I am part of #teamnopoo

"No poo" (no shampoo) is a collective term for methods of washing hair without commercial shampoo.

DAY 1

Yup, I am going to wash my hair with baking soda and lemon juice for the rest of my life. Maybe not LOL.

Recently I had no idea why or how but while doing some research online, I came across people who said they benefited from NOT washing their hair with shampoo. I was curious so I went to buy some baking soda and lemon juice.

I had no idea how much is 1 cup or how much I should use to wash my hair so I just mixed however I feel like. So don't ask for the recipe now. I don't have it. You can Google it and there are tons of "recipe" out there. Basically it's just mixing 1 teaspoon of baking soda to 1 cup of water for shampoo and 1/2 cup of lemon juice to 1/2 cup of water but I don't really follow that anyway lol. I will try to come up with my recipe after I got used to this but I doubt I will. Why?

Because I am so used to the silky feeling and the bubbles whenever I wash my hair, washing your hair with baking soda is like.... baking your hair. It feels so dry and straw-like when I was washing it. And people also said the lemon juice rinse works much better than store bought conditioner. I'm like...

So I don't think I can stick to this routine religiously. I doubt I can even last one week.

BUT! After drying my hair, it does seem much better than when I used normal shampoo and conditioner! Is this magic or what? Of course I can't say that my hair is silky smooth without tangles at all because my hair is bleached. I don't think anything will help at all LOL.

But it does seem like it looks better than before. Not silkier but softer - the silkiness is due to silicones in the conditioner so without the conditioner, my hair isn't silky anymore. Shinier than before - maybe due to the lemon juice? IDK.

Cleaner? I don't know. Since I bleached my hair, it was so dry I wash my hair with shampoo only twice a week and I condition it twice a day without any problem at all. LOL. I guess we'll see in two days or so when my scalp starts to oil up.

If you follow me on Instagram, you will know I have blonde hair by now. LOL.

I read a lot of comments about their scalp getting extremely oily due to the adjusting period. Something about shampoo striping too much of your hairs natural oil that it is trying to reproduce more oil to make up the lost of oil. So when you stopped using the shampoo, your scalp is still producing as much oil because it didn't know you stopped using the shampoo. I guess I will have to go through this period which I'm dreading. UGH!

I will try to update on this as time pass by. THAT'S IF I can stand the adjusting period. UGHHHH!!

Black Monday for Malaysians.

I am coming back to my blog and I will start with a super wordy post.

I was never interested in politics. 5 years ago, I never cared if BN wins or the opposition wins. Honestly I was quite pro-BN. Why? I had no idea. Maybe I was really too unconcerned with politics that I had no idea what BN was doing to our country. I watched too much TV3. I read too much The Star and Berita Harian.

I also had no idea since when I was interested. Before I knew it, I am keeping up with the news. I'm concerned with Malaysia's future. When BERSIH happened, I was praying for people I don't know. I looked forward to the elections months before it happened. I registered as a voter earlier than I would. I bought bus tickets twice the price than usual to come back for elections. I rode 16 hours bus ride to-fro Singapore just for elections. I queued for 3 hours just to wait for my turn when one of the thing I hate is to queue.

Honestly, I wasn't expecting opposition to win this year's election. Knowing all the foul plays BN was putting up, I knew the opposition only had a slim chance. But when it's time to count the votes, the results were promising. DAP was leading. In my own hometown. I was surprised and hopeful.

But it was quickly brought down when I saw news about the blackouts. This was not the first time it has happened. I knew nothing could be done anymore but I was still hopeful. But miracle did not happen. BN is still the ruling party after 56 years.

Even though foul play was obvious, we couldn't do anything about it. Even if Najib stands on the stage today and said "Yeah, I cheated the whole Malaysia. I brought in Ghost Voters, I paid foreign workers, I gave out free ICs, I ordered the blackouts. WHAT CAN YOU DO?" Yes, there was nothing we can do about it.

But yesterday, I learnt one lesson. That Malaysians are more united than ever. Reading news over Facebook and Twitter, it made me realised that we are all Malaysians that hoped for a better Malaysia. Those who came back from overseas just for election, voices of those who are not even eligible to vote yet, uncles and aunties who voted for PAS, grandpa and grandma who came in wheelchairs, 80% turn up of the registered voters, I can truly say that I am a proud Malaysian. I am glad to know that we youngsters are not alone.

Today I saw many criticizing the act of using a black profile picture and refuting the say of "Democracy is dead in Malaysia". I disagree. If it wasn't dead, elections would have been fair play. Extra ballot boxes is not fair play. Planned blackouts is not fair play. We are being cheated right in front of our eyes, how is this democratic? Yes, 80% of the voters turned up, we exercised our rights but even so the extra ballot boxes and the presence of the foreign voters made us feel like "Why did I even turn up if our voice is not even important?". Why not just announce that BN is the winner and save our time and energy to mourn over the loss? There is really no need to put up the act.

I am not voting the opposition just because I hate BN. I was just hoping that the opposition can win for once so BN can reflect on what that did and become a better ruling party. Without competition, there will be no improvements. I was hoping to see if the opposition is just as dirty. Maybe I am still pro-BN afterall LOL. (Jokes JOKES!!)

I am not a sore loser. You can close one eye and celebrate BN's win all you want. I only know they will continue to import more foreign workers and reinforcement ballots. Malaysia is already NOT a safe place. You hear news of thieves everywhere, rape, kidnaps, murders everyday. Not all but most of them is related to foreign workers. I can only imagine how this is only going to get worse.

Democracy dead or not, I will still exercise my rights and queue for another 3 hours 5 years down the road. I still believe in my fellow Malaysians. I believe our voice will be louder than your foul play one day. Yesterday might not be the day but I know we are one step closer. We will restore democracy with our own hands.

