Instagram Snapshots ~*October 2013*~

It is NOVEMBER and OCTOBER is OVER! And so is the event which was contributing to all the mountain of work for the past few months. I'm so relieved that everything went smoothly and that it was a success. It couldn't have been a success without my SM's guidance and all my colleagues' help too so I'm really thankful that everyone worked together as a team.

September's Instagram post saw a significant decline in photos and even though October was a lot more hectic than September, I was determined to continue being more active on Instagram to make up for the cobwebs on my blog. I will be more diligent in replying your comments and also visit your blogs in due time.

Old blog friends please read this
Edited to add:
I realised that once I got connected to some blog friends on Instagram, all our exchanges take place there and seldom do we visit each other's blogs any more. The only exception would be Kim and Kizzy. You dolls would always be sticking around whether on Instagram or on Blogger. Blogging definitely takes a lot more effort and I'm always very inspired at how these two ladies could continue having interesting posts at a frequency of more than once a week. Instagram on the other hand takes a lot less effort and it allows me catch a glimpse of more frequent updates from blog friends who have stopped blogging or blog at a rate of one post a month or like me, only have filler posts in between actual posts.

It also seems like the blogosphere has been quieter of late. All the older blog friends whom I connected so well with from a few years ago seem to have disappeared. Does anyone of you "old blog friends" agree with me? Those friends are just gone. I tend to only return visits to people who leave comments and will only occasionally type the url of other blogs that I used to frequent to see what they have been up to. I thought probably in my bz-ness the past few months, I could have missed out on those blog friends who didn't leave me comments.

The past few hours, I decided to reconnect back with some of my blog friends on a stay-home Sunday. I went searching for the blog url of all my Instagram blog friends and started leaving comments. Next, I visited the blogs of old blog friends who have stopped commenting. I was glad to be able to read so many updates for some of these blog friends, often clicking on the older post to have a summary of that happened in their lives so far. Of course, I was also sad to see that many have stopped blogging too.

I'm really glad I made the first move and the few hours I spent just now was definitely worth it! I hope that I would slowly see these blog friends connecting back.





~3 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween in 2006. This time, the Bimbo Sisters & 1 Himbo had an impromptu theme: "Conscience-- those angel and devil that sit on your shoulders." The only Himbo was some bimbo prisoner in black and pink dragged with shackles and chains. So while I was happily working and thinking about all the fun to come, my dear creative friends helped in making the props. People simply called us that angel and devil group. Where was their creativity? It was also the night when my camera was stolen. So I've only got a total of 20 photos retrieved from @czanneo's handphone and from a club photographer who uploaded our photos on the Internet.




~5 October 2013~

I bought frootloops as I haven't eaten them since primary school. Plus the fact that I'm seeing so many pretty colourful pictures of frootloops on Instagram, weheartit and the likes that I thought it would be nice to have my own frootloops photo. But why is it that the frootloops available here look so yellowish and nothing like those I always see for eg @allprettyandpastel 's frootloops???




~6 October 2013~
Round 1 of gathering with Viv and April. Lunch at Marmalade Pantry with little Talya. Talya is such a doll and relatively well-behaved. Even as she does a "like a boss" pose, even as she went "no no no no no" in her babyish voice, she is just so adorable. We had a good lunch with Talya!




~6 October 2013~
Our lunch at Marmalade Pantry- pasta and burgers. Viv had carbonara. I had scallop bisque linguini. April had mini burgers from the kid's menu pretending that it was for Talya but it was actually really for herself. Even the waiter had to reaffirm with April that she hadn't ordered for herself yet. Just 3 fries with salt dusted off was all Talya got. The last pic at the bottom right was a goodbye photo from April on the Mrt as she made her way home to put Talya to bed and got ready for Round 2 of the gathering.




~6 October 2013~
Round 2 of gathering with Viv and April. Dinner at Cotton Bleu. I had the beef stew with mashed potatoes, Viv had steak and fries, April had French onion soup and we all had fries to share. Everything was good except the lavender creme brûlée.




~6 October 2013~
Round 2 of the gathering was lovely. We managed to catch up so much! In Viv's words, "In the afternoon, we met Talya's mummy. At night, we met April." How her words ring true. A woman wears many hats and very often, when the mummy hat is put on, all other identities seem to cease. All hail to the mummies in the world. All hail to gal pals too and cheers to friendship!




