As I notice that it's March 1st today, I'm trying to update that February photo of the day thingy. These are all out of order and it's probably pointless for me to do this, but I just feel like I've gotta complete it for whatever reason. Also, I'm packing for Cambodia at the same time....

FPD # 23 Your shoes. In Singapore, you walk almost everywhere. I love my cute shoes but they are readily replaced with some flipflops each day after work. So 2 pairs of shoes are necessary to bring to work each day.

FPD# 24 Bathroom Cabinet- don't really have one, but this is the closest thing to it.

FPD# 22 Where you work- Ha, not really like this every day. For Chinese New Year, we have a group come to the school and perform the Lion Dance. It's pretty cool how they climb on each other, but ridiculously loud. You can kinda see from the picture that we are in the middle of downtown Singapore which is pretty cool.

FPD # 17 Time- I'm notorious for keeping my calendar up to date. I really like to plan things and I'm constantly looking at ical. One thing I noticed is that we don't have an free weekend until May! What the what?!

FPD# 19 Something you hate to do and #18 Drink

These go hand in hand because I hate to cook and it always drives me to drink.

FPD #20 handwriting

My handwriting is terrrrible. It's so bad that I'm actually looking at having someone else address the wedding invitations. I'm going with this design. What do you think? It'll be on a boarding pass and the stamps will have 10 places we've been together. Which was harder to choose than you would think. I think we'll have the tables at the reception be the same places as the stamps instead of table numbers.

FPD# 13 Blue #14 Heart

Since I've been doing a lot of wedding planning lately, I've got my eye on some ideas for the "Something Blue". I got ideas for the other somethings:

something new- dress, borrowed- my friend's veil, old- grandmother's pearls.

Now for the blue, it seems to be very trendy to wear blue shoes. I've had my eye on these for awhile, but now I've found them in my size for $125. They're normally $200. Now that it seems like everyone is doing the blue shoe thing, it makes me want to do something else.

What do you think?

wedding plans.

When you plan a wedding that's about 12 time zones away, you end up sending emails like this to the florist:

Dear Fallon,

You asked for my "vision" and "color scheme". Although, I'm not that good at articulating what I want, I think pictures might work best.

I like these. These are pretty.

This is ugly. Don't even think about it.

Thanks! And see you in July.

take that, DIY biotches!

So this chick on ETSY is selling something like this for $80. Just made my own. Obviously, I changed the format, but seriously? $80? I'm quite proud of it. This is what I'm going to use instead of a guestbook. Each guest fills out one of these and then we can put it in a photo album. They'll be on 5X7 cardstock. Inshallah. Now I just need a printer.

more pics....

#12 Inside your closet

Can't remember how this happened, but I broke the door off the wardrobe. It was bothering me to just see clothing so I got some drapes from Ikea and put them up. Kinda looks like I'm going to perform a play. It's not a very big closet, but there's really no need for lots of clothing. I wear the same thing year round.

This is the back closet with all the clothing never needed in Singapore- basically anything with sleeves.

In every closet in Singapore, you'll find these guys. They capture the water from the air and completely fill up with water in about 2 months. Humidity is 100% every day of the year, so this helps to protect clothing, etc. and especially leather.

#9 Front Door

I love this door stopper. Got him at a lil shop in Bali. O hates him and thinks it's "the most ridiculous thing ever".

Not sure if you can tell from this photo, but that's a private elevator. Kinda weird, but very convenient. You have to have a card to swipe for the elevator so there's no need to lock your front door. Sounds crazy, but that's life here.

catch up on the pics

I've got quite a bit of catching up for photo thing.

#10 Self Portrait and #13 Blue

Oh, look what I did- 2 for the price of 1. After 2 late nights, I needed a quiet night and a face mask for a much needed cleanse. Not sure if you can tell, but it's blue. I love this face mask. It's called Blue Corn 3-in-1 Deep Cleansing Mask from The Body Shop.

it's for the children.

I don't know what I was thinking by doing the Photo each day thingy. Just been way to busy for that. On Thursday night we went out to support this charity. A couple guys have ridden from London on their way to Melbourne to raise awareness for child trafficking. We heard from 3 different NGOs who work on saving children and women from the sex industry which is a huge industry in Southeast Asia. It was very informative, a great cause, good friends and free-flow wine and beer.

Last night I went to my friend's fundraising event. She's put together this website herself. We're going to this orphanage in Cambodia in March. I'm really excited to go back to Cambodia and can't wait to see the kids and give them all the supplies they need. Another great night with amazing music, good friends, tambourines, Coronas and tequila shots.

These are both great charities and if you can support either one, do it!

FPD# 11: Makes me happy

kickball= makes me happy

I'm so bad about keeping up with this each day. I've been so busy lately. How do people have time to have kids? Anyways, on the 11th, it was Kickball Day. About once a month, we get together and play kickball in a park near Little India. This is no kids game though. It's boys vs. girls, but the boys are required to always have a beer in their hand the entire game. Does it get a little sloppy at times? yes. I love that we have taught so many friends from around the world about this great game. The boys almost always win (even with their beers), so we girls have to come up with new strategies. Maybe I can't catch the ball in time, so I'll just pick up the base and throw it. Or grab onto a guy's leg so he can't run. We may have even had a hospital visit once. Doesn't change the game, just makes for great stories. I love my friends here and I love when we get together and silliness ensues. After the game, we always make a human pyramid, go back to Solay's house, shower, snack on yummy things like 7 layer dip, and then go out together.

p.s. i was not drunk enough to get up on top of the human pyramid this week.

