Simple vlog, simply my first attempt: A video for my family.

For my loved ones.

My true feelings.

With much love,

cynnieco.

[REVIEW] Hiruscar Post-Acne Review &... some little thoughts of mine.

Hey guys!

If you have read the teens magazine for May issue, you would probably have a whole lot of idea what I'm saying today.

Yes this!!!

As you guys have known, Hiruscar has been a long established brand which produces mainly cream/gel products that are targeted at removing scars from your skin.

Be it burnt scars, cuts or some might be the after-effect scars from injections that you've once got.

But of course, besides those scars that one might suffer from injuries, what about pimple scars?

You know those that might actually leave pock marks on your face?

Yes those!!

So Hiruscar is here to help!

Really want to thank Teens magazine for allowing me to review on this product which can also be found on one of the bulletin of teens magazine!

What I LOVE about this product is definitely the narrow opening of the product.

You wouldn't have to worry about squeezing out too much at one go which means...

You can use it for even longer!

At just $19.90, this product is worth an investment.

When I applied it upon my face,

I could feel the cooling and tingling effect on my face which feels like my skin was literally being stretched.

Which feels like it's smoothing out your face!

Sounds like botox feel right I know haha but this is for scar and not some wrinkles issues.

It is now available at those  pharmaceutical places such as guardian & Watsons etc.

So get yours now!

And maybe also teens magazine to show some support? :p

Once again, I would like to thank teens magazine for featuring me for the Hiruscar review and also for one of their features!

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Now, it's officially 21 days, 3 weeks to go before I bid goodbye to Singapore for a couple of months.

I have mixed feelings.

Of course, the excitement of seeing Mickey Mouse & friends is definitely there!

But the pain of leaving my loved ones is definitely hurting me as well.

I do hope that the couple of months there will be a peaceful, fun and definitely unforgettable for me ;)

Besides, so many meet ups with my friends over the 3 weeks that I can't wait to see them!! :)

If you've been following my instagram as well,

Yes, I'm back for some Baking Addiction with #daisycooks!

Butter-less, sugar-less, whole wheat chocolate cupcakes which I think did not turn out too well as the butter smell is still the most distinctive point of a cupcake.

Tough luck trying to be healthy while indulging :(

But that doesn't mean I'm giving up!!

I will master it soon.

But meanwhile, I can't resist anymore butter.

True love of original M&M cookies, which means with butter, plain flour and loads and loads of M&Ms!!

So glad that my colleagues loved it because I specially baked it for them :')

one last peanut butter cookies before I leave Singapore and my lovely colleagues from La Senza!

In case you don't know, yes I work there HAHA.

my favourite shot of all times ;)

And I guess I should probably become a Thai.

My favourite Thai Ruby!!

Look at all those wonderful colours whoops whoops.

Right down my tummy wummy with none left you :p

Want to know more about all these cooking and stuff or any relevant topics you guys want me to blog about?

Let me know because I will be more willing to know it ;)

goodbye sweethearts,

cynnie

Yay updates and everything: Grin Affair, Dad's birthday!

Yes finally I'm blogging.

Before I continue slacking my ass off, I've got to start putting back in effort in typing out my experiences and moments into words.

Outfit of the day!

Finally wearing back:

Striped cap x Forever 21

 American Eagle Muscle Tank x Heritage 81

High waist shorts x my sister's loots

Bracelets x @beatxbeads & Red Wings store @ OC

That day was scorching hot.

Practically walked around the whole of Outram Park while finding the place!

Was all that walking worth it or not?

Continue reading :p

This condominium should be iconic enough for you to locate the Grin Affair store!

If you did not expect Grin Affair to be located around a neighbourhood estate, yes it is there.

At the far end, which is why we got lost a little while even with our GPS!

Surprisingly, there were a few other cafes located around that area as well and it's pretty near to Duxton as well!

So if you're on a cafe-hopping spree and just too full for any desserts, maybe you can pop by Grin Affair for some takeaway sweet treats!

OR

If you're not full/hungry/itchy mouth/having a sweet tooth,

this is the right place.

Tadah!

We are at the doorstep!

Looking pretty cosy just from the exterior, I really grinned.

I mean to me, I or We love cosy little places to chill out isn't it?

This place felt homely enough to me.

It was a Tuesday/Wednesday afternoon.

So we weren't really expecting a crowd or anything which pretty much was true!

Perhaps more of takeaways.

I felt like I walked into a tiny cottage.

With a dim orange light lit to welcome the customers in.

Seats were minimal, which makes it more spacious and of course there were seats outside too!

