It’s been really hard to keep up with the blog… but i swear things will get better once my new manager starts in Jan. I miss blogging! And i’ve been SO INSANELY BUSY with meetings, events, work, the Kinkybluefairy e-store, social stuff… it’s like every single hour is taken up. I’ve never slept so little in the past 5 years, but strangely enough, i don’t feel too tired. Ok what am i saying, i DO feel tired. There are times i just want to lay down on my bed and not have to think about work or my endless to-do list, but… now is not the time to be tired! It’s do or die (dramanya…)
My to-blog list is scarily long… i think i will shut myself away in January and just turn my focus back to my blog. Well, i HAVE to.
But for now, here are some random pictures in no particular order of what i’ve been up to in December.
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I did a charity drive for Uber, along with a whole bunch of personalities in KL. We were to drive customers around in Volkswagen automobiles around for 4 hours or more, and all the money we collected from our drives were to be matched by Uber and VW respectively, and donated to charities of our choices.
I was paired with Serena, yay!
She chose WAO to donate to, while i chose the Malaysian Nature Society.
I’ve been supporting various charities that aid human beings in the past 5 years, but of late, i’ve been FEELING that i want to give back to the planet more. Earth is the reason we are who we are… so from henceforth i will be focusing more on environmental organisations. If there are any you think i’d be interested to know of, please email me joyce@kinkybluefairy.com !
Our drive was on Friday 12.12.14, and i went to pick Serena up. It was a real squeeze into our time cos December is just so crazy for everyone. I rushed into the office for a quick shoot for our KBF Christmas card for TEN MINUTES before running out. Thinking it’d be funny to have some sort of costume, i grabbed a chicken mask.
Serena took one look at it and said, “You are NOT wearing that while driving!”
Me: Of course not!! Are you crazy!?
Serena: I don’t know!! It’s you!
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Thanks to that chicken mask, i won Most Outstanding Costume for the day from Uber XD
Being a driver is tiring! We drove to KLCC, then to Bangsar, then to KLCC again, then back to Bangsar. Thank you to everyone who caught an Uber ride with us that day! Hope our service was up to standard 😉 Admittedly i cursed *once*. We were fetching a make up artist customer to Petaling Street and i blurted out, “F*ck man!”
Serena: Joyce! No cursing in front of the customers!
Me: But that guy was being such an asshole! He wouldn’t let me go…
I’m being optimistic that we were very entertaining drivers…
Thanks to Uber and Volkswagen for getting us on board the campaign, it was a great experience. I have uber respect for drivers now!
After the drive, i had an hour to kill and felt so exhausted i snuck off to Energy for a 1-hour massage before meeting Aps + Rudy + Ion + Jess + Tania + Justin for dinner. It’d been WEEKS since i caught up with them and i really miss my friends..!
Edward from Singapore joined us a little later, and after that i took him to No Black Tie cos it’s his first time in KL. I ended up having a blast watching Havana Social Club perform Cuban music so much, i stayed till the end. People pushed the tables and chairs to the side and everyone was dancing!
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One weekend, my little MaryBerry got hitched! I went to her house at 6am for the torturing session that is one of my favourite traditions. Someone told me that this practice is a very Malaysian thing because “one day a long time ago, some idiot said that he’d rather put his groomsmen on the line instead of pay a dowry”… and this is what has resulted. So the fact of the matter is – pay your full dowry and nobody gets hurt!
But looking at the bigger picture, money can’t buy us women the kind of entertainment we get from torturing guys. I asked Aaron, “What’s the worst thing you’ve ever had to do as a heng tai?”
He gave me a pained expression while replying, “They made me dress up as Hello Kitty.”
I laughed so freaking loud.
This time, we got all the guys to remove their shirts and dress up in scarves while making 50s pin up model poses on the ground, but after a minute, they started making these kinky poses and turned it into what looked like an orgy -_- Men. After lots of games and yelling at them to give us ang pow, Chek sang “Grow Old With You” outside Mary’s door before getting to open it… and found a decoy bride inside.
The girls got Gobi to wear a veil and lie sexily on the bed 😀
On the right is my eyeshadow for the wedding that night. I hadn’t put on my eyeliner or mascara yet, just wanted to record my handiwork which was a combination of colours from Shu Uemura, Urban Decay and Stila.
The wedding was a downright party at Zebra Square which involved a LOT of drinking and seeing old friends i hadn’t seen for a decade who suddenly amassed an entourage of children without my knowledge.
On the left is when Mary and Chek popped the champagne and everyone watched the cork fly.
On right is Kanch, Mary and i. Mary wore the most exquisite dresses for her wedding, so proud of her fashion choices!
The next day (Sunday) i went to The Met at 11am for hair prep and shoot which lasted till 12:30am.
The Met asked me whom i thought would model a crazy hair colour along with me for their SS15 lookbook, and i couldn’t think of anyone better than SweetEe. This would also mean that her hair would be sponsored for the next year and she’d look even better for KBF all the time 😀 Also discovered that day that Sweet can model!
We had make up by Taiso, photography by Alexio, styling by Max Mak and Nathan, and hair by Randall and Chuen.
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One late night on our off day, Tai Yong and i went to some dodgy area in KL for some legendary roti banjir with half boiled egg. My new hair matched the walls!
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One morning, i went to the launch of CC Fun Factory – a line of cute baby onesies designed and manufactured locally by Serena C!
Check out www.ccfunfactorystore.com
So many babies… only 4 of us in the pic don’t have children (i’m not complaining, i still love being the child :p)
Nilam and Lyla, Yiu Lin + Zara, Lexie, Noryn + Umar, Aishah + Aina + Soraya, Huei Min + Sonia, Cammy + Cameron, Mare.
