Hello everyoneeee!
Its the second day into the weekend and another 5 days to my friend's wedding!
Omg I cant wait.. my dress is almost ready and its a dream to wear! I need to wait for some alterations before I pick it up.
*excited*

Yesterday I went out with my BFF Mummy!
Today my Godson is going to KL with the family.. so cute!
2 months old and going overseas kai kai already~

This was how I tied my hair yesterday and this is similar to the ones in my Munich post.



I tied it up in Munich becoz I was lazy and its so much easier to manage becoz I have long thick unruly hair.
Sometimes its straight like a dream, but sometimes it curls.



This is an extremely easy look too!
All u need is a hairband to tie it up into a high ponytail, take a lock of hair and tie around the band to hide it and secure with a couple of bobby pins.
Spray some hairspray to neaten the look, and ta-dahhh!

A simple but pretty sophisticated ponytail.

Ok show u my BFF Wendy!
Does she even look like she just gave birth??



I did my nails too that day!
:)



Its pink with a black french, with polka-dots along the tips.
My toes are pink and black french too!
I like to think of it as a twist to the prim and proper white french nails.

We went for a lovely xiao long bao dinner!



This BFF doesnt eat alot of stuff.. and is extremely picky with her food.
Unlike me.. Im an absolute glutton.



But all of us love xiao long baos and could probably eat it everyday ~
Maybe we shall pull the other two BFFs go eat Din Tang Feng for BFF evil dinner on Thursday?
:D



And then we went shopping for Kayden in the baby section.
Ooooh everything so cute and tiny lor!!!



My godson is getting so fat his mummy say his tummy bery big!
Hehehehe want to how cute..

See the mummy face..



This picture was taken just before the perfume promoter came running towards us saying, "No picture! No pictureeee!"

I was slightly annoyed and so I asked "Why?"
To which the poor guy simply shrugged his shoulders and said, " Dunno. Company say one."

WHY CANNOT TAKE PHOTO ARH???

But it was a great night spending time with my best friend and I cant wait for Thursday to come and have a great dinner with all my BFFs.

"The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you."
- Elbert Hubbard


Take care all.
I need to go mop floor and wash toilet.

Later having dinner with Jungle Boy.

I wan to watch MONGA!!!!!!
They all say bery nice wor... think its becoz the actors handsome right??
:p

xoxo
elaine73



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Ok bye guys!
Love y'all.. thanks for reading!
:D

Spring in Munich was an extraordinary feeling.
It was my humble first time there and I din know what to expect.. But certainly not a volcano in a million years, u bet.
;)

I have nearly 500 pictures in all and that doesnt even include those by my colleagues when my camera died on me.
Thank God for my whining becoz someone else overheard and very kindly lent me her charger!
So hence, the camwhoring continues.



< Off to cook maggie mee add egg with lotsa sambal balacan in it! (Stirred by my BFF Miko when I told her I hungry... thankyouverymuch) >

Ok back.
Heeeehee.

DAY ONE

On the day we touched down, we decided to go to Neuschwanstein Castle - roughly 2 hours away from the city of Munich by train.

Talking to the lovely tourguide who spoke perfect English!
It costs around 39Euros (S$78) for the train ride and tour, castle ticket not included.



After 2 hours on the train talking and laughing along the way.
We arrived and went to a little cafe to eat something!

Hotdogssss...



And shared sausages and fries!



And finally, our bus is here to bring us up the hill!



Can u see the CASTLE??



We were standing on a bridge actually, and the scenery was simply breathtaking.



Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany.
The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner.
The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886.
Since then over 60 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle.
More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with up to 6,000 per day in the summer.
The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.

I wish I could say that this beautiful castle was built by a king for his lovely queen, but alas.. - Ludwig the Second was apparently gay.

Not only did he like men, he was very weird and preferred waking up at night and sleeping only at noontime as the years go by.
Legend was that if u wanted to see the king, the only time u could do so was to wait for his horse carriage to pass by the jungle dead in the night.
He was extremely reclusive, and hated interaction.

