JLSHWITHLOVE

A beautiful memory

2012-02-12T00:13:00.000+08:00

Despite all the tiredness, frustration, pressure and stress that I had been feeling for the past few weeks, all of it paid off and I couldn't be more grateful. The ending work of the musical was so successful, I'm so proud of everyone for all that they've done; wonderful dancers, rapper, backstage crew, AV team... Nobody screwed up, everything went so smoothly. And then there was the Pitch It! Competition. Those few who helped me in the voting, I'm honestly grateful to all of you! My group won 3rd so that's $300 for us; we're more than happy with that! :)

I used to think my poly life was pathetic 'cause I literally did nothing which I myself could be proud of, no achievements, nothing. This musical and the Pitch It! really mean a lot to me 'cause completing these two challenges would mean they're the two major achievements that I've made in Ngee Ann Poly. This is what I get when I was so freaking lazy and useless and lazy when I was in Year 1. So I guess I really have BZSE Celebrations 2012 to be thankful for.

No use regretting and telling myself that I should have studied harder and be more active in Year 1, isn't it? I've been through that stage; cried buckets of tears 'cause I kept thinking I was so useless and that I had no achievements. Regret is one thing, but learning from those tears is another. Honestly I wanted to give up on the musical and the pitch. I'm a sucker for exhaustion (don't even know how the hell I managed to survived Military Band SYF?! With my heavy snaredrum and all somemore... Amazing) and I couldn't stand the tiredness. But God, thank You for giving me the strength and helping me to overcome my weaknesses. In a blink of an eye, BZSE Celebrations 2012 is o-v-e-r.

It's really funny how I wanted BZSE Celebrations to be over so badly, but when it finally ended, I miss the musical so much. Miss staying back with everyone to rehearse. Miss feeling like I've bonded with a few people a little more. Miss hearing those sweet encouragement in the backstage when I was fucking nervous just before showtime. Miss... everything.

And I can't help but feel sad to know that about 2 months from now, my class will be reduced to half 'cause the other half will be going on internship. Sigh.

"Why do all good things come to an end?"

A Big Thank You

2012-02-06T02:13:00.003+08:00

Brindabella from shopaholicsforlife35 purchased a couple of things from me a few days ago. When I passed by her selling site today, I was totally surprised to see her latest post; it completely made my day. She was such a friendly and easy-going buyer that I enjoyed dealing with her so much. I recommend everyone of you who chance upon this post to check out her selling site as well. If she can be that nice of a buyer, I'm extremely certain she can be that nice of a seller too. :)

Friendly buyers definitely bring about friendly sellers.

Regardless of the number of buyers whom have purchased from me, I will always be appreciative of those who are friendly, easy-going, reasonable, and most importantly, understanding. And there have been a number of buyers who are like that; thankful to all of them for making this selling shyt easier for me!

And for those of you who have been checking my blog for updates, I'm really sorry for the disappointment. Musical is happening on 9 Feb 2012 which means we're left with 4 days till the showcase! HAVE TO REACH SCHOOL AT 9AM FOR 4 DAYS STRAIGHT... CAN SOMEONE JUST KILL ME NOW.

Sigh. Endurance.

Have a blessed week, everyone!

恭喜，恭喜，恭喜你！

2012-01-23T00:25:00.001+08:00

新年快乐，万事如意，年年有余, 合家欢乐！

HAPPY CNY TO EVERYBODY!

Whether or not you belong to the Chinese race, CNY is always a good time to celebrate or have a good rest! But I guess I won't be enjoying the latter 'cause I've yet to do my nails for tomorrow! Having to leave house at 8.30am (in freaking 8 hours' time) isn't helping either. BUT, the thought of receiving red packets just makes me really happy hehehe! Hopefully there will be some card gambling with my Malaysian relatives though, 'cause I haven't gambled in a longggggg time (the last time was with my classmates... WHEN ARE WE DOING IT AGAIN, GUYS!) and I really miss card gambling!!

I'm gonna stop here now and get started on my nailssssss.

Will upload a photo of them on Twitter once I'm done so if you're interested, you can follow me at @jlshwithlove! ;)

HAVE FUN, EVERYBODY!

Giveaway #1: Results!!

2012-01-21T02:15:00.004+08:00

I am really thankful for every single person who has participated in this first ever giveaway that I've conducted, because honestly I expected nobody to join since my giveaway items are not branded/ worth much/ etc. So I'm REALLY REALLY grateful that people even bothered to join and it truly makes me happy to know that!

