Dinner at Mad Jack's Cafe

I was at Cathay two days back and had a craving for quality comfort food full of red juicy meat and heaps of carb laden potatons. Aston's is the natural choice, but the queue was so long, I think my gastric juices might burn a hole through me if we waited so we (SO and I) decided to try out Mad Jack's Cafe at Paradiz centre instead.

Here's my review!


What:
Western fare that's just a tad more expensive than Aston but on par with Botak Jones pricing. They have steaks, chops, baked rice, pasta, cakes etc. Check out the menu here

We tried:

The tallest burger in Town - The Blue Mountain Beef Burger and chips (Candid diner photo on the left, WYSIWYG)

Three chewy beef patties topped with minimal vegetables and two slices of dairy cheese goodness. Plus a generous helping of spicy fries. Costs $9.90.

Two people can share this burger if you are not intending to eat too much. The beef patty is easily the size of my palms (but I have small palms lah... don't get so excited k?)

It tastes good but not exceptionally so. If you are in the mood for meat, this will fix it just right. Only thing --- the patty tasted a tad more floury. Other than that, all good. Try the Fries, they may be a side but they are really good. I love potatoes.

We also tried:

Grilled chicken in black pepper sauce ($7.90)

My favorite order at untested eating places. You just can't go wrong with black pepper grilled chicken right? Anyway, this is just nice!

I was intrigued by the side --- Apple peach salad. When the dish came, I zoomed in on the side. Actually was a bit disappointed. Wasn't fresh peaches was canned peaches with a small cube of apple. So this is really like a more meat and potatoes kinda place. I found that Aston's kinda more healthy (their house salad is fantastic, k... i digress). Again I love the fries. Chicken was well marinated and nicely grilled. All in all a pleasant meal.

Overall ambiance:
We were there on a monday night so there wasn't too many people. There are nice couches around and the atmosphere is really relax. There's free internet access too. Great place for chill outs. Hopefully the kids don't discover this place soon. Or it will be flooded with project groups.

Where:
Mad Jack Cafe
Selegie Outlet - Paradiz Centre 01-04/05, 1 Selegie Rd
For other outlet locations click here

Note:
My main gripe, they don't serve PUB water. Need to pay for your mineral water. If not, a can of coke costs $2. So we opted for one of their juice mixes. Okay lah... just juice loh... costs $4 each.

Will revisit! Hee :)

And will try try their dessert. The cake slices look humongous!

Disappointed with L'Oreal Sale

Recently there was a L'Oreal sale at the Concorde hotel. Heard of it through the flowerpod forum.

I was very eagerly looking forward to repurchase my star beauty secret:
La Roche Posay Effaclar K

They didn't have it. Only had the drugstore ranges such as Garnier etc.

Efflaclar K has LHA’s & salicylic acid. Two ingredients necessary for exfoliation of dead skin. LHA works by:

1. Breaking up particles that block the pores
2. Impairing the ability of bacteria to adhere to material inside the follicles.

After using this, my skin really became clearer. But you must use it consistently. The pores are still there lah, I don't think you can ever get rid of pores. However, I found that the blackheads formed less slowly and I have less incidences of break up.


A lot of podders also recommended this product: http://flowerpod.com.sg/forums/La-Roche-Posay-t14403.html

There's now discount at Tan Tock Seng Hospital Pharmacy!

Metro Sales Part 1

Long overdue post...

Was at the metro sales and bought this black satin SugarLink dress for $16. The sales was very crowded. Lots of people queuing for the fitting rooms. Long queue for the cashier too. It was held at the Expo. Anyway, love this tunic dress. Wonder if this is formal enough for work? hmmm. Best thing, it fits perfectly so SugarLink is going into my "can consider" brands.


Also bought a floral dress (forgot the brand) @SGD$9.90

It is not really floral, but has cool black stick figures hiding behind trees. The straps are a little too long for me. So I had to shorten the shoulder straps. Otherwise, it looks great paired with a belt.

Fashion Lab 50% sale now at Compass Point

Happened to be in Compass Point just now in Seng Kang and saw Fashion Lab having a 50% sale now!

Horrible Doctor!

God forgive me for having murderous intentions against my new doctor in Jurong Point.

Why are doctors nowadays so smart and so unsympathetic?


So what triggered my angsty diatribe against doctors? A mean doctor (henceforth nickednamed “Mr. Toe”) did it.