Hani + Noah, Steph, me, Serena + Chloe, and Rozie.
Sonia is the sweetest! Such a good quiet smiley baby!
And Olaf! YOU’RE MY BEST FRIENDDDDD
(Felt like stealing that Olaf cut out)
That night i went for Tenacious D at KL Live after work.
I was damn tired that day… but i LOVE JACK BLACK so i forced myself to go.
I didn’t regret it.
He was awesome.
He IS awesome!
Kyoto Protocol opened for Tenacious D.
On right is me, Sarch and Susu.
We realised we all dressed like kids that day – backpacks, sneakers, bright patterns, overalls, etc.
#foreveryoung
SueAnn got some time out from Baby Chongy and is so unaccustomed to drinking beer anymore that she got tipsy after one.
On right is Justin, we sat next to each other in Std. 3 😀 If i knew back then he was going to be a famous artist, i would have swiped all the Spiderman drawings he used to sketch when we were 9 years old.
Fufu, Sarch and JACK BLACK
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My Elsa dress from HK arrived! I was so busy in the office that i didn’t have time to try it on till a week later. I felt like putting on a song from the Frozen OST and prancing out, but i was afraid the whole team might never take me seriously ever again… writing this down now, i don’t even know what diff that would have made cos they did end up taking pix for me…
But ANYWAY, isn’t my dress so awesome!?
All you little kids can go suck it cos my Elsa dress is better than yoursssss
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On days i feel like a kid…
On left:
top; topshop
leggings; copenhagen
sneakers; seoul
bag; seoul
On right:
top; topshop
skirt; leftblock
My off-shoulder white lace romper is from Love Bonito,
LOVE necklace, Quay sunnies, and sparkly shoes from Shoes Shoes Shoes,
Laptop bag from Snupped.com.
Hat from The Odd Loft in Publika (has it closed down?)
I received a box from Longchamp one busy afternoon and opened it to find… a surprise present!
A Pliage Cuir in a gorgeous purple!
It was a day i felt i reached a new milestone in bloggerdom. Hahaha merci beaucoup Longchamp!!
White shirt from Love Bonito;
drapey pants from Johor designer Bev C;
handmade sunnies from Italian brand Mouet;
flats from Tory Burch.
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This is what happens when you get older and time seems to fly by…
One moment Steph is pregnant, and the next, POP! She’s got a baby!
(i know it took a LOT more effort than it seems… XD)
Welcome to the world William James Loh!
On left is Rae-Lynn on her 100th birthday! Made by Cho Wei and Kay-Li 😀
On right is William, with Lilou (Heleau and Lucas’ baby)
Yeah… i had a total baby weekend when i found my Sat and Sun free a week ago and went to visit friends’ babies i hadn’t yet met. There is still a long list of babies i haven’t met… Sigh ok don’t think about it now.
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Elaine got married!!! I had a crazy day at work and wasn’t even sure if i’d make it in time, totally missed the afternoon portion and made it for dinner!
Me, Sazzy, Aishah and Hani are ALL wearing pieces from Love Bonito!
On right is beautiful bride in the middle. Congrats to you and Nick! It was a beautiful private wedding.
At my table were Sa, Nadia and Ira! Ok not a great pic.
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Thanks to Omega for sending a globe for Christmas, and Urban Decay for the new Naked On The Run palette!
Left: When will i learn to wear my heels when i know that all the Miss Malaysias/models are gonna turn up -_- This was taken at MyDentist, where i get my gleaming gnashers done, as do they!
Right: Observing the lightening of my pigmentation after having a couple of laser sessions at Me Clinic @ Times Square. They’re having a 1-for-1 promo till 31 Dec, click *here* for details
Left: Claudia‘s first editor’s note in Cleo mag! She’s been working freakishly hard since she started, i hardly ever see her anymore!!
Right: Found new brand where i can get intensely-coloured high-quality workout wear – Australian brand Lorna Jane is in BV2! They’ve got an online store: www.believeactive.com
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Went for the launch of Wei Ling Gallery‘s latest space on 6th Floor in Gardens!
Again, i was very tired that evening and thought i’d just drop by for an hour or two, but it turned out to be so wicked fun (i got tossed in the air by two crazy girls dancing XD) and made so many new friends that i left really late -_-
On right is me with one of Malaysia’s leading contemporary artists whose work was exhibited throughout the gallery that night – Ivan Lam.
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I went for the launch of Monki in 1 Utama, thanks for dressing me up!
Left: Lexie and i (we’re gonna be spending NYE in Boracay together weeee!)
Right: With Nadia and Arabyrd = Twinkies
Left: Me being stupid.
Right: With Evangeline and Cherrie, the bloggers behind Duo Gigs
I remember someone from PR (who shall remain anonymous) saying to me weeks ago, “Babe, i swear to god these bloggers look the same, i can’t differentiate them…”
Me: Of course they’d look the same… you know they’re twins right?
Her: Really?! OMFG
I cracked up.
With Lexie on the left, with Melissa on the right.
TWINKIES! There’s an interview of them in ELLE mag this month!
With my #forcedfriends Clouds and Didi
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Pix from Urbanscapes day
Deep dragged me off when he saw how unrelaxed i was upon delivering all the stock at Urbanscapes. He made me slow down my walk (said i walked too fast) and stand under a tree for 20 minutes to just… chill. That’s Vish on the left.
Left: me, SweetEe, Weng Yee and Joe.
Right: my blue hoodie from Uniqlo came in handy when it started to rain
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Wow. I feel tired just noting down all the stuff i did!
OK GOTTA RUN
I have to go through my Christmas cooking list and time strategy,
haven’t wrapped a single present or written a single card,
not panicking not panicking….
BYE
