I really enjoyed the process of sourcing, purchasing and decorating my own home to the way I wanted it even though it was an exhausting one.  I was pregnant with Chanel during that period, so you can imagine.  But nevertheless it was fulfilling because I'm doing it for my first home!

We initially had a black and white theme in mind before looking for an interior designer but along the way, it's kind of hard to stick to it when you are thrown with a lot of variety.  However, I still manage to incorporate my favorite black color into my interior and unexpectedly added extra colors. 

Our Ego Italiano sofa is from Furniture Club at IMM ($2000++), an Italy brand and we simply fell in love with this color.  I can't recall the name of the color though.  This sofa also have a reclining head rest.  The downside of it is it's not very big, the most can squeeze 4 slim person, haha!

Pillow cases from Carouseller: sellabrations

Dining Area
I absolutely love it.  The Eiffel tower wall decal is done by Pinnacle Wall Arts ($100++).  I like how it blends with the light grey painted wall, settee (with storage under the seat), marble top dining table and the black bench.
Marble Top Dining table ($1000+) and the bench ($500+) is from one of the furniture shop at International Furniture Centre.  However, IFC seems to have moved and i'm not sure where, you can try googling it.
Dining Table Centerpiece is from IKEA.

Bar Counter
The bar counter is my husband's idea.. Luckily, our living room is spacious enough to do this.  Dennis from Blisslite added blue led lights underneath the bar top, we purchased all our lightings from him.  We didn't buy through our ID because it will be much more expensive.  Wine glass holder costs only $20 from Carousell and it looks great.  The Red bookshelf, wooden plank on both sides and the photo frame is from Ikea....  (Its entirely my idea to place the bookshelf there... ) Bar stools (below $100 each) is from one of the furniture shops in IMM.

The London Telephone costs $100+ from a vintage shop located at Bugis Junction.  It's a real working telephone btw. 
Carousell username is @oldandwise.  You can check out their retro and quirky items.

Bomb Shelter Door
The London Red Telephone booth decal on my bomb shelter is also done by Pinnacle Wall Arts ($100+).  We are really close to getting the real thing but we decided we don't have enough space to house it.  Actually, we don't really have a specific theme (eg. Scandinavian, Victorian, monochrome... ) its just hard to stick with one =x So we ended up with bits of this and that.  The clock ($100+) is from Taobao.

We will only be officially moving in end of this year.  I really cant wait to do so because everything is so messy in my current place.  My wardrobe is simply bursting!! (and I'm still buying. ikr) So yeah, really can't wait to finally have a place with all my things properly organized. 

Kitchen
Hello Kitty wall decal is from Taobao.

Living Area
I love how the curtains gave the whole look a luxurious feel.... (curtains - $1000+ for living room +3 bedrooms)
Coffee table ($400+) is from one of the shops at IMM. Black Rest chair ($600+) is from one of the shops at IFC. Sorry couldn't remember the exact names of the shops... will have to refer to invoices.
Dark Feature Wall is from Luxe Decor - ($2000+)

The standing lamp beside the curtain is from IKEA, it kinda creates a nice atmosphere when it is on during evening/night. 

Children's Room
I love the colour combination of green and pink for the double decker bed. But the gap is abit too wide for the safety of my children so I'm gg to look for some planks at IKEA to cover it up.  The blue and pink children wardrobe for clothes is also from IKEA.

Picture frame from IKEA.

Master BedRoom
My dressing table/vanity corner!
​yes the mirror is from IKEA.... If u happen to find it familiar!

Shoe Cabinet

Our small decor fountain placed at the service yard as advised by Fengshui master.

I will posts photos of my rooms when I have time.  All in all, our renovation costs us $40,000.  This is excluding all the furnitures, kitchen appliances and all other misc stuffs.  We roughly calculated the expenses and it's around $30,000(est.) on top of our reno costs.  Our ID is Vegas Interior Design Pte Ltd.  Overall service is not bad, no doubt they are quite expensive but definitely reliable from my own experience.  Reliability is important because throughout the renovation process, you will be handing them cold hard cash/hard-earned money.  Also choose someone who's been in the trade for at least a few years (not newbies) to serve you if you are really particular.  It's better to screen your IDs background before signing any contract with them! 