But the only thing that kept him going was his love for building castles.



He was extremely ambitious and even when he was deep in debt, he continued building castles.
The Neuschwanstein Castle was the only completed castle when he died, and even so - Ludwig II had only lived there for about 90 days in total.



In addition, Neuschwanstein Castle is also known commonly as Swan Castle, just like how Ludwig II was known as the Swan King due to his love for swans.
( I know.. want to how 'sister' right!)



Unfortunately pictures were not allowed inside the castle, but it was extremely interesting looking at how advanced and extravagant kings in the past lived.

One extremely funny joke during the tour was how Ludwig II had immediately commissioned the telephone to be installed in the castle when at that time the telephone was so newly invented, - he had nobody to call after putting one in his study!

We all chuckled at the thought of it.
:D

Outside the castle and after the tour.



My dress is lovingly by a new up and coming blogshop that I will introduce to everyone soon!
But up next..

DAY TWO!



My delicious italian lunch!
Love the fiery chili in olive oil.. I added so much coz I love spicy!



I adore the european way of living.. maybe its the air there, maybe its just the people.. but everything seemed to have taken a back seat there.
People enjoyed quality food at leisure timing, even though it was a weekday - everyone seemed to be taking two hour lunch breaks.

Then it was off to the city square for a round of window-shopping!
Or.. shopping, rather.
:p



We arrived at Maximilian Street.. roughly 15-20mins away from my hotel.



The neo-Renaissance Maximilianstraße in Munich is one of the city's four royal avenues.
It starts at Max-Joseph-Platz, where the Residenz and the National Theatre are situated, and runs from west to east.
Principal was king Maximilian II of Bavaria, who started the project in 1850, the avenue is named for his honour.
The western portion of Maximilianstrasse is known for its galleries, designer shops, luxury boutiques, jewellery stores, and one of Munich's foremost five-star hotels, the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten.
Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Chanel, Escada, Hugo Boss, Gucci, Gianfranco Ferré, Bulgari and many other famous shops keep branches in the Maximilianstrasse.
They have increasingly ousted the traditional shops, art galleries and restaurants.



Maximilan II was actually Ludwig II's father and this well-known street was actually named after him.



The most incredible thing about Munich is their mix of old and new.
U can walk along the street and find century old buildings in excellent condition housing shops like H&M,Zara and Mango all on one street!



And then u continue walking only to find intricate pieces of art on the road.
Amazing.



Another Day(s) Out stuck in Munich..


Beware: Personal Camwhoring Pics coming up!
And all with cakeeee..!



We went shopping for new clothes (H&M got sale somemoreeee..) and then we couldnt resist having coffee and cake in a nearby cafe!



Waiting for the peeps to email some of the pictures we took there.. but even without, -the great memories of Munich will stay in my heart forever.
I can still remember the shock when the volcano erupted, the sudden closure of europe's airspace, the cancellation of all flights and the only thing we had was each other.

Thankfully I have such wonderful people with me, and I giggle at how we call each other late at night for secret wine sessions, along with early morning calls to go down for buffet breakfast.

But most importantly, I am thankful that I was safe and warm in the hotel while there were so many others stranded in the airport with nowhere else to go.

I hope everything turned out well for the many travelers with flights being resumed as airports open again.
:)

On that note : Please take care everybody, and do treasure the ones around u becoz life could be so fragile sometimes.

"My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can."
- Cary Grant

And yes.. I will try my very best at my amateur makeup tutorial up very soon!
Love y'all.
Thank u for the prayers and emails, too.

God bless.

xoxo
elaine73

Hello everybodyyyyyy~ !!!
Airports are finally open and there is a 99% that I'll be back for the weekend!
And then I'll be on leave so many things to do, errands to run!

