The Body Shop Sale ~ 11-15 May 2011.

Just received this in the mail.

Random Thoughts~

I was just visited (once again) this morning by my GRC's new PAP candidate.

I have to say he's a sincere fella although he knew little about the upgrading plans for our area.

I posted him a question on the upgrading for the carpark here.

Well, I can't really blame him since it's his first time contesting here and he's not served in this GRC before.

However, I must say that he came across as sincere, humble and friendly.

He did try to get an answer immediately for me~

I'm not really a pro or anti PAP voter (shh...voting is secret my hubby keeps reminding me).

But, there are times that I feel that some of the GE debates are of some wacky issues.

I do agree that the reports in the papers/news are skewed towards PAP covering in more detail about what PAP candidates did or said.

But, I did hear some rally speeches and did also have the ??? come into my head on BOTH sides!

I shall voice some of my thoughts in this post.

Ok, Singapore has experienced floods but are ours as bad as Australia's where lives has been lost?

Eh, nope.

Maybe some mannequin's were but not human lives.

Like Xiaxue posted, we can't blame PAP for not being able to predict the weather - agreed!

But, we can blame them for not maintaining the drainage system properly~ =P

Lesson learnt, more process to upkeep the systems and to dig bigger drainage long kangs.

Get on with it~

Which government doesn't have hiccups?!

What about the escape of a certain detainee?

If someone wants to plan an escape he will plan and execute it regardless.

Have you watched movies/TV shows - if the person is determined to escape.

Try stopping him.

I believe everyone globally are facing some similar issues.

Rising living costs, rising housing prices etc - tell me 1 country that is not complaining about these issues?

The world as a whole affects each other.

This is called a global economy.

You can't just single out Singapore as having these issues.

Fine, the government can do more to reduce foreign impact within the nation.

But, for example, building HDB requires materials - Singapore do not produce them.

We are not self sufficient as a nation and everyone knows that.

How not to be affected by global issues?

Call me an optimist but I feel that there are always CHOICES that people can make.

Choices that can make your own life a little more comfortable.

These choices directly affect the moolah in your pocket as well.

And, NO~ I definitely DO NOT AGREE that resale HDB market consists mainly of upgraders and PRs.

On one hand, one opposition team encourages extended family to live within the same estate to encourage family bonding and creation (totally agree!).

Another opposition is saying that HDB resale is mainly for upgraders and PRs.

So, if my extended family stays in a mature estate - than how?

There's no new affordable flats here for first timers like us lei~

Stay further?

Than how about my bonding time with them??

And, best of all, the opposition are sharing candidates.

Can someone tell me how these 2 views match up?

What's the talk about cutting defense budget as Singapore has lesser threats?

Boy, if you realise, we are surrounded by some really big countries.

Regardless which country you live in, terrorism is also still a VERY REAL THREAT.

Yes, I know that CPF and the growth package is MY money.

I'm staying in MY house so shouldn't I be using MY money to pay for it?

And tell me which government gives money back to it's citizens?

I'm not complaining.

The money might seem little to some but to others it's really a lot.

This is not a 'dangling carrot' as it was not given out only this year because of the GE.

We are a workfare state and that's something that cannot be denied.

If we were to be a welfare state, I don't think Singapore will be where it is today.

Look at some of the social issues that a welfare state has - regular young people opting not to work because they can get welfare benefits.

I do believe there are assistance out there for the needy.

And regardless which political group you belong to, if there's a needy person that you know of you should help.

If you help and you voice it out, is that being humble or trying to claim rewards for what you did *irony*?

Many of the politicians (yes I call them that already) contesting have voiced out of so-so aunty or uncle they've met which are in this or that situation.

My question to them: did you find out the reason why they are in that situation or did you do anything to help them directly as a normal human being to another human being out of real compassion?

I do complain about the maternity package not being enough but it's my choice to get a 2 bedded room and deliver at a private hospital.

Can I blame the government for not giving me enough 'incentive' to give birth?