DIY decks just made the overall interior so much cuter!

We were greeted by an auntie which I assume might be the owner's mum or someone, and with her warm smile and greetings, I really felt happy to be there!

Even without eating the cakes, I felt sweet enough.

Okay mushy enough.

The auntie recommended some of the hot favourites such as 

Strawberry Cheese;

Cookies & cream;

Lychee Passion.

Sharlene(my twin aka owner of @beatxbeads on Instagram; do check out her handmade bracelets!) got the Strawberry Cheese well I opted for the Hazelnut because I'm just a lover of hazelnuts.

The Strawberry Cheese was GOOD.

The strong taste of cream cheese enhanced with the sweetness of the strawberries and the crumbs at the top just made it melt in my mouth with a tinge of sweetness; yet it wasn't too sweet that it will make you sick of it.

Awesome recommendation; definitely a must try!

Mine was the Hazelnut.

Really filled with hazelnuts.

Mad love.

With Pralines.

I hyperventilated.

Then comes the coffee & chocolate sponge cake at the bottom.

I died.

It might not be one of the favourites, but to me it was heavenly.

The coffee & chocolate cake might taste a little bitter, but with the sweetness of the hazelnuts and the crunchy nut praline, it was a perfect match of bitter and sweet.

My tastebuds had a struggle trying to taste it, because It was so good that I just chewed and really just wanted to have another mouthful of it.

So my tastebuds couldn't enjoy longer.

*punch self*

Check out @grinaffair << click here!

Or visit them:

3 Everton Park

#01-77A

Singapore 08003

(+65 8222-2678)

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Aww I love them.

(taken during my sister's graduation ceremony at SIM which I do not have any pictures yet.)

Dad's birthday which falls on 13th April!

Celebrated over at Buffet Town @ City Hall the day before, and he was so elated to see his Pedro shoes as his birthday present!

So officially him with his birthday cake!

Chocolate Mousse cake from Prima Deli!

Dad with Mum!

Thank you both for bringing us up, I know it's like a parent's responsibility but without all these years of care and love, we wouldn't have grown up knowing the society, 

knowing how to care and love,

how to contribute back to the society,

and so much more stuff.

I hope to see our family every loving together, travelling together, dinner times together, so much more.

I can't imagine days when I will be in Florida and not being able to see you all for 3 months.

it's gonna be tough, but I will do you proud.

With loads of love,

cyn.

So busy, so tired with work.

Will be back soon with fun and interesting stuff!

Stay tuned, daisies.

cyn.

Inner.

I'm feeling down, confused, angst and simply indignant.

Before you read on, do you ever feel disregarded?

That's the question I've been asking myself.

Could be within these days, weeks, months, years.

I always thought.

In life, as we grow up, we tend to have more responsibility and tasks in lives to complete, simply because we know we need to and can do it.

As a sister, I find it essential for me to do things for my siblings and family as well.

I can say, I try to put in my heart to do my very best for them.

I do flare up at them at times, well who doesn't?

But I would apologise in an attempt to reunite this family harmony that we call it.

I tried, by surprising them, buying movie tickets to watch with them, even if I can say I barely earn a minimum per month to even feed my expenses.

All I wished, was just them to be happy.

In fact, most of them appreciated it.

But why can't appreciation be shown?

Where's the usual social etiquette of a simple "Thank you" when someone treats you or something?

I can do for you anything, in fact as long as I can achieve it, I will.

I can do the dishes for you, I can cook for you, making your bed for you, prepare your water bottle etc.

I don't need a "Thank you", I really don't.

All I wanted, was just you not taking me for granted.

Respect as a family member.

That's it.

Is it that hard to achieve?

How do we ever get someone to appreciate our existence?

I don't want regrets.

I don't.

But I can't imagine that if someday comes and we all regretted for our actions.

Someday, we will be separated.

We will, in fact Everyone does.

Just make every min with anyone the most precious moment of your life.

Don't waste it.

Don't disregard it.

Time never turns back for us, we turn back and look at them.

With teary eyes, with regretful words.

With remorse.

Because we know we ain't getting back those moments.

I love...Japanese food!

Japanese food has never been out of my league.

Especially for someone like me who loves to nibble, food like sushi is just too tempting for me to resist.

Well, of course I love food such as okonomiyaki, donburi and many more.

I love noodles too, preferably udon over ramen.

However, having seen all the good reviews about Santouka Ramen by some other bloggers, I decided to give it a shot too to really taste how good it is!

