Out of town again

I've been meaning to write about the Halloween's private house party within the past few days when Halloween is still considered fresh but time really wasn't at my side.

Further hindering my progress of churning out this post was the fact that some of the photos either took a long time or were not able to be uploaded onto Photobucket and I don't quite understand why.

I'm currently squeezing lots of last minute tasks to accomplish within these 2 days before I fly off to Phuket this Saturday with my oldest friend --one of my bestest bff ever-- for her birthday celebration. It was a rather impromptu decision and I only booked the tickets yesterday. We haven't even booked accommodation yet but thank God for latestay.com.

Some of you loyal readers who have been following me would know that Thailand (Bangkok) was intially on the agenda. After postponing the trip which was supposed to take place last week and monitoring the flood situation, my bff and I decided to switch destination and put Bangkok on hold for now.

One of the tasks on my agenda would be to churn out some scheduled posts but as usual, I'm always too ambitious in putting too many tasks on my list.

Well in any case, this could be my last post till I come back or continue watching this space in case I managed to do some scheduled posts.

I will miss all of you lovely friends and readers.

Being proud of my hubby and his team

Dear hubby,

This is the longest time you've been away from home after our marriage but I feel so proud of you to be part of this mission.

If not for your consideration for others and "sacrifice" together with my understanding, we would have been reunited later today. It's perfectly fine to postpone our Europe trip. Everything happens for a reason. Let's hope this reason is good.

Love you,
Your darling always
















PS: Comments from the past few posts replied! I realised an influx of newcomers and passers-by visiting my blog. Thank you for taking the time to leave me lovely comments. I will check out your blogs soon after my bout of tasks and errands are done.

Halloween 2011 - Terrorising guests at a private house party [Preview]

Judging by the number of tasks undone, I don't think I can churn out Part 2 of Halloween over this weekend.

So here's a preview of my almost complete look on the actual day of Halloween when the eyes hadn't bled yet.



I hope I didn't scare anyone appearing this big on your screen. Don't worry, I won't crawl out of your screen like Sadako.

Sweet dreams, humans!

Halloween 2011 - A last minute spontaneous affair

In Singapore, Halloween is commonly celebrated in clubs and pubs, not on the actual day but on the Saturday closest to 31 October. Unlike in the West where children go trick or treating, Halloween in Singapore is pretty much a grown-up event at clubs, pubs or private house parties. The children here may dress up but they don't go trick or treating around the neighbourhood.

This year was pretty much a last minute affair as the usual gang I often Halloween-ed with all had no ideas on what themed dress-up we were going to do. In the end, we went on being clueless and slowly built up a character in progression to our make up process.

Evan came over to my place to make up. To us, the fun in Halloween starts right from the make up process.

Here's us before -- already in our halloween dress with our daily make up look.




Sidetrack a little...

I'm so glad that this assymetrical neckline dress finally saw the light and saw its use after being hidden in my wardrobe for so long. Yes, the neckline is asymmetrical on purpose. It's not a defect but somehow after buying, I felt that it looked too much like a defect and decided not to wear it out then. I'm always glad for Halloween coz nobody would question your dressing.


Molly in transformation




Lady Heather in transformation




Have I already told you? I've got a ghost in my bathroom.




Lady Heather's not so complete look. We still had to have dinner first before applying our lipsticks.




Split personality -- Mad Lady Heather taking over Sane Jo (you can read it as Saint Jo... lol)




Drinking blood is good for the complexion. Just ask Countess Elizabeth Báthory.



Note: Lady Heather actually mutilated her lips. It was supposed to be those kinda wound that split the right lip apart but I guess the wound wasn't really visible so you could take it as she was drinking blood with some flowing down on the right.


Molly's complete look




Mad Lady Heather's full transformation




Lady Heather and Molly are ready for the kill.




Clarke Quay was extremely crowded. The maddening crowd made it feel as if it was New Year's Day countdown. That was how packed it was.


We finally met up with the rest of the motley crew which comprised of my usual gang and some new friends.




The boys -- Catman from Kiss, Prophecy of Death, Edward Scissorhands, Jester/Joker whatever.




Team Black minus 1




Full force Team Black




Team Singapore. I meant Team Red and White. Red and white reminds me of our national colours.




Time to party in Attica.






















We had a couple of failed group shots coz the place was too dark and smokey.













Spotted this on lifestyleasia.com... Hmm they should do some editing to the photo. It looks so washed out.



I think we are really getting too old to party. The young punks nowadays have got no clubbing ethics at all. The evil Lady Heather had a whale of a time, pushing, shoving, stepping and kicking people. She even gave a good dressing down to someone who infiltrated her space.

Some of us got fed up and headed outside for a breather where we had a lot of fun communicating with so many different characters as they walked past us.




A dishevelled Gandalf walked by and Edward Scissorhand hollered, "Yo Gandalf! You seriously need a haircut." Gandalf responded by attempting to cast Edward away with his staff. lol




It is really funny how Halloween could provide such great ambiance to strike up conversations with strangers. We just shouted out and waved to people who would respond to us in their characters. It was such fun. We often get stopped by people coz many were thronging to get a picture with our Edward Scissorhands.

The frequency of being stopped for Edward was so high that we decided to act as his agents and told everyone that each photo cost $10. We also contemplated placing a basket in front of him so people could throw their money in.

Everyone thought we were funny; we were actually serious.




People also liked to take photos with Jester though Edward Scissorhands beat him hands down.




It's a wonder how so many people could just worm their way into our photos whenever we take group shots. The guy in green is tagged on FB as a "chao bugger". Not me, not me. Jo is not a meanie.




Finally the girls had their individual photo taking chance with the boys without anyone bugging us.




We ended the night with roti prata for supper at a 24-hour joint far away from town area. The patrons there found us entertaining even though our 2 "hottest" mascots for the night, Edward and Jester, were already out of costume.


By the end of the day, Jo was fighting hard to emerge centrestage once more.




So long Lady Heather!




This is Part 1 of Halloween 2011. Look out for Part 2 where we terrorised guests at a private house party thrown by my old friend on the actual day itself. It might take some time though as I'm busy with some tasks on hand.

Madness has taken its toll. Please have exact change.

insanity in sanity --
part of being sane is to be insane

abnormality in normality --
in order to be normal is to become abnormal




Shakespeare says:
There's method in his madness.

She says:
Her madness is inexplicable.

Darkness has consumed. Evil has risen. She has vanished.