Have to re-schedule BFF dinner, need to try on my new dress, pay a visit to the gym and then continue my non-existent diet while pigging on eating sessions with the groom and bride-to-be who are already in Singapore for the wedding...!!!

Am I excited or am I excited!
Missing my baby boy the most-est becoz I got nobody to disturb here in Munich u noe~
Then I shall irritate my BFFs (big-time) to make up for all the lost time!

Yipeeeee... CANT WAIT LAAAAA.
:D

As much as I enjoyed my time here in Munich, home is always where the heart is.
U can take a kampong girl out of the kampong.. but u can never take the kampong out of her.

Bye guysssss and yes..!
I will start on my makeup tutorial when I come back okieeeeee!

Love y'all.
Stay warm.

xoxo
elaine73



p.s My gym is Tampines 1, AMORE Fitness. (If u're ever wondering.. heehee.)
:)

The weather was lovely so I took a walk to a nearby cafe, ordered a lovely cheese panini and drank a cappuccino.
Reading my newly acquired book, - a gem amongst the small small English section in a local bookshop.



credits to wiki

Love the brief respite in time.
:)

Next up.. BMW welt beckons!

xoxo
elaine73

p.s
The indoor swimming pool is to die for.
Bought a cheap bikini from H&M yesterday to take a dip..
It was simply surreal swimming at night!

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
- AGATHA CHRISTIE

Im going to the BMW museum later in Munich!
Yippieeeee!



credits to bmwblog

So exciting!
Is it a sad thing that my camera no battery already?
(And to true elaine73's form, - I never bring charger!)

Bye all!
Love love.

Its a Monday and sadly all the museums are closed.
So I decide Im going out now to take a walk alone and to stop by any cafe, have a cappuccino and finish my book.

I guess when life throws u a lemon, - my philosophy is : grab it and make some lemonade.
Not sure when I'll be back though, my hp's dead and so is my camera.
Money's running real low so I need to find an atm, pronto.

Take care all~
God bless.
:)

Hi everyone~ !!!
Thank u all for the concern.. Im very safe and warm, dun worry.
:D

Flights have been crazily cancelled every minute, and the airports open and close without warning.
Now we are just waiting and waiting and no one knows for sure when are we able to take off.
I think my tuesday dinner with the BFFs have to be postponed, and even my second fitting for the dress I need to wear for Jason's upcoming wedding have to wait.

But its ok!
Im glad to have some (it comes and goes) internet and then Jungle Boy's on MSN with me the whole morning.
I miss him terribly and Im pretty sure he's going to sneakily call Macdelivery in the meantime.

I'll be back real soon.
Sorry to keep everyone waiting.

*Fingers cross*

Pray for me, loves.

xoxo
elaine73

This just about sums up where I still am.
Will be back soon.
(Hopefully...!)

Peace out.

All our dreams can come true, - if we have the courage to pursue them.
- Walt Disney

:)

mood: happy

Hello everyoneeee!
Im stuck in Munich for alittle while.. volcano ash anybody?
But thankfully I think I will be on schedule and back by the week!

Cant wait to go home to my chicken rice/goreng pisang/mee pok tar chili many many!
And of coz meeting my darling BFFs on Tuesday so die die also must come back.
Miss them so muchieeee!

Got so many things to discuss for BFF up and coming wedding end of the year!
I is jie mei again... u noe?

But here's a small preview first.
:)



Love love.

xoxo
elaine73

p.s
Looooooook like I need to do a Makeup tutorial when I come back!
Ho ho ho~
:D

Guten Morgen everyone!

Im currently in Munich, Germany now and its sooooooo exciting!
Its my first time here for work and I spent the whole 12 hours onboard watching re-runs of Stephen Chow's old HongKong movie coz he's soooo funny!
Luv watching comedies, - I dun like sad sad shows that make me cry.

Although I had so much time thus I forced myself to watch "Lovely Bones" just now too.
But then all the sad part I fast forward coz I dun wan to watch!
I bery the duh hor.
:/

Anyways its around 7.35am here and my colleagues and I are planning a trip to go see some castles/palace/medieval tour or dunno what they bringing me this suaku go see.

