E.L.F & NYX

I need to get my hands on these products - for sale of course. Any ideas anybody? I have checked and they don't ship internationally for now. There are other websites which offer but I have my doubts if they are genuine stuff. 

I can also ship to my vPost address in USA but if I can, somebody to send them to me would be the best coz then I'll save the first leg's shipping - instead of paying twice I'll just need to pay once.

MM USA soon???? hehehehe

Congratulations!

Congrats hubby!!!

Hubby has finally concluded his job offer! He's starting work next week! 

Flea's over!

3 days of tough job - special thanks to my hubby - at the Mega Flea @ Singapore Expo, it's finally back to my normal routine. Flea's really not easy so my respect to those flea kings and queens! Kudos!


Results - ermm....it's ok not very good really. And this is also when I realised I'm really a newbie in this scene. Every single vendor and I literally mean every single one of them are professionals! They are not just any normal vendor like me - joining a flea just because I own an online biz and trying to create awareness. These people are actually running the flea market scene. Most of them have a push-cart somewhere, some have their own stall in some mall and there are even those who goes around putting stalls in markets! They come equipped with their own racks, mannequins, showcases, wagons etc! Gosh - I felt so small there. They are so quick and nimble when they put up their display. Hubby said mine looked like pasar malam! I might have the least number of products there and I took, likely, the longest time to set up because I just couldn't figure how to display my items. 


And being a vendor is no easy task. There are a lot of unspoken rule to adhere to. It is also a very taxing and labourous job - 12 hours a day, standing most of the time, and then packing up at the end of it just to unpack and put them on display again the next day. You are only given 30min to do all that. 


Whatever it is, instead of feeling beaten, I'm feeling all the more that this is what I wanna do - running the flea market scene in Singapore. I'm glad that I did not have to fork out rental for my stall since my revenue surpassed my rental but there definitely wasn't any profit in it for me this time. It's an experience which I'll never get just being a shopper and watch how people do it. Certain experiences come only if you do it yourself - just get down and get dirty. And I'm lucky that hubby is damn supportive about it - he actually is encouraging me to keep attending these fleas, not to give up. He's also agreeable that we should start investing in racks etc. He's given me really good ideas to take home - ie for me to really think about. 


It's a long way for me and lots of work needs to be done before I really can join the ranks of the other vendors I met during this flea. There are a lot to consider and think about as well. Can foresee that the coming weeks will be very busy with my business - strategizing etc but at the same time, I cannot stop my daily routine and updating www.nelanz.com. Can see some really tough times ahead which will require a lot of discipline and sacrifices but come, throw it at me, I'm damn fucking ready for it!

Nervous....Excited.....Bla Bla

My flea's tomorrow! Not sure what to expect and not sure how kelam kabut it's gonna be. I have no idea how big my booth is (yes they gave measurements and so?). I have no idea how big each table is gonna be (I have 2) and how much space I have left. I have no idea how I'm gonna display my clothes. I have no idea if I have enough hangers, and I have totally no idea if 1 T-rack is enough! Gosh....I so totally have no idea if I have enough small notes!

Most of all, I have no idea how the sales will be - hoping that it will be good for sure. And dang, I forgot to bring back my Nica bags from BP - the products which I wanted to rid off the most!

Oh and damn sian thing happened to me yesterday - I'm supposed to be on leave tomorrow for flea and Monday for recovery but SDV insisted on meeting me on Monday, 4pm! WTF?!? Not to mention I'm on leave but even if I'm working, 4pm!?! Hai...2nd link here I come.....

Tired tired!!!

My body has gone cuckoo!

We stayed up till 6am this morning (I went without sleep for more than 24 hours!) playing texas hold'em. And guess what? I woke up like at 9am and was unable to get back to sleep. Siao! Hubby's worst - he hasn't slept for like 27 hours? His friend's wedding.....so the bunch just stayed up playing poker and then hubby sent me home and went straight to the wedding.

Urghh....there's a wedding dinner tonight! I wanna look my best so I hope I can at least fall asleep like right now now.

Quick quick quick

Today is just a day away from mid-week public holiday....
Today is the day I'm going for an interview....
Today is going to be a long long day coz some stupid fella arranged 2011 budget meeting at 3.30pm and expect it to last till 5.00pm (yeah right if we're lucky lah)....