I was in Bintan a few days back and I hurt my toe. To be specific, I kicked a stone step and my toe nail (the one on the biggest toe, no less) came off. The toe nail was dangling from bits of skin on the edges of my toe and blood dribbled all over. You can imagine the sight and the pain…

Bo pian, stuck in Bintan what to do? Somemore I had a snorkeling trip lined up. So I bandaged it up as well as I could and went snorkeling. Sea water is good for wounds isn’t it?

My bravado lasted only one day thanks to my friend, C.

She pointedly looked at my toe and said “You know, I had a friend who once had this rice grain stuck in an open wound in her gums. The wound healed over the rice grain and she didn’t know. Then she started getting massive toothache. After a long time, they finally realized that the rice grain was rotting in her gum and she had to have an operation to get it out. You know? I also had this scab on my knee once. I didn’t pull out the dead skin and the wound closed over the scab. The old dead skin was rotting beneath the new skin. I had to have an incision to remove it.”

My overactive imagination went into overdrive mode. Memories of news stories about flesh eating bacteria found in soil and sea creatures causing sure-death infections tormented me. The oddity of having one less toe on my foot aroused in me a curious affection for all my toes --- something I’ve never felt before.

So when I got back to Singapore, the first thing I did after depositing my luggage was to look for a doctor.

And for all my bad fortune, I had to meet the mean doctor – hence forth known as Mr. Toe.

The nightmare started the moment I entered the clinic.

“My toe nail fell off in Bintan. I tried to bandage it but I’m scared there would be some infection.”

I proceeded to gently tug off the bandage on my poor toe.

Mr. Toe swept my futile attempts away. Swooped down and he tore off the bandage as if he was tearing open the wrappers of his X’mas presents. Ouch.

After just a glance, the learned doctor said “I can’t do anything for you.”

Huh? What does he mean?

ME: “So is it okay? Is there any infection? Cos I went snorkeling you know?”

DOC: “Well, you shouldn’t have.” (said in a cool, ya ya papaya tone)

DOC: “I will give you some antibiotics and cream to apply on it.” (said in a “I’m done with you” tone, pls get out of here now, I’m dying to go home tone).

ME: “Huh? You mean that’s all? I mean, I buang my toe quite badly and it is now sengat (displaced to one side). Would it (the toe) grow out sengat next time?” (said in a very Singaporean kan jiong tone)

DOC: “Hmmm. You can always get a pedicure for that you know?” (said in a sarcastic matter of fact tone)

ME to myself: WTF? I paid $28 of consultation fee for you to tell me that I can get it fixed by a pedicurist? Very pain you know, my poor toe. Plus this is the first time I’ve ever buang my toe so badly that the nail was torn off… very unsympathetic doc lei!

ME: So how can you tell that my toe is alright now and the medication will work? Do I need an injection to prevent infection?

DOC: I told you, there’s nothing I can do for you.

ME: HUH? Waddya mean there’s nothing you can do for me?

DOC: (speaking slowly as if to a retard) There are three possible outcomes. One, this is a minor injury and your toe heals without problems. Two, there’s an infection because you went swimming. So I’ll give you antibiotics. Three, there’s a hairline fracture. However, if there’s a hairline fracture, there’s nothing I can do for you. Because you need to have an x-ray to see if there’s a hairline fracture. And even if there’s indeed a hairline fracture, you need to have an operation to insert a rod into the toe. I don’t think you want to insert a rod into your toe.

ME: Need surgery? (sickened)

DOC: Like I said, there’s nothing I can do and I don’t think you want to insert a rod into your toe.

ME: So what are the symptoms so I know I need to have a surgery? I mean, what will be the consequences?

DOC: Like I said, there are three outcomes and I don’t think you want to go for a surgery.

ME: So how do I know if I have recovered well?

DOC: I won’t know unless you go for a X-ray scan and there’s nothing I can do for you on that.

ME: Okay, just gimme my medication. (FED UP).

BOOOOOOO! Went out of the clinic feeling like I've been cheated of my money and made fun of and trivalised by an arrogant and cocky doctor. Will never go back there again and will tell all my friends not to visit this doctor.

I miss my old doctor!

China Chinese vs the Singaporean Chinese Stomper

It was an AFC match between SAFFC and a China soccer team and the animosity was sizzling hot.

"I hate Chinese" said a Singaporean Chinese queuing in front of me. Haiz, Chinese hate Chinese. So sad. Can't the world have more loving and less hating?

Just as I was waxing lyrical over love & peace ala John Lennon - An ah tiong cut my queue.

