a couple of weeks ago,

JY and i were invited by Van to help her out at a charity dinner event which was held last night,
and we both agreed to do it together because it sounded really interesting, a fairy-themed charity dinner!

sidenote: when i told my mom about it, she was all like..
"forgot to ask you... do you need to wear like bunny ears and a playsuit??????"
me: ...... -____-


so JY popped over to my place an hour before the dinner yesterday, to prepare and doll ourselves up!


my room's in such a mess, cos i was trying on my new clothes before JY arrived. horribleee.

we were totally in a rush and so late : /
so quickly changed into our dresses (dress code black), did our makeup and rushed off!
but got totally stuck in a traffic jam, plus JY's GPRS kept bringing us around detours!!

in the end we reached the hotel like almost an hour late! -_- sorry about that Van!


check this out: on the right is the event we were attending. on the left was the 82th birthday anniversary of his majesty king whoever and national day of thailand. whoaaa.


our "job" was to sell champagne in the name of charity,

here's the other two pretty "champagne girls", Van and Cindy!

it was definitely harder work than expected, because people kept thinking the champagne was free until we corrected them, and when some heard they had to pay they just went "oh" and walked away -_- and the tray is pretty heavy so guess what, clumsy me accidentally had a couple of champagne glasses topple over and one broke on the carpet, soaking JY's and my shoes in champagne... -_-

and one of the tai-tais even remarked upon seeing me crouching unglamly on the carpet picking up glass pieces,

"ohhhh, these volunteer girls, they have to learn how to do their jobs..."

such an uppity remark right? some of the nicer ladies at least kindly helped to point out glass pieces on the carpet so i could pick them up.
most of the gentlemen were very obliging to pay for the champagne, but alot of the ladies declined or gave a "i have to pay?" face. we even had ladies coming over to ask us "where's the toilet" and all. well i had no idea where the toilet is duh. i suppose we looked too much like the other waiters and waitresses working for the hotel!

thankfully did not encounter any other boo-boos while selling champagne. in fact, the lady who was in charge of the champagne sales was so nice and kind to us, she even got us seats at the dining tables within the ballroom though we were expecting a packed dinner in a corner outside! so we got to enter the beautifully decorated and themed ballroom, as well as enjoy the food and programme!



the interior of the ballroom was made to look like a magical enchanted forest, very pretty!



table centerpiece with lots of pretty blue blinking lights



the lighting is very pretty and ethereal :) even the napkin was tied up in a ribbon, along with little boxes of truffles for guests to bring home.



JY and i playing with the light sprays!

randomly i went to Chomel just to look for suitable accessories to match the fairy theme and i ended up with a cute little diamante feathered hair band which cost me $29, but thank God for it because we were soo underdressed that the featherband at least made me look more in line with the theme instead : /



a close-up of the table centrepiece and our menu for the night.


it was really hard to take pictures of the food under the low-lighting,
but with my amazing little camera and help from the two light spray thingies i managed to take some nice shots! :D


smoked salmon trout with fennel salad, lemon vinaigrette and salmon roe



winter squash soup with grounded cinnamon and garlic crouton



JY's panfried codfish on white bean puree, baby spinach, truffle cream



my braised beef cheek with caramelized carrot, pearl onion and truffle mesh

the food was generally decent, but we were running about in between the food because we needed to go table to table to sell the bottle of champagne provided on each table. again most guests weren't very keen on buying, but somehow the champagne sales were really good at the end of the night, one guy even whipped out his credit card and asked for 24 bottles to be delivered to his door step! : O



my artistic shot of the roses by each plate on the dining table, lol. lighting: yina photography: yina digital imaging: yina hahaha.





camwhoring with JY! mosaic-ed out her face cos she say ugly. hmm it's so hard to take pictures in there cos it's dark!


and then the fashion show started!
it was more like a very artistically staged theatrical dance runway show in line with the fairy theme.
i took sooo many pictures of the show!

my favourites below:






a beautiful scene in which pieces of silver confetti were scattered all over the stage (and into my food and drinks as well....) with the help of this:

hahahaha.




a gorgeous backdrop was revealed then. so pretty!
























ok end of show! sorry for the picture spammage! i have so so many more. but the costumes and makeup and stage setup/effects were really amazingly exquisite and intricate! i am pretty in awe that a charity dinner can be held in such pompous extravagant style.



another shot of the ballroom.


and since the lights are back on we take more pictures.


and it's dessert buffet time!





an assortment of desserts, in various forms.







sad but true fact: JY and i totally dont belong at gala dinner events. after my embarrassing incident with dropping a champagne glass, JY dropped one of our creme brulee and it turned into a smeary mess on the carpets :/ to the cleaning staff at shangri-la, sorry!
and two of us were left with one tiny little creme brulee to share because they were so popular that none were left on the dessert tables when we got around to eating. roaaarr.



mirror shot of the four girls! we finally congregated together after the dinner ended because van and cindy were at a separate table.



you may have noticed we still had two creme brulee in this shot. pre-accident. and cindy is so photogenic and picture perfect i cannot stand it!