In Singapore, there's 2 outlets on Santouka Ramen: 1 being at The Central (Clarke Quay) and the other at Orchard Cuppage (just beside Orchard Centrepoint)

 With a coupon, we've got some Cha-Shu to kick off our meal!

I ain't a fan of pork dishes, but this was surprisingly good.

With a tender and chewy texture, there wasn't too much of pork smell/taste, which some people might not be favourable of.

As much as it is chewy, it was easy to bite off and goes great with the ramen soup.

Not long after, ramen is served!

 As much as I love spicy stuff, I was definitely glad to see that many people have raved about the Kara Miso Ramen (Hot bean paste soup base) so how can I miss that out?

The soup was definitely good, however, just not as spicy as how I would want it to be :(

But on a bright side, it might be suitable for the general public as it's not overly spicy!

The noodles wasn't up to our expectations though, kind of like an instant noodles texture.

Probably the ones at Central would have been better.

My friend got the salt soup ramen which was fantastic itself.

It wasn't too salty, and tasted rather like a tonkotsu soup base which I believe the soup base was taken into great effort making it.

Noodles are rather filling, which I'm absolutely appealed to Santouka Ramen offering different sizes for they ramen! 

Ranging between Small, Medium & Large size, there isn't a chance that you might want to waste the noodles, unless our appetite is even smaller than a Small.

And of course, you save on your cost and food wastage!

Excellent idea ;)

As much as the noodles weren't satisfying, I believe that the soup base is one of the key factor to a good ramen as well.

So, if you're a ramen lover who is seeking for a good soup base, Santouka Ramen is recommended for you!

Perhaps you can try out the Central outlet which I think the noodle texture might vary as the Orcahrd outlet.

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After a fulfilling lunch, Xinping and I headed off to Forever 21 for some shopping and just simply spending our time before we headed on to make her spectacles.

Absolutely loving F21's seasonal clothes now!

So floral and crochet-like, I couldn't resist it but gotta reduce on my spending.

So I splurged on a pretty nice striped cap!

only at SGD15, it was pretty worth the price.

Head on to my Instagram @cynnieco to view it!

One of my ootd which I think I looked quite action but whatever hahaha.

Love the look anyway.

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Then off for dinner at Mayim!

A Chinese Restaurant located at Northpoint (NS13 Yishun station)

Hot and Sour soup as usual, just to get our tastebuds kicking before we rolled on to our mains.

Some stir-fried noodles with mushrooms, leek and everything else.

Oh, that's my dad and bro!

Say hi hahaha.

My dumplings noodle soup!

Absolutely love how smooth the handmade lamian noodles are and the dumplings were just simply chewy and the skin is so smooth that it glided down my throat!

Of course not as a whole that will make you choke ok, i mean after you bit if off bit by bit hehe.

Dad's Shanghai Tan Lamian!

Used to be my favourite dish until I showed favouritism to my new bowl of noodles.

Reason why I loved this is because, the noodles are FAT like udon :p

And ending this post with my mum enjoying her food!

It's always nice to see down together with your family, gathered round the table and having a nice meal with frequent chatters and feeding one another with food.

Too bad my sis wasn't around but it was a good meal!

goodbye and hope to hear from you guys soon!

cynnie.

What have I been up to lately.

Ahhh the rain is finally here.

I'm really grateful that the rain came in time after not raining for a few weeks or even a month.

The grass was literally burnt and they seemed like they were dying :'(

But isn't it beautiful to see how Mother Nature saves the natural beauty around us? :')

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Anyway, these few days were hectic.

Besides just working, I had so many other stuffs like my travel to settle.

And also prepping dinner for my family..

which I think I'm improving!

Recently, I was soooooo caught up with Japanese dramas.

Which especially would be Miss Pilot just released last year!

Studying in the field of aviation was my passion.

I thought, well it might not eventually be what I would really end up in the future.

However, after watching Miss Pilot, I'm so much more affirmed and sure of this aviation path that I want to walk on.

And guess what!

I'm aspiring to be a ground staff.

To be able to serve the passengers and help them out in need, see the smiles on them, hearing their complaints(which obviously is NOT desired, but o'well we've got to deal with it).

The male lead, perhaps I guess, was Saito Takumi which is my new Japanese idol.

Hahahaha ;)

Nevertheless, it is an inspirational drama to catch so don't miss out on it if you're passionate about aviation!

Are there anymore shows to be recommended?

If so, I would really like to hear about it!

And also kill time since I'm trying to occupy all my days.

I will be sharing more of my food adventures coming up next so stay tuned!

goodbye,

cynnie.