In a nutshell, I can't wait for today to pass and get it over with...
I can't wait for 5pm to arrive (or whatever time the meeting ends)..
I can't hope enough that tomorrow will last longer...

My new love

Heart heart!

I found a new love - Smashbox! Erm....it's a cosmetic brand. Love love love them! I love the eyeshadows, the primer, the lipgloss, the blush, the mascara.....etc etc etc. What is not to love about them? But I will still stick to Shu Uemura for their make up remover, eyeliner, mascara and eyelash curler.

I happened to stumble upon Smashbox on one of my flights on Emirates. I got a whole mini range of lip gloss - those really tiny travel ones. Then I stumbled upon them in Changi Terminal 1 on Thursday! Man -the whole range of them! I ended up buying the primer (really work wonders!), lip gloss and a lipstick. I had to stop myself from buying more!

Honestly, check it out! Gosh - I feel like I need to change my whole make up kit right now but since I am not a heavy user, all that I have now still can last me for the next 10 years. How how??

Aung San Suu Kyi released - FINALLY!

Malaysia Boleh - as always

Has anyone heard about the KTM derailment in Singapore? Train's northbound from Singapore to Penang and derailed in Bukit Timah. No, that is not the main reason for this post. Thing slike that happens right? But nobody can handle such situation better than Malaysia, or KTM rather.

Derailment happened 2 days ago before noon. Until today, train schedule is still not back to normal and not a single train into/out of Singapore is on time. The best part is none of the personnel can for a matter of fact confirm if a train is arriving/departing from the station or not!

Their reply when asked if the train will be here, what time, will it be late etc etc is "Not sure. If it comes it comes." Er yeah duh! I think I know that too. I mean there must be some kind of system tracking each train or a system to communicate between stations right? I'm sure it is mandatory to communicate between stations right??

1st Interview

Went for my first interview today - it's actually with the recruitment agency, with the consultant who will be representing me. Good start - she's already scheduled me for an interview with one of the global freight forwarders whom I know pretty well next Tuesday! Fingers crossed!

Long weekend - almost over

Oh why oh why... it was Deepavali on Friday so a long weekend and short working week but time seems to fly. It's past mid-night - Sunday right now. My weekend's over!!!! Waaaaaaaaa!!!!! BUT it's ok - I have a short and busy week next (or rather this) week at work.

Monday - 11am gonna meet someone from the recruitment agency to kickstart my job hunting process. Tuesday morning I have a vessel tour which will take up 1/2 day. Wednesday - erm.....oh right, gonna go get my X-ray done. Thursday gonna leave work early coz catching my flight to KL, Friday full day KL then flight back to JB. Then my weekend starts. Heh. Before I know it, the weekend's over AGAIN!

Then the week after, another short week. We have a day off in the middle of the week - Haj. Saturday's Low Bear's wedding whereby I'm gonna be meeting hubby's ex for the very first time. Weekend after next is flea weekend! Another short week - taken Friday and following Monday off. Then then then boss's gonna be away for 8 days! Hahahaha......taa daaaaaaa......

Busy busy year end.

Sick

No I mean I am literally ill - not well. I got the cold which seems more like a cough. Now I've totally lost my voice (this morning only although got the cough like on Friday already) - how cool is that? Then I also got the UTI - taa daa......AGAIN.

I actually went to office this morning despite the fact that I croak like a toad during those times I can even manage a noise from my throat and despite the fact that I need to pee every other minute just to show my boss that I am sick. He hasn't been a nice boy lately suspecting my medical leaves and checking on me. Granted have been taking off sick much lately but hey, I am really sick ok? How the hell would I know which part of my body is gonna give in again? I can't help it OK.

Anyway, after our weekly Monday morning meeting, I went to the doctor and without even me asking, he gave me days off for today and tomorrow. THERE YOU GO! SEE THAT? So what if I'm getting weaker? I can't help it k? Do you think I like it? Please be more humane. But you can do whatever you like coz I have decided to leave SUCKER!

Doctor tested my urine for UTI and my severity is at its max - the max of the chart. Hmmm I wonder how the test will show up during those times I have super high fever due to UTI but then again, that's already the max of the chart so forget it. OK back to the doctor, instead, he did not say anything about my throat apart from "wow so red. must drink more water" I know lah doctor.....no need you to tell me leh......