Life's Delights In Words.: salonvim

Sunday, 10 November 2013

Trio of Happiness! :)

Was clearing photos from the ex2f camera when i found these photos! :)

A random lunch date with Melody some time back.

I often get asked how i got to know her, or why are we so close?

I got to know Mel through doing advertorials for TCL, and among work related stuffs, we had occasional small talks. Somewhere along the way, we found so so many similarities in each other and we even share the same birth date! How coincidental is that seriously? It can get quite scary at times how identical our thoughts and tastes are, but this is also quite incredible.

So anyway, we decided to meet up and just at the first meet up, we talked for hours at a cafe. The boyf came to pick me up then and he was also amazed at how much we can talk despite it being the first meeting. I can talk about anything and everything with this her without holding back my deepest thoughts; this i call an affinity. She's a god sent gem and her friendship is a gift. <3

In you, i found a friend. Will never trade you and this bond for anything else in the world.

Love you hatch day sista! <3

Salon Vim

Visited my hair sponsor after i returned from Europe to touch up my hair.

The turquoise had faded into a green i didn't quite like, so i requested Fiona my stylist to have all highlights in purple! :)

I was in a rush that day and didn't have time to cover the greens, before applying the new colors, but it still turned out gorgeous! I've been with salon vim for 9 months now and Fiona never fails to deliver! :)

I hardly post selfies on the blog but here's a chain of them, hahaa.

Pardon this as i really wanna share the colors of my hair!

I also did the new Kerastase treatment which helps strengthen and moisturize the hair, best of both worlds and exactly what i needed! It's been almost a month since the treatment and my hair still feels soft and hydrated! :)

For those who're concerned on the bleaching procedure to obtain this colors, i've only bleached my hair twice in my 9 months with them. Once at my first visit to get the ash highlights, and second at my 2nd last trip where i got purple and turquoise highlights. Since the first bleach, i've been using the same bleached highlights for new colors, so it actually isn't that harmful on the hair! :)

Salon Vim

313 @Somerset Orchard Road #04-07/08/09

S238895

Tel: 68847757/ 68847767

Bugis 235/ 235A Victoria Street

S180027

Tel: 68370073/ 68360045

Remember to quote my name "brianna" to enjoy 10% off all hair services! (:

The boyf also came along for his monthly hair cut!

Fiona gave him an extremely short cut since he hair grows out at an extremely fast rate! Is this the same for all guys i wonder?

Headed to Liang Seah Street for some errands and i finally tried Chong Qing Grilled Fish!

I have always seen how packed the restaurant in and have been wanting to try. Since it was lunch time, it wasn't as crowded as how it'd be at dinner, so we gave it a try! :)

For $30 you get a whole fish! You can opt for a larger one at $38.

You can choose the type of fish you prefer. There's the more common ones like sea bass and red snapper, as well as 1/2 others which i can't remember. Then you pick the flavor you want it cooked in; of each most were spicy base at different spice level. I think they are more popular for their spicy version, but i opted for the fermented black bean paste as i can't take too much spice. Lastly, you choose the sides you want in the fish! Sides are $3 i think and they had a huge variety. We chose the tofu! :)

It doesn't look much or photo worthy, but you are so wrong!

The fish was so fresh and tender i was taken aback honestly; wasn't expecting it. The sauce was also thick and came with a burst of flavors! I can only imagine how shiok the spicy one can be! Highly recommend a try if you haven't tried it yet!

Chong Qing Grilled Fish

1 Liang Seah Street #01-05/06

Tel: 6333 9148

Opening Hours:

Mon - Fri: 4pm - 2am

Sat - Sun: 12pm - 2am

Nail Art Box
I haven't shared this before, but one of my girlfriends, Ivy own a home based nail salon! She's been doing this for almost a year now and i recently got her to do my nails cos the retail salons can't do it.

Gorgeous gorgeous foil nail art!

I super love the rich and vibrant colors on a black base, and this design is definitely unique and something that's not easily seen! :)

Retail salons don't provide or can't do this as they do not have the nail foil needed to achieve this.

Gorgeous right? :p

See how outstanding they are? Heh.

I visited her just a few days back as the nails had grown out. I'm a sucker for nail art and can never stand bare nails, or unsightly nails, so i get my nails done every 3 weeks or so! :)

You can see how much i love the foil nail and Ivy included it in this new set as well! :p I don't think i'll get sick of foil nails anytime soon. In fact i've already planned the next design (which is also a foil one!) and waiting for the charms Ivy ordered for me to arrive!

