♥ Dominique ♥

Sunday Blabber

Monday, March 31, 2014 • 12:43 AM • 0 comments

The movie was good, not fantastic, but good. What left an impression on is their soundtrack. Really love some of these songs. Totally my style especially 'i need you' by M83. Reminds me of Polica. I quite like Snow Patrol's 'I won't let you go'. And the movie introduced me to Theo James. He's charming in the movie! ;)

Random thoughts as I ran today...

I saw a middle-aged man dressed in tattered clothes driving an old dirty van. His passenger was an old lady who is probably his mother. They were chatting in the car. What went through my mind was that he could possibly be a very nice son who sent or went out with his mother somewhere. On the other hand, I was in a cab earlier today and in the conversation between my parents and the driver, he mentioned how unfilial his son is. He was upset that after sending his son to university and now that he's working, he doesn't really care about the family. His wife had passed on and he is living alone. Although he is living well, i guess he would appreciate more care and concern from his children.
What I thought about today was that filial piety is a value that does not discriminate. Anyone could be filial and anyone could be unfilial. It's kinda that like how we say that blood is universal. You could be rich, poor, tall, short, Asian, Caucasian, African, Arabic and we could share the same blood groups - O, A, B, AB. Blood does not discriminate. Okay, so maybe it's a bit of a stretch here but I just thought that an educated and well dressed man could be such a jerk to his parents and someone who is less educated and well-dressed could be such a wonderful child. I mean some of us don't even have conversations in the car with our parents. Of course, there are criminals who are good to their parents but harm others. But anyone can be filial and unfilial. Hold your judgement. It's what makes Men so interesting. #psychology!
Divergent makes me wanna be smart, selfish, just, kind and brave.
My baby nephew makes me wanna have kids like now.
Really really want a massive cool outdoor birthday/wedding/whatever party!
I like the Chopard Happy Jewellary/Watch collections.
We should be allowed to bring pets up public transport as long as we are considerate! We can have rules and regulations but really, at the end of the day, people should be guided by their own moral compass, have their own impulse control and take perspectives of others and be considerate to others. People need to learn that they have to have all these in order to build a good culture and civilization and earn trust. We trust each other to not hurt/harm/be nasty to others. Just like our government and civil service system. It's not 100% without corruption but we trust each other or at least majority, to uphold our code of conduct and ethics. So same for bringing your pets around, keep in others' in mind and make sure your pets are muzzled if they bark or are biters, put into bags, properly toilet trained, does not disturb others, keep in mind of those who may not want to be near dogs due to fear/religious beliefs/etc.

Most importantly, I'm thankful for all the good things that have happened and I trust that the not-so-good ones help me learn to be a better person and that things will eventually be good again. ;)
I hope and pray for health, happiness and peace. Amen.

Labels: 2014, birthdays, chopard, divergent, filial, life, m83, parties, polica, psychology, running, snow patrol, songs, thankful, wedding

I don't wanna be a spendthrift.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 • 2:17 AM • 0 comments

This is gonna be quite a random documentation of my life in June.

Last year this time, I was in beautiful awesome California..... and San Francisco... but this June, I had only a short break in Penang for a wedding and in Hong Kong to discover that Singapore party boys are less bold and that's a good thing.

Street art by Penang Artist, Louis Gan. He is very talented despite his hearing and speech impairments.

I've not travelled much of SEA and so Penang was a pleasantly nice break. I enjoyed the awesome food and DIY day-tour of the street art.

Always great to travel with someone who loves photography because I love to be photographed.

They serve as the best keepsake. Be it an event, place or person.

Easily, BEST BURGERS i've EVER eaten. ZOMG.

I love lavender and i love this shot.

Up and away. And someone proposed on the hot-air balloon too. Aw...

Ok, back to reality. Left my handphone and it was gone in 5 minutes. It was at Changi Airport! Least expect it to be lost there. Well, so I had to buy a new one. Just when I thought I could hold out for iPhone 5s or iPhone 6. Bummer. But I must say that the iPhone 5 is really speedy and light. :) Love the black, super thin and velvety-to-touch Krusell I bought for my new black beauty. Love it that the black iPhone 5 has black buttons. Yums. Now it's all nero sleek.

Meanwhile, I'm supa broke. Need.To.Save.
Bills > Salary has to be Save>Bills. 'Nuff said. =S

Need to really lose weight not money though.

The hardest two things women have to maintain fine balances with - Money & Weight: Save not spend, Lose not gain.
Both concepts do not correlate but are now in an inverse relationship in my life. Ha!

