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Maldives our honeymoon destination

Sometimes, it takes me ages to make my decision especially when I have to choose from a whole heap of goodies. I can take a very long time to decide what I want. I will consider all the pros and cons, consider the consequences for each choice, think and rethink. Sometimes, Ron will get frustrated and ask “WHY CAN’T YOU HAVE BOTH…” But now, we can’t have both destinations for our honeymoon planning.

Egypt, New Zealand and Moscow… We finally decided to go to Egypt and Turkey for our honeymoon. The great Pyramids of Giza would have been a great spectacle and we could imagine ourselves enjoying the beautiful night scene from the decks of a cruise on the River Nile. We were full of anticipation and counting down to the departure date.

Then the travel agency recommended Mauritius. According to them, Mauritius was a relatively new route and customers who have been there were full of praise. We looked at the brochure and were captivated by the undersea walk and sailing on the catamaran. Torn between these 2 destinations, we debated the pros and cons. Finally, it seemed that Mauritius was a more suitable place for our Honeymoon. However, it really bugged me to hear that the package was only available in Oct. Feeling disappointed as my family will be visiting me in China, we told the agency to book our tour to Egypt and Turkey.

We looked at the itinerary and did some research on the keys sights hoping that it will enable us to appreciate the wisdom of ancient Egyptians. 2 weeks before leaving, the agency called us up to inform us that the trip was cancelled. Apparently 8 people had backed out at the same time. The rest was not enough to form a tour group. It was such a huge let down! We considered the options available to us given the short notice and choose to go with the sun, sand and sea of Maldives!! It was as if fate was guiding us to beautiful Maldives. What better way to have our honeymoon relaxing in the shade, looking out at the clear blue sea and feeling the sea breeze through our hair.

A week before our trip, which is 3 days before, the agency called up and said they miscalculated the package amount. As we will be staying at the water suite, we needed to pay additional RMB2,000 per person. As there wasn’t much time to change destinations, we decided to go ahead and book anyway. However, we did some checking ourselves and found that they really did miscalculated. Perhaps the tour agency should be more careful in the future with what they quote!

Maldives… HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!

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L’Oreal Perfect-Slim Pro Massage

The team at L’Oreal have come up with a groovy little self-massage gadget and clinical tests have been conducted on 100 women under the supervision of medical expert. It is a lipo-kneading treatment designed to combat visible cellulite. The bottle features 2 kneading rollers, as shown in the photo below, to intensively massage the skin and body contouring draining concentrate to tone the figure and smooth orange-peel skin. The massage is based on the kneading and squeezing concept used in professional salons for lymphatic drainage.


Here’s a demo on how to use it. Couldn’t find an English version.

Cellulite appears on the parts of our body where we are most likely to store fat - thights, bottom, tummy and sometimes upper arms. It’s estimated that 90% of women will have cellulite at some point in our lives, which is caused when fat cells grow with age and start pushing through connective fibers, creating the dimpling effect.

So now, they claim the Co-caffeine Cx will immediately make your skin look firmer and supple, and the most amazing thing is, you will see improvements after 2 weeks! The self-massager is simple to use, my skin becomes slighly red and warm after use, proof that blood is getting to the surface. It has a lovely holiday smell too! :) Use only 1 or 2 times a day after bath. Always use the rollers in 1 direction: upwards from bottom to top and do not move it back and forth.

I’ve been told by at least 3 friends that this cool little gadget is very effective, so I though I would buy one and have a try. It’s kinda expensive in Shanghai, cost me RMB220 for a bottle. You can get an additional refill bottle for RMB180.


I bought the pro-massager at Watson and the L’Oreal girl gave me a membership card with some samples.

Here’s how to use it:

  • Step 1 (Prepare): Cellulite-kneading massage – The massage rollers actively massage the cellulite area in kneading strokes. The skin is squeezed and rolled. This intensive massage helps to stimulate micro-circulation and encourages tissue drainage. The skin is prepared for step 2.
  • Step 2 (Post-Massage Firming Concentrate): The concentrate, enriched with stimulating Co-caffeine Cx, is specially formulated to act effectively post-massage and helps to improve the appearance of cellulite.

Apply on the areas of stubborn cellulite and you can now massage like a pro!

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YearBookYourself.com - Time machine to the past

Ever wonder how you look like in the past?

I couldn’t help resist yearbooking myself at YearBookYourself.com, launched last month which lets you upload a photo (Find a picture of yourself looking straight at the camera) and allows you to see yourself with classic hairdos and vintage outfits spanning five decades. There are era-appropriate music plays while you’re waiting to be stunned. Once Yearbooked, you can save your pics and all I can say is awesome!

The site has style ranging from the 50s to the 90s. The owner, partnered with Colle + McVoy to create an innovative online and in-center experience that allows teens to see what they might looked like when their parents were in schools, all while catching up on current back-to-school fashions.

The site also features pages that allows you to save your favourite yearbook photo and then invite your friends to post their photos as well. You can also print or email your yearbook photo creation to your websites or online social networking sites such as Facebook.

Below are how Ron & I look like decades ago and it cracks me up!! LOL

Have Fun!!

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