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.Mad.Season.1.:.Beauty.Series.Ep.5.

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KONNICHAWA!!!
Welcome back, and to the 5th Episode of Beauty Series in Mad Season 1!!!

For today!!!
*WARNING* This might seem to look like a narcissistic post.
Ving used to keep straight bangs ‘cos it helps to shape her face well, which became side fringe when I didn’t trim it when it grew out.
So now that I’m tired of keeping the side fringe that seems to be going bit out of shape, the thought of changing the fringe’s style came across my mind.
Yes. I do look rather bored of having side fringe, don’t I??
In order to save some money (cheap thrill), I’ve decided to trim my own fringe!!!
Technically speaking, you just need a pair of scissors and a comb to perform this task right?
I don’t own a pair of scissors specially for cutting hair, hence here’s what I used….. *teehee*
(It’s smaller in real life than what’s appeared here, and more for cutting paper.)
*snip snip snip*
VIOLA! ! !
(Bit crooked I know, and I over-trimmed the length till it only covers half of my forehead.)
After more minor trimmings on subsequent couple of days…
I’ve missed you so, my straight bangs!!!
Feels good to have my straight bangs back!!!
Start trimming your own hair today too!!! (It’s easier to start from the fringe!)

Do stay tuned to the 5th Episode of Cooking Series which will be up on Friday (8th Nov)!!
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.Mad.Season.1.:.Building.Series.Ep.5.

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CIAO!!!
Welcome back, and to the 5th Episode of Building Series in Mad Season 1!!!
Have you been building or fixing anything up on your own recently???

For today!!!
Ving gonna use the colored ice-cream sticks which didn’t get to be used during the 1st Episode of this series.
I’ve here with us, a small figurine named Fortune Teletext.
I ended up making a Life Buoy lookalike thingy for Fortune Teletext.
Happily in different positions…
How do you find our versatile Life Buoy???
Muahahahahaha……….
Why. So. Serious. ???

Do stay tuned to the 5th Episode of Beauty Series which will be up on Wednesday!!!
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.Mad.Season.1.:.Beauty.Series.Ep.4.

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你好!!!
Welcome back, and to the 4th Episode of Beauty Series in Mad Season 1!!!
Have you checked out the previous episodes and primped yourself well???

For today!!!
Ving tried out this Foot Exfoliating Mask that was bought during a recent Hong Kong trip, from a chain called Bonjour (similar to Sasa).
Previously I’ve tried foot mask from Tony Moly, and it was actually quite good.
So I had been anticipating how will the effect be for this.
Here’s how the mask looks like!
Wash your feet clean already, then wear them like shoes!
Leave them on for 45-60mins, during which you can just do your own stuff while waiting for the liquid to be absorbed into your soles.
When time’s up, rinse off the mask liquid with warm water.
Couple of days later…….
Ok the image of my peeling sole is rather unglam, but a little ‘sacrifice’ to show you how it be like after using the mask hahaha…..
A week after, my soles are still at the last stage of the peeling process.

Try to use a foot mask once every 1 or 2 months!
Cheers to soft and smooth soles/feet!!!

Kindly support us!!! Thankssssss!!!!! *throws foot masks*

.Mad.Season.1.:.Cooking.Series.Ep.3.

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ANNYOHASAEYO!!!!
Welcome back, and to the 3rd Episode of the Cooking Series in our Mad Season 1!!!
Have you tried out the recipes in the previous episodes???

For today!!!
Ving tried whipping up a Korean-Japanese (2 of my favourite cuisines) fusion dinner.
Here are the ingredients:
Chicken / Korean Rice Cakes / Hotdogs / Straw Mushrooms / Tofu / Kimchi / Edamame / Seaweed / Cabbage / Carrots / Japanese Miso Soup Base / Onions / Oil / Korean Chilli Paste / Tteokbokki Sauce / Multi-purpose Sauce
1st Step:
Thaw the Chicken for Spicy Chicken Stew.
2nd Step:
Prepare the ingredients.
3rd Step:
Start cooking!

For me, I started with the Miso Soup first.
1. Fill up your pot with water (up to you on how much soup you want then fill up accordingly, with bit of excess for evaporation during simmering).
2. Add in Miso Paste (if you prefer it more flavorful, add more).
3. When it started boiling, add in the Tofu cubes.
4. Leave it to simmer while you prepare the Chicken Stew.
5. At in some Seaweed before serving.

