Dress to Honor, Not to Impress

Living in an environment where people don't really dress up, they always thinks that people who dress up are out to impress or to show off the things they have. But for me, I only learnt to dress up to honor.

From young, I am just like anyone else. Dressing the same way regardless of where you are going. Neighborhood, orchard road, nearby shopping mall, it's all the same. Till I met Someone who made me want to dress up for!

Photographer: Ivan Yeo (Husband)

I met Him when I was 14, one day outside the old Hollywood Theatre at Paya Lebar. Since then, I will only dress up every Saturday when I go to church, City Harvest Church. Not for anyone to see, but for God to see. Not to impress Him, but as a form of honor to Him. I want to look my best, beacause I love Him. These carries on through my teenage years and now as I entered into the workforce, I realized that it is the same in all areas. When you dress up for an event or for a person, it is not just a form of love, but a form of honor and respect to the person you are going to meet!

The effort you take to dress up and prepare for the meeting, shows how much you honor and respect the person and how much they mean to you! Many couples stop dressing up for each other after getting together. Try showing them how much they mean to you by doing your best to look best for them. You will be amazed by the results you will see! ;) Love can be rekindled!

I will stand with you!

CHC, i will stand with you!
In the past one month, i see the good and of course the bad. But i believe that the bad is just the lack of good. No one is stupid, just the lack of knowledge. Assumption is the lowest form of knowledge but yet, many people still chooses to embark on it. No matter whether you choose to stand, to deny or to come against, we choose LOVE!

Pastor Kong, Sun, Pastor Tan, John Lam, Eng han, Sharon and CHC!
I will stand with you, always be for you
Knowing that Jesus keeps us closer each day
If we must be apart, in my heart i will hold you
Brothers and sisters keeping the FAITH!

Party of LOVE

My birthday theme was called, Party of LOVE. Wondered why i came out with that theme?
Well, have you heard of the saying that goes, it is more blessed to give than to receive?

A week or so before the actual day, i was actually feeling quite down and was wondering if people will remember my birthday etc. That day i was in church and God reminded me of His word. "It is more blessed to give than to receive!" I received the word in joy and begin to organize my Party of LOVE. The next one whole week, i had my mind set on thinking of all the things i am going to do for the party instead of spending those times trying to think of what others are thinking.

I searched for a nice place, i called to make booking, i printed invitations, made my own party bags and think of the gifts to give to each one who comes! I had 2 parts to this party with 2 different groups of friends. The first party took place at my house and i decided to have a garage giveaway! Giving away alots of clothes, accessories, bags, facial mask and some small collectables! It was my happiest birthday EVER! Seeing them picking the clothes and leaving with bags of things so happily, brought me greater joy than receiving presents from them.

The 2nd party was the one i posted a few days back, that took place at Verve Pizzeria. Click here to view post. This time in the party bag was a hand sanitizer that comes with the holder from Bath&BodyWorks imported from US and a facial mask!

So let's spread love today! You can give without loving but you cannot love without giving. Giving is one of the sure signs of LOVE!

I will take up my cross!

I've been running, trying to be one who sees
I've been working, this salvation out on my knees
There is nothing better than knowing
We are redeemed
I'm believing, trusting in creative hands,
I am praying for our world to bow to your plan
And this one thought is unmistakable
To take up my cross and follow You Lord

When You stand, the tall tress and mountains bow
When You speak, the fiercest of oceans is still
And I see the sinner seek devotion
The lost become chosen, and I fall to my knees

I'm forgiven by a Savior who did not deserve death
He was blameless and I was lost in shamefulness
Undelivered, but it doesn't seem right
Unless I keep my eyes focused on the Savior who gave His life
In the middle of a world that denies it believes
It is breaking apart at the very seams
There is one thing to be alive for
And it's to take up my cross and follow You Lord

When You stand, the tall tress and mountains bow
When You speak, the fiercest of oceans is still
And I see the sinner seek devotion
The lost become chosen, and I fall to my knees

I will take up my cross and follow Lord where You lead me
And I will take up my cross and follow wherever you go

M.A.C Haute & Naughty Lash

Recently got the M.A.C Haute & Naughty Lash mascara. It comes with a two-in-one wiper system with 2 sizes as you can see from the photo. From the outside, it looks delicious with its neon pink and purple cap with glittery details. The 2 sizes - big and small - allows you to choose the kinda look you want. The small one for defined lashes for the day and the big one gives you an instant combed volume ready for any evening events with a dramatic look!

I love this! However, because it is not made of fiber or waterproof, my watery eyes causes it to turn into a disaster.. If you do not have watery eyes like mine and do not have issues with non waterproof cosmetics, give it a try! You will love it too.

Birthday Party!

Thanks for coming to my "Party of LOVE", birthday party last Sunday @ Verve Pizzeria! My birthday wish this year is to build stronger FRIENDSHIPS!

There are some things in life that money cannot buy and TRUE FRIENDSHIP is one of them! Hope you find your true friends in life too! ;)

Formality

Photographer: Ivan Yeo (Husband)

Just had my hair cut. Not very used to it yet i think my new Christian Dior sunglasses are going well with it! Finally got to wear the Lipsy embellishment dress i bought. The design of the embellishment really puts a curl on the figure but i feel it looks better when i am standing up where the embellishments flows smoothly!

Added on with a blazer from Who Wear What, completes the look for a formal event, yet with class and style! Confidence brings out the best in you!

Early arrivals!

Having my birthday this Sunday and i have already got my 2 presents from the mails! Ripped open the parcels excitedly to see the presents that awaits!

First up!