JY and i feel better when we take pictures without the other two pretty girls. the discrepancy not so great haha.



i was trying to do a cindy tilt-head-smile-sweet pose.
anyway cindy saved me with her eyeliner cos JY said mine looked non-existent but i didnt bring any make-up to touch up with! thank you cindy!!



van was wearing uber uber high heels and she had to stoop to look like she's my height!!
i feel so sad taking a picture with van because she's so tall and slim haha. i waaantttt.


group shots!




poor van's legs must have been aching because she had to adjust to our heights for all the shots haha!


anyway i like my dress but it's like loose on me and i had to keep pulling it up :(
wanted to alter it but tailor said it couldnt be done so easily!!



i like this shot, i look soooo demure.

end of the night!
thank you ladies for the enjoyable night despite the "work", and i had a great time with all of you!
it was definitely an interesting experience and eye-opener for me :))) to enter the world of the upper-class society for a night lol.

will update with more pictures maybe when cindy and van upload theirs!


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and my goodies delivered by mr postman this week:

first up, two dresses from electricsheep!
was quite confused cos i saw em on bluekismet as well but they explained to me that it's manufactured by electricsheep then distributed to the other BS..


Babydoll Chiffon Bustier Dress, i absolutely love the cutting because it's so flattering! teehee it's padded too for the extra oomph!



Jersey Cocktail Dress in Royal Purple, super comfy and stretchy material! wanted to pair with a thick belt but cannot find, so i tried a thin belt! the shoulder flaps thingy will ride up easily though i think... but overall i love the cut and length as well :)


and a couple of other dresses...


hollyhoque Puffed Sleeve Shift Dress in Navy, very well made with an inner satin lining, but i definitely need to wear leggings with it cos it's too short as a dress...



by_rovski Bandage Dress in Dusty Pink, such a yummy shade of pink and very comfy as well! love the bandage skirt bottom, sexy!


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TGIF, and have a happy weekend everyone!
i feel so christmassy already. next week's my big concert so am gonna be mad busy!!!
will update as and when i can! :)


ps. ebay seller is now offering me 50USD refund. her first offer was 20USD then 35USD. good thing i wasnt stupid enough to accept either previous offers. thing is now, i'm not sure if i'm able to push for a full refund via ebay resolution centre? because i've already opened a case with them and indicated for a full refund, but she's still only offering 50USD.

so i can either
a) keep the bag (with scratches on it), and get 70SGD back or
b) push for a full refund and send back the bag.

help, anyone?

had an uberrrr crappy week, but a night out with these two girlies was a definite pick-me-up!! and as i'd already expected, it was already past 8 when our "7.30pm dinner date" started!! teehee. but it's okay darlings i still lub you two much much! :))) so excited because we've been planning our outing for agesssss but those two girls are soooo busy and things dragged on for a good two to three months before we even settled on a fixed date! yay!!

so let's start with WIW,

guess-inspired denim frock, bonitochico

we'd all agreed on wearing our pretty new dresses that we kept on buying online to hoard in our wardrobes for lack of occasion! so i got to wear my pretty new guess frock and it's really gorgeous and i love it :)

was all made up too so i took the opportunity to camwhore abit..... : P okay fine. ALOT.




oohh and randomly, the sunset yesterday was beautiful!


it got even prettier when the skies turned a lil darker but this was how it looked like when i left my office.


so back to dinner;
we went to a place all three of us love: Marche!




awesomeeee. for the first time, i didn't take many pictures of the restaurants/food because we were so busy eating and talking! unglam much. but here's some pictures of the food that steph & i took.


delish calamari!



our all time favourite, rosti :)))


caesar salad!!! (that steph thinks is rabbit food.....)



chicken! notice how there are two pieces. because our dear HJ is so super charming and charismatic that everyone gives her extra food everywhere she goes.

and HJ was very proud of it too.


steph wanted to pose with the calamari as well, so here we go


wooo. and the three of us just sat there talking and talking and talking (i think it was mostly me talking -.- while the two girls kept on feeding me by piling food on my plate while i talked -.-) for like almost two hours!

let's not forget the camwhoring





HJ tries to plant a kiss on steph's cheek but steph's not impressed.