Then tomorrow maybe if the weather is nice I can go town and go kai-kai~
Everyday also kai-kai.. Jungle Boy see liao also super shake head.
Heehee.

Ok everybody take care I need to go pom pom now!
Love y'all.
But miss Jungle Boy most.
:p

God bless!

xoxo
elaine73

Oh dear...!
Im so so sorry dearest Tammy! I must have missed u out! :(
I would love to do a makeup post too in near future but I do have some requests for skincare too so Im wondering if I should do it all in one post.. or on its own!

I've added a poll at the side so please everyone kindly vote and I'll see how the results goes!
Appreciate all ur love so muacks everyone~

Off to work later so will be back only this weekend.
But I might have internet so I'll check in mid-week too.

And if the response is good I'll rush a tutorial out overseas :D
Nothing is impossible (unless I forget to pack my camera in again *sweat* ) and I'll try my very best, hokies?

Promise, promiser, promist-est!

Toodles sweethearts!
Please take care and drink more water - weather is so figgin' hot!

Love.

xoxo
elaine73

p.s
Tags to be replied soon!
I dun wanna miss anyone out again! :(

Hey hey everyoneee!
How was ur weekend? Betcha it passed so fast u didnt expect Monday to come already!
Me too! I loved spending weekends with Jungle Boy becoz he always treat me eat yummy food.
Hehee.

I'll be working tomorrow but last week when I had some free time I managed to meet my two favourite lovers in the afternoon for lunch and fabulous yogurt before I went church!
:D

Love them both to bits!



Whoever that said three's a company was absolutely riteeeeeeee!
We just stuffed ourselves silly that day and then ate so much dessert I skipped dinner that night.

Lover One.
(And her act cute smile.)



Lover Two and me!
Three of us know each other for half our lives already but always have so much to talk about the past.



I was very happy that day coz I get to eat my favourite japanese curry!
Although I love spicy food best, japanese curry is totally different but I really like how it tastes!

Although I would love to have it with a delicious pork katsu, Im trying to refrain from eating too much meat nowadays coz I saw a gory article on the slaughtering of animals and I was so affected I decide to cut down on having meat.
Although the glutton in me would have (alot....!) of difficulty in being a total vegan, - I guess even a small change IS some change.

And vegetables are always a healthier choice! So I hope I can keep this up!
Gambatte!



After a hearty lunch, we walked around alittle before settling for my second love... DESSERT!



But not before she is up to her crazy antics again..
The freaky finger show!



We were not impressed.



Ahahhahaha its was extremely embarrassing acting like mad clowns and laughing our heads off all while camwhoring in the mall on a lazy friday afternoon.

I felt like we were in school again, minus the smelly uniform and heavy textbooks!
I remember we used to page each other then and left silly voicemails for one another coz it was cool to go retrieve a voicemail!
:p

Now I think back I wan to laugh.
Anybody remember pager codes like 1-177155-4?
(Stands for I MISS U!)

And yes.. I miss my lovers already~

Remember to tell ur best friend u miss them too, - becoz whats more important in life besides genuine friendships with people who share ur laughs and steals ur dessert when u are not looking?
:)

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."
-Oprah Winfrey

God bless and take care everyone!
Will be back soonest.

xoxo
elaine73



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This is the top which I wore.
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Ok bye bye everyone!
Jungle Boy just got home from his business meeting in KL and to reward him for working so hard, I decided to let him order MacDonald!! :p
Weeee ~ He happy I also happy coz I also feel like eating macdonald.
French fries.. french fries!
Keke.

My current favourite song playing in the car.
Absolutely how I feel about the biggest love of my life - Jungle Boy.
:)


Lucky by Colbie and Jason Mraz

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday..

Ok byeeee going to order MacDonald already!
Love love.