Max C Disco Spot Skirt from ASOS

Thanks for the birthday present that arrives early!!! :D

Secondly, it's a present i got for myself!

This is the limited edition Christian Dior sunglass that i have been eyeing on!!! Thanks for loving myself! HAHA! Just a little gift to love myself a bit more.

As the saying goes, you can only love others as much as you love yourself and i am sure i can love people as much too! ;)

Dream to Reality

Have a design of a particular dress or clothes in mind but have no idea what to do? why not draw it out and put your dream to reality? There are many dressmakers, tailer or seamstress out there that can help you realize this dream, however you should be very careful to check that the workmanship is good and it is worth the price you are paying! What is cheap may not be bad, but what is expensive may also not be good.

Below is a dress i designed myself, not just a dream, but a reality! This was taken on board a yacht together with my husband.

Photographer: Blushed Photography

You can make your dream come true too!

My Voice of Stand

I'm sure all over the world have heard about the City Harvest Church Singapore news that broke out last Tuesday. This is my view to the matter.

According to the charity code of government, there must be 100% transparency of how money are used to the executive members of the church, meaning members with the voting rights. CHC have actually not only been 100% transparent to the executive members, in fact they even voted for the project and how the money should be used during their agm in 2008, subsequently in 2009 and reinforced in 2010 after the first time this saga broke out. The fact is, CHC even post up their financial statement on their website yearly, after the external audit is done. However, the media is saying that the members of the public, which should be referring to the executive members, were not informed of what the money is being used for, therefore is a fraud. They did not objectively interview only executive members to find out the truth but have been interviewing people who happen not to know about what was going on or may not even be an executive member and blow up the matter.

This reminds me of the yearly speech by our prime minister on national day. Played on all locate channels and even translated in different languages and even played back on various timings. However, honestly there are still many who doesn't watch or listen to the speech. If questioning the members of public and found that they did not know about how the government are using the tax payer's money for, does not conclude that our government have not been transparent with the use of our money. In fact, honestly i think I really don't know how the government uses the tax payer's money. So if all who contributed have the right to know all the breakdown for the money used then I would be quite interested to know how are all our taxes being used too!

Then the question is, how transparent should transparent be? How accountable is being accountable enough? To what extend is an information suppose to be passed out to 'everyone' to establish the same understanding and not have any wrong idea of what it means? Should 'everyone' in the country or in the 'world' be informed or is the executive members of the organization good enough? Is there a need to let 'everyone' know and have an opinion over what they are doing or planning to do? Should all organization be taking in people's opinion all the time? Is there a possibility to come out with something that pleases 'everyone'? Is there any organization that does not face any oppositions from 'anyone'? 

There's always 2 sides to a story, no just true or false but we need to know that all truth are mixed with human emotions and personal perspective. If you are not for it, basically you are against it! You can say that you are very neutral but really, there is no neutral stand. Deep down inside, it is either you are for this or against this. If you are against, no matter how neutral you say you are, you tend to take in all the negative reports.

I advise that the media should not continue to blow the matter out of proportion and leave the judgement to the judge and juries. I pray they will see the truth and I believe that the just will stand! Websites like sammyboy.com, singaporedaily.net, sglinks.com, mememaker.net etc should be charged for cyberbully! Using presumptuous words and images causing others to have a wrong and wayward view of a matter. They should be seriously warned of the offense and if they do not take down offensive contend, they can be sued or even shut down. If the government allow these sites to continue, then they are sending out a wrong signal to the people that the use of cyberbully is ok. I'm looking forward to see what the government is going to do about this, with all said and done.

What is wrong with Sun? Is she 'judged' just because she is a pastor's wife? But if the husband is fine and the church is fine, then who are the 'outsiders' to judge? It's just like in a family, you want to do something and your parents are fine, then you got some random aunties coming to your house and murmuring about all that you are doing, gossiping among themselves, this and that. HAHA! Does it stop you from doing what you want? NO! So why should anyone try to stop others from what they are doing? The crossover project is a project of the church and 'outsiders' will never understand why they are doing what they are doing because the 'outsiders' are not them! In fact, i think the crossover is completely cool and i see that peoples' lives are changed, families are transformed and all the humanitarian works done are not 'broadcasted' so that the 'outsiders' will know!

I think Sun is pretty; she is hot and she can really sings well! Most importantly she touch lives by being out there in the different disaster areas to help, build schools and orphanages! In fact, all she has done in these humanitarian works and missions are my inspiration to start 'Shop a Cause', to donate out all my items and do something really meaningful to help others!

Lastly, judge not that you will not be judge but with the same measure you judged, you will be judged. Judgement belongs to the Lord!

Danger! Keep Out!

It's the SUMMER SALES again! Beware of the advertisement emails flooding into your email account!

One thing you should NEVER do, is to click into a sales advertisement, if you did not have intention to buy anything! Sometime the word "SALES~" can be really tempting. Words like "Up to 70% off!", "Storewide 50% discount", "Free Shipment", "Summer collection sales ending soon~", "Additional 40% off discounted items!", "$50 off every $250", "Everything below $50!" etc, can really draw you into taking a 2nd look!

The thought of just browsing through to see what they have, can be really really dangerous! Statistics have shown that the chances of a person making a purchase as they click into an advertisement is 90 times higher than someone who don't. Most of the time you end up buying something because of the SALES and discounts! So, unless you are looking out for something, do not click on the advertisements even though the amount of discount can be really appealing!

Same goes for window shopping without an objective in mind. Just by walking around window shopping, increases the chance of ending up with a purchase up to 90%! Don't shop if you don't have to or want to, to prevent impulsive purchase due to a sale or discounts offered.