始不耐煩了。這個女朋友﹐品位又差動作又慢﹐是在拖拖拉拉什麼啦﹖他開始餓了耶﹗這時﹐她接近他了。

『嗨你好﹗我叫凝芙。』她大方的微笑著。
他讓視線緩緩的從她的腳往上移到她的臉﹐才注意到她嘴上掛著的微笑有點殭了。
『你…』她有點小尷尬了。這個男人不跟她說話卻狂用眼睛x-ray她是怎麼回事﹖
『羅傑。』他露出兩排因為長期吸煙而有些焦黃的牙齒。『妳好﹐妳就是那個傳說中的小妖精吧﹖』
她皺皺眉﹐卻大方的默認了。她痛恨吸煙的男人﹐但看在他手上那隻Jaeger LeCoultre的份上--再次算了。她是個懂得何時不用堅持自己原則的聰明女人。『相信我﹐不管你聽到什麼關於我的傳言﹐那都是假的。』
『喔﹖』他笑了﹐眼角的魚尾紋瞇成一條縫。『可是我聽說﹐小妖精是個年輕貌美又聰穎大方的女性。這難道也是假的﹖我看﹐不見得。』
『羅傑…是嗎﹖為了你的讚美﹐我要請你喝杯咖啡』她媚笑的花枝亂顫。

5點45分﹐她像個橡皮糖般黏在他身上﹐兩個人一起走了。
等女朋友換好衣服出來時﹐看到的只有一臉竊笑的店員。
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***********未完待續***********
今天是個禮拜二﹐泰國進入戒嚴。怕是不會啦﹐只是生活上變得好麻煩...

Lisa's Obnoxious and Bitchy Guide to Life Part II 藍血兒的三八生存指南 Part II

11. Two things one should not live without – a good sense of humor and independent, hard-earned cash.

12. Two words – Retail. Therapy. Trust me, it works.

13. Read the gossip column from time to time – you don’t want to be left out in conversations, and plus, it’s funny to laugh at other people's lives.

14. Beer does make you fat. Wine is SO much better in so many ways.

15. It’s utter nonsense to assume that a woman doesn’t have a sense of direction. She does – she just doesn’t need to use it so much seeing as there are constantly men who want to show off theirs and “guide her”.

16. Do not shop for shoes online. They never fit.

17. Get a pet bunny rabbit, they make such nice pets/friends. Besides, they don't bark or meow in the middle of the night.

18. Do not order what BS wants to order – they’re most likely runny, liquid-y, puke-like substances (that cost a lot). Eww.

19. Swenson’s prices are ridiculously jacked up considering you’re only getting chemical substances-filled, hideously sweet and fattening ice cream in an AC-unfriendly environment filled with locals who trash-talk and smell bad.

20. Pouring your heart out to a relatively new acquaintance is always a bad thing, even if you were hoping to get to know him/her more in the process.