~6 October 2013~
Sponsorship of my super belated bday present from Viv. Pretty pretty Coach handbag in pink and classic Coach brown. Well, I didn't intend to have another bag. It's all Viv's fault. She wanted a Coach bag for herself and started sending me pics of some bags to seek my opinion. She asked me if I wanted and that she could get it for me too while she was there since it was so affordable. I told her I've got enough bags. To entice me further, she told me that there was a 30% on top of 30% off SGD$315 so it was $146. "Wah! So cheap ah? But I've really got enough bags..." said me. So after she dangled a carrot saying she would sponsor half the bag for my belated birthday present, the rest was history. Happy gal now!




~10 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- We skipped 2007 and returned in 2008. I was Pian Pian (翩翩) the Chinese ghost, @eccentrice was Lolita the mime doll (or was it Lola?) and @gerrachong was Leo-Pard (pronounced as "Leo-oh-ParD"). Do I look like some ghost from HK, Jap horror movie on the bottom left?




~12 October 2013~
Sis @kezel and I were playing with Popin Cookin for the past 2 hours. Why did we take so long? Coz we were taking turns to make the sushi while recording the whole process. The grape-flavoured gummy sushi took 2 hours to make but 2 mins to be gobbled down by my parents and us. The videos are available at her Instagram page @kezel.




~12 October 2013~
I asked the Hubz, how do I look with shorter than chin-length hair and without even pausing to think, he said, "Looks like @melva_b." Not bad, Melva. You have created a unique Melva style! A little sharing here: People who know me over the years would occasionally be fooled by my short hair prank whereby I would put the rest of my hair back, take a pic of the visible short layers and let people assume I chopped off my hair.




~13 October 2013~
I really really wanna rear a kitty cat just like Shirasu. This is Shirasu when she was a kitten. Look at her all hands up with tummy facing up. She is just soooooo cute. I love her innocent eyes, pink nose, pink paw pads and her overall kitty cuteness. Her owner is @msy1515 who has 3 cats and 2 dogs.




~15 October 2013~
Today is my beloved Simba's 6th year death anniversary. Miss her cuteness, her puss-in-boots eyes and her black and white paws.




~17 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween 2009. East Meets West Part 1.
The usual Bimbo Sisters/ Halloween kakis partied with my hubz and his friends coz that was the year we tied the knot. For the first time, our Halloween circle was HUGE. For the photo story, go to http://iamjolene.blogspot.sg/2009/11/halloween-2009-east-vs-west.html




~18 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween 2009. East Meets West Part 2.
It was the year the Hubz and I tied the knot and it was the very first and last time we partied together on Halloween. It was so much fun halloweening together with his friends and my friends. That night, everyone said, "We should do this more often." But that was the last time we halloweened together. Lol.




~18 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween 2009. East Meets West Part 3. Another collage with the Hubz coz it was the only time he allowed me to line his eyes.




~19 October 2013~
Bestie Cyn and her baby bump.




~19 October 2013~
I love weddings especially weddings of people I love.




~19 October 2013~
Angel hair pasta with truffle for my mains at Caffe B. So damn good but so damn small portion. After wiping off the bread with olive, the complimentary chef grilled vege and cheese, starters of foei gras and clam & mussel, we are still hungweeee!!! Must order more stuff!




~19 October 2013~
Act cute with curls and bow before they are gone. Bleh.




~20 October 2013~
I love 2nd day curls!




~20 October 2013~
I love 2nd day curls. If only perming could achieve such waves...




~20 October 2013~
Well since I'm into hair photos on my Instagram page now, I might as well do an overdose all at once. I like to use filter on my Instagram photos so that they would be saved into a square. This makes it a lot easier for me to sieve out the Instagram ones to save in a folder when I upload them onto my laptop. Those filters change the original hair colour and it's quite fun to have a change of hair colour on photos without having to actually dye it. For those who are bored enough to answer... 1) Guess which is my original photo. 2) Which colour tone do you like the most?




~20 October 2013~
I haven't been shopping for a long time and went a little trigger-happy today (triggered to open my purse) and bought stuff for myself when the main motive was just to buy my sis's birthday present.
Left to right: 1) No trying denim-looking cotton shirt which is too big for me. Shall wear it as a super big boyfriend shirt. 2) Cotton On Viva La Moto The Fox Graphic Tee. 3) Cotton On French Quarters Molly Graphic Tee.