Thank you everyone for turning up for this birthday party, for the lovely gifts and generous ang baos! This is a memorable day, but lotsa shit to clear up after the party is over and we are dead beat!

Very lovely cake from Ecreative! But taste so-so only for a cake that costs $179.80. My Husband said I should feedback to them.

- Hello Kitty Themed party decors
- Kids party favors, Superheros and Surprise egg
- Adult party favors, Snowflake Soap
All sourced from Carousell.

My pretty Snow White today! She looked so lovely in this Snow White dress!

Chanel is falling asleep when we are about to cut the cake, so actually a lot of guests alrdy left by the time she woke up from her short nap.....

Celebrated her birthday at swensens on 26 Apr. Throughout our dinner, she's able to seat down without wanting to carry... And she looked really engrossed with the menu!

We unwrapped all her presents on her actual birthday (27 Apr).

I haven't get any work done since morning.  I was having a row with my husband via whatsapp over Dominic's discontinuation of ''I can read'' classes and whether to let him carry on... over who's guilty of pampering him more, over rewarding him for learning spelling is going to become harmful because there's too much rewards.  I was blamed for Everything.  I do admit to taking short-cuts sometimes just to get Dominic to get something done, but how does that account for him becoming pampered over the past 6 years and putting all the blame solely on me?  It's simply unfair to pin everything on me now that things aren't going the way its supposed to. 

For the past weeks, I've been using Macdonald's nano block to make him learn his spelling properly.  (Because he really like the toys)  I promise to give him 1 mac toy a week for learning his spelling.  It did worked in a way or two, because he came home with 2 out 5 words correct and then the subsequent week he actually got 3 out of 5 words correct, which is an improvement!  I see this as motivating him to do something which he used to dislike.  If I don't do this, he'll probably not learn anything at all.  So is this a good or bad thing to do? 

He thinks I'm ''throwing money into the sea'' if I continue with the ''I can read'' classes because Dominic learned ''nothing'' (based on his observation).  But to be completely fair, I reasoned that even if Dominic did not benefit anything from the course, we shouldn't entirely blame the school or school teacher.  The classes is held only once a week and 1.5hrs for each lesson.  He has only attended the classes for 3 months.  And given his learning pace and character, he definitely needs more than 3 months.  And the school also advised that such courses usually take more than 3 month, but to him these are ''sales talk'' to make you continue classes with them.  Seriously I can't.  -.-  Ok, so in any case if there's a need to put a blame on anyone - it should be his school teacher Mrs Ong's inefficiency in teaching Dominic on the first sounds because she is the one who teaches the same thing everyday.  So rightfully and reasonably, Dominic should be benefiting more from Mrs Ong's daily flair classes than the weekly ''I can read'' classes.  Right??  I mean logically I should be right mah??  

He thinks I shouldn't let Dominic play with my iphone but it's OKAY for him to play with his ipad because the screen is bigger.  (causes less harm to the eye)  And he sounds so RIGHTEOUS.  LOLOLOLOL! 

I find it exhausting to discuss about these matters due to our differences in opinions.  There is no right or wrong, but maybe we failed to see from each other's point of views. 

I just want to agree with this article - ''Why The Older You Get, The More You Hate Everyone (And Why That’s OK)'' http://elitedaily.com/life/i-hate-people/1420157/

I am not an anti-social.  But at one point in life I realize it is getting tiring and cumbersome to deal with people and giving a damn about their opinions when they actually don't give a genuine damn about you. 
I find it a pity that I don't realize this early enough to stop myself from being taken advantage by people and putting too much into relationships and trusting people too much.  If only I have known better.   I think this is probably why I don't have much friends now.  Being more focused on myself, family and a tad cynical when it comes to people, always questioning about their real motive.  (I admit I have trust issues.)  I can count the number of my closer friends using one hand now.  My messages doesn't come in as often as compared when I'm in my early twenties, sometimes not even one a day (or for days tbh, sadly).  But not that it mattered or I'm affected by it.  I'm totally fine because being a working parent my days are busy enough (sometimes even replying to messages can become a chore). 

''When you get to a certain age, making new friends stops being something that interests you. Because you’ve already been there and done that, and it ended up sucking major ass.''

