Facial Sheet Mask Review: Papa Recipe Bombee Fruitables

Papa Recipe Bombee Fruitables "Yellow Squeeze Brightening Mask"

Papa Recipe Bombee Fruitables “Yellow Squeeze Brightening Mask”

This sheet mask is from Papa Recipe, a Korean brand interestingly with its office in Scarborough, Ontario.  It’s called “Bomboo Fruitables ‘Yellow Squeeze Brightening Mask'”.  Having “bright”, clear, unblemished faces is always the goal in Asian beauty trends (they idolise this rather than having golden tans).

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Facial Sheet Mask Review: Annabella Haematococcus Pluvialis Facial Repair Mask

Annabella Haematococcus Pluvialis Facial Repair Mask

Annabella Haematococcus Pluvialis Facial Repair Mask

Shockingly, this brand of facial sheet mask called Annabella from Thailand works amazingly and is so hydrating!! :O

I was at Watsons and wanted to buy some facial masks to try (sheet masks galore in Asia).  This bright pink and rather nondescript box with rudimentary Comic Sans font of face masks was on sale and one of the cheapest ones in the store (originally priced Continue reading

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Golden Sand Restaurant in Tai Kok Tsui

Golden Sand Restaurant scrambled eggs

Golden Sand Restaurant located at G/F, 85-87 Ivy Street in Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong

This is a typical Hong Kong style restaurant serving HK style cafe food like afternoon tea specials, breakfast combos, and dinner.  It’s quite non-descript, so I’ll just share with you what we ate.  Continue reading

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Saturday, November 9, 2019 morning dream

Had a dream that I was covering a job where it was a simple interview but there were more people there than usual.  I had my laptop on the table already but then they Continue reading

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Movie Review: Aladdin (2019)

Following the watching of The Lion King 2019 remake movie, I watched another remake of the popular and well-loved Disney classic, Aladdin!  The original animated Aladdin was released in 1992 and remains popular to this day.

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Movie Review: The Lion King (2019)

I finally had the chance to watch the new Lion King!  This movie came out sometime this summer when I was too busy running around doing wedding preparations.

(Disclaimer:  Spoilers ahead.)

I had loved the original 1994 version when I was a kid.  It was the movie that I had recorded on VHS and would watch every time I was sick and stayed home from school (which wasn’t very often but which was a very fond memory for me.  I guess it was like Continue reading

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Dying my Hair for the First Time

It’s time for a change!  I’ve kept my hairstyle pretty much the same for the past ten years. I grow it out, leave it long, Continue reading

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First Time taking a Pilates class!

I’ve wanted to try pilates for a long time, for as long as when I first saw it as one of the options at the Continue reading

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Simple joys

I wanted to write this post a couple of weeks ago but the feeling passed and I let it go. The sentiment is back again tonight, so here goes: It has been Continue reading

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The Sweet Escape Patisserie at the Distillery District

Sweet Escape Patisserie

Sweet Escape Patisserie located at 24 Tank House Lane in Toronto

October 5, 2019:  We had a little snack at The Sweet Escape Patisserie at the Distillery District during our afternoon visit.  Despite the name of the shop, we didn’t get anything sweet from this cafe on this visit.  They had plenty of nice-looking cupcakes (with high sky frosting), cakes, macarons, cookies, and pastries on their front-facing counter.  They also sell ice cream and lots of other Continue reading

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