And that's that. I went berserk.

All's fair in love, war & queues.

Unconsciously I whipped out my camera phone. "I must stomp the idiot Ah Tiong!"

At that moment, I'm no longer rational, nor am I just Chinese. I'm Singaporean Chinese and like the Singaporean Chinese in front of me, I'm deeply ashamed to be remotely associated to the Ah Tiong queue cutter, race and all.

I felt an insatiable desire to shame him --- this audacious PRC queue cutter. But just as I was going to take the picture, something in me snapped. No, I cannot behave like a whiney, compliant Singaporean. These PRCs are tough and I must defend my rights myself and not by complaining to the gahmen/press.

So, I turned to him, tapped him on the shoulders and said... "You must queue" (in mandarin lah). I felt pleased with myself for having the courage to speak up and confront the man instead of stomping him and seething away in virtual annonymity. Then the man did the unthinkable.

He went to cut my boyfriend's queue.

I almost whipped out the phone again.

At that moment, I kinda understood Stomp's appeal for Singaporeans. My general frustration with foreigners who come here and behave badly was stirred up by this queue cutting Ah Tiong. This frustration has been shared by many other Singaporeans who have also stomped, complained and written to the gahmen and the press on the same matter. But the problem just kept getting worse and there seemed to be no avenues for recourse. I feel as if my country has been invaded by foreign workers and as a Singaporean (muzzled, censored), I can only stand still with both hands tied and mouth gagged while the yellow tide reduces my home to their common spittoon.

Deep in my consciousness, stomping this act was a way for me to add to the increasing number of documentary evidences of how unpleasant life is becoming with these foreign invaders. Why? Why isn't something being done? Why? Why does the economic objective of keeping labour costs competitive warrant such unpleasantness? Why aren't our views taken into consideration?

At work I received resumes from Indian nationals with MBAs (mostly from dubious private institutions) offering to work in any positions for as low as SGD$2,000 a month. Coming back from work, I battle hordes of Indians, Burmese, PRCs at Boon Lay MRT station. While taking rides in the MRT trains, I cringe from the many loud PRC voices and Burmese voices chattering loudly on the phone. Upon reaching my flat, I am greeted by the sight of a NTUC fairprice trolley parked infront of my Burmese neighbour's flat.

The mentality of coming to Singapore, getting rich fast and getting out quick irks me. Even if you shame these migrants, they wouldn't give a damn. This is just a money pot to them and manners or Singapore be damned to them.

Unhappy thoughts.

That day I cheered lustily for SAFFC. I cheered my guts out when we scored. I fell when that last minute goal was conceded. And when the match ended, passions were so high there were loud cheers for SAFFC and for Duric. We needed a win badly to temper our angst against the PRCs but seeing the SAFFC team tried their best to hold on to their lead makes me think --- at least we held our own.

More Petite clothes from Europe

Heh, this is long overdue, but finally found some time to blog.

Parents and sis also bought the following for me:

From Austria

I wore this to work and my colleague asked me if it is a t-shirt. Hmm, it is a one piece lah. Wonder if this is suitable for office wear? I can't be bothered, my dad chose it for me!



From U.K.:

Dorothy perkins top. It is a bit big so I'll have to return this to my sister when she returns! Wonder if Dorothy Perkins has a clothes range for petite sizes?


more to come... but no time to take photos yet.

List of shops selling formal clothing for petites

Hi all,

I've compiled a list of shops selling petite size formal clothes for small ladies. Hope this helps! =)

Do email me if you have more recommendations. Thanks!

