first date!

Ok so I've been unsingle for almost a month now, and even though we've spend ALOT of time together, they were all to study, lunch, or in school. We never really went out on an actual date!

So when exams ended tmr, it was a day of fun with my girl :)

rofl why does she look so surprised here. haha

We went to watch the latest Malay show Rapun Sayang. Ok no la obviously not I don't even know if there's such a word. it's RAPUNZEL! Otherwise known as, Tangled!

cinema so dark

The movie was.. ok la. The songs were very nice (Mandy moore :D and even the duet with Zachary Levi!) and I thought the story was good all the way until... the last part. Like I don't want to spoil people who haven't watch.. but I felt it was too Disneyfied and the ending was like.. >< so convenient

After the show, we went to New York New York!

 Secret snapshots of her while she was deliberating over the menu.

I must say I like how they keep trying to improve! There have been changes to the menu since the last time I went there (which was about 1-2 months ago? Maybe more but not THAT long ago) such as inclusion of an 'Elite 8' which is basically the 8 most popular dishes I guess. 

I highly recommend the Chicken Mushroom Mozerella Cheese (I probably got the name wrong but it has these 4 words la just forgot the order haha) It's super super filling and very nice!!

Here it is! it's the size of 2 palms btw.

I ordered the fish and chips in the Elite 8.. it had the words Devil and Chilli or SOMETHING like that in it to suggest that it's spicy  but it's not spicy at all! But yea super nice fish and chips, taste similar to Fish and Co and Manhattan Fish Market la. HUUGE portion as well.

Ok although there was a pretty waitress who kept waiting on us and was very polite and helpful (and brave.. she just picked up my used tissue paper whole (instead of like pinching it by the edges).... what if it is like soaked with mucus or something HAHA), the service before that was abit bad? Like when we placed our orders we ordered 2 iced waters... and they never came. So we had to ask another waitress for it.. and it never came. Then finally it came and it was in this plastic disposable cups. 

I looked around the entire restaurant, we were the only people who got these cups!! Why ah! Other people had the normal blue plastic cups. They see SH look like little girl then can give this one issit. Not environmental friendly sia. 

And my favourite dish from NYNY:

 NYNY Mudpie with Icecream!

It's superrr shiok. When SH ate her first bite, a smile crept across her face, and she said it was an involuntary smile haha. You really cannot help it one! Like the first time I ate I think I also like that.

I don't really like how they changed it though, last time it was not swimming in a pool of hot chocolate syrup like this. The problem with this, although damn shiok because of the excess of chocolate, is that the warm chocolate syrup causes the icecream to melt damn fast! So have to eat faster cannot savour

 

Too much chocolate syrup leftover, must play.

After that we went for a walk along Singapore River ~

Trying to be skilled and capture the backdrop as well

So nice right

Ok that's a wrap. Time to watch some Starcraft2 commentaries and play some games :)

placebo facial products

I was just doing my daily pre-sleep routine of brushing teeth, washing face, and I thought of something that was in my mind for a long time but I never gave it proper thought. I have a theory:

Most facial products are placebo products.

(Definition of placebo: an inactive substance or other sham form of therapy administered to a patient usually to compare its effects with those of a real drug or treatment, but sometimes for the psychological benefit to the patient through his believing he is receiving treatment)

 Read on to find out more...




I use Mentholum (probably spelt that wrong) facial wash(supposed to use daily), facial scrub(supposed to use 2-3 times a week), and a moisturizer. I'm not very religious in my facial care though, some days I don't use it.

Like all normal people who don't have flawless skin, I've been using facial care products since I was a teenager. Of course, at that point it was all pimple/acne care products, creams, lotions, funny stuff that you smudge on your face in a desperate bid to get rid of that pimple outbreak.
They may also be just facial washes to try to 'cleanse your skin' or 'clear blocked pores' as advertised on those products.

However, do they really work?

I mean, there are also many people who DON'T use facial products and have pretty good skin! And even if you use the products, how do you know that they are working? Do you really see a marked decrease in pimples? A definite increase in complexion quality?
You must understand that even without these products, your pimples WILL disappear on their own. And a good complexion is obtainable from drinking lots of water, avoiding chocolate, etc.

My theory is that these facial products are so popular NOT because they work, but because they make you think they are working. You think that scrubbing that 'special formulated extract with coco beads' facial scrub (do you even know what the ingredients are half the time?) on your face SHOULD have some kind of cleansing effect. After all, your skin does feel more refreshed. (which is probably the effect of water and your self-massage when you are rubbing the facial wash on)
Plus, it's a known fact that the mere believing that a 'treatment' has an effect CAN cause an improvement in the symptoms it is treating. (i.e. the placebo effect)

Thus, most facial products are just playing on this placebo effect.

Of course, there may be some medicinal products that DO have some effects, such as those antibiotics prescribed by the doctors or special cream which they give. Those are not the products I am referring to; I am talking about those over-the-shelf products which we always purchase, the Gatsby facial wash, the Clean and Clear, the Oxy, etc.



So, don't be too extravagant in your facial products, as I think just the average cleanser will do, the rest of it is in your head. Ok, gonna go sleep early, I heard that's good for skin too.

the great Mas Selamat non-detection mystery

This comic from mrbrown's blog is just funnyyy

hahahhaa

Check out his article too.

Philo immersion day 1 was fail cos I was with gf, day2 was super productive though i finished damn early like 3pm and played sc2, by tomorrow I should finish everything... and sunday is final revision.

Sigh hope I can get at least an A- or B+ for philo.