Life’s Simple Pleasures.

Im a label sucker. But still, i prefer quality over everything else. Be it clothes, bags, shoes, accessories, makeup and nails. I can save on electronics and gadgets like hand phone and ipod because i dont understand them at all, but i can never feel contented just by window-shopping all the women’s stuff. Like it? Then buy it. Otherwise, dont let me see it.

Gorgeous light rose Dior Couture sunglass, im sooo going to lay my hands on her soon. After letting my wallet hibernate awhile from my agnes b bag splurge!

EVEN BETTER.

EVEN BETTER.

EVEN BETTER.

Too busy, thats the reason why im away on a long hiatus. Finally have the time to sit down and blog what happened over the past 2 weeks.

Yes, i love myself more in the past, even though i was more bloated. Reason being, i dont have time to love myself and retreat and more importantly, to do the things i really like to do. My bf always say, “Just go and do what u like lah.” But ironically, having a HUGE sense of responsibility and ultimate perfectionism, i have to complete my tasks on hand before i can indulge myself in the usual pampering-nails, facial, shopping, movies, sleeping. I wish i could do all these more, you know. Thats so like me in the past. Yah bimbo whatever, but i enjoy pampering myself this way. Just like how my dad loves changing and washing his car, thats his only past time.

Summer Term 3B started for me. It marked the most boring module i’ve ever taken in SMU. Human Capital Management. Damn. HR is the last thing i ever wanna do, rather be a housewife or secretary man. Or maybe its the prof teaching it. The way she teaches it always never fail to let my eyes glued onto my laptop for 3 hrs 15 mins, without listening at all. I really wonder how am i gonna scrap through my exam this tues.

As for MDS, due to some tenure issues, the office shifted from Lavender to Paya Lebar which is EVEN BETTER FOR ME, cos its soo much nearer to my house, dont have to spend so much moolahs on cab!!! And the thing that attracts me to sign the contract right away is because its JUST BEHIND SINGPOST. This is super important to my biz since dispatching of parcels is a daily routine. Save all the transportation costs. So basically, the past 1 week or so, i was preoccupied with the renovation and furnitures stuffs, plus regulating the business flow and finally, im getting NEW FACES for the website! Jumping up for JOY because i can finally stop seeing my own face on mdscollections. I see myself until sian man. Even though i kinda love the sharpness of our photos now + simple but fashionable background, but i prefer just being a merchandiser and focus on fashion rather than appearing on the website. SOOO MANY girls sent in their photos. Im still looking through every single one of them. I realize its hard to look for a suitable model for mds because the girl has to look very versatile and portray different looks. I was suggesting to Joe that maybe we can talent scout on Orchard streets, but im fear of rejection. Hah. They might think im from some stupid modeling company looking for new faces. But its great to know ppl actually want to appear on my website and most importantly, wearing our apparels.

I had one of the most delicious and sumptuous French cuisine @ Malcolm’s house 2 days back. This chap can really cook. Cook as in, not those normal home-made dishes, but gourmet cuisine which is good enough to open a restaurant. I really cant wait for the day when he officially hold his first French restaurant opening. Its gonna be fabulous.

Im a dessert sucker. Totally cant resist his creme brulee, with a touch of Earl Grey. How fantastic is that!! Usually you get sick after a while eating sweet custard and sugar and eggs, but because he added earl grey inside, somehow it made the creme brulee more fragrant and i just cant get enough of it. I can eat like 2 or 3 portions, but Malcolm only made one each for everyone. Sob.

And seriously, i didnt dare to tell him im not a steak lover. I never really fancy steaks because of the outlook. Like one whole chunk of beef right in front of you. To me, it doesnt look appetizing at all. Im someone who needs pretty & presentable food to have a big appetite. But Malcolm kindly changed my poor appetite towards steak. His rosemary pan fried beef was really tasty. With the combination of buttered cabbage & mushroom, it’s perfect.

I hope we meet up at his place soon. I want my dosage of creme brulee again. Maybe i can be his mini investor in future and enjoy free french food everyday. Hah.

