Women
Published on 29 January 2009
Was with my lovelies tonight
Took some pushing (as it always does due to our very different jobs, locations and timing)
But we managed to meet up for yee sang dinner tonight at South Pac in PJ
Just my lovelies and i – SpankyCammy, StephTheVolcano, Aps, and DhanyaTheMonkel
But i say it was the longest yee sang cos it’s different when you do it with friends than with family
With family, it always has to be more polite and appropriate
With friends, all the *genuine* prosperous thoughts we wish for ourselves come tumbling out
All 5 of us stood up and started chanting different things at random:
“More luck!”
“Good time at work!”
“More sex!”
“More good sex!”
“More clothes!”
“More SHOES!”
“More holidays!”
“More shrooms!”
“More hot men!”
“More creative men!”
“More NORMAL MEN!”
“Hahaha!!!”
After a while, half of us sat down while some still stood up, chopstick in air, “Wait… i’m sure there are more things we want to say!”
We continued for longer till we were thoroughly satisfied with all we wanted 
We tossed yee sang so high, some ended up in the chinese tea cups
Dhanya shocked the bejesus out of us by bringing ang pow to give us
“Babe… that’s really really sweet, but you can’t give us ang pow! You must be married..! Unless you’re giving to your parents…”
“Really?”
“Yeah… it’s bad luck for us AND for you to give us ang pow! You gotta be married la!”
“Oh, but… i’m married to myself! Does that count?”
Line of the day can die.
Woman is so festive she even brought fortune cookies for each of us.
Too cute.
Mine read:
I turned to her: “I don’t think this is a fortune cookie. This is like a con cookie. Anyone of us could be this!”
“… i can give you another one if you don’t like your fortune…” she turns around to reach into her giant handbag.
It’s near impossible even to pretend-play at being angry with her.
0_-
Anyway we ordered way too much and ate till we had to drink wine after dinner instead of other filling drinks
Had hotplate tofu, assam fish, chilli chicken, sweet and sour pork (for the white girl), and kangkung belacan
Mmmmmmmmmm
I told them about my gross episode on throwing up in my mouth from eating too much
And each of them contributed a story of the same
(Save for SpankyCammy who salah concept and told a story of her throwing up and out instead)
So i’m not the weird one after all!
OR… maybe we’re all kinda weird
That’s why we’re friends ha ha
Published on 19 September 2008
SarChan and i rushed for the adidas yoga event some time back.
At first we were both worrying that we weren’t dressed appropriately (read: in exercise attire) for it, but we realised how ridiculous it would be to attempt exercising after a tiring day of work, and then shoot of for our pseudo-dj SalahWrong gig.
We arrived at Gardens hotel to see an insanely long line for the buffet dinner.
(No, this isn’t the line, this is a simple shot of people on one side of the room as i ate)
We settled for salad and fruits instead, where there was no queue.
Don’t get us wrong, (hmm salahwrong.. ha ha) we love our salads and fruits.
But when one is starving… fibre alone just doesn’t cut it.
I peeked into the main hall area where the yoga and dance workshop was to be held…
Saw WhackyDaph hosting something for the cam…
We got ushered into another room at the back where some of the more well-known personalities were, to make an appearance.
I was chatting to them when people started taking pictures of us, and i realised i did NOT fit into the picture theme, what with my work clothes and all!
0_-
Ninie, WhackyDaph, DeborahHenry, SunshineySteph
Ninie, the superbly flexible yoga instructor 
Picture courtesy of Femmething
SpicySazzy looking like she’s doing a watch ad 
Picture courtesy of Femmething
Ninie looks like she has more muskels than Henry (who’s the new 8tv Quickie host if you didn’t know. Well i haven’t watched yet. I’m never at home :p)
After all the camwhoring and canoodling around, everyone went into the main hall as the event was about to start.
Supermodel AmberChia went on stage the first to, well, pose (which is what she does best ey?)
All the photographers who couldn’t get enough of taking shots…
All the celebs took turn going on stage to pose for the cam.