So here are the winners!

Winner 1:

Yumiki, ribbonkisses@hotmail.com

Winner 2:

Gerlene, rhythmicalraindrops@gmail.com

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! :D

I have already e-mailed the both of you, so please do get back to me as soon as possible alright!

As for the rest of you who have taken the time to leave a comment, I'm really sorry that I could only pick 2 winners this time round; how I wish I'm rich enough to let every single one of you win! BUT, fret not 'cause I have already planned what to give for Giveaway #2 so I hope you girls stay tune to my site for updates!! I promise y'all, the next giveaway item(s) will be even better! :)

On a side note, school has been crazily-hectic for the past 2 weeks and the assignments and stay-backs and rehearsals and all the worrying about this and that... Man, they have really tired me out. It's to the extent that I don't even wish to turn on my laptop when I get home, like I'd just wanna wash my face and go to bed. Time has really ZOOMED till I find it unbelievable that Chinese New Year is only 2 days away! Very soon, it will be exams' period, then holidays, then... Year 3. Honestly I don't even know whether I'm looking forward to going through Year 3 or not. It's scary to think about the future sometimes 'cause right now, I'm at the stage where I don't know what I'd wanna do after I graduate.

Maybe it's time to ask yourself what you've achieved last year, and what you'd hope to achieve this year. Don't let any day go to waste because before you know it, a lot of time will be lost and soon, you'll realise that you haven't actually achieved anything that will make you proud of yourself.

On another side note,

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO ALL MY CHINESE FRIENDS!!
Not Chinese? Then have fun and enjoy the good break! :)

2012-01-19T02:07:00.001+08:00

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

Giveaway #1: L'Oréal Shampoo & My Beauty Diary Masks!

2012-01-16T11:46:00.047+08:00

STATUS: CLOSED!

So I know I've been neglecting my blog with no proper updates for quite awhile,
but I thought of making up for it with a random GIVEAWAY!

EVERYBODY loves giveaways and free things; WHY NOT! Especially if you enjoy using a particular product or eating a particular food, you'll enjoy using/ eating even more when it comes FREE!

Okay to cut to the chase, I'm gonna give out items from 2 brands, as seen from the title! They are...

1. L'Oréal Paris Nutri-Gloss Light Shine Shampoo (180ml)

(Image credits: here)
For more information about this product, read here!

2. My Beauty Diary Masks

(Image credits: here)
For more information about this product, read here!

(Image credits: here)

For more information about this product, read here!

ALL ITEMS ARE BRAND NEW AND UNUSED!
There will be 2 winners for this giveaway!

Winner 1:

L'Oréal Paris Nutri-Gloss Light Shine Shampoo

Winner 2:
MBD Provence Lavender Mask (2 PIECES)

+ MBD Q10 Rejuvenating Mask (2 PIECES)

VERY EASY TO WIN!!!

All you have to do is to COMMENT on THIS blog post with the following sentence:

I WOULD LOVE TO BE WINNER ___!

Fill in the ___ with either 1 or 2 depending on the item(s) you wish to win!

Requirements:

1. You MUST include your name and e-mail address,
or/and ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SAY! (This is optional of course hehe)

2. This giveaway is only applicable to Singapore residents!

I will close this giveaway by:

FRIDAY (20 JANUARY 2012) 6PM

I truly enjoy knowing that I've made someone smile, even if I don't know you! So I really hope this giveaway will make someone smile, and that the winners will be happy upon receiving the giveaway item(s)!

What are you waiting for?

LEAVE A COMMENT NOW! :)

Can't stop looking at.....

2012-01-13T14:16:00.002+08:00

...this.
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So.freaking.cute.

Boring Day

2012-01-05T16:07:00.003+08:00

I really don't like to sit down and do assignments. My attention span is super low, I can't concentrate for long. I need to do stuffs that enable me to roam around, eat food, walk aimlessly... anything but sit on a chair and face a boring computer screen filled with words typed in Microsoft Word. I guess I really have a new-found respect for people whose jobs require them to type, type, and type, every single day. Or even those who do data entry e-v-e-r-y day.

Can't wait to finish Law essay. Till my next post, here's wishing that everyone is having much more fun than me right now.

Hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and a good start to 2012! :)

Lazy Owls

2011-12-30T04:21:00.001+08:00

It's 4.13am and I just came back from supper with my best friend. And we saw 2 kittens (I haven't seen kittens in yearssss, no joke) which made the both of us so happy. ...I don't feel as happy when I see normal cats; kittens are different, somehow. So I obviously had to search for food for the 2 cute kittens and thankfully there's this 7 Eleven in Yew Tee which sells cat food! Was so afraid that the kittens wouldn't eat them but they finished the whole pack hehe. Before that the both of us filled our hungry tummies with a cup of hot milo, 2 kaya toast and 2 eggs! It actually feels nice to eat such old-time/ traditional food once in awhile. :)

Supposed to do our work, but yup, fatty guessed it right. WE HAVEN'T. BUT I WANNA PROVE HER WRONG 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT HER TO BE RIGHT ALL THE TIME HEH HEH.

Gonna attempt to do some work now while my best friend is being paranoid over little things HAHAHA.

Hope everyone's sleeping like a pig oink oink ^(oo)^

K show a cute pig face not enough.
Let me end it with a cute baby.

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Blessed (Belated) Christmas!!!

2011-12-27T04:50:00.002+08:00

A blessed Christmas to everybardaye!! I hope everyone has enjoyed their Christmas this year! Mine wasn't exceptionally special or interesting or anything but I still enjoyed it because I managed to spend time with my family in the day, and with my fatty at night!

I wish BlackBerry has a Blogger application so that it'll be so much easier for me to blog! Now I have to result in sending an e-mail to myself (so pathetic) with all the pictures attached to the mail. Maybe with an iPad, it will be so much easier to blog since I can take photos with an iPad, and use Blogger on iPad too! I've actually never thought an iPad can be put to any good use though, 'cause it's quite stupid to be carrying such a big thing with you every single day as your phone-cum-laptop-cum-MP3-cum-fungames&applications device.

(My e-mail to myself has been "sending" since so many minutes ago and now it's still "sending". Why do I have this gut feeling the mail will not be able to send through T.T)

Anywayssss, I managed to dye my hair before Christmas, so I've dark-red hair now! I REALLY LIKE MY HAIR NOW BUT RED HAIR WILL DEFINITELY FADE. I get so paranoid whenever I wash my hair now, and I'm trying to not wash my hair whenever I can, like whenever I know it's gonna be a stay-home day. I know it sounds really dirty of me but I feel so sad whenever I bathe and the water (AND EVEN MY SHAMPOO FOAM) turns red! BUT ANYWAY, it's actually not ideal to wash your hair everyday! It's just that humans are so used to washing our hair every single day that it has since become a norm and people start saying, "Eeee you never bathe today, you so dirty!" whenever they know you have yet to wash your hair for the day. Then pregnant people more dirty right?! *Trying To Convince Myself Mode*

I dyed my hair @ Jean Yip Loft 2 days before Christmas, which means 23rd December, and goodness gracious, do you have any idea how pretty and lush the whole building is?!?!?!!!

The Loft is 7-stories high but I only managed to witness the first level (reception) and the third level (scalp and hair treatment level). Seriously, their whole start-up capital and renovation costs must have cost a big, fat, ginormous bomb. But it was the first ever time that I was being served a freaking DESSERT while doing my hair. And it turned out to be one of my most favourite dessert! It instantly made my day a whole lot better. :)

My hair went from...

(ANGRY BIRD ELEPHANT!!!! SO CUTE RIGHTTTT???
Couldn't help but took a photo with it even though so many people were staring at me HAHAHA)

TO...........

Wahhhhhhh I really like the colour, hope it lasts till Chinese New Year at least.....

On Christmas Eve, I ate New York New York (NYNY) for lunch with this pui pui! So funny lor, the first time I spent her birthday with her, I wanted to bring her to NYNY for dinner 'cause she kept rambling on and on about how she has never ate at NYNY before and it smells so good etcetc. So I decided to bring her to.... I can't remember where, but it turned out to be NYNY DELI. -__________- MEGA FAIL SIA SERIOUS. When I saw the signboard I was like, "HUH? WHY GOT DELI ONE?" and the food's also different; I think Deli serves more casual and light sandwiches/meals. And we were at lot 1 this Christmas Eve and there was NYNY and it wasn't crowded or anything, so I brought her to the RIGHT restaurant to eat this time!

