Bisdak Babbles

I have been using the best acne treatment that I have ever tried. But there are things that I could not avoid for a pimple to come out from time to time. First, can I say it’s in my blood? My parents also suffered from acne in their teens and my mother still has them at 55 years old. Second, the pre-menstrual period. Years ago, they appear on either side of my cheeks. Having “claimed” every cheek area, it is now terrorizing my chin and neck areas. Third, I have just started an exercise regime. Perhaps excessive sweating is causing them to now appear always. Fourth, I often eat chinese food, where most of them have shrimp (ground, sliced, small, or big ones). Shrimp triggers my acne breakouts. Ok, I can avoid eating shrimp but it is just one of my favorite seafood!

Is there an acne treatment that could help my acne disappear completely even if I sweat often and eat shrimp to my heart’s content? Now, that would be the best acne treatment ever!

I often see Gmarket banners in my Yahoo Mail pages. So I visit it often. Only a few gadgets are sold there, but it is flooded with clothes, bags, perfumes, and other accessories. The prizes are low too. Now, this presents me an option to try wholesale apparel for my Christmas gifts this year! After all, I do have dozens of relatives living close by. Kidding. I still don’t have the capacity to play Santa to everyone. Since it is still the Great Singapore Sale, they also have big discounts going on.

I’ve been eyeing this bag organizer because I badly needed one. Well, I guess ladies do need one as we change bags from time to time. Previously, it was sold at 10SGD or higher and shipping cost is not free unless you buy a certain number of items. When I visited that page again, it went down to 4SGD! The seller is just from Singapore, so I only had to pay 1SGD extra for shipping fee. Two work days later, I now have my organizer. Next time, maybe I’ll try buying some of those cute clothes from Korea for my little Shaynna.

There were times when I was able to exercise continuously for two weeks max. Then my resolve usually crumbles, then I take at least one month “rest”. This went on for months until we transferred to our current apartment and I completely stopped exercising. Not even a single stretching exercise. Then my family came to visit in May. At that time, I weighed 53 kgs. They went home to Philippines last month, I took my weight and panicked when the scale registered past 55kgs! Maybe now is the right time for me to try out those fat burners. I was only bent on cutting back on rice because I do consume a lot of it but I feel that there’s a lot missing. I need to sweat it out.

Then I got this flyer about a gym only for ladies near my place. I went down there for consultation. I freaked out because I now weigh 55.9kgs. I was told I am 3.9kgs overweight. Not only that, at 30, my metabolism rate is that of a 38 year old. If I don’t do anything about it, I’m pretty sure that I’d become more like my mom in just a short time.

I had been trying to get motivated enough but after that consultation, I certainly will be up on my feet trying to sweat it out. My journey to lose 3.9kgs begins now.

Diamond is a woman’s best friend. But not in my case because I can’t afford certified diamonds! Kidding aside, I’m not really into jewelries. I don’t wear a single ring nor a pair of earrings. I don’t like wearing bracelets, but I love wearing necklaces (am I contradicting myself here?).
The photo on the right shows all my necklaces. Let’s keep this a secret between us, OK? Almost all of these cost only about S$10. Some of you may have noticed two of these in an Avon brochure. The one in the middle is the most expensive one: a Swarovski! It’s my favorite not only because of its price but it was given to me as a farewell gift from my friends in Japan.

One of the things that I had a hard time leaving in Japan was my bicycle. I no longer know what became of it. My sudden relocation to Singapore didn’t give me enough time to sell it to the bicycle shop. It helped a lot in preventing undesirable bulge in my belly, that is now becoming ever visible as my stay here in Singapore gets longer. A great fat burner, indeed. And I really miss bicycling.

We are moving to a new place on Saturday. That place is far from the grocery store and it would be hard carrying stuff home. I just hope there’s a sale on bicycles somewhere. Now, I miss those shops in Japan that sell second-hand stuff. At least I could buy a used one that’s half the price of a new one but still in very good condition. There’s a good thing about the new place, though. It’s closer to the office. I could just walk home.

Singapore has been very humid lately. This means oilier face, thus, I’m having worse acne breakout. How I wish there’s a store here in Singapore that sells Japanese toiletries. I wish I have easy access to the acne serum I used in Japan. Now, I’m shifting from one acne cream to another, and mind you, it is not easy on my budget. If facials are cheap here, I would have tried that already. How I wish they also sell 8×4 body sprays here. Those were really refreshing during summer there. There was also this shower gel that minimize sweating! The wonders of Japanese toiletries!

I only have a week to pack my things. Yet, it’s hard to do that because our place is already up for rent, so lots of viewing have been scheduled. Oh speaking of viewing, I was really annoyed to hear from my housemate that someone opened by cabinets! We did view units that are still occupied but we didn’t do such a thing. I just hope that will never happen again, especially now I don’t have the time to iron my clothes.

When we viewed the new place, I was excited to move-in. I was mesmerized by the Ikea-showroom-feel of the house that we did not have time to think things through. Now, I realize that my room-to-be is just about 2/3 the size of my current room. Currently, that room is the The living-room plus dining-room-to-be is just as big as our current dining area. One of those entertainment centers wouldn’t fit into the living room. To cross the street to the bus stop, I have to take the overpass. Worst, we signed up for a 2-year contract!

Looking at the bright side, our kitchen will be a lot better. Our toilet/bathroom will finally have a light shade, and from CRT television to a wall-mounted LCD TV.

I don’t want to say goodbye to my current room. How I wish I did not convince my housemates to view that house!

Two weeks ago, I received a call from a fitness center here in Singapore. I was told that I have been granted free yoga sessions for two weeks, and that I could take along two friends at most. I was also told to bring workout clothes on my first visit. Hearing the word “free” got my full attention. Plus, I’ve been looking for a facility that offers cheap yoga classes. Why not see if yoga is really for me for no cost at all?

Little did I know that I had to summon a lot of courage to say no to another monthly expense. A sales agent tried to convince us by drawing up plans that are way cheaper than the usual price. She even took out the registration fee of S$500. The cheapest offer she presented was a 12-month gym tie-in at S$84 (including GST) per month. I almost said yes because at that time, all I had in mind was to loose weight. I was really glad financial reality sank it, was able to say no gracefully, and convinced myself to make use of the public fitness equipments at the parks instead.

Honestly, I have never tried using the treadmill. I have never even been into a gym! Before fitness centers became a norm, I thought that gyms are full of either really big guys who look like they’re taking testosterone booster or really sexy ladies who look like they just do exercises without eating anything! Gosh, I seriously need to at least step into a gym!

So what happened to the two-week trial? When we said no, the sales agent got an amnesia.  We never even got the promised tour inside the facility.