The Unbalanced Libra..

I received another present in the office today. It's a digital photo frame, a gift from our management for record earnings performance last year in 2008.

Actually, we are very lucky folks.. Other departments apparently, don't have such things.. And for us, every year is also a year of record earnings.. Last year, we got a Waterman ball pan, the year before, we got a nice, rotatable and high-tech looking alarm clock radio with temperature readings..

I immediately started to play with my new toy when i received it.. loaded in some photos and let it run.. but i got bored after 2 hours and switched it off.. It's also an MP3 player as well, so actually not too bad lah..



My ex-boss dropped by my office today.. He was in Singapore for his new job and would be staying for a week.. So in the afternoon, we went for tea and chatted.. I teased him about how he, a New Yorker, was settling down in London. He had been posted to London on an expat assignment beginning of this year. He hated the food.. = ) We had so much to catch up on.. i told him about my New Zealand trip, changes within the team, my new boss etc .. it was nice.
We exchanged our personal email addresses and promised to keep in touch.

After work today, i attended a beauty workshop by Shiseido at Sheraton Towers. It was a by invite event for secretaries only, but my secretary had invited me so i tagged along. And i must say i am glad i went. It was a nostalgic experience for me to go back to the place i had my wedding. = ) Plus, the buffet spread was good, and the workshop was great. Love the presenter, a beauty consultant from Shiseido. I learnt quite a few make up and skin care tips at the workshop. Shall highlight a few here:

• Make up remover should be applied with a cotton pad in a horizontal outwards direction (if we do it upwards or in circular motions, the dirt particles will go into our pores)
• We should use 1cm of our facial cleanser to cleanse our face each time. And lather it as much as possible before applying to our face. The small bubbles from the lather is suppose to penetrate the pore more easily and remove the dirt particles compared to large bubbles from minimal lathering
• Shiseido recommends the 3 step facial regime of Cleanse, soften and moisturize. Notice the second step is not tone. Softening products is supposedly useful to open up our pores for easy absorbtion of subsequent products. According to the consultant, if we must, we should apply toner as the last step. Because toner has astringent properties that tightens and closes up our pores. So if we use toner first and close up our pores, the moisturizer and other products that we apply subsequently will not be able to penetrate into out skin. So true!! = ) Neer thought of it that way before.
• I also learnt that the best skin on our body is found on our upper inner arms. It's the closest to baby skin. Most people would think that it's the bums, breasts or even upper thighs, but apparently not! So if the skin on your inner upper arms feels the same as your face, good for you!!

The consultant also went on to impart some make up tips like how to apply eye shadow, mascara etc. She was good, composed, confident and humourous at the same time. Somebody should give her a raise! = )