Dear fellow Malaysians, brace yourselves for another 5 years! We will come back stronger than ever!

Gain 가인 - Bloom 피어나 cover

OHMAIGOD I actually had 400 views in a week's time. That's quite a breakthrough for me. :D
And I've also received a few Korean comments so I guess that's a good sign.

I know my voice sounds juvenile for a 25 year old. LOL!

Anyways, I recorded this with a desktop mic which people used to Skype / video call / etc so it sounds really flat. I'm planning to buy a large diaphragm condenser mic so anyone has any idea where to buy one in Singapore?


The original one. Below 18 don't watch pls LOL just kidding. I'm not KCC (Kpoppers should catch my joke right?).

"Rich Men Disease" & my love for watches.

People often say I have a "Rich Men Disease" because I cannot wear cheap accessories. My skin will get rashes for days. And if I wear earrings, my earlobes will drip "juices" for days.

If you know what I mean LOL!

Okay, maybe you don't. By "juices", I mean discharge due to the infection. -.-


I cannot wear watches bought from streets and I cannot even wear earrings/necklaces bought from Padini. I always thought I can only wear gold and I was once very disappointed because I SUPER LOVE WATCHES! And wtf who would buy gold watches except uncles? They look super old fashioned and what more... expensive.

Then one day when I was in my secondary school days, I "robbed" my friend's Swatch (I also SUPER LOVE Swatch watches) and wore it for two days even though I know I'll be expecting rashes and such but I didn't get any! I was like "WTF I CAN WEAR WATCHES NOW!!"

So I ran(?) to the night market and bought a cheap watch but no, I still get rashes. But why did the rashes didn't appear when I wore more expensive watches like Swatch, Casio etc? Is the backing different? All the watches say Stainless Steel but why do I react differently? Is it really the curse of the "Rich Men Disease"? Or are there different types of Stainless Steel? Watch specialists enlighten me please!

Yeah, I didn't really declare to the world about how much I love watches like how I love cats (and my brother) but yeah, I love watches.


I've always had a knack for big bulky watches. Idk. Makes my boney wrist looks more boney? LOL. Anyways, my current watch is the Casio Edifice EFR-510L and I super love it.

It's bulky and heavy (compared to my Swatch Skin) but it's so comfortable sometimes you don't realise it's there when you're typing away on the computer. And NO RASHES YAY!

But the other day I was walking by City Chain and OMG THESE WATCHES JUST CALLED OUT FOR ME! I had a little freak out moment in front of the shop.

All these are from Kenneth Cole and OMG SO PRETTY!!!

The transparent dail!! *faints*

No need for words. I think I'm gonna get one for myself pretty soon since these are not SUPER expensive like RADO (which I ALSO SUPER LOVEEEEE!!) / OMEGA / Cartier.

Which one do you like most? I think I'm gonna get the 3rd one. Or maybe the 1st one. RAWRRR! I cannot decide!!! -.-

Cookin' Nanta!

I AM SO FREAKING HAPPY AND GRATEFUL AND AMAZED THAT I ACTUALLY WATCHED COOKIN' NANTA FOR REAL! DAEBAK!

For those clueless, Cookin' Nanta is a famous Korean musical that has been running since 1997 and has been performed in over 18 countries! The show is about 3 cooks being rushed for a wedding bouquet while the supervisor placed his nonsense nephew in the kitchen and caused some funny incidents.

What's special about this show is they used COOKING UTENSILS for the music, sound effects and etc! The whole show is non-verbal but amazingly it's super funny. Not those lame kind of funny but super unexpected kind of funny

Amazingly, only 5 people pulled off the whole 1 hour 45 minute show. I thought there would be more people coming in and out but no. Only the Supervisor, the Nephew and 3 main Chefs.

I think what I like most about the show is the interactiveness with the audience. I WISHED I WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW!! They keep pulling the audience to participate in the show and it was super funny because they were clueless but still acted accordingly which makes the whole thing awkward and funny LOL!

THEY FREAKING FORCED TWO STRANGERS TO GET MARRIED ONSTAGE WTFLOLOLOLOL!

The whole show was soooooooo funny I was laughing about 70% out of the whole show. Like seriously LOL! The other 30% of the time, I was sitting there just feeling touched and amazed for being there.

Fanny, Ally & I at Marina Bay Sands Theater before the show starts.

The reason I got to know Cookin' Nanta is because Sunhwa from one of my fave Kpop girl group, SECRET was participating in this kind-of-dating reality show called "Pit-a-Pat" last year with this Korean comedian, Park Hwisoon. Each couple was assigned a show to perform and they chose to perform Cookin' Nanta!

They recorded the whole process and you can really see that performing this is not an easy task with the rhythm, strength, steps, etc. I am really amazed with Park Hwisoon as he is not a singer nor dancer so he doesn't have this sense of rhythm but in the end, he managed to make it and I must agree that he did quite well without making a lot of mistakes or being awkward at all.

I've been wanting to watch the real show ever since I came across this in "Pit-a-Pat". And I am so freaking amazed that I am able to do so within the year. The show was for last year's Christmas Special and I WATCHED ON THIS YEAR'S CHUSEOK! That's wayyyyyyy before this year's Christmas!

If you have missed the real Cookin' Nanta, catch Sunhwa and Hwisoon in "Pit-a-Pat" for a shortened version of the show. Not as funny or awesome as the real Cookin' Nanta but if you haven't watch the real show, I think you'll be amazed. Can you already imagine the awesomeness of the real show?

 Pit-a-Pat [English subbed] with Han Sunhwa (SECRET) & Park Hwisoon.

 

Subbed video credits to [ SecretAgent ].