Have been really busy since school started this semester. I'm guessing there are at least 60 emails to attend to, and I'm waking up in a couple of hours to start doing some self-revision again.
Honestly, it has been an arduous journey trying to cope with school, my blog, and my personal life over the past 2 years. - Keeping a balance in all three is what I find burdensome...
I used to breakdown a lot in the beginning; I can burst into tears abruptly for how suffocated I feel, but realised later on, that it's absolutely normal to cry, but it's important to know how to get back up on your feet and move forward.
Sometimes, I wish I could stop the world from revolving, do whatever I wish to do, and get back to exactly where I left off once I'm ready to handle all the sh*t life throws me again.
Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm pretty sure we won't be able to do that with our current technology. Haha, maybe in a few centuries time that may be possible. Who knows right?
So, for the time being, I guess the best way to overcome failure is to be able to pick yourself up fast.
When one door closes, another opens. It will happen, but at times you might have to find that door on your own.
Giving up is no longer an option in my life. It's strenuous, but I'd always ask myself - "I've put in all my time and effort, made so many sacrifices to get to where I am now... I will never be able to turn back time and make up for all the loss. So is it worth to let go of everything now?" Successors don't back out from failure, they regard it as a motivation to work harder.
You have to fall, to be able to stand up again. Why lead a humdrum life with no problems, no pain and no satisfaction?
And failures derive from the decisions you make. There will come a time when it's crucial for you to give up on something you really want for something you really need. Vice versa. You can never have the best of both worlds.
Yet another passing thought that got me awake at odd hours.
Previously in one of my blog posts, I mentioned about my severe
hair loss and suggested a method as to how you could solve that problem (here), and I thought I'd share a little tip
with you guys on how to tame frizzy hair today!
As most of you would know through personal experience or the
people around you, it's rather tough to avoid getting your hair damaged if you
constantly dye, bleach and heat your hair. And in my case, I've done all
three... Not just once, but an uncountable number of times. Well, you can
roughly imagine how bad the condition of my hair is at the moment.
It saddens me a little whenever I look back on the past and
recall how I used to have thick and healthy hair. Would totally use all
possible adjectives in the vocabulary to describe how good it used to be,
but god damn it, it's like a stack of hay now anyway.
Anyway, it kinda bothered me and took me forever before I
decided to do something about it. Many would suggest to go for treatment, which
indeed, is a good idea. However, I'm obviously not that industrious and was
desperately searching for alternatives - Guess what? I've finally figured out
how to get smooth-looking hair throughout the day in just one simple step!!!
*Jumps for joy*
(Do read till the end for something really special!)
Received two new products from Sunsilk in a pretty pink pouch, embellished with flora details; The Instant Smoothening cream and Instant Damage Reconstruction cream.
Along with those two products, they were really kind to drop in another two O.P.I nail polish, with colours that complement the two hair creams. Yay!
Sugar or spice?
Right let's begin! So this is my hair before I apply anything on - Dry, frizzy and it looks as if it's beyond redemption.
Firstly, apply a few sprays of Sunsilk's Nourishing & smooth spray-on conditioner. The Nourishing Oil Spray is a bi-phase spray containing 5 natural oils and milk that is sprayed on hair.
I'd usually part my hair into two, and spray 4-5 times on the ends before I brush my hair through thoroughly. (You can repeat these two steps for better results.)
Second step is to apply either of Sunsilk's Leave-on Creams; 1) Instant Damage Reconstruction or 2) Instant Smoothening cream. Both contain an instant boost of moisturise, to smoothen frizzy and unmanageable hair, as well as soft styling polymers, which makes hair flexible and easy to style. The difference is that both are designed for different hair needs. As mentioned above, my hair has gone through quite a bit of chemical processes so I use the Instant Damage Reconstruction Cream as my second step.
So pour a dollop on your palm.
Use your hands and apply it directly from mid-length to the ends.
And brush through once you're done.
Doesn't it look a lot better?!
Not only are they non-greasy, I'm absolutely in love with the scent. :p
If the previous comparison was almost imperceptible, I'm pretty sure you could tell from this though!
So, I'd usually apply the Nourishing Oil Spray at home and pack either of the Leave-on Creams out with me. Thankfully, the leave-on creams are convenient to bring with me on the go!
You can always incorporate their shampoo, conditioner and hair treatment to achieve better results. (Which is what I've been doing.) I won't promise you beautiful looking hair overnight if you've severely damaged hair, but I can assure you'd be able to notice a prominent improvement in no time.
I'm really in love with them hehe. You can get them at any local drugstores or supermarkets at only $5.90! And needless to say, they've become part of my essentials that I've to leave my house with.
Well as promised, I've got two good news to share with you guys!
1)I've become one of the four ambassadors of Sunsilk 2014.
So as mentioned a while ago, I did a shoot for Sunsilk that was
featured on Cleo’s Februaryissue and if any of you managed to get
your hands on a copy, you would have seen the Cleo hair booklet as well! For
those of you who’ve always wanted to find out how to do the side braid, you can
follow the steps in there!
Well, there’s lots more of that to come so stay tuned throughout the year and I’ll try to get everyone first hand information on Sunsilk and its launches!:)
2) Instagram Contest: Win a personal Hair Styling Makeover and $100 Sunsilk Hamper!
So Sunsilk is having their long awaited Pop-Up Salon for a second year in a row. A few other Gushcloud bloggers and I will be down for the first one happening this 15th Feb, at Bugis+, from 11am-9pm.
I will be specially picking 5 winners to personally style your hair and on top of that, you will receive a $100 Sunsilk Hamper too! But of course, you will need to follow the following steps: 1.Upload a picture on Instagram of a hairstyle that best depicts a Sunshine Babe! I would strongly encourage you to create your own hairstyle. Go get creative!! 2.In your caption, state why you deserve the prize and please remember to hashtag #sunsilkgoodtimes and #NaomiXSunsilk so that I can track it!
When I was a child, it was all about having fun - 3 Blind mice, Catching, Hide-N-Seek, Ice and Water... Hahaha, I'm not really sure what people of other generations do, but that was what I played at my time.
Then there came early teenage days, where you're just interested to know how much does each Red packet contain and kinda long to go home.
Now? Guess I'm probably at the stage where it's all about family bonding.
Personally, the past two days were really great mainly because I get to spend quality time with my family. As I grow older, the red packets don't seem to matter as much anymore. (Note it's not as much, not don't matter at all. Lmao) Instead, being able to reunite with your kin and spend a couple of hours just catching up, taking a stroll down memory lane and reminiscing on our early years... That's what I love most.
I think it's an ineluctable part of our lives; that at a certain point we'd fear to lose the people around us. In this case, our family members... Cos they are the only ones who would usually be there for us till the end of time. And yeah, I don't wanna have any regrets for not devoting my time to the right people.
Okok, this is too much, I sound like an old woman. Moving on.
I've like a huge family tree, on both my maternal and paternal side. So I had two full days of visiting... Like literally from 9am to 12am. Let's not even get started with the terrible weather that enervated the shit out of me, and above that, I was so sleep deprived :( So anyway, here are some pictures taken!
Before I end this off, here's to another quirky, crazy Chinese New Year for everyone! Click on the videos below to get through all the do's & dont's and chill together as one big happy family! 旺啊!
Not forgetting to mention, if you've yet to catch The Lion Men, you can easily be one of 88 families to win 8 tickets to watch it with any sign-up. Do visit www.starhub.com/cny for the full list of our promotions. :)
Enjoy yourselves!
naomi neo
“You can choose to focus on your imperfections, or work the shit out of whatever you have instead.”