And then the yoga classes started…
Picture courtesy of Femmething
I was obvoiusly a spectator more than a participant cos i had to rush off.
But i have to say… everyone looked so into it, i wish i didn’t have another event to commit to, else i’d be trying to join in the twisting and exercise.
Looks so calm… non?
Picture courtesy of Femmething
Best picture for last:
Auntie cannot make it.
Picture courtesy of Femmething
Published on 17 July 2008
I have discovered a new hobby after work!
I know, i still have my events and meetings, but i skip them when i can (damn. i’m outgrowing the events…) and try to squeeze in dinners to relax, Me time, or KBF-blog time.
Anyway, my new hobby is… getting a massage after work.
Okay.
It’s not really a hobby because one can only get so many massages without some physical backlash (getting too many ain’t too good for you either!).
So far, i usually go for my massages over the weekend, but of recent i’ve tried two new things:
1. Male masseuse
2. Massage after work
It started when i went for one with DarlingDhanya and they only had male masseuse available.
Not being fussy or stuffy about it, i went ahead with the massage and it was fantastic.
There *is* a difference between being massaged by tiny female fingers and large male ones!
Craving bolognese from Delicious all afternoon at work, i caught Dhanya for dinner and set my appointment just as we were about to finish.
“Is… *whispers to Dhanya – who’s your usual guy? Jo?* Is Jo in today? No? Oh okay, can i have Andy then… ok cool, 11:30.”
I put down the phone and turned to Dhanya, “… what i just said sounded kinda dodge…”
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On a note totally unrelated to massages, check out The Nut Graph, coming soon.
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Eleanor Ng wrote an article for Tongue in Chic which came with the picture below.
Yes, it gave me a shock too.
Read her post *here*.
It’s excellent, i kid you not.
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Oh and i’m loving some of the entries for the Heineken/Chelsea FC contest so far, might put some up over the weekend to inspire the rest of you – they made me guffaw outright.
Published on 12 March 2008
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I am a lip balm girl.
Without lip balm, i will literally just bleed and die.
Okay. I was exaggerating. I might not die, but i sure as hell will bleed!
I have lips which are very sensitive and every time the weather takes a turn for the hotter or the wetter, they’d get dry really easily, just like when i was in Chiang Mai two months ago.
They used to be worse when i was in school.
Licking of lips would ensue in further cracking and redness, resulting in them being so painful, they’d go numb.
You think i’m joking?
Man, i used to pore over my Add Math book, oblivious to the condition of my lips due to the fact that they were so painful, i couldn’t even tell what their condition was anymore.
At one point of time, Angeline or Yishyene (my high school mates) made me laugh so much, i laughed/stretched my lips till they accidentally cracked and bled unto the square-patterned book, much to my shock.
To a point when i wake up in the morning to brush my teeth and opening my ClosedForTheNight mouth was such torture, they’d crack and bleed.
Trust me.
If anyone had problems which lip balm solved, i have. *raises up hand*
After incidences and experiments of going through various lip balm brands, i finally pinpointed the culprit brand (which i’m not going to state), plus it didn’t help that i was allergic to a particular chemical in particular brand.
So yes.
I cannot afford to go out without a lip balm in my handbag.
To avoid having to shift lip balms from one bag to another, i usually have one in each.
Which is why i think Lip Ice’s price for their Colour Lipbalm is very decent at RM12.90.
They have 6 shades – Pretty Pink, Hazel Rose, Hazel Blush, Candy Apple, Fresh Plum and Peach Cream.
Each (naturally) have a super moisture retention formula and AcHA (Sodium Acetyl Hyaluronate, as well as contains Vitamin E, Lanolin oil, Meadow Foam Seed Oil and Mango Seed Butter.
As you can see in the picture below, i only shot 4 out of the 6 variants…
… that they have available because i got too excited in opening two first.
To be fair, i wore it out all last month – office, events, parties.
I was putting some on at Starbucks @ Pavilion when QueenKanch, being the Makeup-Observer that she is, noticed it.
“Eh, Joyce, what’s that?”
“Oh, it’s this Lip Ice thing… nice ar?”