Shop	Sizes	Comments
Osmose	Size 1 is the smallest and fits those with 23-24 inch waists	So far, one of my fav! Affordable and size 1 usually fits!
iora	Somewhat larger than Osmose. XS size for pencil skirts available	Always have sales in heartland malls like Jurong Point and Hougang Mall
PepperPlus	Some dresses are XS size. Most tops can fit, hard to find XS bottoms	Affordable but not always formal enough for the office
GG<5	Sometimes can fit into their XS jackets	Stylish, slightly more pricey than Osmose, harder to find size, very limited range of XS sizes.
G2000	Size 3 is the smallest and mostly still too big for me	Expect to spend lots of time finding the smallest cut size 3 suit, skirts are too big for me
Blossomz	Most items can fit well	Nice casual wear but too informal for work
Miss Selfridge Petite	Some of the petite range still don't fit. Expect some discrepancies in sizing	Expensive but nice. Don't expect too much because the petite range is limited.
MNG	Skinny jeans size 32 fits	Only managed to find skinny jeans, nothing else fits except the basic tees which I think are too common and overpriced
Fashion Lab	Sometimes can fit into their S jackets. However, their sizing is very erratic sometimes the M is good enough for me, sometimes S is too big.	Lurve their designs! Great for the office and for a night out after work. Stylish!
Fox	Look out for P sizing	Only complaint: Too casual for work
Outfitter Girls	A few surprise finds there. Some XS ranges	Drop by if you are near Plaza Singapura. Too casual for office though
M)Phosis	Quite a few podders recommended this	Havn't managed to buy anything from them, so no comments
Espirit	Some of their S size casual tops fit	Most of the time, their more formal wear doesn't fit. Also their designs are so-so (my opinion lah)
Suits N You	Carry sizes down to XXXXS size (podder – madcow)	Recommended by many podders for large range of sizes and lower prices; I havn't tried it personally
Mugigae	Carry XS sizes	The clothes are very nice for office wear and they carry size XS. I didn't have the time to try. http://petitegal.blogspot.com/2009/04/discovered-mugigae.html
Catherine's shop at Bugis Village	Carry XS sizes office wear!	Check out: http://petitegal.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-fav-secret-haunt.html
Zimple	They sell very nice satin pencil skirts ($49) for office and very dainty office wear for ladies.	Check out: http://petitegal.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-fav-secret-haunt.html
HoneyBee		Check out: http://petitegal.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-fav-secret-haunt.html
Ztyle		Dresses that fit petite girls quite well

Went snorkling and met Nemo!

I felt the highlight of the Bintan trip was the snorkling.

It costs $40 per trip for 1.5 hrs.

You can book a trip at the Nirwana Beach sea sports centre.

Each trip requires like 6 persons to set off, BUT, they will set off with less than 6, so don't fret if they tell you not enough people have signed up.

They will take you out to sea in a speedboat. Along the way, there's some nice scenary. Like a hill surface plastered with tiny indonesian-styled villas. It looks very exclusive and expensive.

The boat ride was okay, but I felt a bit sea sick after that.

The guide took us to barracuda bay. He taught us simple tips:

1) make sure your gear fits --> Life vest secure and snorkling mask is air tight
2) breath through your mouth and blow if water gets into your snorkling mask
3) stay away from jelly fish!

Fyi, I was a lousy swimmer but with the life vest, i was able to float comfortably. I also didn't wear flippers cos I felt uncomfortable and my toe was hurt. Think it is easier to navigate without flippers BUT you swim much slower so i had to peddle like mad.

The water is clear with a slightly greenish cast. I didn't have an underwater camera, but what you see is something like this -->
just a bit more greenish (i think cos of algae) and a bit less clear.

Managed to see clownfish and anemone.

They gave you some bread which you are suppose to feed to the fish. I am quite short with short arms lah. So when i extended my arms with the bread... the fish all came swarming right into my face! wahahaha.

After that, I got smarter... if you dun wan to swim into a mesh of fins and scales, pls strategically place the food somewhere lower k?

Actually the snorkling trip was quite hilarious. Cos my friend and I are lousy swimmers. So... when we first jumped into the water and couldn't touch the ground, we panicked! She was grabbing me. I started yelling "don't grab, don't grab"! But everything came out muffled cos I was biting too hard on my snorkling tube. Scared drink sea water mah...

Then the guide saw us and he dived down, took my friend's arm and left. Later I found out he took her to the deep sea where she saw a barracuda! Jealous. Later she kept telling me she had a 1 on 1 session with the instructor. "Private tour you know?" grrr. wahahah. happy she enjoyed herself despite being scared shitless. wahahhaah.

I took a few minutes before I got the courage to right my body, look down and saw... lots of yellow and silver fishes! So happy! =)

Saw lots of corals as well and quite a few blue fishes. Thought of our ex-boss then cos he's an avid diver. Also thought of my daddy who's an avid swimmer. That's when i felt lonely cos my friend was having the time of her life with a fit and trim snorkling instructor. wahahaha.

Later on the snorkling instructor came and took me to see Nemo!

My first snorkling experience and it was great!

Photos of Bintan 2

Sandy beaches of bintan!

Nice rite? Water is quite clear but still not as clear as I'd hope it would be.

Nonetheless when we went deep sea snorkling, we saw a lot corals and fish! My colleague saw a barracuda! I saw nemo and anemone.


