This is a “How do you know Christmas is coming?” meme and I’m tagging everyone who’s reading this post to blog about your personal experiences. I’ll love to know how you spot the Christmas season. Is it the beautifully decorated trees? Turkeys on sale? Trim shops or…?

Christmas in Singapore

Novena Square

Velocity Christmas Party

It's snowing at Velocity

Christmas lightings along Orchard Road

Huge Christmas tree outside Ion

Beautiful Christmas lights along Orchard

Another view of the lights at Orchard

Trim Shop at Takashimaya

Takashimaya Christmas Tree

Teddy bears Christmas tree inside Takashimaya

I love this tree! It looks like a tree from fairylands

Christmas decorations at Hereen

Christmas tree at Paragon

Trim shop at Paragon

Beautiful masquerade masks for sale

Happy Christmas Shoppers

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1. What was the last clothing item that you bought?

Light blue dress from Hong Kong

This is tough. My memory retention period is quite short and anything beyond a few weeks old would have been archived. I think the last clothing items I bought was a blue dress during my recent trip to Hong Kong. I got it at a local mall in Hong Kong at HKD 45 which is approximately SGD 8.40. Blue isn’t one of my favourite colour and I tend to avoid wearing things in blue. But somehow, I really like this one.

I don’t wear dresses often but I feel that all ladies should have some dresses in their wardrobe. You will never know when there’s a special occasion which you will need them. This was what I have learnt recently. There are some types of clothings that we must have in our wardrobe in case of emergency. There might be a last minute function or event I need to attend. I wouldn’t want to do any last minute shopping or borrow from anyone.

2. If you could stay one age forever, what age would you choose?

I would definitely choose to be 21 years old which is my current age. Being 21, it’s the age where we can drive legally, stepped into the Casino without the fear of being checked but of course as adults, we are responsible for our own actions as well. Looking like I’m 21 when I’ve lived 50 years of my life isn’t such a bad thing actually. I can still keep up with the latest fashion trends and monitor how fashion has changed for the young people over the span of 50 years or more. How great is that?

3. When you say “lol”, are you really laughing?

To be honest, no. The word “lol” is just a connecting word for me when I use it on MSN. While chatting with my friends on MSN, it’s like a substitute for the word “and”. You must be asking me “What kind of English is this Dayna?”. We use Singlish more than English when chatting with fellow Singaporeans. However, when I “LOL” (in capital letters) in reply to comments or on my blog, I am really laughing out loud.

4. What is the most interesting thing you’ve done in the past year?

I spend half an hour trying to think of a reply to this question. Is there any interesting things I’ve done at all over the past year? Maybe cycling from East Coast Park all the way to Changi Beach? I doubt that would be considered interesting but I really couldn’t think of any more interesting things I’ve done. The next interesting thing I did was to DIY my own hair colour with the first foaming hair dye. That was quite interesting in my opinion. It was the first time my hair was dyed with rather sweet smelling foams and bubbles instead of the dark liquid with a horrible smell. My life isn’t filled with much interesting happenings, memorable yes but interesting, not quite.

5. If you started a business, what would it be?

Given the chance, I would have an online illustration shop to sell and showcase my own drawings and illustrations. I like the feeling of knowing someone is appreciating my art. I have thought of having my own brand of merchandise as well. Illustrations which would represent Amour Chaleur. However, maintaining a business in this area is tough. There’s a high level of competition due to the huge number of extremely talented artists.

I know the question is asking “a” business, but I’ve thought of another one as well – an online clothing store. Online blogshops selling imported clothings from China, Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan are very popular in Singapore these days. The increasing number of such blogshops shows how profitable these businesses are. A good model, photography, a substantial amount of capital and of course pretty clothings would be sufficient.

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I was tagged by Ivy yesterday with a “What is in my bag?” meme. I hadn’t done this before and it’s interesting to see what’s in each others bag. I have a weekday and weekend bag. The weekday bag is my trusty backpack from Ink. It’s great for school and holidays as it is huge and can stuff so much stuff. The weekend bag is my favourite HURS bag I got myself as a Christmas gift last December. I’m not sure why but I kept typing backpack as bagpack.

My bags

This green pouch is also know as my emergency kit. It contains some medications for common ailments such as fever and headaches, a mirror, medication oil and lots of other stuff for – emergency. It’s very useful and I can’t leave the house without this.

Emergency Kit

Below are some little trinkets I bring out everyday without fail:

• Mint sweets from MUJI: I need this. It prevents me from dozing off in class and reduce the probability that I’ll nom on a cheesy white crab puff from Polar during my class break.
• EQUAL Sugar: I don’t put pure sugar into my tea and not every cafe I go to has this type of sugar so I bring my own.
• Keys: This is important. The red bear is rather old already. Mum got it for me from Watsons around 5 years ago if I’m not wrong.
• Forever friends card holder: For my ezlink card¹ and student card.
• A’kin lip blam: My favourite lip balm of the year! No more crack lips

Little trinkets consisting of keys, cards, lip blam, sweets and sugar

• Guess purse: It’s pink! Most of my stuff is either in pink, red or brown.
• Samsung MP3: I can’t survive the long rides on the bus and train without my music. This is the old version I got nearly 4 years ago. It’s good, I hope it can last me another 4 years.
• LG Viewty: This is a must although I’m not a fan of it. I love how it’s pink but the camera ain’t good in my opinion and it crash on me after a week of purchase. :cry:

Guess purse, Samsung mp3 and LG viewty mobile phone

• Nike waterbottle: The reason I don’t bring handbags is because of this. It can’t fit my waterbottle. I am not a fan of softdrinks and it’s cheaper bringing my own bottle out.
• A’Kin hand cream: This is a must when I’m constantly in the air-conditioned class room.

Nike waterbottle and A'Kin hand cream

And that’s all in my bag! I shall tagged the following people (it’s fine if you do not wish to do though, I know most people don’t really do memes). Even if you are not tagged, please feel free to do this meme as well if you are interested. I’m curious as to what’s in everyone’s bag. It’s always interesting to know

• Teddy
• Kaylee
• Regina
• Brenda
• Aki
• Gel

1. The EZ-Link card is a contactless smart card based on the Sony FeliCa smartcard technology and used for the payment of public transportation fares in Singapore, with limited use in the small payments retail sector.

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My Bunny

Bunny Avatar

I was tagged by Kaylee to draw a bunny for the Draw a Bunny! Meme. It doesn’t really look like a bunny but hey, it is a grey bunny with lopsided ears! My first time drawing a bunny and I can’t exactly remember how a bunny looks like. o.O Is there a grey bunny in the first place? I’ve seen those in white and chocolate chips colours. Those with patches of different shades of brown, they look exactly like chocolate chips cookies. Regine suggested making him into an avatar for some spotlight so please welcome the lopsided grey bunny with his favourite carrots.

Let me share some interesting facts I know about bunnies:

Bunnies are kind and gentle creatures.
They are afraid of thunderstorms (the bunny I had last time was afraid) :P .
They’re really fluffy and cute.
They make good companions.
They can watch the television with you. :fish:

Having a bunny makes you happy and keep all the blues and clouds away. Consider yourself tag by me to draw a bunny and spread the bunny love and maybe it will cheer up your day? I would love to see your special bunny! :heart:

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