When I realize the people I trusted has actually betrayed my trust, the feeling isn't good.  I feel silly to believe that these people are mature and sensible enough not to do anything that will potentially ruin somebody else's relationship.  Yes, silly me.  Because the fact is that they actually don't give a shit if their actions will affect your relationship.  They will probably even gloat over it because they themselves are PATHETIC and SINGLE and LONELY as fuck.  Because they feel sore to see other people happy.   At this point, you may be guessing that the person i'm writing about is a woman because women feels jealous easily, right?  But what if you are wrong, because single men can also feel the same.  As long as its human, they are the SAME.  This is when I realize that nobody gives a real fcuk about you even though yeah, you hang out together before, you were facebook friends, you commented on each other posts and liked each other posts before.  So what?  All of these was a façade. 

''I’ve been on this earth for a quarter-century, and if I’ve learned one thing, it’s that people are the goddamn worst. When you’re a kid, you expect that people have your best interest at heart. You trust them with your heart.''

''When you get a little bit older and lot more jaded, you start to see the truth: People are almost entirely self-serving, and no one gives a f*ck about you.''

I'm disappointed with people.  I will never allow myself to be emotionally at someone's else disposal again. 

''I toughened up because I had to. You can’t survive this sordid population without a thick skin.''

This is the ugly truth of growing up.  When you are a kid, everything and everyone is nice and innocent.  Until you started going to schools and realize your friends are mean, they bully you and boycott you.  When I was in primary school, my friend took my money, I don't know if it was okay to give her my money but it doesn't feel right.  At the same time I'm also afraid I will have no friends if I don't give her my money.  The feeling of such confusion and helplessness - I certainly don't want my kids to experience such unpleasant emotions even though its inevitable.  But I will do my best to prevent such things from happening.  So, the schools had bullies, mean teachers, fierce discipline master and the stern principal.  Life in school is miserable you thought.  Until you step out to the working world, you realize there are worse people.  They are called backstabbers, the good and bad managers and the good and bad bosses.  If you are one of those people up there, good.  But be the nice ones, not mean ones. 

You spend half of your life fending away these rotten apples and keep the good ones, you had your own family and just when you think everything is in control or is much more peaceful......  You start becoming more conscious of what is happening around the world, around you.  You realize there are people called the terrorists.  What do they do?  They bomb people.  What kind of people do that?  We are all humans.  Why can't we live in peace with each other?  So now you know why I agree with the article that people are the goddamn worst?  Because PEOPLE.  Growing up only to realize people are the ones who creates existing world problems.  Sometimes I don't know if I made the right choice by bringing my kids to this fucked-up world, to realize life is not a bed of roses waiting for them.  One day they gonna realize life is no longer just about Legos and Barbie Dolls.  And it breaks me that such innocence will be taken away from them one day.  But I guess this is life.  

I hope I can be the one who break these hard truths to them and not let them discover themselves.  That not everyone is who they seems to be and some of them will hurt them real bad.  And of course there's a lot more other stuffs they are going to discover apart from what I have mentioned above.  But I hope I can be equipped enough to go through every obstacles with them.

Available shades: Soft Brown & Ash Brown (Mine is Ash Brown)

When Clio launched this Tinted Tattoo product, I'm so excited and really really got to try it out! My eyebrow has always been an issue to me because I'm not one of those who were born with nice eyebrows. I have been having my brows done at Erabelle Prestige(package) for the past years and I'm quite satisfied with the results however they were only semi-permanent and not permanent. So recently I noticed my brows started to fade quite abit and I still have one last session with Erabelle, but they need to be booked very early in advance and they are always fully booked. I didn't want my eyebrow to look so untidy during this period so this Tinted Tattoo is my temporary eyebrow fix. On the instructions, it also claims that the tinted tattoo will last longer if you apply for 2-3 days, not sure how long will it last though. Anw it really does make my brows look like I just did an embroidery (just that it doesn't look as dark)! (See photo below). I can never achieve this with just using eyebrow pencil! Anw I know it's not very evenly drew but I'm not an eyebrow professional..... So I look forward to my last session at Erabelle. Thereafter I'm thinking of trying out Browtisan as I really liked their stroke-by-stroke tenhniques which looks very natural.