She scrutinized, then went, “Nice, nice,” while nodding her head approvingly.
Okay. When the queen of make up says it’s nice. Then by damn, it must be nice.
I wore it out to one of the Kent parties on a Friday as well.
DatinTini + i
This is what i was wearing then, the Lipice Colour Lipbalm in Hazel Blush -
And that was when i, urm, got greedy, tore open another package to chuck into another handbag ‘cos i didn’t want to go digging for the first one.
Lipice Colour Lipbalm in Candy Apple -
Besides the Lip Ice Colour Lipbalm, there are two other types:
- Lip Ice Color Gloss, for when you really want to draw attention to your lips at parties.
- Lip Ice Sheer Color, for a more natural tinge during the daytime.
Needless to say, gloss is gloss la.
With LipIce gloss, it goes on evenly and its texture allows you to apply a slightly thicker layer of gloss should you want more glam coverage.
The Lip Ice Sheer Color, on another hand, supposedly gives lips a light pinkish tinge.
When i opened it, i was like, “Sheer colour..? More like no colour okay -_-”
But i did the hand test, and there *was* colour.
Seeing its colour’s really sheer, i’d say my best bet for wearing this is to wear it
- in the daytime.
- when you’ve done your eyes up dramatic, as to play down the lips.
- over other matte lip colours you already own, to alter its colour as well as add moisture.
I got a few, to which in fairy happiness i gave out to my close friends and colleagues, but guess what!
I was thinking that because Lip Ice seems kinda fairy-like, i’m going to send three readers one each, with a fairy card! All you have to do is tell me what was the most memorable lippy situation you had (kinkybluefairy@gmail.com), it could be like my horrible lipbalm allergy story, your first kiss, anything at all. The story just has to involve lips ;)You get a Lip Ice and a Fairy card!
Added Note:
Argh, some of you are sending to joycethefairy@gmail.com. No, don’t! It’s mixing up with my other emails..!
Remember send to kinkybluefairy@gmail.com
Contest ends Sunday 16th March 2008
Added Note #2:
Sorry, but only for residents of Malaysia…
Also, please keep it to less then 500 words… some of you are writing super long stories, walau 0_o
And not just any Fairy card. But a Flower Fairy card from M&S 
I have so many and what better way to send Lip Ice then in a Flower Fairy card.
I’m sending it out of sheer fairy-lovin’ happiness and joy and spreading fairy love and… Okay fine. You got me. I’m just starting my fairy cult okay.
Published on 29 February 2008
When i came back from Vietnam, i noticed Aldo having some huge sale.
Omg. I’m not a sucker for Aldo shoes on full price, i rarely allow myself them, but on sale, it’s all, “Hey! Damn value! All good to go!”
I’ve been having my eye on these mesh pair for ages, waiting for them to go on sale.
And when i noticed they did, the white ones sold out already. Dammit.
So i bought the black ones cos they’re still bloody nice at any rate.
Down to only RM210
As i trotted to Somo in them with my brother, NickIsTaller, i chatted rubbish as how you can do to someone who has no choice but to love you.
“Look. LOOK!” i put a foot up, “My new shoes!”
“… oh nice. Black.”
“Black?!”
“Yeah… nice wut. Black.”
They’re not just black!
They’ve got 1-inch on the front sole!
Peep-toe slingbacks!
It’s mesh!
And delicate flattering mesh it is too.
With 4-inch wooden soles.
Nice and black?
“Can die wei you describe it like that -_-”
I think you guys need to compliment shoes in a more detailed manner.
Published on 28 January 2008
(i actually wrote this the day after the accident, before Thailand, and forgot to put it up)
Snatch theft is not a new thing in KL, or Malaysia for that matter.
You read about it in the papers, you hear how your friends’ bags got snatched, you see ads for bags with detachable straps.
A couple of years back, i remember MaryBerry and Debbie got scared shitless by guys on motorbikes with knives outside a friend’s house. And it wasn’t like they were simply lepaking outside the house. They just got out of the car and were waiting for their friend to open the gate.
