Midweek musings

And so just a quick update for the mid week. Hope this week has been good to y'all so far :)

Pretty stoked for tomorrow though :D OMY.sg has sponsored me and a plus one to Sentosa's Spooktacular 2012 and I'll be heading down to Sentosa to experience it before anybody else! Will definitely blog about it and give y'all a low down on it! :D

Till the next one, take care lovelies 😘

Pact With Love :D

So if you've seen my Instagram (*COUGHS@jolenequek_COUGHS*), you would have seen my picture of the most amazing, most versatile dress in my wardrobe! :D

Presenting to you, Pact with Love!!!!

Pact with Love is a relatively new online store in Singapore, and they just launched their first collection! Just launched but most of their apparels are OOS O.O Goes to show how hot their apparels are! 

Gonna share with y'all some of my favorites (that are still available :'( )! :D

The Day to Flight dress! This dress caught my eye because of its very unique print. Not to mention the cutting of the dress is very flattering for all shapes and sizes! I got tree trunk thighs and this dress will definitely be able to conceal and make people think I have slim and sexy legs heheheh :P 

I'd pair it with a leather jacket and I'm good to go! Flirty, edgy and fun! :D Its still available so better grab it before someone else does!

Brick and Mortar dress! Obviously I am gonna feature this in my picks; I am a sucker for anything minimalistic and monochromatic. I mean come on, as an OL (office lady), I love my sleep. And as much as I love Fashion, there are just some days that you wake up and you don't wanna spend 10 minutes in front of your wardrobe thinking of what to wear and what to pair it with. Dresses are a definite go-to; and since this is such a simple yet understated dress, whats not to love? Grab it, grab my yellow blazer and I am ready for work!

And I loveeeeeee that this dress is fitting, yet not figure hugging. Don't have to worry about sucking in because my tummy is showing after lunch :P Oh yes, did I mention the dress comes with 2 functional pockets? :D:D:D Can put your phone and wallet inside without bringing a lunch bag out or something during breaks! (Y)(Y)(Y) Okay only fellow OLs will get my excitement :S

Wore it the day after I received it in the mail to work! :D Wore it with my coral chiffon blazer and my Zara wedges :D My colleagues complimented on the dress and the fact that its of such good material! They couldn't believe it when I told them they could get this online for only S$26.00! INSANE!

So if you like what you see, and you trust me (since when the stuff I recommend is no good give me one good example hurhur?) hop on to Pact with Love NOW! 

Lucky for you, they are in the midst of preparing for Pact 2 launch! Previews for Pact 2 will be up on their Facebook on this coming Monday (8 October 2012) so like them to be updated as and when there is a launch! You can also follow them on Twitter for instant updates! Visual creature? Then follow them on Instagram! Their Insta handle is also @pactwithlove!

Whatchu still waiting for! Shop Pact with Love today! :D 

Happy Sunday lovelies! :D

musings; 04102012

Don't lie and, say that its okay. Its alright, there's nothing more to say.

So I'm running away, I'm leaving this place. 

Faster than you can follow me, from this lonely place. 

Farther than you can find me, I'm leaving..

I'm leaving today..

I'll never let you find me.

I'm leaving you behind with the past, no I won't look back.

Photoshoot!

Last Saturday me and le boyfr decided to have some photoshoot fun! So I lugged my ring light and a couple of my favorite shoes over to his place and we set up this to have some fun! 

And this is what happens when you have good lighting, a couple of good friends over, a camera and a clicker.

ENJOY :D

My QT pie :D

There are tons of other photos, but there'll be up in my FB so hop over there! :D

Have a great Thursday guys :D

Hair N Lashes Carnival

Ok, since I am in the mood to blog I shall ride on the feeling and churn out a couple of overdue posts! :D

So if you haven't been following my Instagram (*coughs@jolenequek_coughs*), you'd realise my hair seems to have grown quite a bit! O.O Like magic! O.O

HAHAHAHA okay so maybe not magic, but if it really is then Allen Teo of Hair N Lashes Carnival is a damn good magician! :D

As we all know, girls are damn fickle minded creatures. One minute we're all "WALAO LONG HAIR BORING LEH." and the next minute after all le hair is gone, we'll be like "OH EM GEE WHAT THE HELL DID I DO WHY DIDN'T CHU STOP ME NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....."

So YES, even though I chopped off my locks like a measly 3 months ago (I think), I already miss my long hair! :'( BUT I never thought of getting hair extensions again because I did it once before and it was sheer horror! Back in 2010, when I had nothing better to do/under immense peer pressure *coughsJORAKUEKcoughs*, I got it done at one of those pink shops in FEP (aka Far East Plaza) and when I got it removed my hair was a ball of mess. Pun intended. I literally had a ball of hair knots at the back that couldn't be saved and needed to be snipped off. /shedsatear

So even though I had this fear, I decided to go ahead. Just one problem. If not one of those pink shops, I had no effing idea where to go!! So I googled, and I read up on forums with regards to hair extensions and see is there any other place that people would recommend after their own experiences.

And thats when I found Hair N Lashes Carnival :D

(If you don't believe me, go to Flowerpod and look for the thread on "Hair Extensions".)