BF called..




HJ and steph pretend to be "on the phone" to pose for pictures -_- thanks ah

the two of them have been going on and on about the new wallet i dunno why so this is them worshipping it!

Prada should totally hire HJ to be their ambassador/spokesperson. see how good she looks holding that wallet?


we adore my wallet too (but it's starting to show signs of wear and tear... :< )




and i seriously crown HJ the worst photographer of the day :`(





she somehow manages to bring out the worst in everyone :(

even our zi-pai is nicer than her million and one shots lor!



done with our meal and we got the staff to help us take a group picture. but FAIL.
her photography skillz, cannot make it :(



nehmind. again with flash.

you may have noticed we're all wearing stuff bought online, tsk! HJ's in bonitochico's dress and hollyhoque's blazer, steph's in huisyuans's chiffon dress while i'm in bonitochico's denim frock <3


and we couldnt resist taking more pictures within marche's cute country house-themed settings!


lol i dunno what HJ's expression is supposed to be.


steph: i want a coooowwww in my windowwwwww.........
yina & hj: ................





anyway, HJ turned on her womanly charms like a dam unleashed upon this poor guy sitting nearby to sweetly implore him to take these pictures for us. obviously her charms worked.




we finished dinner and were walking past the huge christmas tree outside so very naturally we took even more pictures....








reaching for the lights :D







and we're not done yet! carried on to starbucks for drinks because no ice cream place was open anymore :( and entertained ourselves by taking self-timer shots! think we pissed off the girl studying at the next table so bad. tsk tsk.


shot 1: FAIL. tissue paper sticking out at corner of lens -_-


yay!


trying to hiao pose. steph said her dress not tight enough to hiao so nvm let her off this time.



and lastly, HJ just had to show off her 4.5" tall heels..


wooo no more!! we ran into this gorgeous group of tall caucasian models at the train station and didn't dare to sit in their cabin for fear of melting into puddles of shame. they were all tall (in flats!!!) and chic and beautiful with chiseled side profiles and sleek hair buns!

anyway, it's the beginning of the end (the last month of 2009) and soon to be 2010 :( things have been crappy the last few days but hopefully the new year will bring positive changes about.

meanwhile, thank you darlings for the fun night out! next round we'll go have gelato and KOI ok? :))))


EDIT: OMGISH STEPH U STEAL ALL MY PHOTOS AND POST YOUR ENTRY SO FAST I HATE YOU :< hahahaha no la i love you k! <3 <3


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oh and a couple of my new arrivals from mr postman <3


chiffon bustier dresses from Viola, i love them so much!


and WIW today,
casual burnt-out tank in black from Vel's, now i feel like getting em in the other colors too!
paired with shorts from cotton on and cardigan from hollyhoque :)

simple & comfy.

tomorrow's gonna be an excitingly fun night (i hope)!!!!!! shan't reveal too much now but i'll definite update again on this space if permitted :)))

seriously, i am SO mad pissed off with ebay sellers i want to scream. the other item i bidded on and won a week ago, i messaged the seller to ask if he could priority ship the item to my friend who returned to SG from USA last wednesday, and this seller never replied me. and NOW he messages me asking when i am intending to pay and if he doesnt hear from me today he will report me to ebay. and of course my friend is no longer in USA already so i have to find someone else to ship to because the item can only be shipped within the States. like HELLO! i messaged him and he didnt reply me!!!!!!!!!!!!! i need some pissed off emoticon to use to express my current agitated and pissed-off mood.


this photo is a pretty good representation of my inner monster roaring in fury right now.

and of course dear dawn chan (the other ebay seller) hasnt replied me in like two days. have just sent her another email informing her that i am about to report her to ebay if she does not reply in another 24 hours. what's up with ebay and idiots. oh wait, they both start with the phonetic "E".


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ok, done with the daily rant. ebay has unleashed the bitch-from-hell in me, and the ruffled feathers are showing up here, pardon.

but moving on to happier things, (again), i finally managed to satiate my craving for swedish meatballs at IKEA today, amidst throngs of families with their kids doing their furniture shopping. i think i picked a bad day to go there but then again it's probably that crowded on weekends anyway.

WIW,

chiffon V back dress, bonitochico
necklace, sputnikmuffin
clutch/purse, charles&keith



here's an idea of the crowd.




"baby, help me take pictures please!"
....