Last month, QueenKanch got robbed in Bangsar just outside Nirwana. She wasn’t alone, a group of guy friends were standing just a few feet away from her when a car stopped next to her. A guy got out, asked for her bag and in shock, she gave it to him instead of putting up a fight (which was obviously better lest she got hurt!). This can’t even be called ‘snatch theft’ wei. It’s ‘take theft’
As someone who spends so much time driving themselves around alone, i’ve received my appreciated share of advice and i *do* follow it as much as i can.
I lock the car doors the moment i get in.
Nowadays, i try not to put my handbag on the seat next to me (the Zouk ppl told me how some thieves have taken to smashing your passenger window and grabbing your bag while your car is stationary at a red light/jam, before zooming off).
I don’t walk in lanes alone and look around and behind me for motorcyclists.
I try to walk on pavements instead of the side of the road.
I wasn’t even alone the night someone tried to snatch my bag.
NickIsTaller and StephTheVolcano were with me.
It’s just that sometimes, yes, i slip.
I had that moment when i wasn’t careful to walk on the pavement instead of the road.
I had that moment where i walked without listening out for a motorbike.
I had that moment when i was careless cos i thought nothing would happen to me.
And in that bloody small window of Joyce-Being-Careless, someone was able to grab that opportunity.
I was walking two steps towards my car when in a whoosh and a knock, i found myself lying flat on the road.
It happened so quick that the first thing i thought was, “OW… Owwwww… man, that HURT. What was that!?”
When i realised i was on the road and that i stung in places i hadn’t yet discerned, my first thought was that i’d got knocked down by a car.
Till i looked up to see a motorbike speeding off in front of me.
“The fellow was trying to get your bag!” said NickIsTaller.
No shit.
“Oh my god! Are you okay!?” asked StephTheVolcano
“Yeah.” I was pretty much in shock and wanted to sit down.
Hobbling to the pavement, i lowered my stinging (cos that’s how it felt!) body to sit.
Admittedly, i cried for 15 seconds like a kitten (it was only less then half a minute, i swear) cos it was so painful as they inspected my injuries.
My left hand was so painful i couldn’t even close it properly and my right knee was bleeding.
But that was about it and it wasn’t a big deal.
Steph told me she kept on asking whether i wanted to get a bandage for it but all i could do was crow how the fucker didn’t get my bag.
Which was lucky.
Cos i was going to purchase a new phone (which i didn’t have time to in the end) so i had over a K in cash on me, two phones, my digicam, cards, all my keys, ARGH imagine the MAH FAN-NESS if i had lost all that!
I would have been crying for 15 hours instead of 15 seconds sial.
I’m really lucky cos i didn’t get hurt too badly.
And my Anya with all its contents didn’t get stolen.
Remember the Rule of Three?
How the bloody thief made me terbabas on the road like that… one day he’s going to get knocked down by some car with three times the injuries, i swear. Or worse, cos i’m sure he’s inflicted more pain on other women as well.
This is a good lesson.
To remind me to be more careful, and not to take my good luck for granted all the time.
And now i know what Mary and Kanch meant about being paranoid after a robbery. 0_o
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I got reminded of this post i left in drafts when i read about Lainie’s recent accident.
And it’s not just us, there’s been a lot of shit happening recently, what with the female/child kidnappings and all.
Just last week i was introduced to a girl who asked what was wrong with my knee and i told her.
She retorted with, “Oh, someone snatched my bag in SS2 two weeks ago!”
Also, please read about the recent bus crash that occurred on Friday.
Excerpt from the Star Online:
Nian Ning, 21, a Public Service Department (PSD) scholar at the University of New South Wales in Australia who was on her way to visit friends in Kuala Lumpur, was among three passengers who perished when the driver lost control of the bus and slammed into a divider.
“We learnt that the driver had 13 summonses against him. Why had the company not screened him and realised that he was not competent to drive that bus? I wonder why the authorities still allowed such a monster to roam our streets?” asked Nian Ning’s distraught father Lee Hock Chuan, 50, a company human resources director.
The family plans to take action against the bus company, read more about it here.