I spent the rest of my Christmas Eve with my family! Went over to BLACKPOCKETS to help out, and all of us dined at No Signboard Seafood Restaurant! MISS THE CHILLI CRABS LIKE CRAAAZYYYYY!! I think the last time I ate NSSR was like, when I was in primary school?? Their man tou together with their chilli crab sauce = one of the best ever! *HUNGRY AGAIN WHILE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW*

Was so excited to go home 'cause my bro told me the stuffs he bought for me in Thailand were at home alreadyyy! Sent him soooooooooooo many pictures before he boarded the plane for him to get a gauge of the kind of clothing I was hoping he would be able to get me hahahaha; I'm so glad he got the kind of materials and patterns that I currently have a thing for!

Wore the tribal-print dress (with cross-leggings and black wooden heels) the next day a.k.a CHRISTMASSSSS hehehe. Went to church, LIKKA FINALLY! New Creation Church service was held @ The Indoor Stadium for Christmas so me, my mom, my dad, my bro, Yuan Mei, Ym's mom and cutie Shannon woke up early for church! The crowd was so crazy, we missed the first service and had to queue for the second service. Though, it was a lovely sight to see so many people queuing to celebrate the birth of Jesus, and this year was also the first time NCC conducted two services to cater to its huuuuuge crowd!

After service, while the rest headed to JB to eat at my uncle's stall, I stayed at home so that i could spend the rest of my Christmas with CTXT. :) She didn't intend to stay over at first but somehow, she did HAHAHA. Grateful nonetheless! This marks the end of my simple but enjoyable Christmas day. It was a happy day for me and my family in the day, and a happy night for me and my love at night!

Mom and I brought Shannon to Farmart after all of us ate century egg porridge cooked lovingly by my mom! It's actually such a joy to be around this cutie pie. Every time she calls herself "Shannon" instead of "I" or "me", it just sounds really cute somehow!

Everyone headed to BLACKPOCKETS after that and we stayed till closing, thereafter was dinner @ Newton Circus!

It's 4.44am now and I'M STARVINGGGGGGGGGGG :(

Nevertheless, I've enjoyed my pre-Christmas, Christmas, and post-Christmas this year and I pray that next year's Christmas will be even better and happier and Christmasyyy!

I hope all of you, who are readying this space right now, have had a wonderful Christmas too!

Remember to always give thanks, and you'll be a happier person in return. :)

FREE ROYCE CHOCOLATES!!

2011-12-22T02:44:00.000+08:00

Image 1 Credits: http://www.linoralow.com/2009/blog-it/my-love-royce-chocolate
Image 2 Credits: http://nappykaye.multiply.com/journal

I NEED THE HELP OF AT LEAST 8 KIND SOULS!! ANYONE!

Santa Churpie (a.k.a. ChurpChurp) will be giving away Xmas gifts! All I had to do was to choose a gift that I would like Santa Churpie to gift me and and 8 other friends this Christmas, refer at least 8 friends to join Churp Churp and ALL of us can stand a chance to win that special something I have chosen!

As you can see, I HAVE CHOSEN ROYCE CHOCOLATES!!!!! Who wouldn't like chocolates for Christmas, right?! SO PLEASE HELP ME! WE'LL ALL BENEFIT FROM THIS SO WHY NOT JUST HELP ME RIGHT? :)

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO SIGN UP FOR CHURPCHURP AT:

http://bit.ly/FreeRoyceChocolates

Just 8 of you! But your signup HAS to be via http://bit.ly/FreeRoyceChocolates for it to count!

Hope we'll all be able to receive the chocolates!

Help me this Christmas! :)

Merry Advanced Christmassss!

Typical Singaporean

2011-12-21T03:21:00.001+08:00

I don't care how kiasu I'll sound like, but ..........I LOVE FREE THINGS.

Really. I don't know why, but I get very happy whenever I know that I'll be able to redeem something for free. Or even if there's a discount for a product that I like, I get super happy and I'll feel very satisfied knowing that I paid nothing or lesser for an item.

I mean, there's no harm redeeming something for free or going around to see if there're discounts or something right? If it saves you some money, why not? At least that's my mentality, and C will agree that I'm super giam siap HAHAHA. Oh well, I tried to stop this "habit" but I can't. It has become a part of me!

SO, my point is, if you believe you're as giam siap as me, ...I think giam siap means you "want everything". Right...? I don't know if I'm misusing this word HAHA. But yes, if you believe you have the same personality trait as me, then this blog post will benefit you cus I'm gonna share the various good stuff that I discovered just a few hours ago! (Somebody shout 'yay'!)