Some pics taken @ his house:

My mail server is up and running smooth now! The past 2 days was pure insanity, all my automated emails were gone and customers cant reach us at our contact us page. To make things worse, i cant broadcast any email regarding my new launch. But strange enough, orders kept streaming in since yesterday night despite not sending any emails. We deliberated for damn long, thinking whether we should hold back the collection or just launch without any notification. But cos we already promised ppl on our broadcast page, so we had to launch no matter wad. And luckily, response was good despite my problematic email server.

But gotta say sorry to all those customers who failed to check out the new collection because no emails was sent regarding the new launch. By the time it was sent, almost all items are sold out. To make it up, im gonna rush out a mini collection on Wed or Thurs. Hopefully i can get it up by Wed night.

Anyways, new stocks are up on our racks @ Haji Lane. Do check ‘em out, many lovely pieces should be gone by now. But still, its worth it to make a trip down. Cos there’s more than 60 NEW designs which are not shown on the catalog.

Here’s our website catalog. Its available for download on our homepage too.

May i say i LOVE the picture of me on MDS homepage?! Hah. Its like one of those rare random shots where the photo turns out perfect.

Im so damn tired.

Just came home from office. Finally, after almost 1 month of delay, we started to paint office. Obviously the bulk of painting wasnt done by me but by JM & his fren + Dad & Mum. But i helped a bit. Painted the sides of the wall to make sure all the gaps are well-covered with white paint. Its kinda fun to paint for a while. Let me emphasize again, FOR A WHILE, its okay. Not for hours. Or when the walls are huge. Im suffering from the aftermath of painting, which is sore waist & body aches. My favorite pair of shoes from Charlotte is ruined because its coated with white paint, but that gives me the perfect reason to buy their bling sandals which i saw on sale @ Robinsons, hah. I didnt expect myself to help out hence i wasnt in my tee & shorts & slippers. Moreover i went to Loft this noon to put up more than 60 new designs for this month. And i couldnt leave the place earlier because my pretty galfren, Shi Hui said she wanna drop by and shop. So i gotta stay and entertain her a bit. There were quite a few customers who came too. The most sought-after dress from the catalog was gone in a few minutes after the store was opened. I think the customer came down just to grab that piece. Good choice.

Im starting to love JM’s family. Especially his parents. I witnessed how supportive they are towards JM’s goals for MDS. They encourage him and helpe him whenever they can. Maybe they arent as busy as my parents, but i mean, on an emotional level, i can really feel the connection they have with my business. Like how much they want to see it being successful which makes me feel so glad. I would love to have some support from my parents too. At least a tiny weeny bit. These 2 years of venture, they didnt really like it. On top of dislike and hoping that i should go and work for a big company, sometimes i feel that they like to dampen my hopes and plans for my business. I knew when i made the decision to list my apparels at Haji, the response from them would definitely be negative. They said, “how are you gonna study? Now you have to cope with rental every month.” I heck them and went ahead with the idea. Then i made the decision to shift into an office at Lavender and hire staff. I didnt wanna seek their opinion at all because i know i wont receive a positive answer, or least a fair advice. So i merely informed them and my mum was so unhappy about it. Until now when i have paid 2 months rental + sign contract + start renovation, she is STILL discouraging me from moving and said how nice it is to work at home. NICE, like real. Everything i do in my house, i have to seek consent. I cant even throw 6 big empty boxes outside my house. My stupid dad asked JM to FLAT ALL THE BOXES when we are in a rush to go to his ah ma’s birthday party. Its really maddening.

Im really quite disappointed with my parents. Businessman themselves, but they dont understand what im going through. I thought being business people right from young, all the more they should support whatever i do in my life. But yet they dont at all. When they need help, i go all out to help them. They want me to run errands, advice my brothers on whatever issues, help my dad patch up with my mum, help my dad talk to my mum to bury her hatchet with our relatives and attend some important gatherings, advise my mum not to gamble so much, all these seem rightfully to be my job in the first place when its not. I can just heck it but i always choose to let myself poke my nose into all these family matters. On top of that, i can hardly breathe managing business & studies. But when i need the most basic support from my loved ones, no one give it to me. REALLY NO ONE.

