just to share~

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29789031 And a short post just for u guys to check out my latest creation uploaded! :P

See my entire shop here: http://dsparkle.etsy.com/ (:

Vanity vanity.

I've been checking my nuffnang analytics religiously cos I'm always curious who reads my blog. Most of my readers come from Singapore, and then some from Australia. Once in a while, I'd get UK readers or US readers, which I can kinda understand since I do have friends that could possibly be reading from these places. The last 2 days tho, I've got visitors from Canada, U.A.E, Philippines and Colombia! I wonder how and why. I'm thinking it's cos i blogged abt Miss Universe a few posts back? But there were no keywords or referrals logged to suggest how they got here. But anyway, it's interesting (: Hello all!

So last thurs, I went to Eagle bar despite swearing not to the previous week. Ana somehow manages to work her charm on me every thursday night! Haha.. I bought a Marilyn Monroe poster that day and Amanda and i were just looking at the poster then I mentioned I brought a pair of falsies from SG that are longer at the ends, so they look like Monroe's lashes!

She got all excited (and so did I) and so we decided to finally put them to work! haha. So yea, Amanda came along to the bar cos I painstakingly helped her with her lashes and she just loves the dolly eyes. Qimin did the preliminary makeup, then I did the gluing and then touching up plus more lining of the eye and the works! Unfortunately her lids seem to fold unevenly and so one side looked more curly than the other, but still it looked great (: I put the Marilyn pair on, but perhaps my lids did not take to the glue so well, it came off in no time. Annoyed. haha. Beatrice tells me of "Duo" and in black. Well, hopefully that'd work on me. ha. If not I've a good mind to pass these on to Amanda cos her falsies stayed on all night! They love her! haha. Ana insists she's jealous but we say, Shush girl! You've naturally long and curly lashes! haha.

A closeup of her curly lashes. Me and Mandy before heading out. (not v obvious)
Camwhored even in the loo @ bar. Look at the colour difference! As amanda would point out... In enlarged form, the lashes are pretty darn obvious.
Us 3 again. Love~
See Mandy. Best Angle to capture those lashies.

Jialin and I.. grey and purple eyes.

Dance circle: Eugene, Ana, me, manda and Beatrice

Glennies!

So last saturday, I went with Mandy to have pancake parlour lunch @ Northland. (might have photos soon) Initial plan was to grocery-shop. But that kinda failed cos we were lured into nail shops --" We got so caught up with the idea of acryllic nails (just curious. have u done those before??) I really wanted to do those with 3d nail art, with all the ribbons, lace, crystals and fluff. But mainly on the thumb cos it's a bit extreme for uni lol. But sadly, it's not the trend here so I couldn't do that haha.

Mandy got to do her Acrylic french with silver lining. I like hers. really classic and nice. I left my design largely to the guy.. but i chose transclucent tips.. which um.. turns out, reveals my natural nails underneath. HAHA. but Mandy likes mine. and so did the other customers next to me. they were like stealing glances. or actually blatantly staring and one of them even asked to take a closer look. The guy doing my nails seemed impressed with himself too lol.

W/o flash and with flash.

Mandy's classic and lovely nails.

Verdict after.. 3 days? First of all, I obviously wondered how I was gonna take out my lenses that day. I managed to, after a fair bit of effort. But I'm not putting on my lenses for this week I think... just cos of these nails. And the length is also impeding my using of the touch screen phone as well as this keyboard on my lappie. But ur "nails" are much stronger so I suppose u can um, use them for more tasks? Altho they can be a bit too big/thick for other more detailed tasks u could do before that u now cannot. I guess a good thing is the pattern doesn't get scratched off as the acrylic and gel is layered on top of the nail art paint.

I wouldn't continue having them tho, I plan to soak them off soon enough. When I feel they've lived their worth haha. And I won't do them again in the near future cos i think i'd rather have healthy natural nails. BUT, I'd do acrylic/gel again if I get to do all those fancy 3D designs popularised by jPop stars like Ayumi haha. possibly back in sg.. or maybe HK?? :P Feel like travelling.. maybe before going back SG? or just during SG trip home..

Managed to scramble for some items at Safeway before taking the bus back. Didn't finish my shopping list. But I managed to get my facial tissues, mints, and ...

Chewable Vitamin C! haha. didn't realise it said "cold relief" on it, but i think it just means that is one of its benefits. which is good since i've such a sensitive nose and all..

