My December

December is everyone’s favourite month of the year! What a lovely week to start off my December at one of the most beautiful weddings i’ve ever been to. It was held at St. Regis grand ballroom with over 200 guests, great live local performers and a lovely chinese 12 course banquet for dinner.

I am delighted to extend my congratulations and blessings to Shian and Adrianna who have been married recently. Wishing them a good life together with many happy returns!

Pierre brought 4 litres of MOET! You can imagine how the night ended up at the end of the day.

Getting there…almost rowdy!

Hmmm…maybe that’s why the couple assigned his friends to the back tables!!!

Billy Cheong is back from Taipei! YAY!!! He never fails to bring me a box of Taiwanese short cake cookies when he gets here.

I miss Billy =(

Each of us succumb to peer pressure, all in the name of Shian & Adrianna!

Downing a glass of Moet don’t taste very good!      Bleah =(

Trouble has surfaced! The start of the night where you get to know your friends a lot better.

This calls for a celebration!

“Yam-Seng”, y’all!!!!!!!!!

You could easily spot the lobsters from the humans in the picture below. Point is…I never get red-faced! Sweet!!!! 

Shian in bow tie seemed uneasy, but his wedding party would have been really quiet if it weren’t for us!

Another great event calls for another celebration! This time it was Ashley Isham’s AL boutique official opening at the Mandarin Gallery. To commemorate his opening, there was a silent auction to raise funds for the charity, Heart to Heart.

Ashley flew all the way from London for this special event and he gave me one of his nicest designs. Oh happy me!!!

Not every day are we flourished with joy and happiness. A certain news reported worldwide got me upset and sad.

Nicole Daul Kim, 20 years old.

Raised in Seoul and Singapore, she modeled in Asia before making her fashion week debut in Paris in 2007, modeling for Chanel, Dries van Noten and Maison Martin Margiela, among others. Nicole became a fashion week regular in New York, Milan, Paris and London and most recently appeared during Seoul fashion week in October. She had a lot of potential, a raising star and was close to becoming THE NEXT TOP MODEL.

I met her when she was 15. She had alot going for her. She had a beautiful life, a good family and friends who are there for her. She was blessed with a life filled with many opportunities that could open doors to a successful career which many girls dream of having.

Unfortunately, she was found dead in Paris in an apparent suicide.

Nicole’s agents have confirmed her death but thus far no official cause of death has been disclosed. However, a source tells New York Magazine that they believe that Daul Kim committed suicide.

This is an awful tragedy. She was not alone. She didn’t realize her family and friends were there for her.

If we could just pause for a moment from the hectic rush of life and reconnect, let’s reach out together to those who currently believe they are inadequate, worthless, or “not enough”.

Spread the word with this inspirational media to combat the increase of depression and suicide during this holiday season. Reach out to those who need you the most.

Together we can touch 10 million lives this holiday season – and reach that one person who needs it now most of all.”

Don’t forget that your life matters, you are loved! The world needs you!

Before I end this post, I would like to share a story where we can all learn something from. It concerns an article the New Paper did about me on the 8th of Dec 09. Recently, I approached them in good faith, having come back from the charity trip in Sri Lanka, purpose being to spread awareness of the many children suffering from Thalassaemia and what we can do to help.

Not surprisingly, a 2-page spread about my enhancements seemed to be the focus of the article, and a re-hash of the “drama” was the order of the day. I’m truly disappointed by this, as it makes a mockery of the real intentions of the cause the charity group was championing.

In the words of Spidey’s uncle before he passed. “With great power, comes great responsibility”. When the media has the power to spread awareness to help a cause that could possibly result in lives saved in the future, but instead chooses to mis-represent information for the purpose of viewership and profit, it just brings to light the harsh realities in the world we live in. It’s easy to discount this to saying, “Of course they would do that?! All they think of is money.” and expect the world to accept it like another matter-of-fact race to get publishing props. But, do we just toss ethics out the window? Scorn on the “gentleman’s agreements”? It’s obvious they dont really care about how things affect others, but I really feel let down by these events, and look back with some regret having even represented them as a participant in their new-paper-new-face event two years back. That said, all I can say to them is Step-it-Up! Sex sells but helping the less fortunate is priceless.

On the brighter side of things, I have interesting lineups to look forward to. A fun Christmas party to attend at Erika’s place on Friday and the annual Zoukout event on Saturday which I have booked a 2 bedroom villa at Siloso Beach Resort and have invited Miss Malaysia Universe 2009 and Miss Thailand Universe 2009 to stay with me and celebrate the year end with our friends. Being an ambassador for Singapore, it is my honourable duty to ensure these girls have a good time, just like I did for Miss Russia and Miss New Zealand at the F1 weekend!

In closing, for all you last minute Christmas shoppers or anyone who just want to pamper themselves for the holidays, come on down to Suntec Expo on the 18th, 19th and 20th December to visit the Dermasolutions booth (B9), level 3 for your last minute Christmas shopping! They are giving away special discounts on skincare products and aesthetic face & body treatments as gifts and presents for you and your loved ones only for that weekend!!!

There’s always a good time and occasion to look your best this holiday season. What better way to look great this Christmas and New Years than to grab this opportunity to pamper yourself at Dermasolutions!

For anyone interested to know more about aesthetics, makeup or anything beauty related, I am happy to share the knowledge I have with you. Simply leave a comment and I will try my best to answer them.

See you there! (www.dermasolutions.sg)