The sunset in Bintan!

Photos of Bintan 1: Pasar Oleh Oleh

Lunch at Pasar Oleh Oleh in Bintan.

Pasar Oleh Oleh is a tourist 'village' in Bintan. Things there are slightly cheaper than the resorts. However to get there you must take a cab from your resort. So the smarter way is to book a spa there so that they'll provide you with free transport to and fro the 'village'. You can shop around/eat after your spa.

Food wise, not bad, better than the resort's. I find indonesian style of cooking very flavorful. So be ready with lots of water cos there's a bit of 'msg intoxication' after each meal. But the food is quite tasty if you like strong flavors, chili and lots of marinated meat.

I can't remember what this dish is called but it has beef, chicken, some pumpkin, tempeh and tofu. also comes with beef stew. Costs around SGD11.

Much cheaper than the resorts!

Photos of Mayang Sari

Overall, I really liked the Mayang Sari Resort in Bintan. We stayed
there for 2 nights in one of the garden view units. Very spacious, I think 3-4 people can stay comfortably in one resort. At night youcan hear crickets and the sea waves lapping on the shore. If you stay in the seaview unit, you can wake up and walk right out to the beach. They even have hammocks where you can 'nuah' in.




The room is pretty rustic looking (and yes, there's aircon, Kettle, bathtub and a TV set with HBO).



However, if you are looking for 'hotel' accomodation, maybe you can try Nirwana Gardens Hotel. however it feels like Downtown East in the Hotel. Lots of kids running about. And the trees are equally spaced, reminds me of Singapore!

But admittedly, Bintan's like an offshore island servicing Singaporeans and Singapore transit tourists.

Heading to Bintan!

Wheee! Will be having a short getaway trip to Bintan, Mayang Sari resort soon.

I wanna do spa package!

Stay tune for bintan reviews, wheee!

Maybe they have small shoes there. haha.

Fresh Soya Beans (Edamame)

I love japanese fresh soya beans! (aka edamame)

Was very thrilled to find that NTUC housebrand now carries Japanese Fresh soya beans.



It is really easy to prepare. Just boil some water and put in the soya beans. You don't even have to fresh the beans. Wait 2-3 mins and fish them out for a nice and healthy snack.


Apparently, a half cup of shelled edamame gives you a bunch of fiber: 9 grams, about the same amount you'll find in 4 slices of whole-wheat bread or 4 cups of steamed zucchini. It has almost as much protein as it does carbohydrate. It contains around 10% of the Daily Value for two key antioxidants; vitamins C and A. And for a plant food, it's quite high in iron; it has about as much as a 4-ounce roasted chicken breast.

If it ain't good, i won't recommend it.

This is healthy, finger-licking goodness. =)

Americaya!

Was at bugis area and happened to be passing by BHG's sale.

They are offering an additional 15% sale off discounted prices.

So I thought, might as well check if there are heels around that I can fit and I found this brand - Americaya


Bought a pair of heels size 22.5 for only $25 bucks after discount. The best thing besides the fit? It is made of pig skin so it was quite comfy. I'm happy!


They have a lot of small size heels. So do check it out if you wear size 22.5-23.

To be honest, size 22.5 is their smallest size. It was a tad too big for me so I bought this pair of wedges with adjustable straps at the bag. They helped me punch a hole to tighten the fit and viola! My first pair of fitting heels in like... 10-12 mths?

=)

The design is quite ordinary, but I'm still ecstatic. They showed me some more heels that are really small size but I didn't buy them cos they looked a bit 'auntie'. Think this is one of those brands that stresses comfort. A lot of the shoes I tried felt very comfy but design wise ahem.. can be improved.


Anyway I texted my fashionista colleagues after I bought the heels cos I was so ecstatic. My funny bitchy boss said of this brand "Oh... that's my mum's favorite brand".

I'm like... "Great, I always knew your mum has great taste and good fashion sense."

=P

hee hee

Petite Clothes from Europe!

Whee! Parents and sis bought me some clothes from Europe.
Parents went to UK to visit sis. Since I couldn't go they bought me clothes to make me happy.

Got my first H&M cardigan!

Euro size - XS --> to be honest it is a bit flappy lah. but i can't care less!

Wheee!

Apparently a lot of clothes are on closing down sales in London. So they shopped like crazy. This one costs 10 pounds after discount.

post the others later. I go try clothes.