Still in want of my kimchi noodles and the yummy maggi cup noodles in "Mushroom and peppered steak" flavour. Maggi has proven its worth to me once again after that many years. I want more fruits but I've no fridge to keep them.. yet I'm not eating them vehemently cos I'm testing out the hypothesis that having fruits after a meal or in close proximity to a meal will cause bloating and like un-smooth digestion. I seem to bloat less. But this requires further experimentation haha. Anyway, Mandy is free tmr and agreed to go shop groceries for me, hooray!

Joee's birthday

Joee just entered my room (the last stop) for his treasure hunt.
We put up "Happy 21st Birthday" banner for him (:
Him reading his card, and his cake is on the table..

He and all his pressies! Mini bball hoop, belt, playing cards, manga undies, card, wokka n spaghetti, 24 bottles of carlton draught, personal service vouchers from us. (not pictured: glowy dom-doms. go figure. lol. n a CD with video..)

it's carlton draught! his fav. beer.

Marble choc cake from cheesecake factory (:

We're all digging in!! (the cake melted a little, unable to cut slices well hehe)

Lingchi gf feeding the bday boy.

Grp photo in his v crowded room. The 9 organisers + amid and steve. Sheryl and Kerry came later too..

Everyone then took indiv photos with him. just gonna show a silly one here now. haha.

The floor gave him a surprise as well. Todd distracted him by asking him out for a smoke. We were then waiting for him in the TV room..

Cutting cake..

The two (half-eaten) cakes he got on his birthday.

The cake he got 2 days later from his friends. it was yums.

Look how adorable this cake is!!! From his other friends too. He got it a day after his bday. We were all like "awwwwwww"

I'll upload a full album soon. (:

I'm through with love...

I'm through with love
I'll never fall again
Said adieu to love
Don't ever call again
For I must love you or no one
And so I'm through with love
I've locked my heart
I'll keep my feelings there
I've stocked my heart
With icy,frigid air
And I mean to care for no one
Because I'm through with love
Why did you lead me
To think you could care?
You didn't need me
For you had your share
Of slaves around you
To hound you and swear
With deep emotion and devotion to you
Goodbye to spring and all it meant to me
It can never bring the thing that used to be
For I must have you or no one
And so I'm through with love
I'm through with love
Baby I'm through with love

~Marilyn Monroe

Loved this song, it's in "Some like it hot".. loved the film (: Mostly cos she's so hot? Super voluptuous. and their fashion then.. is ridiculously hot (or overly so). Vid below! Scenes from some like it hot.



And before that, when she first fell in love in the movie, there was a starkly contrasting song.. "I wanna be loved by you" This dress is i think even more ridiculous haha. cos of the nudeness of the colour i believe.

twitter n photos

i'm on twitter!! Finally. Cos gege told me to follow her on twitter, and well, everyone is on it! Not saying i'm a jumping on e bandwagon kinda person, but just wanted to check it out anyways.

So, while looking for a username. my favourite "daph21" has been taken up. then i tried "daphattack", to my horror that's taken up too!! WTH?! haha. it's some Daphne Eggledon person's account. oh well. But let me just say how annoyed i was when i realised that "daph21" is completely empty and hasn't sent out any tweets or whatever, so... if ur not using it, can u kindly free up that username?? ARGH. Anyways, i'm now on at http://twitter.com/daphattack21 (: still not really knowing the full potentials of twitter. but we'll see..

Sooo.. get ready for a whole buncha photos..

Jeri, Me, Joee and Ana. 2 Thursdays back while queuing for eagle bar.

Me, Gen and Jerilyn! Free beer from Joee ;P

Gen, Jerilyn, Me ad Qimin (doing her pout) on the dancefloor!

Me, Ana and Min (with her pout in full glorious view haha) Check out the defined cheekbones in them man!

Webcamming before eaglebar Aug13. wearing pink dress again! but baggy one. Loves it! From Supre~ I'll try to find a photo with full length ha. from jeri maybe...

Threw on the bow hairband I got back in Sg's diva. Proved to be quite an attractive combination... was a messy night. Lotsa drama there haha. No details XP This is after bar.

After bar was at Beatrice's instead of Joee's. Camwhored while the rest played drinking games. Took only one photo cos i felt paiseh (embarrassed?) after :P

My latest MSN Display photo. LOVE IT! i love how my hair looks here.

After watching GI Joe. Jeri and me @ Hoyts Melb Central

Jeri, Me, Amid, Sheng.

Sheryl, Kerry, Jeri and Gen

Shared Wagyu Beef and Pork Belly BBQ with Sheng, Kerry and Sheryl. @ a korean restaurant on Victoria St.. Prefer Oriental Spoon tho!! (but OS doesn't have BBq..)

