Miu Miu and Marc by Marc Jacobs

I have two bags recently added to my bag collection from Reebonz Sale (which I'll blog separately) and here are my 2 beautiful victory loot!

Miu Miu Vitello Caribu - Double Zip
Saw this baby almost right from the beginning when I stepped into the Sale. Being made in calfskin material, the touch of the bag is so smooth & pleasant! Not only that, it comes with a sling strap so I can sling it on my shoulder should I feel tired from hand-carrying it! By the way, this year's bag trend tend to all come in straps.

Some may not find this anywhere unique or exclusive due to its colour being black, I do like the fact that it IS black. being the type of person who will go all careful and cautious when bringing a luxury bag out for fret of dirtying it, I won't need to worry that much when the bag is in black ^^.

So how much did this Miu Miu bag cost me? Retail price of this baby was going at $2,100. After a 20% discount and $100 voucher from Reebonz Sale + a further 5% discount using Mastercard for payment, she only cost me $1,520! That's a good $580 discount in total! I must say, it's a real steal! I have yet to bring this lovely bag out but I believe it won't be long. :D

Marc by Marc Jacobs - Rubber Croc Tote
Another steal I bought from the Sale will be my Marc Jacobs tote bag! Its croc-embossed design on the tote simply caught my eye! It was a daring buy from me though I usually hate to buy light-coloured bags precisely for fret of dirtying it, and feel damn guilty about it. However, this tote bag is in an unique shade of nude which made me re-consider. of course, price factor is another reason why I just simple bought it that day.

After going at a 40% discount from Reebonz Sale + an additional 5% discount from Mastercard, this large-size tote only cost me $200! For a Marc Jacobs bag of this size, $200 is really a snatch! This bag may turn out to be my work bag afterall, hehehe!

I will love to own another bag anytime but getting hold of them without further damaging my pocket should be a wiser move! Cheers to Sale!

 

Shoe Haul from Rubi Shoes Sale

This year's GSS is a really fruitful one for me, especially when it comes to shoes. For one, I've managed to grab a few pairs of shoes from Rubi Shoes! All those pumps, flats and heels going at crazy prices, who won't bring them home?!

Only 5 bucks!

My first pair of shoes from Rubi Shoes. Not only was it a first buy for me from Rubi Shoes, it was also my first attempt in buying/wearing floral-designed shoes!

Likewise, it's my first attempt in trying on bright-coloured shoes, especially turquoise!

Green-minty heels. Not that i'm a lover of green but the colour of this pair of heels just made me unable to resist the urge to bring it home with me!

Another pair of flats added to my shoe collection. I simply couldn't resist buying buying white/beige shoes.

Why am I so crazy buying so many pairs from Rubi Shoes? Not that I'm really crazy over Rubi Shoes but their sale prices for those shoes were simply dirt cheap! None of my shoes from Rubi Shoes cost me more than 10 bucks each, including the minty heels! I'm so gonna ensure I'll always watch out for any Sales from Rubi Shoes in future!!!

 

Nail Art Stickers (Water Decals) - Tutorial

After being a nail art addict for a period, I've yet to touch base on nail art stickers. NEVER. Thanks to my friend, I was finally able to experience my 'first' nail art sticker process!

My dear friend brought us a few nail art sticker designs from her sponsor and got me, along with another friend to choose. I chose a Pink Leopard Printed nail art sticker set for this attempt. Yeah, so expected of me ya? Hehehe...

From the look of it, it's pretty gorgeous, isn't it? Frankly, I was kinda nervous yet curious about how this whole thing works. Nonetheless, I came prepared and my nails were all cleaned before this 'experiment'. That's the most important and also the first thing that needs to be done before anything gets started! Now, let's move on to the process.

First, what we did next was cut out all the nail art stickers individually from the set and put them all into a bowl of water. That's right, a bowl of water is what you need! Leave it be for a good 2-3 minutes before you use a tweezer to pick it up from the water. You will notice the sticker's starting to peel open.

Next, put it over your nail (according to your nail size). Use a cuticle stick to omit the air from the sticker and smoothen the surface.

Once you deem ok to proceed, apply a layer of top coat on your nail stickers. The stickers will start to work their magic (start to bend).

Wait for them to semi-dry, followed by using a nail filer to file the excess away. Once done, it will look like this.

Yes, there's bubble on my nail so please pardon my noob-ness since it's my first try! If you do not wait for your nails to dry upon applying the top coat, here's the consequence you will face (I got mine T.T):

*sob* It's so wasted! I could almost enjoy a damage-free set of nail art stickers on me!

After my dear friend did a few nails for me, I decided to experiment it on my own so as to understand the complexity of doing this.

It really wasn't easy for me to complete the whole process within an hour, which in this experiment/attempt, we took slightly longer than that. Upon completion, I was practically immersed with my own nails!

Another few shots on my new achievement, full view!

I really love this set of Pink Leopard Printed nail art stickers, especially when they're on me!

Well, this was a truly fun and exciting experience for me, though it took us quite some time to complete our nails. I reckon once we are used to the process, the time taken will definitely be much lesser. The nail art stickers aren't costly, hence for those who are not exactly into freehand nail art but want to have fancy nail designs, you may just wanna try it!

 

A Date with 'Hatched'

I always enjoy American Breakfast, especially those that serves great eggs no matter where I go and I'm really glad I can have them, at any time! Thanks to nadnut's recommendation, I brought my family to this restaurant named 'Hatched' one Sunday.