Nearly bought another Vara. Really wanted to customise one... :( http://icona.ferragamo.com/
Supa comfy for 550usd.

Okay, but i really love that arty ring. I thought it was expensive and gaudy but after lusting it for a year...
-Update: bought my ring but turquoise and lapis all sold out. Sigh. Not even available in MBS. Last production! So I bought the pink. Pinko! She'll be. Kinda torn between quirky coral & mellow pink. Guess I went on the safe side. Kept thinking it might be good to buy the coral because this is glass and having patterns in it makes it more unique. But... ah... oh well.

Other eye candies. Heart is willing, pocket isn't. But we can all have eye candies. ;)

Cartier's gold love bracelet & 3 stack rings

Beautiful story behind Love Bracelet

A young Cartier staff designer created a remarkable new item what was to become one of the most famous status symbols of our age. The designer was the late Aldo Cipullo...and the item was the Cartier "Love Bracelet".

What is so beautiful about this masterpiece is that it was created based on his desires to create a modern-day symbol of a "locked up", committed relationship and that led him to the design of a two-piece bracelet that had to be bolted together to encircle the wrist. And thus was born the "Love Bracelet" and its accompanying screwdriver.

When the marketing campaign was launched, only lover/couple were allowed to purchase this bracelet in a form of his & her's bracelet. The marketing was such that no singles were ever allowed for buy one for each use.

& Celine's nano luggage.

:) Celebration for Mumsy's big birthday and Daddy's day and other June happenings.

$800 bowl of goodness. Seriously. Yums.

Awesome service. They played HB song for mumsy and...Sparkler-Music-playing-Candle!

Mink's not the only place with sparklers.

This one can even play HB song and have candles.

Love mum's supa happy cute look!

Girls love flowers. :)

Bistro Du Vin.

Cute kitty in Penang at LC Nasi Kandar. By the way, food was DA BOMB.

Let's hope everything works out well and I can go on a good holiday with great company and awesome itinerary. =D

kthxbye.

Labels: 2013, Arty Ring, birthday, Cartier, Celine, family, Ferragamo, friends, iPhone 5, love, money, Penang, SEA Aquarium, USA, wedding, weight, YSL

Previously on Earth

Sunday Blabber

Monday, March 31, 2014 • 12:43 AM • 0 comments

I saw a middle-aged man dressed in tattered clothes driving an old dirty van. His passenger was an old lady who is probably his mother. They were chatting in the car. What went through my mind was that he could possibly be a very nice son who sent or went out with his mother somewhere. On the other hand, I was in a cab earlier today and in the conversation between my parents and the driver, he mentioned how unfilial his son is. He was upset that after sending his son to university and now that he's working, he doesn't really care about the family. His wife had passed on and he is living alone. Although he is living well, i guess he would appreciate more care and concern from his children.
What I thought about today was that filial piety is a value that does not discriminate. Anyone could be filial and anyone could be unfilial. It's kinda that like how we say that blood is universal. You could be rich, poor, tall, short, Asian, Caucasian, African, Arabic and we could share the same blood groups - O, A, B, AB. Blood does not discriminate. Okay, so maybe it's a bit of a stretch here but I just thought that an educated and well dressed man could be such a jerk to his parents and someone who is less educated and well-dressed could be such a wonderful child. I mean some of us don't even have conversations in the car with our parents. Of course, there are criminals who are good to their parents but harm others. But anyone can be filial and unfilial. Hold your judgement. It's what makes Men so interesting. #psychology!
Divergent makes me wanna be smart, selfish, just, kind and brave.
My baby nephew makes me wanna have kids like now.
Really really want a massive cool outdoor birthday/wedding/whatever party!
I like the Chopard Happy Jewellary/Watch collections.
We should be allowed to bring pets up public transport as long as we are considerate! We can have rules and regulations but really, at the end of the day, people should be guided by their own moral compass, have their own impulse control and take perspectives of others and be considerate to others. People need to learn that they have to have all these in order to build a good culture and civilization and earn trust. We trust each other to not hurt/harm/be nasty to others. Just like our government and civil service system. It's not 100% without corruption but we trust each other or at least majority, to uphold our code of conduct and ethics. So same for bringing your pets around, keep in others' in mind and make sure your pets are muzzled if they bark or are biters, put into bags, properly toilet trained, does not disturb others, keep in mind of those who may not want to be near dogs due to fear/religious beliefs/etc.

Labels: 2014, birthdays, chopard, divergent, filial, life, m83, parties, polica, psychology, running, snow patrol, songs, thankful, wedding