~20 October 2013~
Dramatic eye make up looks so much better in photos. In real life, it scares the shit outta people. I can't count the number of small kids who stared at me. Even service staff seemed to not want to look at me in the eye. No filter for this as all filters alter the original colours much too drastically.




~23 October 2013~
Left: Billabong flip flops impulse buy to replace broken flip flops then.
Price --> about $30
Result --> became a scratch pad for bro-in-law's meow meow.
Right: Cotton On flip flops impulse buy to replace my billabong scratch pad. No, actually I morphed into a bird that went "cheap cheap cheap".
Price --> $5
Result --> Colourful polka dots appeals to me. Hope they don't appeal to meow meow too.




~24 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween in 2010 Part 1.
Theme: Army
Code name: S.A.L.T (Slashing and Lashing Terminator)
Mission: To annihilate the ghosts, ghouls and walking deads on The Island of Death
Brief summary of injuries: Those evolved undeads were highly intelligent. They actually knew how to make bombs. I got struck, landed on my right with thigh and face disfigured. Just the perfect excuse to go for plastic surgery.




~24 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween in 2010 Part 2.
Theme: Army
Brief summary: A group of army gals, 1 zombie boy and a mishappen Lady Gaga went on a mission to Pulau Blakang Mati, which in Malay means the "Island (Pulau) of Death (Mati) from Behind (Blakang)" to annihilate the ghosts, ghouls and walking deads there.
For fake blood recipe and wound make up tips, go to http://iamjolene.blogspot.sg/2010/11/chronicles-of-army-gals-zombie-army-boy.html




~25 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween in 2011 Part 1.1.
Persona: Lady Heather (an insane lady with split personality)
Brief summary: It started off as a last minute spontaneous affair as the usual Halloween gang had no ideas on what themed dress-up we were going to do. In the end, we went from being clueless and slowly built up a character in progression to our make up process. Presenting Lady Heather!
Aside: I'd wanted to do a Throw back Thursday before the clock struck 12 and became Friday. However, I fell asleep, woke up to do some work and decided to post some TBT since it is still Thursday in all my favorite cities up north.





~25 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween in 2011 Part 1.2.
Brief summary: Halloween 2011 like every other Halloween was a BLAST! Cheers to old friends and new friends!




~25 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween in 2011 Part 1.3.
Falsies removed... Web faded... Blood smeared... Time for the insane Lady Heather to take a backseat and allow the sane Miss JoJo to emerge once more.




~25 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween in 2011 Part 2.1.
Persona: The Ghost of Lady Heather (an insane lady with split personality now as a ghost)
Brief summary: Inspired by my Facebook status, my very old friend of 16 years decided to throw a basement Halloween party at her place, complete with really cool props and a DJ spinning really funky Halloween mix. She extended the invitation to the rest of my motley crew and I dare say this must be one of our boldest Halloween make up ever. Continuing from the previous persona, here's presenting the ghost of Lady Heather when the eyes hadn't bled out yet.
Aside: I'd wanted to do a Throw back Thursday before the clock struck 12 and became Friday. However, I fell asleep, woke up to do some work and decided to post some TBT since it is still Thursday in all my favorite cities up north.




~25 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween in 2011 Part 2.2.
Brief summary: Inspired by my Facebook status, my very old friend of 16 years decided to throw a basement Halloween party at her place, complete with really cool props and a DJ spinning really funky Halloween mix. She extended the invitation to the rest of my motley crew and I dare say this must be one of our boldest Halloween make up ever. Here's presenting the ghost of Lady Heather with her motley crew.
Top collage from left to right: The dear host, The Ghost of Lady Heather, Messenger of Death, Measlely/Miserly, Evil Black Swan.




~25 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween in 2011 Part 2.3.
By the end of the night/morning, the make up had slicked off and I looked more like myself. Say ByeBye to the Ghost of Lady Heather. Aside: I'd wanted to do a Throw back Thursday before the clock struck 12 and became Friday. However, I fell asleep, woke up to do some work and decided to post some TBT since it is still Thursday in all my favorite cities up north.




~26 October 2013~
八宝茶 also known as Eight Treasures Tea. The one we have here looks like a blend of red dates, dried longan, ginseng slices, rose buds, wolfberries, hawthorn fruit, rock sugar and I dunno what's te 8th ingredient.




