I'm a self knowing money managing tree hugger... how abt u?

I saw this personality quiz from a blog and decided to take up the short test. Well, this is who I am... it even says that 0% of the 13633 people who have taken this quiz are like me. Now, am i that rare?

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm a Self-Knowing Money Managing Tree Hugger

Soon-to-be-retirement

After having my mp3 passed on, it is going to be my camera's turn soon. Despite so, credits go to it being so 'strong-willed' as it has already long passed its retirement age by over 1 yr (as canon repair shop only gave it a half yr warranty due to it being a replacement set).

Hence, I cant really blame it after using it for perhaps a thousand shots. So it is now in an unofficial near retirement status. Good bye soon, my camera. *sobs

It's Christmas!

Here's wishing all my dear loyal readers (you know who you are) a Merry Christmas and hope u all will have a wonderful and joyful season.

DIY Recycling

What can you do with an empty biscuit box, some laces, old bling buttons?

Well, the answer is to merge them together to form a new storage box. The tools which u need are relatively simple, just scissors, glue or double-sided tape and tada! A presentable and useful box has been created.

Before

After

Christmas Sale 2008

Refer to http://www.fashionstatementspore.blogspot.com/ for more details

Link Love

I just happened to come across a very excellent blogsite. The author is the person behind some of the designs at the ION walls at Orchard as well as involved in the designing of the Maybelline compact powder cover casing and many other projects. Felt that all the works are really brilliant! Had wanted to put some of the pictures here but fear of copyright issues. So just go directly to the blogsite ok.

http://www.lifeandcoincidences.blogspot.com/

Virtual Blog Shops

I have always wanted to open a shop myself- either a cafe or accessories shop. I know, I know... the two are of drastically different areas but these are the 2 top choices I can forsee myself planning to create in future. So before I start a real one, it is best to test market first. With the convenience of blogspot, I created an online blog store...early this year I think. I had chucked it aside until I finally made some updates in aug. Blame it on procrastination.

In case u r interested, here is the link:

www.fashionstatementspore.blogspot.com

Apart from placing it at online forum www.diva.com.sg and telling some of my frens about the web link, I havent officially announced it to frens cos too little items at the moment. Still working on improvements.

Over this past year, I have also researched for some online blog shops within singapore. Some of them are even featured in magazines or news articles. Here is a list of the active ones... Do let me know if u have other good ones to recommend...

Amber Jewels http://amberjewels.blogspot.com/
Beads of Lav Accessories http://beads-of-lav.blogspot.com/
Eaindria Creation http://eaindriacreation.blogspot.com/
Fluff http://www.lovefluff.com/
Jeaninegabrielle.com http://www.jeaninegabrielle.com/
Holical Archives http://holicalarchives.blogspot.com/
Swisshearts http://swisshearts.livejournal.com/
Ocha Cream http://www.ochacream.com/
Love Pretty Things http://loveprettythings.blogspot.com/

Fossil Watch- Private sale 6 Dec 2008

cant imagine i queued up nearly 5 hours just to buy a watch. yeah.. u heard correctly. 5 hours...well, this is of cos insignificant as compared to the "mc donald hello kitty" queues back in my sec sch days, thanks to my sis who wanted to collect all designs.

I was at city hall and decided to check out the fossil watch private sale. Hadnt had much info abt it..so just drop by to chk out whether there is any good deal... and by e time when i was at suntec, it was ard 4.30pm. the sale has started since noon. there's up to 80% discounts for D&G watches, adidas, fossil hse brands etc so the queue was terrible.. it is so long that it extended to the escalator. I started to join the queue and freaked, it was longer than the Singtel roadshow. But heck, just queue lar. Dun wan to miss good deals since I am here..

alot of the ppl came prepared, with frens, bf or gf...and I was alone.. so i just pluck in my mp3 and just stare helplessly at the queue, waiting for it to progress... within the next hr, those who went to chk out the queue at the entrance came back telling their friend that the queue was crazy and that they couldnt figure out the entrance at all.... cos it was totally packed w ppl at the front.. eventually, the ppl in front and behind me left the queue. I was still hesitating whether i shd give up... but since i queued for an hr already, perhaps i shd just stay on.. escalation of commitment bah.

time slowly passed...from 1 hr to another hr... then 3 hrs into the queue...i finally near the entrance...the signage indicated 3 halls but actually only 1 small hall is for sales....the others was for collection, customer service... and before getting in, you must put all ur things into a clear plastic bag and sealed...when i finally got in..boy.. it was chaotic... ppl are pushing against the tables showcasing the discounted watches..it was a pretty ugly scene. after squeezing for half hr, i was still at the back of the crowds... sian..so i was thinking of leaving empty handed but felt that few hrs of queuing was wasted... so i just force my way into the crowd to scrutinize at the different brands.. Marc Jacobs was too exp still, whereas they didnt have the colour i want for adidas..and the only D&G which i spotted was a little too simple...so i decided to settle for fossil...again.. my 2nd piece so far...

$65, at 40% or 50% off orginal price... think this is an old model... cos i cant find it online... but i still like it...