Gratitude Day 16

Today, I'm grateful for:
1. Having the time to attend an online webinar
2. Having the energy to go for a run after work
3. Doing a quick exercise routine after my run
4. Having the talk with Idz
5. Having a cool shower after the run & workout
6. Having the complaints as it makes me reflect on how I carry out my work
7. Being able to go for a run when my brain feels challenged.... I've got to do this more often
8. 

Gratitude Day 15

Today, I'm grateful for:
1. Having a day off work....wooohoooo!!!
2. Having the energy to wash Chocky
3. The sky not raining down on me while I was out there washing Chocky
4. Having the energy to go for a long extended walk
5. Bumping into a friendly stranger (with a walking stick) while out walking
6. Being able to feed a kitty in the plaza
7. Getting some grocery shopping done in the early afternoon
8. Getting to snooze in the afternoon :)
9. Getting 10k steps done today --- yay!!!

Gratitude Day 14

Today, I'm grateful for:
1. Being able to snag the last two HeatTech hoodies on the shelf for Grizz
2. Having the energy to walk over 17k steps today :)
3. Finally checking out the Book Xcess outlet in Farenheit
4. Getting a black cardie at a steal of a price! (It's certainly been a long time since I bought something that cheap!)
5. Not blowing a lot of $$$
6. Finding bargains
7. It not raining while I was out today :)
8. The loos not being full in Pavillion
9. Today being super busy despite it being a public holiday today (perhaps most people are spending the long weekend out of town)
10. Going to the city with Ole Faithful :)
11. Doing a little clear up before leaving home in the AM.

Gratitude Day 13

Today, I'm grateful for:
1. Having enough rest
2. Finding John Green's book despite not finding The Rosie Project at the $9.90 book sale
3. Having enough time to browse the books before the store closed for the day
4. Not spending too much at the book sale
5. Going to the book sale with Ole Faithful :)

Gratitude Day 12

Today, I'm grateful for:
1. Not having to go to work... It's Labour Day --- Yay!!!
2. Having the time to catch up on my reading
3. Just having the day to laze around!

Empties: March & April 2015

These are my empties for March and April:

1. Johnson's Baby Lotion
I used this as a makeup remover.

2, Simple Purifying Cleansing Lotion
I sometimes have a reaction towards this product and it doesn't really remove makeup as much as I'd like it to :/

3. Benefit Maybe Baby EDT 50 ml
Love, love, love the scent. This is something I discovered sitting in the dark corner of my closet. It was something I purchased and forgot about until years later! This product has sadly been discontinued :(

4. Nivea Invisible Anti-Perspirant
Does this work? It still left marks on my black clothes :(

5. Daiso Silk Oil Blotters
My favorite oil blotters which is always a repeat buy.

Gratitude Day 11

Today, I'm grateful for:
1. Waking up and remembering to transfer payment to pay for my loan.
2. Having a sweet colleague who got two reams of photocopy paper from the main office.
3. Bumping into Zalina and having a good chat with her 

Gratitude Day 10

Today, I'm grateful for:
1. Seeing the Secret Recipe kitty again after many days of not seeing her...wonder where she went...
2. Being given the heads up about potential problems with students/ parents so that I have enough time to prepare evidence.
3. Being able to find a parking space in Mid Valley after work (who would think that it would be difficult to find a parking space then, huh?).
4. Getting to Mid Valley in less than 45 minutes from work (after work hours).
5. The relatively affordable and quick dinner at Mid Valley.
6. The free seminar conducted by JY's disciples.
7. Getting home safely...thank you Allah.

Gratitude Day 8

Today, I'm grateful for:
1. Remembering just in the nick in time to send in my income tax return (I had it prepared but was giving myself some time to mull over it in case there were other claims that I needed to add to my returns).
2. Seeing that the Inland Revenue Department owes me $$$!!! Yay!!! :)
3. Having food at home.

Gratitude Day 7

Today, I'm grateful for:
1. Going back to reading books
2. Having the energy to prepare my own meals at home :)
3. Purchasing scones at the 2 for 1 price
4. Taking Ole Faithful out for a drive

Gratitude Day 6

I'm thankful for:
1. Waking up early this morning and having the time to catch up on my reading in the early hours and to have another snooze after that!
2. Making my own brekkie at home --- yum!
3. Having the strength and energy (physically and mentally) to go get my maintenance fees paid up to date.
4. Being able to hijack someone else's parking space (I know, I know, that was naughty of me) for the time that I was there to get my bills paid.
5. Getting home just in time before the angry rainstorm started --- Phew!!!

Gratitude Day 5

I'm thankful for:
1. Being able to treat myself to a Mango Frappe at San Francisco's Coffee.
2. The friendly and smiling barista who took my order at San Francisco's Coffee.
3. Not losing Tesco's yellow chip coin (I had left it on the passenger seat of the car).
4. Finding checkout lane 35 free of any customers when the other lanes were busy in the grocery store.
5. Not having to pay for parking (I did it all in the 3 hours of free parking time --- yay!!!).
6. Waking up totally refreshed from the 12 hour long sleep that I had last night (yup, what had initially supposed to have been a nap turn out to be a lot longer! I was totally zonked out!).

Gratitude Day 4

I'm thankful for:
1. Having the time to get started on working on the Teaching File student work samples.
2. Not having misplaced any of the students works.
3. The Nasi Lemak breakkie that was purchased for me. The serving was so big that I didn't need to go out for lunch --- yes, I saved $$$ !

