Dance like no one's watching

That’s 5 lines of eyeliners from left: Majolica Liquid Liner, Bobbi Brown Gel Liner, Revlon Colourstay Pencil Liner, Mac Engraved Pencil Liner.

Bobbi Brown gives the richest black with no speckles of spaces in between the black.  I love gel liners for its creamy and rich consistency.  The liquid liner tends to be a little shiny and too “thin” for my liking.  The pencil liners… are ok I guess… but a little too much speckles of spaces in the black for my liking.

The liquid and gel liners also dry well but the pencil liners feel sticky to the touch. 

Doing the smudge test, as can be seen, the Majolica Liquid Liner didn’t budge at all.  Very impressive!  The Bobbi Brown Gel Liner smudged… but its consistency remained.  The 2 pencil liners flopped… with the Mac one flopping more.

What was surprising though, was when I tried to wash the liners off, the Bobbi Brown was the most difficult to get rid off.  Wonder if that means if I cry… the Bobbi Brown one would stay the best on my eyes? 

Hmm…

More eyeliner test results… used the brown liquid liner with glitter from Majolica for my D&D last Friday.  Very good… no smudges.  So I bought the black liquid liner on Sunday.  Used it to tightline my upper lids (tightline – I learnt that’s a better way to describe “drawing the line below the lashes on my upper eyelids”).  No smudges!  Woohoo!  It’s the brush tip is quite firm so it’s not difficult to apply either.  Yippee!  I love Majolica’s liquid liners.

I’ve been using the Majolica eyeshadow for a week now too… it’s better than Can Makeup for sure… but still more powdery / chalkier than Silkygirl’s.  I really quite like the texture of Silkygirl’s eyeshadows.

Oh.. backtrack to eyeliners… I also bought the Revlon Colourstay Pencil Liner (the one that comes with the tip that you twist the bottom and the tip will extend).  It’s better than Mac’s Engrave Pencil Liner… but still stains a bit.  Nothing beats Majolica’s Liquid Liner for now!!

Okie… enough skiving for me… a lot of work… but no mood to work on a rainy Monday after a heavy lunch.  Sigh.

My company has finally decided that there’re too many short emails flying around between staff and it might be more efficient on our system resources to implement the usage of Lotus Notes Instant Messaging instead.  Out of curiousity, I took a look at our IM usage policy… I thought the last part of it was very funny.

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Appropriate instant messaging use

• Use of Eon’s IM system is permitted and encouraged where such use is for business communications.
• Occasional personal use is permitted within the guidelines of this policy, only if it is not for private business activities and does not:
  • negatively impact upon system resources,
  • interfere with work productivity, or
  • involve content that may be considered offensive by others.
• Communication sent via the IM system must be consistent with the policies, core values and objectives of Eon.
• It is the responsibility of every employee to use Eon’s instant messaging system responsibly, ethically, lawfully and professionally.
• Employees must not use profanity, obscenities, or derogatory remarks.
• Sexual, ethnic, and racial harassment messages are forbidden.
• Employees have a responsibility to protect the security of sensitive and confidential information. Such information should not be transferred via IM.

Etiquette

• Just because someone is active doesn’t mean they are free to IM with you, start by asking if they have time to chat.
• Don’t worry about strictly taking turns, or require that every line in an IM session is perfectly spelled and totally grammatical, as this will artificially slow conversation.
• Don’t use all capital letters to type your message. As with email, it’s the IM equivalent of shouting.
• Keep it short. IM is meant to be instant, not long-winded and slow.
• There are some topics best dealt with face to face, consider this when starting an IM session.
• Update your status. Switch to “I am away” when going to lunch or a meeting. Use the “Do not disturb me” status to indicate when you are really can’t be interrupted.
• Don’t say anything in an Instant Messaging session that you wouldn’t say in a face to face conversation or in an email.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations can be used to speed up communication. Some common abbreviations are:

Abbreviation /
Meaning

btw
by the way

fyi
for your information

cu
See you (later)

2
too or to

4
for

atm
at the moment

B4
before

bbl or bbs
be back later/soon

bfn
bye for now

lol
laughing out loud

Emoticons

An emoticon is a symbol or combination of symbols that convey emotional content when instant messaging. Below is a list of the most common emoticons. To more easily recognise their meaning, the reader should tilt their head toward their left shoulder.

Icon /
Meaning

: -) or : )
smile, happy

: -( or : (
sad, depressed

: -D or : D
big grin or laugh

: -P or : P
tongue out, happy or being silly

; -) or ; )
wink, being silly

: -O or : O
Surprised

: -/
uncertain/ sceptical / annoyed / uneasy

: -S or : S
confused

>: (
angry

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I’m just amused at how they explained the short forms and emoticons… heh.  How does this fall under “business usage”?  😛

Azure has been busy doing some “dashboard” updates the past 2 days.  I kept asking her what’s a “dashboard” and this was how our conversation ensued:

azure: anyway dashboard is supposed to be a summary of KPIs

azure: in one or 2 slides

azure: but i have 60 slides to update

me: how come u hv 60 slides

me: wow. mkt research folks certainly have very erm… american / soundbite friendly terms

me: heheheheh

me: dashboard

me: to me, that’s the part of the car above my radio

I just thought that was a funny conversation.  Heh.

Wah lau eh!  For months I’ve been wondering what on earth were the hackers doing to my blog… I mean, what use did my blog have for them?  And I just saw it.  I’m not sure when it was added… but in my blogroll, there’s some casino website there?!  It’s in some foreign language so I have no idea what it says but WAH LAU EH!  Sigh.

Anyway, I’m so happy with my work last night.  Lots of photoshopping and I managed to rip a blogskin for blogspot users for my WordPress blog.  Yeah!

Azure saw something very disturbing on the train.  I thought… perhaps it’s a creative approach.  Thinking out of the box kind of thing you know?  She saw this girl reading a book on "Maintaining a Healthy BMI".  Guess what was her approach?

Wonder if it works…

Coach bags… 7 of them.  Ok, the brown one in the middle’s for me and another 2 were for my mom’s colleagues.  Heh.

My Kate Spade bag.  Woohoo!

My mom’s Kenneth Cole bag. 

Hiak hiak.  Sorry for the blur pics… taken with hp camera in a not too good position.  Hands were shaking a bit.  Heh.

I was complaining to an ex-colleague yesterday about Raffles Medical Centre’s inefficiency and she told me that last month, she visited the OUB Centre branch because she was suffering from food poisoning.  The medicine she got wasn’t helping so over the weekend, she went to the Raffles Medical Centre near her place in Tampines.  She showed the 2nd doctor the med that was prescribed and the doc told her it was for gastric… not food poisoning.

Wah lau.  How screwed up can they be!

Booze Queen showed me the clip on youtube – last lap of the F1 race in Brazil.  I know it’s evil but I was mocking Ferrari when they were celebrating Massa’s win and missed Hamilton’s miraculous overtaking of Glock at the very last turn of the last lap.

Congrats Hammie!!

I can’t help it – but I keep buying things that look alike.  Is this a sign of OCD?  Or is this called "personal style"?

Shoes on the left were bought about a year ago, the ones in the middle were bought 2 years ago, and the ones on the right were bought today.

Top on the left was bought in May 2008 and the top on the right was bought today too!  See the similar sleeve?  Sigh.

I have another 3 pairs of shoes with a buckle across the front.  Hehe.  Wanted to take a photo too except 2 of the pairs are in office.  😛