Sheng and I shared this Beef and Mushroom hotpot. Lotsa mushroom variety ha. Not that yums after a while tho.

Sheryl and Kerry's spicy rice cakes.

That kinda concluded our big Saturday outing to the city. A weekend ticket is $18!! and $15.50 for students. omg. Thankfully there was Lee Byung-Hun in GI Joe haha. and hot rachel nichols. wahaha.

And it's really time i went to bed. My tummy's churning or feels really queasy. so i've been popping random food objects in. but it's only getting worse. better sleep. and i'm gonna turn off that dryer now. it's really annoying... and hello ppl. it's 12am! u might've fallen asleep n forgotten abt it. cos u can't hear it. but I freaking can!!!

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clickclickclick ppl! (if ur in aus)

Alright, So maybe i should first expand on my arguments as to WHY you should be doing that.

A bit about nuffnang

Nuffnang was originally started in Singapore (claps!!) and has since expanded to several other countries as well, including Australia. Where we are right now (assuming ur my aussie readers).. :D Basically what nuffnang does is to let bloggers network with each other, and also get linked up to advertisers. As some of you might know, when you serve advertisements on your blog, you get paid for it. (everytime they click, or per number of views) This will obviously rock much if you have a ton of readers following your blog.

So really, if ur about the money-making, and truly love the blogosphere (they have events too for bloggers to meet up!)... You should join Nuffnang today! They have staff that are always on the search for new advertising clients, and matching your readership/contents to the advertisers available. This ensures a higher compatibility of ads to your site and hence likelihood that your readers will click on your ads, and hence u get the $$$! (kaching!)

Currently, there are 800 Nuffies(what nuffnang bloggers are called), and Nuffnang is determined to up that number to 1000!!! So, they're hosting a competition right now for existing Nuffies to be the top referrer to Nuffnang!! it's called... Challenge 1000!

What you should do!
Now you might think, it only benefits me, if u sign up. But oh ur so wrong! Considering I don't think I've enough viewership to even get one referral :S But i feel this is a worthy cause to promote! Not many aussie frens i know blog. And i'm thinking why not? And they're also missing out on this stuff Nuffnang does, and so I shall open your eyes!!

Ok, here's the bit you wanna hear! Every blogger that I refer to sign up will also receive a Nuffnang Welcome pack! This has been made possible by the fabulous sponsors Coles Group & Myer Gift Cards, Redken, John West, Leggo’s, and Spring Valley!

Now i've heard, and i'm not kidding, that these are some superb stuff u get in the welcome pack. just look at the name of those sponsors! SOOOO.. if any of you BLOG, and reside in Australia right now, do sign up for Nuffnang now!! And if you don't blog, START NOW! Blog about anything!! Come on!! Basically what you have to do is just fill up the form to join Nuffnang, and please quote my url: http://daphattack.blogspot.com/ when they ask if you've been referred alright? You'll be doing me a favour and for yourself too, NO DOUBT! :D After signing up, just gotta fill in a survey about your blog, and then paste the ad code in ur blog.. (any trouble, you can ask me! ;) ) and then wait for a suitable client to start running an ad campaign on ur blog! It could be a wait.. but just keep writing and your opportunities will come! :D Meanwhile, enjoy your goodie bag! (if you sign up now)

Here's the link again to sign up! http://nuffnang.com.au/! and don't forget to quote my url! <3

Interesting stuff from other blogs.

Hello all. Been surfing a few blogs lately (mostly Singapore blogs that seem to be nominated for some kinda blog award) and there's just some stuff I saw. Well, not only from blogs, but also just webbies in general.