In the first place, is there a real need for incentive to give birth?

I'm not saying it's not good.

Of course the additional moolah will offset my bills and I'm grateful for it.

If you want to have kids, you will have kids - that's the bottomline.

My mum's generation had nothing - no maternity, no childcare, no baby bonus.

Oh, FYI, she was a full time working mum too~

So, stop complaining!

If the government gave S$10k per baby can you imagine the social issues that it will create?

I do agree that its good to have checks and balances within the parliament.

But having half the parliament filled with opposition?

I'm not too sure about that.

Will that create more issues or more progress?

That's something I'm thinking too.

Impromtu Meetup with the Gang~

It all started with an innocent FB message from Mr Look asking what to do on a Sunday.

This message became a impromptu meetup with the entire gang (more or less entire).

The last time some of us met was for Laksa steamboat during CNY and I'm still missing the steamboat session!

Anyway, after the message went out, we met 2 hours later at Paulaner!

The super preggie me~

Yes, I've put on weight on my face *praying it's only bloatedness*.

My nose is super swollen~

The usual couple 'scratch' even in public~ tsk tsk.

Angela and I~

Oh, yeap, I had a super bad haircut!

Nevermind, I will go cut it shorter in a month's time!

Andy, Kel and Des~

Des was flying off the next day so I was really glad we met up over the weekend.

Otherwise, I'll only see him at Kylie's full month~

Kel was alone as Nico and Skyy weren't feeling too well to come along.

After 2 rounds of beer and some light snacks, it was time for Kel to go home.

The rest of us, went for dinner!

The last time we went Red Star for dim sum breakfast, the gang was telling me about this place near Little India that serves pretty good dim sum too~

However, the place serves the night-morning crowd and by morning the dim sum were mostly gone!

How could I forgo the chance to eat some dim sum?!!

Swee Choon Dim Sum.

We arrived around 6 and there was a waiting queue outside~

Go try if you are in the vicinity but trust me on the queue portion.

Apparently, it gets worse into the night!

Single digit days countdown~

Yes, it's been like yesterday that I was struggling with morning sickness issues in the evening.

We are officially counting down now - single digit days!!

These days, the swelling feet is doubling, running to toilets doubling, backaches doubling *hehe* and everything else.

Good thing is I'm officially staying at home to work till Kylie comes along~

My final checkup will be next week and most likely I'll see Kylie next week too.

Hopefully, I get to vote and everything goes smoothly until the decided date.

After that, I'll be starting my moo-moo career~

All the best to myself! =)

Heineken Commercial - The Golden Age.

I like the song!

Very upbeat!!

Here's the full song/commercial~

*Mr Look likes the beer*

FOTD~

I do believe this will be the last FOTD for work for the next couple months to come.
A friend was saying that after Kylie's arrival I won't have the time to do makeup posts.
I beg to differ as even throughout my pregnancy I still took the time to do my makeup daily~
I wonder if my girl had an overdoose of it in my tummy and will come out to hate makeup.
Hahahaha~

Some usual stuff as I'm not opening any new MU recently other than the MM blusher.

Super duper dry lips.

It cracked recently and I kept applying balm.

Basically, that's all I can do about it.

Yes, I am drinking loads of water 3 litres everyday so please stop asking me to drink more water =P

Adversity?

I quote a colleague here: "There are no good or bad situations...How you perceive it depends on your state of mind. Do you see the difficulty in every opportunity? or Do you see the opportunity in every difficulty?"

I totally agree with her.
Mentality and mindset can shape how and what you feel.
If you only see adversity then there will probably be no thoughts about opportunities.
Vice versa, with a positive outlook you will see opportunities in adversity.

I always tell myself that in life when I'm in the lowest of low, there's no where to go but up.
Especially when it's things that we have no control over - why waste the effort and time to broad over it?
If it's due to my actions that I'm in the lowest of low, what's left for me to do is face it and get on with my life.
What else can I do?

I'd like to live happily~