I dont need a single cent from them. I already made it very clear that no matter what happens, i will not depend on my family’s wealth to build my dreams. But i need support from them. Like how JM’s parents support him. I dont need negative response from my mum all the time. I dont need the sudden cold and warm treatment from my dad which leaves me totally bewildered. Like wad the fuck, are you supporting or not supporting me. Its so unfair. They can suddenly call me and said one of their china workers wanna buy clothes from me so she’s going up to my 3rd floor store space to choose clothes. I said okay, because i find it so hard to reject my family members’ requests, no matter what it is. Both my brothers always dont have enuff money to spend. Who give? I transfer to them despite JM’s nags. So at this point i really dont get it when i merely tell them something, not asking anything in return and they always give me a totally caught off guard reply.

My imperfect family. Im really disappointed.

Love.

JM’s Ah Ma’s birthday party made me appreciate and reap the true meaning of simple happiness.

Sometimes luxury and wealth doesn’t bring much laughter. At least, when you live in your comfort zone for too long, living a stable and simply nothing-to-worry-about lifestyle, the primitive things that often make someone happy are forgotten.

Our family dont have a hobby that bring us together. Like i said, we used to live in a big house together. But conflicts happened and all of us shift out, only my grandparents are still staying in that house. My family of 5 shifted from Pasir Ris, to Sengkang and now, Changi. And we seldom have gatherings, except for birthday celebrations and CNY. But the sad thing is, even during these special occasions, you will feel that something is missing somewhere. Like everyone seem very distant. We eat good food, but whats the point of eating expensive food when the company is not great.

And my bf’s family is really different. Honestly speaking, i really envy his family. His Ah Ma’s birthday is like one of the most HAPPENING & vibrant party i’ve ever been to okay. @ the ktv lounge, there’s people dancing cha-cha and calling themselves ” Ming Zhu He Chang Tuan”. How cute. And there’s a DJ, plus catering food and bar counter to order drinks. Its just so noisy and fun. Life is so simple but fun there. Its like no matter how busy you are, or how tired, once you enter the lounge, everyone enjoys themselves to the brim. So different from my family.

I enjoyed myself today. Tonight, i really feel that i can be part of his family too. A fully integrated member with no other considerations. Oh, another reason why im happy tonight is because his family members kept saying i look VERY YOUNG. I told them im 23 and none believed. One of the auntie hugged me so tight and said im v small and kept touching MY FACE. And WORSE, the most exaggerating comment i’ve ever heard about my age. Guess what. The DJs said i look like 13 YEARS OLD. 13 LEH, WA LAO. Its like a little kid la. JM said i actually shrunk since he last saw me in poly. He said to me, “In my memory, i dont remember you looking lidat in sec & poly. At least not this size. I thought you look like a normal size girl.” Should i feel happy or sad. Happy cos hes trying to say im slim now, sad cos his memory of me seems to be negative.

I should start learning the essence of simple pleasures. From my bf and his family.

Oh, one last thing. I feel VERY HAPPY from the bottom of my heart for his bro too. To find someone he likes is one of my wishes for him ever since i know him. He should have someone to occupy his heart.

Obviously. Coz strategy gave me one of those classic moments whereby im at a total loss and dunno wad to do. (Please refer to my previous entry.)

But besides that, my project group rocks. Its one of my best experience in SMU, coming to the last 2 semesters. Everyone contributed fairly and none is a free-loader, best of all, we really click. LIKE TOTALLY. Usually project groups come and go, once a project ended, the “friendship” and “closeness” also kinda mark the end. But hopefully, my strategy grpmates will stay. I think if Prof wants to look for the group that work together best and have the BEST SYNERGY, it must be our group.

Should i email him and say we even went to Blk 85 @ Bedok to eat dinner/supper & talk cock for 3 hours?! Sat on the hard round stool until my butt hurts like mad. But the food’s great and the company was even better. We gossiped about sooo many ppl in SMU(oops), army talks(surprisingly) and RELATIONSHIPS.

Haha. Oh, and not forgetting Malcolm’s passion for cooking, especially french cuisine. Hence our next meetup is at his house coz he gonna whip up an exclusive 3-course meal for us! Im so looking forward to it. 11th June.