Gratitude Day 3

I'm grateful for:
1. Not spending a lot of money today
2. Going to work and getting home safely
3. Having the luxury of time at work to do research for my next batch of classes

Gratitude Day 2

I'm grateful for:
1. Having RM15.60 off on my grocery shopping ( RM3.00 Off Voucher for Friskies, RM0.60 Off Voucher for F&N Ginger Ale and RM12 Off for Purchases RM80 and above Tesco Voucher)
2. Having the energy to cook dinner once I got home with all the shopping
3. Finally dropping off two of my many bookcrossing books (and thus reclaiming some space) at the bookcrossing zone in The Curve
4. Not "bumping" into the snake in the stairwell! Having collegues warn me just in time --- phew!!!

Gratitude Day 1

1. The Kitty I've been feeding at work didn't run away when I took a peek at him. Instead, although he was wary of me, he looked back at me.
2. Having the time in the morning to fix myself a quick breakfast to take to work.
3. Having a car and getting to work safely.
4. Having leftover food for an early dinner when I got home from work.

Dr Cafe at The Curve

Armchairs, Mocha Frappe....Just me making myself feel at home while working in a little cosy little nook in Dr Cafe at The Curve. 

FYI Dr Cafe at The Curve is currently running a promo. My Grande Mocha Frappe cost me only RM6.

Mc D's Breakfast Day

My Mc D's free Egg Mc Muffin. I decided to give the Latte a go since I was given coupon for it. Not being a coffee person, all that caffeine left me jittery for most of the morning!

Catrice Photo Finish 18 Hour Liquid Foundation Review

I've been using this product every day for over a week or so now and I'm ready to write a review on it.

The Catrice Photo Finish 18 Hour Liquid Foundation comes in a 30 ml frosted glass pump bottle and a clear cap. I like the pump as it's pretty easy to control if I want to dispense less than a pump of product. This is an oil free foundation and it is creamy in texture.

I get a light to medium coverage when applied with my buffer brush and more of a medium coverage when applied with a makeup sponge. Personally, I find that this looks better on me if I apply it with my buffer brush instead of a makeup sponge.

Finding a matching shade may be a problem for many people as there are only three shades to choose from (I wish they would make more). I bought mine the shade 020 Rosy Beige which I think is a tad too light for me when I first put it on in the mornings but I find that the foundation oxides as the day goes on and then, it looks okay on my skin.

I read somewhere that this is a dupe for Makeup Forever's Mat Velvet. This foundation doesn't transfer as much as the Bourjois 123 Perfect foundation. Once on the skin, it feels light and it lasts around 5 hours on my extremely oily skin before my oil blotters have to come to the rescue. Around mid day, I normally would blot my face and apply setting powder and that lasts till the end of my workday.

Overall, I love this product. I have read many complaints about the rosy scent of this foundation but I have no issues with it. The best thing about this product, I think, is that it's great value for the price.

The Good
The price!
It's a good quality product.
The pump dispenser allows me enough control to dispense less than one pump for product.

The Not So Great
The colour selection is small (only three shades, to be exact).
The rosy scent may be an issue with some people.

Update May11, 2015:
I purchased the next shade 030 Caramel Beige as I found the shade that I had initially bought, 020 Rose Beige, to be a little bit light for my skin (yes, this was only after 6 weeks of wearing the lighter shade!). In order to not waste the lighter shade, I now mix the two shades together.

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Catrice Photo Finish 18 Hour Liquid Foundation | 30 ml 
Made in Germany
Retail Price: RM 37.90 (I purchased mine for RM26.55 as it was on 30% discount)
Available from selected Guardian outlets
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My Wild Catrice Photo Finish 18 Hour Liquid Foundation Chase!

After weeks of looking at and visiting the Catrice foundations in Guardian, and reading as well as watching reviews on their two foundations online, I finally decided to give it a go. So last Saturday, I went to Mid Valley Mega Mall with one thing in mind --- to purchase the Catrice Photo Finish 18 Hour Liquid Foundation from Guardian's.

Once there, I decided look around the mall and to purchase the foundation only on my way out of the mall as I didn't want to be loaded with stuff as I walked around the mall. As luck would have it, when I finally went up to the cashier after a long wait in the queue, I was asked by the sulky cashier if I had another card on me other than the Amex that I had given her because  apparently, she said that it takes a long time to get an approval code on Amex. Tired and turned off by her less than polite tone and non-customer oriented attitude, I asked for my card back, told her to cancel the purchase and walked out. Yes, it was something that I would have liked to have but not something that I had to have as I still have about another half bottle worth of my Bourjois 123 Perfect Foundation left (even though I wear it to work everyday!).

The following day, on Sunday, I was in KLCC and once again, I visited the Catrice stand there but decided not to purchase the foundation then as there was a long queue at the check out counters. Then Monday rolled around and lo and behold, what did I see on my FB feed --- Guardian announced that some selected makeup brands were going for 30% less and one of the brands was Catrice!!! WooHoo!!!

So yeah, I made my way to the Guardian in IPC after work and finally purchased a bottle of the Catrice Photo Finish 18 Hour Liquid Foundation. I guess, I was lucky that I didn't purchase the foundation just two days earlier as it on only a 10% discount then instead of the 30% discount when I purchased it yesterday. Mmmm.... can't wait to try it out!

Oh, btw, all the Catrice products were going at a 30% discount and I was going gaga just looking at the prices. I had to keep reminding myself that I still had A LOT of fairly recently purchased makeup to use up before I can reward myself with more.