4th Step:
Start on Spicy Chicken Stew.
1. Soften the Rice Cakes by placing them in boiling water for couple of minutes, then drain them and put them aside.
2. Pour some oil into pot, then stir fry some Onions.
3. Add Cabbage and Carrots in.
4. Add in Korean Chilli Paste, Tteokbokki Sauce and Multi-purpose Sauce, then mix all evenly.
5. Add in one small packet of Kimchi, then Straw Mushrooms and Hotdogs.
6. Simmer for awhile.
7. Add in the Rice Cakes that had been softened, add well as the diced Chicken meat.
8. Mix all together evenly, then simmer for awhile more.
Serve!!!
Makgeolli (Makkoli) optional!
Verdict:
S. U. C. C. E. S. S.
Do stay tuned for the 4th Episode of Building Series which will be up on coming Monday!!!
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.Mad.Season.1.:.Beauty.Series.Ep.3.

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BONJOUR!!!
Welcome back, and to the 3rd Episode of the Beauty Series in Mad Season 1!!!

For the previous episode of this Beauty Series, Ving helped Ginzy dyed her hair to try cover the whites.
Since her hair length’s rather short, there was actually still some hairdye left over in the bottle.
Hence for today!!!
Ving attempted this little experiment with the remaining hairdye, while waiting for the hairdye colour to be absorbed onto Ginzy’s hair.

1st Step:
Prepare a pair of fake lashes.
2nd Step:
Apply a thick layer of the hairdye onto the fake lashes.
3rd Step:
Leave it for (the same amount of time as dyeing human hair) the hairdye to get absorbed in.
4th Step:
When the time’s up, rinse off the hairdye.

End result???
Verdict:
Hairdye for human hair isn’t able to be used to dye fake lashes that are made of fibres.
Too bad!!! Now we know hahaha…. >.<”

Do stay tuned for the 3rd Episode of the Cooking Series which will be out on Friday!!!
Kindly support us!!! Thankssssss!!!! *throws fake lashes*

.Mad.Season.1.:.Building.Series.Ep.3.

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KONNICHIWA!!!

Welcome back, and to the 3rd Episode of the Building Series in our Mad Season 1!!!
Hope you’ve enjoyed checking out all the previous episodes we had so far!!

Ving stumbled upon a Sanrio fair at Takashimaya awhile back, and was elated to find some products of her favourite Sanrio character on discount!! (No. Not Hello Kitty.)
Here’s KUROMI!!!
Some other items which I bought!!
I really like Nanoblock too, so I was so happy when I saw that they were selling Kuromi’s Nanoblock at the Sanrio fair!! Perfect combi for me!!!
So for today!!
Ving will be fixing up Kuromi’s Nanoblock!!!

Here’s the instruction manual provided in the pack.
Not long after…….

TADAH!!!
Super cute!!!
I couldn’t resist taking few more shots of it!
Verdict:
It’s quite easy to fix up, just that you’ll need to be bit careful not to lose any of the pieces as they are kinda tiny.
Another plus point is that in the pack, it does provide you with some extra pieces of the blocks should you happen to lose any.
Start fixing up your Nanoblocks now!!!
Have fun!!!

Do stay tuned for the 3rd Episode of the Beauty Series which will be up on Wednesday!!!
Kindly support us!!! Thankssssss!!!! *throws confetti*

.Mad.Season.1.:.Cooking.Series.Ep.2.

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OHAIYO!!!

Welcome back, and to the 2nd Episode of the Cooking Series in our Mad Season 1!!!
Hope you had fun trying out the stuff in the previous episodes of the various series!!!

For today!!!
It was early rise and shine as Ving attempted in making breakfast!! I decided to try out the pancake mix from Betty Crocker for this meal. 1st Step:
Mix the Pancake Mix with water, according to the proportions given at the back of the box. I added in some chopped bananas too for my pancakes. 2nd Step:
Scoop a portion using a ladle, and pour onto the non-stick pan that’s already smeared with some cooking oil.
Let it sizzles till bubbles form on the pancake, then flip over.
Unknowingly, I created a new invention.
It is called “The Scrambled Pancakes”.

I’ve also prepared some other ingredients to go with the Scrambled Pancakes for a heartier breakfast. And here’s Ving’s style of a hearty breakfast to begin the day with!!
(Yes. I actually attempted the Scrambled Pancakes 4 times, and the 5th time the pancake was made by putting it into the oven.) Verdict:
1st attempt at making the Scrambled Pancakes was actually the best, and it wasn’t even done on purpose.
It still does taste like normal pancakes, just without the ‘standard’ look.
The way to do it was just too scrambled it up when it’s half-cooked and threatening to stick onto your pan.
Give it a couple of flips too in making sure the mixture’s been cooked thoroughly. You can serve with some jam too.
Enjoy!!!!!

Do stay tuned to the 3rd Episode of the Building Series which will be up on coming Monday!!!
Kindly support us!!! Thankssssss!!!! *throws confetti*

.Mad.Season.1.:.Beauty.Series.Ep.2.