We made our way happily to Evans Road where the restaurant is situated at but was disappointed to learned that it's closed at 6pm on a Sunday. Fortunately, the staff told us there is another outlet at Holland Village! We quickly made our way there cause we were just simply famished!

Frankly, we kinda lost our way for about 15 minutes trying to find where Hatched was and were really at the brink of giving up when we finally found it. If it's not due to the renovation going on in front of Hatched, we wouldn't take such a long time finding it. Nonetheless, we were really glad we found it!

Check out the menu from Hatched! Their menus are so artistically designed :)

Because we were famished, I didn't take a lot of shots around the place but I did take a shot of their counter. After taking a peek at Evans Road's one and the one at Holland Village, I gotta say Holland Village's outlet is more spacious and cozy.

While waiting for our orders to be served, I noticed 2 little eggs on our table and I got all curious...

Hahaha! yeah, they are salt and pepper holders! The owner really made an effort to ensure its theme is all around!

Since I'm already here, I had to order their most popular dish, Egg Benedict! It can be ordered individually and thus, I ordered 2. Come on, eggs always come in pair usually, aren't they?

They look just yummylicious, don't they? They do! What makes them taste so delicious will be the combination of their beautifully poached eggs and bacons. Mmmm....writing this at wee night just make me so damn hungry again!

The portion isn't exactly small and I really doubt my girl would finish a whole plate of eggs, therefore, I ordered a blueberry waffle for her.

She really enjoyed the waffle until we reached the centre portion which the waffle kinda went too soggy due to the strawberry on top of it. Well, It was still delicious though.

My dear hubby ordered another dish but somehow, the picture I took went missing and I couldn't post it up here. His looked really delicious as well and I reproached myself for not checking my phone immediately after taking it. Hmph.

They don't cost expensive and they serve such breakfast-like mains throughout their operating hours, all day! I'm all hands up for this restaurant and will highly recommend those egg-lovers, or American-Breakfast lovers like me to visit Hatched and try their egg dishes out. I go a really long way just to patronise and sample their egg dishes. For one, I am really relieved to like their food or I'd have wasted my trip (from Northeast to West)!

iOS vs Android phone

My phone (iPhone 3GS) is on the brink of self-destruction any minute and I've been brooding over what phone I plan to get once my current phone decided to give up on me for quite some time.

When iPhone 4S was launched, I told myself I would not give in to temptation and faithfully wait for iPhone 5 (when it was still going by this terminology). Never once did my mind or decision wavered for any other phone because I felt iPhone series was all I want to use in the future. However, the release of Samsung Galaxy series caused my decision to sway...

Now, there are a few phone I'm looking at and just today, one of them have been announced to be launched next week! That just pretty much giving me more stress in choosing my preferred phone!

THE NEW iPHONE

Needless to say, this was one of my No.1 choice for my phone replacement once my phone decided to self-destruct. It has countless of applications in its AppStore and believe it or not, it is one of the main reasons why iPhone users are not willing to switch to another phone. In fact, I'm one of them...

Though the design of the phone (actual one) is not released, it was rumored to have bigger screen than it's previous models. However, it will not be launched here until at least near Q2 or Q3 of 2012.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S3

Samsung S3, latest Android smartphone from Samsung

With the success of Galaxy S2 launched from Samsung, S3 has caused quite a huge hype and anticipation to many Android-wannabes. There seems to be many people waiting for it as well. Just today, news have released that it will be launched in Singapore on 30th May 2012. What a great time to launch just when I have the thought to switch to Android...

However, this phone has a drawback. In one of the reviews I've read somewhere, it was mentioned that the material of its casing is plastic, thus giving people a 'cheap' feel. It also looks rather similar to Galaxy Nexus and HTC in terms of looks, which is not very appealing than it's previous model, Galaxy S2. Given its latest features, I will be lying through my eye if I say I am not tempted...

SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE

Samsung Galaxy Note ~ Pink version!

This phone is the source and cause of my decision to keep to iPhone to be challenged. After playing with my colleague's Galaxy Note (not the Pink one of course!), I discovered its processor is faster and more smooth than iOS on iPhone. Not only that, the screen is much much bigger than iPhone and everything looks just so wonderful! The Pink version just add on to my percentage of wanting to switch to Android!

Then again, as Galaxy Note is only able to upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich (don't be mistaken, it's not food, it's a hardware version of Android~) and not more than that, it caused me to think twice about getting it. Why? Cause that will indicate Note will not be able to upgrade any further than Ice Cream Sandwich.

SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2

When Android phone finally caught my attention, I decided to Google for more information in hope of getting my mind set on which phone to buy for my phone replacement. It was then I knew that Galaxy Note 2 will be launched end of this year. Of course, this is rumored news once again. No detailed information was released for this model yet but I don't think it will differ much from Galaxy Note itself and definitely will have its features similar or better than S3.

Honestly, I am pretty reluctant to give up iPhone, but at the same time, I will really like to switch to Android for some features of theirs which iPhone may not be able to provide.

iPhone
- APPSTORE. Countless of apps and that's the main cause of user retain. 

Android
- Fast processor.
- Customisation without the need to even 'root' a.k.a jailbreak.
- Supports Flash.
- Able to download almost everything provided you are able to find the .apk file.
- Able to place widgets and notifications at the display screen is a wonderful thing...

Conclusion?
Well, as of now, I am leaning towards Galaxy Note 2 (if my current phone can wait...) until 'The New iPhone' is able to show me something different which can give me a reason not to switch to Android. Giving up AppStore from iPhone is not easy, but I believe PlayStore (Android's app market) will soon match up to AppStore. *cross fingers*