1. BLACKMORES Shoo Away The Achoo!
(Click here to participate in the contest!)

EXPECT TO WIN:

All you have to do is to think of what Person A, B, and C are thinking of when they hear a person go, "ACHOO!", write your creative thoughts down, fill in your particulars, and you're done! So simple, and you might just win yourself an iPod Touch. Even if you win products from BLACKMORES, it will be awesome too!

2. My Fat Pockets

(Click here to be directed to MFP main website!)

I don't know if you've heard of this website before, but I only discovered it today and I got so engaged in it! They have very unique samples up for grabs, and the good thing about their samples is that they're all RETAIL SIZE, so it's not just those tiny packets of testers! The only thing is, different samples have different Sample Points, so do register an account in MFP and check out all the girly and interesting stuff they have lined up for you! Their giveaways can sometimes be really, really, tempting. LIKE A CHANEL HANDBAG. Seriously!?!?!!! I WISH I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WEBSITE SOONER SO THAT I COULD PARTICIPATE! It was so easy to join! I think all that was needed to be done was write a comment and it would be chosen RANDOMLY through a computer generator. Talk about fate, man. The girl who won the bag was so lucky!

But anyway, here are some contests or giveaways that MFP is conducting now!

Lancome Allure Sultry Eye Look Set (worth S$130)
(Click here to be directed to this contest!)

EXPECT TO WIN:

Super easy to participate! Simply do the following:
Step 1 : Subscribe your email at www.cossy.com.sg
Step 2 : Reply to this thread with “ Subscribed @ www.cossy.com.sg ”

Complete the above 2 steps and the winner will be picked via a random lucky draw of your post number.

Contest ends 23rd December 2011 at 2359hrs.

Japanese "Crystal Ball" Bag (Worth S$250)
(Click here to be directed to the contest!)

EXPECT TO WIN:

Simply answer a simple question:

What is the exclusive Japanese brand that MFP is offering for Sample Point Redemptions? The answer can be found here .

Reply to the thread with the correct answer and the winner will be picked via a random lucky draw of your post number.

Contest ends 23rd December 2011 at 2359hrs.

Singpost Enveloopy Series Collection (Worth S$52.80)
(Click here to participate in this giveaway!)

EXPECT TO WIN:

Pretty right?! So cute! And it's quite easy to win too!

Simply answer this question:

Tell MFP Crew why should you be the winner of this week's prize?

Reply to the thread with the answer and the winner will be voted by 3 MFP judges.

Contest ends 23rd December 2011 at 2359hrs.

3. Facebook Samples

Not by Facebook, but various brands love to create a Facebook pages for publicity, and some of the brands do send out samples to the public upon request! So these are some of the brands which are currently giving our free samples:

(Click on the names below to be directed to their respective Facebook pages!)

K it's 3.08am now so these are all the brands I can think of for now which provide free samples. If you're not able to find the navigation for any sample, just leave me a comment and I'll help you out k! Hahaha, free whattttttttttttt. *ahem*

Hope you've benefited a little for this post!

Have a good night, everyone! J

Testing Out!

2011-12-19T01:50:00.011+08:00

NEW BLOGGGGGGGG!
I wanted to change my url to somethin' else but I ended up going back to jlshwithlove.bs AGAIN cus I couldn't think of anything else. Talk about wanting a change... Guess I'll stick to jlshwithlove till my dying day.

I'm so excited to start blogging!!! But I know I won't have the time... But I know I really like to blog about my day and my feelings and what I really dream of blogging about are reviews of different kind of products.. you know, like a beauty blog. *ahem* But I know that will possibly remain as a daydream forever since I don't see my blog having tons of readers and I don't see why people will be interested in reading my reviews HAHAHA. Sounds so sad. Yes, it's quite sad. I've lost all my past readersss.

But anywayssss, I'm actually quite excited for tomorrow cus I'll be attending the "voice testing" for my course's upcoming musical! MUSICAL. Can you believe how awesome this idea is? Kudos to Gerlene for planning everything! Who would have ever thought BZSE would come up with a musical?! WITH PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE. AWESOME!

I'm currently putting on a face mask now and I need to take it off soon so I need to stop blogging for now.

If the time you leave your face mask on exceeded the recommended amount of time you're required to leave it on your face, the mask will gradually absorb back the essence that is supposed to be absorbed by your skin!

Okay enough! Have a good night, everyone!! J

PS: I truly, honestly, really, love the way you sing. So please don't doubt yourself cus baby, you're awesome.