If you're interested to get your nails done, do contact Ivy.

Nail Art Box

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NailArtBox

Instagram: @nail_artbox

Contact: Ivy, 83826899

Location: West

I'm actually intrigued that i'm blogging more frequently in HK than i am when in Singapore.

Hurhurr.

We're heading for Dim Sum breakfast and Disneyland thereafter, can't wait! I can smell my awesome Sunday already! Be back again soon! :)

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Sunday, 3 November 2013

Europe Travelogue Paris Day One.

I'm finally gonna start blogging on my Europe trip! :)

Took so many photos since we visited so many cities, so i will be blogging city by city! This should also be easier for you girls to reference if you're planning to head to these places too.

Before i start on that, i specially made a trip to my hair sponsor Salon Vim!

I knew i'd be taking tons of photos so i asked Fiona, my stylist to do something drastic! Always trust her to give me the best. Spent 6 hours at the salon that day and i walked out with purple and turquoise highlights! She also gave me a lighter brown base for more contrast, everything turned out how i'd pictured it to be, and i couldn't be more thankful.

More photos below! :)

Our flight was 10pm, travelling to Paris!

We bought our tickets in Feb this year when Swiss Air was having a promo, and we paid about $850 including tax per pax only. It was a really awesome deal!

I have many of you girls asking where i get these promotions news; just follow social media! I got the info on Twitter back then from Ladyironchef's tweet. For all the recent impromptu trips like Taipei or Bert's Oz trips, they were all via Scoot's Facebook and mailers! If you plan to travel, just follow/join these platforms for updates! :)

Our first time meeting the little sister's boyfriend, Glen.

These kind souls sent us to the airport that night. :)

I have heard so much about him even before meeting him in person, haha.

No complaints about him since he makes her happy as a lark. :)

We had dinner and chilled at Starbucks before boarding.

Don't they look cute together? :p

Airport OTD.

Top: TCL Cable Knit in Black

Jacket: H&M

Jeans: ASOS

Boots: China

"Ohana means family, family means no one gets left behind."

Though Bert is younger than i am, she's my pillar of strength, together with the boyfriend's.

She gives me the motivation to strive harder for TCL, she nags me to take care of myself (and to quick blog about Europe too!), she lets me use first hand stuffs and pass down to her, and she loves me as much as her boyfriend, haha. Though she's bimbo at times and irk me by asking the lamest and dumbest questions, i love her all the same. <3

Off we went!

After an exhausting 17 hours, we finally arrived at the airport!

We flew 14 hours to Zurich, before transiting to Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.

It was my first time taking a long haul flight and it was extremely uncomfortable. :( Though i forced myself to sleep, i was kept awake with baby cries. I also wasn't able to sit still in one position all the time. There was nothing much i could do about that and counting down make it worst. Was extremely, extremely thankful when we finally touched down!

But the horror started after we collected our luggage.

We were gonna travel to Venice the next day, so nothing much was planned that day. The plan was to just head to our hotel, have an early night for the next day's flight. But we'd so much trouble getting to the hotel, which was situated all the way at the other end. The itinerary was so simple; take the airport shuttle to Beauvais Airport then cab to the hotel. -.-

CDG airport was HUGE.

The signs at the airport are quite misleading. We took the airport train to the supposed "airport shuttle" only to realize it's not the airport shuttle we're supposed to head to. Took another train back and we wasted an hour. We then spent the next 30 mins walking before we managed to locate the correct airport shuttle. And when we reached, we were informed the next bus was a good 5 hours later.

GOD OH GOD WHY LIKE THAT.

The exact words going through my mind then.

We had no choice but to take the more expensive bus service, the private bus service i suppose. The ride cost 29 Euros per pax.

The bus ride was about an hour. Alighted at some random road, then lugged our luggage to the bus terminal, where we took another hour long bus ride to Beauvais Airport. Another 16 Euros per pax. And from the airport, we took a cab which cost 20 Euros to the hotel. It sounds so straight forward but it was nothing like that.

1. Transport was so FREAKING expensive. May i add that it was confusing too. All in all, we spent 110 Euros and a long and taxing 5-6 hours to get to our hotel. Remember, we took buses. The taxi ride was a short 5 mins only too.

2. It was so hard to locate the taxi stand at Beauvais Airport. There were no signs, unlike in SG. We had to ask to confirm if we were even waiting at the correct spot. There were no taxis coming in or going out though we were at an airport. And we spent almost an hour waiting for one.