~26 October 2013~
Latergram Sickly Sleepy Saturday's 1st meal of the day: 小笼包 Steamed soupy pork dumpling




~26 October 2013~
Latergram Sickly Sleepy Saturday's 1st meal of the day: Chicken marinated with Chinese wine and wolfberry




~26 October 2013~
Latergram Sickly Sleepy Saturday's 1st meal of the day:
蒜泥白肉. I forgot the actual English name for this dish. It's some pork slice wrapped cucumber and carrot with minced garlic sauce dish.




~26 October 2013~
Latergram Sickly Sleepy Saturday's 1st meal of the day:
Double-boiled chicken soup is a must-order comfort food for me at Crystal Jade.




~26 October 2013~
Latergram Sickly Sleepy Saturday's 1st meal of the day:
Braised pork belly with "pancake" I hate this. I hate eating fats but the hubz insisted on ordering this. The "pancake" is actually just Chinese style steamed bun and I personally feel that's the best part of this dish.




~26 October 2013~
Latergram Sickly Sleepy Saturday's 1st meal of the day:
Pork dumpling with spicy chilli sauce




~26 October 2013~
Latergram Sickly Sleepy Saturday's 1st meal of the day:
Chinese red bean paste pancake for dessert




~26 October 2013~
Latergram Sickly Sleepy Saturday's 1st meal of the day:
Honey dew sago for dessert




~27 October 2013~
~*Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Photo Posts*~
1. Post something pink that you wear:
My Love Pink T-shirt from Victoria Secrets together with my FBT shorts are my staple sleep-in clothes when I travel overseas.




~27 October 2013~
~*Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Photo Posts*~
2. Post something pink that you use: My Coach Pink Madison Wristlet has since become my "wallet" as it is really convenient to stuff cash and cards in it.




~27 October 2013~
~*Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Photo Posts*~
3. Post something pink that you eat/drink:
Antipasto of Swordfish Carpaccio at Caffe B, Marina Bay Sands. I've always love anything carpaccio.




~27 October 2013~
Late night dinner at "dunno what cafe".
I had craving for Ice Edge II's Vongole; I couldn't wait to lap up the white wine soup. To our dismay, Ice Edge II has been taken over by a new cafe. We decided to give it a try and it wasn't too bad at all.
1. The minestrone soup was the watery kind, not the thick creamy kind that we like but it was fine overall. I'm only amazed at the size of it. Check out how tiny the bowl was in relation to the spoon and bread.
2. The hubz ordered some Mexican appetizer which appeared to be so huge. I was shocked when that dish was served and thought they had made a mistake. Spreading the guacamole and other salsa sauce, the wrapped mushrooms tasted great.
3. My Capellini Vongole wasn't the soupy type I was waiting to slurp. The dish looked Chinese since capellini (aka angel hair pasta) reminded me of Chinese bee hoon. Though not what I've expected, the dish was actually not too bad. It was flavourful without being too rich.
4. Hub's Seafood Marinara (can't remember the actual name) was good too. There was a smoky seafood flavour and the ingredients used were really fresh. Verdict: Without comparing to what we were craving for and removing all expectations, this cafe isn't too bad at all. However, I just want my Ice Edge II back coz their Vongole is my late night comfort food!




~30 October 2013~
Expectation: Milky strawberry yoghurt soda
Reality: Taste like strawberry tonic water
Lesson: Hold expectation and you would be disappointed




~30 October 2013~
Who is retro too?




~31 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween in 2012 Part 1.1.
Persona: Girl with the Dragon tattoo aka emo kia.
Brief summary: So we all bought dragon tattoo sleeves to be girls with the dragon tattoo but in the end, our dragon tattoos were overpowered by our make up. As for me, it was my short hair wig that was the main talking point.




~31 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween in 2012 Part 1.2.
Persona: Girl with the Dragon tattoo aka emo kia.
Brief summary:
So we all bought dragon tattoo sleeves to be girls with the dragon tattoo but in the end, our dragon tattoos were overpowered by our make up. As usual, Halloween started right from the make up process as depicted in this collage.




~31 October 2013~
Throw back Thursday-- Halloween in 2012 Part 1.3.
Persona: Girl with the Dragon tattoo aka emo kia.
Brief summary:
So we all bought dragon tattoo sleeves to be girls with the dragon tattoo but in the end, our dragon tattoos were overpowered by our make up. I super love this stylo short hair wig that I borrowed from my ex colleague that I couldn't bear to remove it even after the partying was over.




~1 November 2013~
Happy Unhalloween Halloween 2013 to the Bimbos minus one!
(The meet up was on Halloween 31 Oct itself but I posted this after midnight and that explains the date.)




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