In case you've forgotten how I look, here's me right before the extending session :D Full of anticipation okay! I miss how I look with my long hair :'(

You must be thinking what makes Hair N Lashes Carnival (HNLC) different from all the other shops right? Okay I'll bulletpoint the factors for you:

1. HNLC uses 100% Indian Remy hair whilst most of the other shops (the more common ones) uses China hair, which is basically man-made human hair. Obviously a no brainer when you compare something thats natural and something thats man-made, NATURAL FTW yes? :) PLUS Indian Remy hair is super soft and silky to the touch and contrary to what the other shops do, the hair doesn't lose the softness and silkiness after you wash it. 
2. Allen really provides awesome customer service. He doesn't rush through the whole process. I sat there from 8pm to 1130pm and he actually wanted to continue pass 1130pm because my hair was that thick and he wanted to make it blend really naturally with the extensions. Talk about commitment. Very very impressed. Very unlikely you'll get the same treatment elsewhere I assure you.
3. He is upfront with the costs. He won't tell you "Oh 100 strands free 100 strands" but after 200 strands you realise everything was done only at the back of your head and you'll be left with no choice but to pay past your budget so you can leave the shop without looking like a freak with long hair from the back but from the front you look like an asshole who has weird hair. Trust me that happens because it happened to me in 2010!

30% done :D

Weeeee~~~ :D:D:D Damn eggcited! :D

ALMOST DONE NOW!

Plus, I had a really good time sitting there while he does my hair. He is super friendly and we talked like we knew each other for ages! Plus do you know Allen used to be in the Fashion Industry as a fashion designer? 10 years ago he studied and lived in NYC! HOW COOL IS THAT!!! :O

Anyways back to my hair, one last point to prove that he's committed to providing the best service and customer satisfaction? He told me after we were done that if after a few days I think the hair still doesn't really blend well or anything of that sort, I can go back within this week to let him take a look and see what he could do! BETCHU THIS SORT OF SERVICE CANNOT BE FOUND ELSEWHERE. SUMPAH!

SO TADAH! My gorgeous long hair now :D Hehehehe, still thinking if I should head there on Friday to add a few more strands to my crown cause I think it could use a wee bit more volume but HEY I love it already as it is! :D

So if like me you are fickle minded and always thinking of getting long hair fast right after you get your hair chopped, HNLC is 5 thumbs up (if I had 5 thumbs) BUT YES 5 EFFING THUMBS UP. 

I feel like I just got my mojo back. :D

Allen Teo; 

Tel: 8180 8653

Hair N Lashes Carnival

14 Scotts Road

Far East Plaza

#02-74

&the love kickstarts again..

"And for those who are in a relationship, I just want you to know that EVERY relationship loses its spark after awhile. It is scientifically proven that it happens after 3 years(or 2, i can’t really remember). It feels like ‘deadness’ submerged into the relationship, you feel bored or uninterested etc. It’s perfectly normal, AND IT DOESN’T MEAN YOU STOPPED LOVING THE PERSON. It only means you’ve forgotten how it feels to be in love, but you still love. If you break up with someone because you think “feelings faded” for that person, it’s only gonna keep happening to every relationship you’re gonna have. Every beautiful memories you have created with your boyfriend when you guys were in love will be the strength you need to continue loving him in a brand new way." 

Credits: http://lifeisinstinct.tumblr.com

I have got to say the different events happening around me and the conversations I have with random individuals really get to me sometimes. I feel so despondent whenever I hear stuff like people breaking up and people going to physical relationships like its totally okay. I just.. lose faith in everything I believe in. 

And it really scares me because I really don't think I can handle it if one day my heart gets broken again. I cannot. And I am not saying this because I don't believe in my relationship with J, its just.. things can be so unpredictable. 

I am not sure about you guys but I have heard that during a relationship, after a certain number of years (and its usually more or less the same amount), the relationship will start to get stagnant and thats when you realise why are the people around you suddenly all getting into breakups and most of the time these people got attached around the same time? And I heard that one of the common period is during the second year, which is our next milestone.

I know I am supposed to be happy, and I am! I really am. But I can't shake off this nagging feeling like something really bad is going to happen. I really can't put a finger to it; this emotion I am feeling now. Feeling so afraid of losing something you really really can't live without.

Personally I think no matter what happens, the main concept of a relationship is all about the fight. When there is a quality of your other half that isn't very lovable, will you still fight on because of the other qualities that you love about him/her? When things get boring, will you fight on because you know that there is still love, it just got buried under layers of habitual comfort? 

I know I am really random to pen this down out of the blue, but just got to get it down somewhere to get it off my chest. 

I just really hope that at the end, I am worth fighting for.

I love you b. And sorry if I am very unlovable sometimes :( 

Songs about Jane

IMHO one of the best fcking album ever. Effortlessly addictive to listen to. Maybe its because most (if not all) of the tracks in this album are rife with sexual innuendos. Best album to make out/love to hehehe #ifyougetwhatimean.

Time to relive Songs about Jane people. 

Driving fast now

Don't think I know how, to go slow.

Where you at now;

I feel around,

There you are.

Cool these engines

Calm these jets;

I ask you, "how hot can it get?"

And as you wipe off beats of sweat,

slowly you say, "I'm not there yet."

Secret, Maroon 5 (Songs about Jane).