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I'm taking some time off blogging. 

Life's been a little too busy with work, a new apartment & life in general :)

Watch this space & Stay tuned.

In the meantime, you can still see me on Twitter & my new favourite site: Pinterest.

Summer hair ideas?

Yes, I realise that Summer is a looong ways away. It's April and it's still below 10C...But in light of my last minute bang trim @ my hairdresser's. It got me thinking about potential hair colour ideas for this Summer. I'm currently rockin' highlights (namely to hide my greys), see below:

My next hair dye endeavor? Ombre hair:

What do you guys think? ;) 

Got my scrub on.

I went for my 1st Korean body scrub today...and boy do I feel like a new person! Now for those you who are unaware of what this entails, let me give you the low down. First of all, there are Korean Bath Houses, Jjimjilbang, think of them as the amusement park of spa facilities. They have saunas (both wet and dry ones)lounge areas, hot tubs, juice bars, restaurants, showers, sleeping areas, TVs and they are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They offer services like body scrubs, massages, facials, there is even a beauty salon too!

So today, my friends and I headed to King Sauna, with every intention to get our scrub on. We arrived and we're checked in with an admission fee. They provide these pajama-looking outfits for your to change into (sans underwear) and off we went to explore this multi-floor facility. It's co-ed but they are women's only areas for decency BUT once in the women's only area: It's all butt-bearing nakedness and no one is shy! So if you're going with friends, get ready to get to know them REAL well. I sure did! :)

We booked our body scrubs and was told to return a couple of hours later to shower. We then headed to the dry saunas/grottos to sweat out our toxins. They have multiple rooms, with different stones/materials which is supposed to be good for your skin. Finally after enjoying a freshly squeezed carrot juice, we head off to strip down to bare nakedness. We giggled into the showers and hopped into the hot tub with other naked women. We alternated between the hot tub, cold tub and the steam room and finally got our numbers called. A little korean auntie, decked in a black bra and pantie, led me to a room where there are beds where the scrubbing takes place. So first of, you're naked, butt-naked & the auntie instructs you in lie on the bed and they rinse you off and begin the scrubbing. They scrub EVERY inch of your body and every crevice. Layers of dead skin come off, and I mean layers...it's kinda gross but kinda nice at the same time. 

An hour later, I'm done with a new layer of skin. Soft and smooth like a baby's butt and probably a shade lighter. HOLY CRAP! I loved every minute of it. My friends and I are convinced we need to do this regularly! :) So, if you haven't exfoliated in a while, get thee to a Korean Bath House and get your scrub on.

Happy Birthday to me!

At least I got to come home, spend time with family & friends, have a little snow and eat Alaskan King Crab. YUM.

I'm back!

Yes I'm back and fried. My shoulders have been burnt to a crisp thanks to the sun in Buenos Aires. Who would have thought 3 hours of a walking tour could sear your shoulders? And now, I am peeling like a snake shedding her skin. It's gross. But  as I peel my dead layer of skin off, I promise a photo diary of Mont Tremblant & Buenos Aires will follow shortly! :)

I'd like to say its nice to be back, but when faced with -13C temps after sweating it out in 30C, I'd take sweat and sunshine any day. And of course, we have the snowmageddon that has come down upon the Northeast.

GREAT. Now my feet are cold AND wet and I've been snowed on, hailed on and been slushed, sloshed and slipping around all over Manhattan. I am getting a pair of Sorels TOMORROW!

There are some days when we feel like this

SOURCE: apartmenttherapy

I think today is one of those days. Happy Weekend Everyone. Tomorrow is Monday, which means J & I are closer to our vacation than ever! YAY! :)

I've got an empty wall

This might be a perfect way to fill it! :) Thanks Martha!

banter.

It's a cold, snowy Saturday night, I'm on the sofa, in front of the tv with Aladdin on ABC Family & J snuggled up next to me. I smiled when I came across this on my Twitter feed:


"In the end, I think the relationships that survive in this world are the ones where two people can finish each other's sentences. Forget drama and torrid sex and the clash of opposites. Give me banter any day of the week." 


-DOUGLAS COUPLAND

I am so good!

I have to give myself a pat on the back. I walked into Zara today with a friend and just about wanted to buy the whole store. BUT, I left empty-handed. Say no to shopping. Especially when you're going to Mont Tremblant & Buenos Aires in a week. PHEW!

HNY

SOURCE: THETHANKFULLIST

How will you begin 2011?

hello monday

SOURCE: kissssing.blogspot.com/

How was your weekend? Mine was a little too short for my liking. I needed a little more cuddling and doing absolutely nothing. But the past couple of weeks has been busy with visitors & catching up, so the quiet time will have to wait.

I love this photo above. It reminds me of Paris. Which reminds me, we need to get on with planning our vacation in January. We're looking into the Southern Hemisphere, anywhere else in January would just be terribly cold! I feel like I'm in need of a vacation, like a me-&-you type vacation where we know no-one and the world is our oyster. That sounds lovely, doesn't it?

I'm back but laptopless...

So I'm back from my gallivanting of Europe but am currently without my Macbook. It decided to die on me while in Rome and has been shipped off to Apple for repairs. So photos of Europe will have to wait till I get my little guy back...

In the meantime, I've plans to hijack my man's Macbook Air while he's in Montreal for a Bachelor weekend :) And then when he gets back, perhaps I can convince him to lend me his iPad :P Muahahahahaa!!!

Fizzgig!

Last night, I relived my childhood and watch The Dark Crystal on Netflix. Delighted with excitement I don't think J fully understood my passion for this movie and how incredibly excited I was when I found this on the Netflix database. As a child, I saw this countless of times since I had it on VHS tape. Noted that this movie was done in 1982 - looking back, its kind of amazing to see how realistic these puppets were and how groundbreaking animatronics was at that time.

My all-time favourite character of the movie? Fizzgig - the little furball who in my opinion is the bravest of all the characters. And how could you say no to a face like that??? If you haven't seen it already, do check it out! 

Bottled Water

Source: www.thedesignblog.org 

Disclaimer: I was not paid to do this review. I just like a very cool product/concept when I see it :D Cheers! 

So I'm a big fan of water...:P I try to drink about 2 liters of water a day. Supposedly, to determine how much water you need in a day - you can take your weight in pounds and divide it by 2 - that number is how much water you should be consuming in a day in ounces. For those of you who are on the Metric system like me, you take your weight in kilos and divide by 30 to get the recommended daily amount of water in liters. 

I've been drinking out of a Sigg water bottle or buying the occasional Smart Water - but today at a staff meeting, I noticed one of my coworkers rocking a cute water bottle with a filter in it. I inquired and found out about Waterbobble. It's an ingenious idea! Make any water you drink - filtered water! It's basically a portable Brita and packed in a cute design too. Apparently the designer, designed Method's bottles. It's perfect for work or the gym or even at home if you don't have Brita filter. The filter needs to be changed every 2 months or 150 liters and it doesn't cost an arm or a leg! $9.95 for a bottle and filter and $6.95 for additional filters which come in awesome colors! It's a simple concept but it's helping us take the next step in reducing the number of bottles we purchase, being green while looking very cool at the same time. I'm gonna get me & my man one soon! :)