I had a really eventful day today...got a taste of taitai life..hahah...my cousin cecilia treated me to a facial plus a manicure and pedicure. The only time I had a facial was ages ago,with my mum. And its the first time I have ever done a manicure before. I am serious. Haha, cos my mum always thought it was a waste of money and disapproved of it.

So I thought today was a good day to sit back and relax and be pampered. How wrong was I. I met cecilia at 12 at pacific plaza. The spa place looked really posh and all. The decor was pretty understated and the lighting was dim and it looked so inviting and i was so super impressed..hahah... I changed into a bath robe and laid on the bed and was just luxuriating in everything. Little did i know that I would soon undergo a pain so excruciating that its a good thing my threshold of pain is quite high... anyway what do u call a person who does facial for you anyway? Haha..i dunno..her name is wendy, so I shall call her that. Wendy told me that my face was full of blackheads and told me to remove, I had to bear with a 'little' pain. So I thought,what to do,for the sake of beauty, had to bear with a little pain. And besides, how often did I get to do this,must make full use of it. So with this, i bravely gritted my teeth and told her to go ahead. And so armed with a needle and a long thin sharp metal thingy,she went in for the kill with the precision of a great white? Haha..just kidding. But seriously, it was super painful. She had to poke my face really hard so that the blackhead would come out and she did it for my whole face. So there was I, tears spilling out, clenching my fist and writhing about slightly, all the while waiting for it to end. To be fair, she was actually very good, and sympathetic and actually exceeded the allocated time for me and was doing more than what her job called for.

Hmm,if I ever have that kind of money, I would go back and look for wendy again, I think she was really good. Anyway, after that,my whole face felt so swollen and looked like it was bitten by alots of little red ants...really yucky, but she assured me that it would subside in a day or too. The cooling mask that she put on for me really helped too..it was like a cooling balm for skin. After that, I just fell asleep.. I kinda got a shock when I saw my face in the mirror and decided that I was not going back to sch for the grand finale of oweek cos I simply couldnt face anyone then..

We had tea at lazy gourmet by Les Amis,which sounds 'atas',but actually charges the same as any other cafes,and the cakes looked way better too. We had lattes, a pear tart and of course a dark chocolate cake... After that,we headed to Nail Clinique at stanford house to do our nails,which took 3 hours...hahah..it was pretty much of a novelty as it was a first for me and I was just very impressed with everything. And it felt good too, having someone buff,file,message your hands and feet while you just lie back and relax. There was even a scrub and mask..hahah..my hands and feet felt so silky smooth after all that. I chose a nice pretty pink colour (of course)..hahah...and I am just amazed at how they can do it so nicely,while I can never get it right when I do it myself. It was a pampering experience and fun experience, but I am not a person who bothers much with my nails anyway,so I don't think there would be a next time. But it was fun while it lasted..

After that,we had dinner at my Dayi's house,who is actually cecilia's mother. She had cooked a lavish spread of tiger prawns,fried chicken, homemade fishballs and taupok, vegs and soup. It was lovely seeing her again and I had nice memories of the house as she used to baby-sit me when I was a toddler. I had fun playing with charlotte, my niece too. She is 19months old, and can already walk by herself and her vocabulary is pretty good already. And her pronounciation of the queen's english is better than many. Haha..i cant praise her enough,she is so intelligent,so adorable, so pretty with big eyes,rosebud mouth and chubby cheeks and so playful..she was just running about everywhere. But when it came to obedience, she really listened to whatever her mummy said too..

It was an amazing day, and I really had my cousin to thank for, it was sooo incredibly generous of her....looking forward to when my bumps subside and I am left with smooth and baby soft skin...hahah..yah rite,dream on. Right now, I jus look like I am recovering from a very bad breakout..dun even wanna step out of house the next few days...sigh