Well let's start with an interesting "fact" I read from here. I have lost the exact post I read it on, but according to her friend (or someone she quoted), there is actually a significant number of couples who file for divorce due to sexual incompatibility, in Singapore! Now that surprised me. I don't know.. for a country where statistics for frequency of sex rank among one of the lowest in the world, I had not realised it'd matter enough for people to just file for divorce over it (sex)! This brings us back to the question of whether one should "test-drive" (oh i actually dislike this term..) in the sex aspect before marriage, this is still a very much contested debate in a place like Singapore.. I don't know if it's just the environment I've been brought up in, but I do know that a majority of people I know still believe in sex after marriage. (this however is a "decreasing trend" as age increases lol) So.. I'm wondering. If it does happen that after marriage, these people realise that there is an absolute lack of chemistry in the bedroom, what would they do? Divorce, really?! I'm not sure, since I lack the experience of course, but isn't this a problem that perhaps two can work out together? Surely there's a way to improve the situation, especially when the two are in love?! (i'm assuming they are.. if not why are u married?) Not that I would know really well, but I'd imagine that if you love your spouse (and have promised to go through thick or thin, pledged love and promised to spend the rest of your life together blahblah), you're going to be eager to please him/her. Wouldn't that equate to greater pleasure necessarily? I'm sure two people who are willing to give to each other will definitely call for greater results? Especially when this probably ups the emotional factor, which is also important isn't it? Ahh, but I could be so wrong. Izzy Stevens and George O'Malley were so in love, but they couldn't make it in bed. Remember that? *shrugs* With all that said however, I wouldn't say I'm supporting either sex before or after marriage. Cos well, honestly I really don't know. I suppose this decision lies in the individual, and seriously, people's beliefs change all the time, moulded by experience and well, life! Just as long as they know and are sure of what they're doing, then I don't think others should judge. But oh yes, this "fact" (that significant number of couples divorcing due to bad sex) is not backed by any statistics. However, apparently it's a fact that couples cannot legally get a divorce by citing sexual incompatbiliy as a reason in Singapore. You have to go through the 3 or 4-year separation before divorce is final. Now that's quite tricky..

I'm gonna totally jump very abruptly to the next topic now by showing you a link to this pic! (I got this while reading the same author's blog as well) Actually you can browse the entire album and see the much coveted (not sure about now..?) Prince William and how his genes have done him in :S Basically he has premature balding. he's only 27, the poor guy. it's pretty bad honestly.. and I don't know.. it's one thing to start balding when you get old (like 40s to 50s? altho i prefer if they don't at all), but another to have such a young (and arguably handsome) face and have no hair. it's sad yea? To his credit of course, he's still a capable and well-respected prince. But this is not really a personal dig at him, more like.. in general, guys who bald prematurely as early as their 20s! I don't believe many girls will accept this.. or is being rich able to hide this for most? On this topic, I'm rather relieved for my brother.. XP i'm thinking he most probably will NOT have this problem. i have asked both my parents about their dads and it seems neither of them have hair problems.. and my dad... still has quite a bit of his hair. i see a very mild baldspot.. but it's really NOT one when u compare it to those "male pattern balding" charts in clinics or elsewhere. i can only say "phew~" cos if i have a son, i hope my side of the genes is strong enough. :S or better yet if i can find a guy who also has good hair genes lol. but i can't exactly assess the guys i meet solely on this i suppose. more unlikely cos it's me, and i am too much of a romantic (read NOT very practical..) in the "relationships" aspect.

wanted to blog about Miss Universe as well, but ahh.. i'm tired. guess all I wanted to say was.. the youtube vids I saw.. the girls aren't really all that pretty. And actually i think Miss singapore is not too bad. Oh yes, i rmb now! it all started when i saw this link to national costume competition on sg.msn.com (my homepage).. http://entertainment.sg.msn.com/photos/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=3524234&page=1

You can click for an album of several national costumes. I personally don't understand Miss USA's costume at all. I just go "uhhhh..." but really, i don't think they've got any better symbols for themselves anyway. USA... well. they're just.. USA. what can i say?! nothing great, but they're not a bad country. (ahh.. but americans will surely fume at me saying nothing great) but really, USA has their fair share of goods and bads. I don't even wanna start on listing all the Bads too. oh right, i'm deviating again... I wanted to show the Singapore national costume. Such a pretty orchid dress.

There's Rachel Kum, Miss SG 2009 in the SG dress! gotten from straitstimes.com
I saw 5 designs for the national costume and I know there was voting, but i forgot about it and didn't cast my vote. The above dress with all the night view.. that's the one i would've voted. (from beautyinpageant.blogspot.com) it's got both vanda miss joaquim (the whole garden city theme as well) but so REAL. cos i think SG is a lot about the CBD (shopping, tourism, being a business/commercial hub..) yea. but still, the final dress is pretty. (:

I guess these things always gets argued. such a subjective thing. Take a look at Australia's..

This dress is called "Sunset over the opera house"... much debated as to whether it captures the essence of Australia as well. I personally don't fancy it much, but this is again open to discussion. Australia's evening gown though, is gorgeousssss. and Miss Aus is one of the prettiest in the entire competition I must admit!

Alright. now really.. bedtime!! Got real smashed last night... and feel like i've been bashed up pretty badly. oof. i've got some photos from yesterday. and once i get my hands on some more bar photos, i'll post them. Also, a belated shoutout to Joee. Happy Birthday sweet~ :D I've photos from our bday surprise to him as well.. some. will post those too. night all~