Disappointed with KFC breakfast

Had the $6.00 KFC breakfast the other day with my colleague cos she wanted to try it out.

Was super disappointed loh.


For $6 you get
- dry scrambled eggs (McDonald's scrambled eggs are much better!)
- a triangular hash brown (2/3 size of McDonald's)
- a fried piece of chicken patty (MCDonald's beef patty is tastier)
- Tea (not re-fillable, or rather i didn't spot a refilling station)
- A 'biscuit' which was obviously made from pancake flour

Very disappointing.

Contrast this! I paid $3.50 for this at a food court. Much better value for money!

Discovered Mugigae!

My boss and I went shopping after a meeting a few days back and she introduced me to this shop!

Mugigae @ Bugis Junction

I took a quick photo with my camera phone. It is on level 2.
#02-38



The clothes are very nice for office wear and they carry size XS. I didn't have the time to try. Plus was a bit paiseh to try clothes when boss is shopping lah. anyway price range is around $29-$40+ for tops. They also have very nice dresses.

Anyway Little Match Girl which is nearby is also having sales. They are selling tops at $18 each.
So you guys may wanna check it out.

It is cool to have a fashionista for a boss!

Top shopping vacations for Petites!

Kinda like a continuation of my previous post...

Wikiepedia actually has a list of the world's average height lei.

Singaporean women are not exactly the shortest in our region loh.
Avg height is 160 cm. which means I'm 8 cm from the norm.

Assuming the retailers aim their sizes at the mass market, this means that i will find it easier to find clothes my size in countries that have smaller sized women.

This leaves me with: Indonesia, Malaysia & Thailand!







Quite true lah, I've previously mentioned in my posts that I find it easier to find size 3 shoes in Malaysia lah.

As for bangkok, I managed to buy some pencil skirts (waist: 23 inch) from MBK in Thailand.


So... you may wanna consider these countries for your next shopping vacation? *wink*

Country/Region	Average male height	Average female height
Australia	178.4 cm (5' 10.2")	163.9 cm (5' 4.5")
China (PRC)	172.7 cm (5' 8")	162.5 cm (5' 4")
France	174.1 cm (5' 8.5")	161.9 cm (5' 3.7")
Germany	178.1 cm (5' 10.1")	165 cm (5' 5.0")
Hong Kong	171.0 cm (5' 7.3")	158.8 cm (5' 2.6")
Indonesia	158.0 cm (5' 2.2")	147.0 cm (4' 10.0")
Korea, South	174.5 cm (5' 8.7")	161.1 cm (5' 3.4")
Malaysia	164.7 cm (5' 4.8")	153.3 cm (5' 0.4")
Singapore	170.6 cm (5' 7.2")	160 cm (5' 3")
Taiwan	172.7 cm (5' 8.0")	160.2 cm (5' 3.1")
Thailand	167.5 cm (5' 5.9")	157.3 cm (5' 1.9")
United Kingdom	177.8 cm (5' 10.0")	163.5 cm (5' 4.3")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height#Average_height_around_the_world

The height of kitchen Shelves...

Short = low kitchen sink?

My family is made up of hobbits lah. All of us are under 1.6m (including papa).



So I didn't quite realized that our kitchen sink is rather low until my bF pointed it out.

We were cooking, then he was helping me wash the dishes.

Suddenly, he was like... eh... very 辛苦, your kitchen sink is very low.

Then I realized he was bending over to wash the dishes.

I was about to be nice and ask him to stop washing etc. etc. but he started laughing at me, called me a hobbit etc.

So... TOO BAD... i made him wash all the dishes.

Kinda makes you think... what's the norm range of height among females?

So I die die must custom-made my furnishing next time lah since I'm ahem... hobbit like.

Update on Small Footed Gals

For all those with really small feet (e.g. size 4 and below)

'Flowerpod has this thread on shops selling size 3 shoes!'

One of the podders, tohtijune, collated a list of shops:







Charles & Keith
OG
VNC (Vincci in Malaysia)
Pedalworks
Mondo (Far East & Isetan Wisma)
Anna Nicci (Far East level 3)
Nine West
Birkenstock
Bata (Kids' size)
Shockwave

I'm adding in my favorite- Tangs!






Heh, you may want to check them out!

Personally, I don't like Mondo shoes, they are not very comfy and don't last.

Charles & Keith has nice designs but they are usually not comfy for me.
--> Went to Charles & Keith's website and saw lots of ang moh models
--> tot it is a local brand? Wat's the big deal with ang moh models?