I think one month of summer term really brought us closer because we had to meet 6 days a week(excluding class time) to do the best trial and error for Globus game and finish our project on strategic firm(which happened to be MDS, coz Prof insisted it. I cant stand him calling me “COWARD” coz i didnt wanna do on my own company) but luckily, we did well for the overall ppt. 95/100 kkk.

Seriously, whatever grade i get for strat, it doesnt matter coz i know i did my best and at least, i make more frens.

LOVE MY FOREVER21 GREEN SHIFT DRESS. So fitting. And not expensive.  =)

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I need to pen this down to remind myself how blur and careless i was.

I MISSED MY EXAM TIME TODAY. YES, i did it again. Its almost exactly like what happened in Year 1 Semester 1 in SMU when i missed one whole week of school. But this time round, its exam. GREAT.

My paper is supposed to be at 12pm. I dunno why but my memory kept telling me its 2-4pm. So, the whole morning i was idling at home, relaxing and i did nothing else besides idling. Damn, my prof called me at 12.20pm and asked me if im well. I thought it was just a random call, so i replied, “Yeah prof. Im on my way to school for exam. ” He said, ” The paper started at 12pm, Georgiana. Get here as fast as you could but be safe ok? I’ll give you extra time.” I totally panicked at that time, damn screwed up. I ran out of my house and JM called a cab for me. I was like soo nervous and kept crying, totally cant calm down thinking shit, im gonna screw my grades again. But my prof is such a kind man. He called me and asked me to take my time to get to school and just be safe, he dont want anything to happen to me on the way. And he said he will give me extra time.

I reached school at 1.10pm. The paper is supposed to end at 2pm. Prof was waiting outside the room for me and being sooo nice, he gave me a hug and said its alright, everyone make mistakes. Yeah, but not as dumb as mine. He didnt want the whole class to look at me when i go in so he got another separate classroom where i had the luxury to be alone to do my paper. I didnt want the extra time so i promise him i will finish the paper by 2pm. At first i think its gonna be so hard but somehow, the paper was quite smooth. I finished at 1.45pm. Only 30 mins! Lucky me, Prof even said im faster than other students who started at 12pm. Hopefully i didnt make too many mistakes. Haha. Yeah, its like so classic geo. I went out after submitting my paper and my grp of project mates were waiting for me outside. So sweet of them, they were waiting for me to have lunch together coz they thought wad happened to me, why did i not turn up for exam. Hah. Stupid Eunice have to say my eyes are swollen and ask me if i cried AND I REALLY CRY AGAIN. Full of tears, i know.

I hate my stubborn memory which always choose to remember the wrong things, especially at the most crucial moment.

But the day ended with a sweet note. I managed to catch the sneak preview of SEX AND THE CITY!!(I booked the ticket while i was idling at home before exam.) ITS A FANTABULOUS SHOW all girls should watch. Love Carrie Bradshaw for her timeless fashion sense and how she always pursuit love, love Samantha’s sexual humor and wit, the show is just great! Though its a 2.5 hours show, totally dont feel like it. I enjoyed every segment of the movie, JM did too. At first i was kinda skeptical to drag him to watch with him, but in the end he like it too. He even say wanna watch Season 1-6. Hah, that was like soo long ago.

Watching Sex and The City never fail to remind me how much i love to play dress up. Women forever have the privilege to dress well and look pretty wherever we go. I think dressing up is like playing mix and match game everyday but never get sick of it because its all about creativity and once you paint the perfect picture, you are ready to hit the streets! I would die to have a closet like Carrie’s or at least have that empty white spacious closet that BIG gave to Carrie. GOSH. WHY DIDNT THEY SHOW THE CLOSET FULL OF LABELS?! I think it would be soo complete. Its always empty, start and the end. So wasted.

Guess what JM said to me after the movie? “Dear, i will give you a closet.”

Haha. Yup, i will certainly wait for tt day to come.

Latest issue of I-S Magazine!

Does anyone have a copy? Please let me know where i can get it. MDS was featured as one of the new shopping destinations in Singapore but i dont have a chance to catch a copy of it! :(  Pls, pls, pls. Thank-uu in advance!

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