a colleague of mine mentioned this blog post just now while clearing the morning rush. so i thought i would give it a once over to see what it was all about.

saw that another colleague of mine posted it on his facebook and thus i do not have to waste time searching for it.

http://gintai.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/is-this-my-singapore/

its kinda sad to read through the post. i kinda know what to expect now when i decide to settle down. even now hearing about how difficult for us citizens to get a house because of property prices increasing so much every single year, same goes for COE prices. sighs.

i very much agree with what my colleague said about how we're severely underpaid, according to rank, in the govt agency I'm currently working for. which is totally not equal to the load of work we do every single shift. employees in the private sector get paid more with the same paper qualification as me. sad that i'm a civil servant yet underpaid.

maybe its about time i search for a new job. a better paying job.

the only regret i have in my life so far is not studying harder. if i did, i would probably be somewhere else doing something i love and providing better for my family. however, there's no use feeling sorry about that. the only thing i can do right now is work with what i have and what I'm given.

DIY Brush Cleaner

found the recipe to make brush cleaner through xsparkage.com.

i finally bought the ingredients needed and mixed them all together. very, very simple recipe. tested the cleaner just now while i was doing some spot cleaning of my dirty brushes. the results were instant.

before

after. 

this is just spot cleaning. i can just picture how cleaner it will be when i do the bi-weekly thorough cleaning. :)

oh and i bought a brush cleaner from MAC recently as well and i found that both works the same in cleaning and disinfecting my brushes. though the MAC one was not as expensive as i first thought, only $20 i think, the idea of having to travel to town just to replace it is not so appealing. whereas for the DIY cleaner, i just need to replace the alcohol which is way nearer than to travel all the way to town.

p/s: i replaced the 91% isopropyl alcohol with 100% denatured alcohol bought from Watsons' comes in a bottle and one bottle is enough for one batch of this DIY brush cleaner. 

bad habits

i have this problem with wasting my morning waking up late when its before my night shift and afternoon shifts. i waste time, cos time is precious, by unproductively sleeping in. even when i set an alarm. i'll snooze until, well i cannot snooze anymore. which basically means i ignore the alarm until my body decides to wake up.

the problem with me is i keep my BB too close cos its easier to get to when i hear the alarm. if i out it too far away i'll never hear the alarm. i have yet to find the perfect spot to place it so that i have to get up, no matter what just so i can dismiss the alarm.

its just excuses i know but having wasted my mornings before these particular shifts for the last year plus is starting to make me feel annoyed with myself. i do not like to get annoyed especially when i get annoyed at me.

even when mom wakes me up I'll still not get up unless its my morning shifts.

at my age i should not have to ask my mom to wake me up for work.

latest online splurge

my Sigma beauty package just arrived today, well actually it came yesterday but no one was home so i had to go collect it from SingPost just now. i literally opened it while walking home cos i was that excited to see the brushes and the palettes. i know i'm such a noob sometimes. and my noob-ness showed very clearly.

well anws, the products i bought from SigmaBeauty were their newest performance eye brushes and their 3 shadow palettes, Bare, Dare and Flare.

i shall try to find time to do a look using the performance brushes on one eye and the normal set of brushes on the other.

shall also try to find time to prolly swatch the palettes colors. :)

the Sgma Performance Eyes Kit. i shall do a further in depth post about them when i've tried them out in comprison with my other normal set of brushes.

the free blending brush included in my purchase. loves it!

the 3 palettes; Flare, Dare and Bare. shall do the same in depth look into them when i have the time.

loving the shades on them, would absolutely love to try out the colors on someone.

now the big question is to video or not to video. :/