"ok you can stop taking my pictures already everyone's staring!"





took us ages to find a table (then we had to find chairs) but we were two happy (sitting) ducks eventually.

and we ate aloooooot. 15 meatballs, 1 fish fillet & 6 wings between the two of us, including all the potatoey and coleslaw sides. speaking of which, i seriously, seriously need to diet. was trying on the nude eyelet frock just now and the skirt seemed to have a defect behind so i asked Gina to snap a picture of me in it from the back and OMG. i am not kidding when i say that i looked freaking ginormously fat in the shot :( you can blame it on the angles and bad bra (fats showing and all) or whatever, but something has to be there already for it to photograph out right? hai. and CNY is just about two months away! noooooo. i think i shall go jogging/swimming over the weekend.



my lovely, lovely, juicy tender meatballs.






hai i think we were too greedy. so super bloated and full TTM after the meal. but everything tasted soo good. my after-dinner tummy looked about 6 months preggy, was proudly showing off my baby bump to YZ....


and camwhoring while waiting for the call cab to make up for all the make up-less pictures (pun unintended) i have really bad eye bags/ dark circles! :(




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and just because this is my narcisstic blog,

more pictures of myself!!! :D :D :D my fringe is totally getting into the way of my left eye. cannot stand it, need a hair cut soonish. and i tried to draw my eyebrows back but i just look very fierce now. (not ANTM kind of fierce, but y'know, FIERCE....)


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i actually made more lava cake today and took some making-of pictures already. will post up the recipe next entry for those who're keen! dont worry, it's mad easy to do!! tastes so good too.




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and i am totally stressing out over my choir concert ticket sales now. i need to sell TWENTY!!!!!! tickets and my only confirmed ticket order now is (guess who?) the one and only BF.

please please people, i implore you all to come and attend my lovely wonderful fantabulous concert on the 13 Dec!!! plus guess what, i'm having my very first THREE LINE SOLO OMG in one of the pieces!!!! woooooo exciting. come and watch please. i promise you will be BLOWN AWAY!! i am selling discounted tickets for $25 from the original price of $30! T-T please come if you love me. i bribe u all with chocolate lava cakes. okay? OKAYY???

it's not going to be some boring dry fall-asleep choir concert because we're doing EXCITING pieces! a light mass accompanied by four wonderful jazz musicians (i love it!!!!) and many beautiful pieces in Lithuanian language. we even have a special guest conductor Vytautas Miškinis all the way from Lithunia! it will be an AMAZING concert!!! can't wait cant wait!



PLEASE!! contact me for ticket orders!!! yinagoh@gmail.com


oooh and i just have to share this particular video with y'all,

cos you know why. every time i appear in the video, I AM IN BC CLOTHES OMG. scary right. spot me!

if you'd like to find out more about SYC, or our concert, check out our blog!!! http://syces.wordpress.com/

hello i went to this shop at AMK to do eyebrow threading today, and u know i'm VERY particular about my brows but i'm also a risk taker so i just anyhow-ly walked into this big shop and asked to do my brows and i thought the beautician seemed experienced, but in the end i ended up with weird brows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hai now i have to draw my brows everyday or something til it grows out wth.



see how the front of my brows disappeared wtf balding eyebrows ): HAI. damn weird hai. you dunno how sad i am now. and sorry no make up again.


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plus the ebay seller hasn't replied me since last night and i sent her a mail at bloody 4am til now no reply :( i am really quite pissed off with her!! is it MY fault that she overlooked the scratches? no right? >: ( see her emails. she sounds SO unapolegetic like it's my fault i got sent a defective item. am seriously going to report to ebay if she doesnt reply me in the next 24 hours. and DEMAND a refund from her. WTF.






and pictures of the scratches/marks on the purse








blardi upset about it :(


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nvm, let's move on to happier things,
like i made chocolate molten lava cake today and it was SUCCESS. oozing chocolatey goodness.


topped with ice cream for maximum pleasure. YZ & i polished off two of it, no sweat.


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happy thing #2, mailbox goodies!
my nude pullover from Vel and necklace from sputnikmuffin


<3 the nude pullover doesnt want to stay in place though -.- keeps on riding up my shoulders!



love the maple leaf & dog tag pendant. simple and elegant.



and vintage heartcharm also from sputnikmuffin! SO cute!


am still waiting for HVV parcel. thought it might come today but nothing :( and tmr's PH too, so no mail tmr... boo.
well anyway, have a good PH tomorrow everyone! love PHs that make a long weekend. woooo. hopefully the rest of my long weekend will be considerably happier than today. boring entry i know. if i post up anymore makeup-less pictures of myself i think nobody want to read this blog already.

nights!