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BONJOUR!!!

Welcome back, and to Episode 2 of the Beauty Series in our Mad Season 1!!!
Hope you’ve enjoyed the previous episodes of our various series so far!!!

For today!!!
Ving took up the challenge of helping her sidekick Ginzy (pronounced as Gin-Gee) cover her uncountable amount of white hair with DIY hairdye.
L’oreal recently came up with this new Fashion series of hairdye colors, hence we decided to give it a shot.
Me like the Black+Gold color theme…….
1st Step:
Apply the “Protective Pre-Color Serum” onto dry hair. Leave it in. No need to wash off.

2nd Step:
Mix the “Protective Creme Colorant” and “Creme Developer” together well.

3rd Step:
Put on the plastic gloves that are provided.

4th Step:
Apply the mixture onto hair evenly.
Verdict:
The color actually turns out rather nicely.
However, it doesn’t help much in covering white hair. It only did for the 1st day, but subsequently the white hair became obvious again.
The best color to cover white hair is actually still black color, which can hide white hair for a longer period of time.
This range is still worth a try if you aren’t looking at covering white hair.
Plus it does smell nice too!!

Do stay tuned for the 2nd Episode of our Cooking Series to be out on this Friday!!!
Kindly support us!!!!! Thankssssss!!!!!! *throws confetti*

.Mad.Season.1.:.Building.Series.Ep.2.

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ELLO!!!!!!!!!

Welcome back, and to Episode 2 of the Building Series in our Mad Season 1!!!
Hope you’ve enjoyed the previous episodes of our series so far!!!

For today!!!
Ving attempted to build up this Wooden Watermill from its kit!
I like this type of hands-on toys actually, that requires you to use your brain and common sense while fixing it up.
It was rather popular when I was young (oops did I just revealed my age??) before all the electronic products/toys took over, and cost bit more as compared to present times.
I bought the colored ice cream sticks as well coz I thought of building up a fence around this Watermill for an additional effect.
It reminded me of the times when my Art teacher will tell us to make artworks using ice cream sticks, and have them painted as last time we just used the normal brown colored ones.
Ahhh…. Nostalgia….

Here are the pieces as well as instructions (or the lack there of) for fixing up the Watermill.

While I was building it up along the way, frustration soon set in.
I came to realise that the pieces weren’t cut up according to accurate measurements, so there was actually some difficulty trying to fit them all together properly without the whole thing falling apart.
It did fall apart quite a number of times, after which I had to try and secure them again and again.
So if you wanna buy the exact same piece to build up at home, you might wanna prepare some glue to secure the parts together (although you aren’t supposed to or required to use glue for such models).

Anyways!!
After all the extra unnecessary hassle, I managed to fix it up rather decently.
Ended up I didn’t do up the colorful fence to surround the Watermill, coz this already made me spend quite abit of time.
Will keep the ice cream sticks for next round!!

Verdict:
It’s still a fun process fixing such models up, though there were hiccups along the way.
I’ll still buy other designs to build if I’ve more space in my room haha…..
I might even consider painting them too! For a more personal touch to the final product.

Do stay tuned for our 2nd Episode of our Beauty Series on this Wednesday!!
Kindly support us!!! Thankssssss!!!!!!!! *throws confetti*

.Mad.Season.1.:.Building.Series.Ep.1.

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Finally….. Our Mad Season 1 is ready and up!!!
In this season, we will have 3 different series each week for our viewers, spanning over a period of 8 weeks.
I shan’t reveal the other 2 series as of yet, so do check back here for new updates!! =D

So…. The 1st series will be the Building Series, namely building up different types of items as we go along.
Very hands-on and DIY!

For our 1st episode, Ving will be fixing up this wooden shelf which was bought from a supermarket for only $8.90 after discount!!
So affordable!!
Here are the wooden planks and screws provided in the flat box which they came in.
(Tool box and screwdriver not included.)
After fixing up the dividers of the shelf….
Then adding in the backings for the shelf….
Last step was to screw on the last long wooden plank for the side of the shelf…
And viola!!!
You get a rather solid and stable wooden shelf for you house!
The whole process took only 20-odd minutes for me to complete fixing it up!
SUCCESS!!!
The result of all the screwing (*ahem* pun not intended)……….
If you do not fancy this beech wood kind of color, you can actually get some paint and color it the way you like it to be!
(Which we might actually do it for another episode of our Mad Season series hahaha… *winks*)
Start building up something today!! ^_^

Lastly, do stay tuned for the 1st episode of our 2nd series which will be up on this Wednesday!!! *throws confetti*