FPD #4 : stranger

Totally forgot one of these pics.... We went for a walk on the 4th around McRitchie Park, one of my favorites places in Singapore. You feel like you are in a different country completely. It's about 15 minutes away and so tranquil. Lots of walking trails along a big lake and through a rainforest. We actually walked right next to this monkey, but I freaked and couldn't take a pic until I was far enough away. He clearly had someone's lunch from a plastic bag.

FPD #8: sun

Today was a BEAUTIFUL day. If you don't believe me, just ask Suz. She and her friend just left for Chang Mai, Thailand. As soon as I got home from work, I literally ran down to the pool to soak up some rays and read a magazine by the pool. Not a bad view. Gotta love a warm day. Thank you, sun.

FPD #7: buttons

This is really pathetic.

As a few of my coworkers were discussing what costumes they were going to sew for Book Week next week, I realized that I'm not even sure if I've ever sewn a button on something. I went home and found that while I have many buttons, I don't even have a sewing needle and thread... This bag from Myanmar lost its button in Vietnam last month. Got a few options for a new button. The most pathetic part is that my next thought was "maybe I can take this to the tailor". Can't cook, can't sew, hate cleaning, I would suck as a housewife.

FPD #6: Dinner

Since last night was Super Bowl Monday..... Yeah, we're about 12 hours ahead so when the Super Bowl is on TV, we are at work. We have to go all day without looking at the score and watch it with friends that night. We made hot dogs, or as every other country calls them "smokies". Our Kiwi friends brought onion dip, chips and beer. Our French friends brought cheese, wine and baguettes. Gotta love it. It's not quite the same as Super Bowl Sunday, but still good times with good friends.

FPD # 5: 10 AM

At 10AM we were watching the latest episode of Park and Recreation. We buy it off of itunes each week and watch sometime on the weekend. Love this show. If you haven't seen it, you really should.

FPD #3: hands

Last week I got this new "gel nail" thing. It's like acrylic nails, but not. The polish is just over your own nails and it makes them really hard and won't chip. It's about twice the price, but so far I haven't chipped a single nail or bitten one off either which might be a record for me. It's a fuzzy pic b/c I just used my new ipod touch and didn't really know that I had pressed the button to take the pic. And I'm too lazy to retake it.

FPD #2: words.

I've been pretty busy planning for the wedding. I really like creative ideas and these are 2 of my favorite that I'm going to order and use.

A personalized tote bag as a wedding favor

Mad libs as part of the guestbook. How fun is this?

FPD #1: your view.

February 1st was the first day back in the classroom so this was my view. Oh, does that classroom look tiny? Well, it is.

And this is my view at home outside the window.

photo a day

Since all the cool kids are doing it.....

I'm already behind so I'll have to come up with some photos that weren't taken on that day.

dream job

The other day, O found my dream job for me. I didn't even know it could exist. There's a lady who travels all over Southeast Asia trying out different spas and writing about each one. WHAT!? Why did she steal my idea? This has inspired me to write some reviews about different beauty products that I've being trying out.

Let's start with stuff that doesn't work.

This is all crap. I'll start from left to right. The Clinque All about the Eyes roll-0n gel doesn't work nearly as well as the cream. Benefits Oooh La Lift- no noticeable difference when used. Sephora's lip stain is terrible and gets all stuck in the creases on your lips. It also makes a huge mess. Benefit's Pore Expert is supposed to minimize pores- works just like a concealer. Just use a concealer. Clinque's mascara= no beuno. The Body Shop's- unperfumed eye gel is crap and doesn't take away the puffines at all.

Here's some stuff I LOVE.

Love love love this shampoo and conditioner. Works really well with color-treated hair. I can actually notice the difference and my hair is shinier and the color stands out more. You can even get this at Target. Expensive but worth it.
I've been using this since college. Love it. Adds just enough color without being too blushy. Reba swears by the bronzer that gives you instant cheek bones.
I first got these as part of a sample and went back for the bigger sizes. All about the Eyes is a good eye cream that isn't too heavy. Youth Surge Night gives you lots of moisture as a night cream. I can't find a day time moisturizer that I'm in love with yet. Anyone have any suggestions??
Haven't tried this one yet. But it's part of the steps that Clinque tries to market as "A must for your daily beauty routine". I'll try this for a few weeks and then let you know.

Tried a new product they were pimping at Sephora yesterday. It's Bliss triple oxygen instant energizing eye mask. (Suz- I think you were telling me about this?) It's supposed to brighten, de-puff and hydrate after just 15 minutes. I decided a before and after pic were necessary to prove if this is worth the money.

Before.

After.

My eyes were noticeable less puffy and felt more hydrated. I'd say it's a winner. Now that I've found my purpose in life, I'll try to write weekly about all the new products I've tried.