Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Sisterlocks, Black Hair, Natural Hair, Dreadlocks Alternative, Fierce Hairstyles, Long Locks




i have not had my hair professionally retightened since i moved to Germany 2 years ago. I want the luxury of going to a consultant here to have my hair done within a day, on a regular basis. The closest consultants are in the Nederlands, France, England and Switzerland. That's possible if i have a reason to go to those places. Are there any Sisterlock sistahs in Germany, in particular Munich or Augsburg? I live in Donawörth which is 30 mins. by train to Augsburg and 1.5 hr by train to Munich. Any suggestions?

Girly post

I am bored!!

I'm disgusted by how frivolous and superficial my life is.

But of course, being disgusing, frivolous and superficial, I can't really feel disgust at being frivolous (since I am so frivolous and incapable of complex feelings, geddit? this sentence is getting too long), so I am in a royal dilemma of how I feel.

On one hand, it's a pretty damn good life to not have to use your brain much, on the other hand, I can almost see my school teachers (maybe only primary school....) scorning at how a bright promising student turned out...

(seriously, I haven't learnt anything much since the last few months. The last thing I learnt was that I can add cooking wine (or Hua Diao Jiu if Chinese Cuisine) to any sort of food and it will taste good. Seriously! I add it to maggi mee, soups (hmmm, maybe not the campbell variety), dumplings, prawns, blah blah. Oh oh oh! I also learnt some painting tips. More about that later)

Here's how disgustingly superficial and frivolous my life is, just yesterday:

Woke up at 4pm, messaged Kay Kay (who was from RGS, ACJC and NUS btw, don't play play ... bet her teachers also scorning at her lifestyle).

"Wake up wake up! It's time for shopping!"


Aye! It's as if we were on some important mission.

We went to Bugis, ate at Mos burger while making conversation about plastic surgery.

Kay kay said you can do ANYTHING in Thailand, including digging a dimple for $200 bucks.

I fleetingly considered going there to reduce my flabby jawline, or going to Korea to cut eyes bigger? On the other hand, a dimple? Sounds pretty good - I mean, nobody dislikes people with dimples, right?

Look at all the people that people hate... Does Osama have cute dimples? DOES MR SADDAM HUSSEIN?! I THINK NOT! Imagine now, Saddam smiling with two deep dimples accentuating his cheeks. YOU NOW LOVE HIM DON'T YOU?

IF I HAD DIMPLES I'D SO RULE THE WORLD!

Also irritated with my breasts coz they are not small enough to justify a boob job and not big enough to fill up clothes.

Briefly considered that I might be addicted to plastic surgery. Small voice in my head says I should invest the money I have, but the louder voice said, "Use it to shop and buy happiness! What if you died tomorrow?!"

I kicked the small voice away, because just thinking about HOW to invest (please do not send me emails asking me to buy stocks or wine or beans, thanks) makes my brain exhausted.

Walked around Bugis Village, bought $300 worth of miscellaneous things, including best find of $10 super slutty low-waist scrunch-side baby pink satin hot pants! (Maybe I'd take a photo later)

Lugged shopping home, spent 1 hour sorting through shopping and happily rewearing all accessories and clothes. Showed Mike everything by attempting to sexily pose in his door frame ala porn flicks.

He politely says, "Oooh, nice!" to everything, and forbade me to wear the slutty shorts in public. I informed him I am going to.

Kay kay went for MJ session somewhere else, and came over to my place at 4am.

We watched Meteor Garden, woo-ed and ahh-ed at Jerry Yan and I accused Da S of having a quivering clit at the "rape" scene where Jerry Yan tore her blouse and force kissed her. What?! I think it's very funny what! She act act like she don't like Dao Ming Si, but seriously lor!



That doesn't illustrate the hotness enough...

WHO CAN RESIST DAO MING SI?

KK said I am disgusting and laughed at me, saying that if I am Shan Cai and I got invited to Dao Ming Si's place and his servants changed me into long silky traditional PJs I confirm ask the maids, "Got shorter or tighter one or not?" and when they say no, I'd just go and meet Dao Ming Si with the top and no underwear.

It's simply not true!
I'm a very decent girl.

Painted nails French while gossiping about people till 10.30am, when KK left to go waxing. She really never sleep for the longest time lor!

Kua kua.... Terrible lifestyle.


Today I was wondering why people often say that I am spoilt.

I really don't think I am (Mike, scoffing: "Spoilt people never think they are")!

I mean, my parents were not rich and I didn't even have air con in my room until last year can?!

My allowance in Poly was an atrocious $5 per day, none for weekends! Had to work in Banqueting, which was SERIOUSLY exhausting!

I had to wash my own laundry after I turned 21! (Fantastic present Momo, thanks)

I guess in a sense my parents (and even my little brother, who is way less fussy than me) often gave in to me regarding things they can afford to (such as food or other funny whims and wants), but that's about it.

As a girl, however, I seriously think how spoilt you can get depends on how willing you are to whine and act cute (in which obviously HIDEOUS girls can't do) and how good you are at doing those things.

If you whine and/or act cute and still don't get your way, just cry.

Of course, if some fugly girl does that to me I'd just ask her to fuck off, so yeah - go get plastic surgery first.

Some girls, like Shuyin (or Rozz) for example, are simply not the sort who will whine and ask for anything.

Other girls, like Junne (master whiner), whine even among girlfriends, so much so that even I give in to her wants more often than the other way round. No doubt after reading this she will whine to me and say that she is not like that.

If you get your way often enough, you just take it for granted and become spoilt lor.

Personally, I don't think there is anything bad about it - whining and acting cute is an art and not everyone can master it well. =)

Besides, it's not like my Daddy buys me 10 Chanel bags at the snap of my fingers or anything, so it's not THAT unfair.

I am, however, spoilt by how easily I earn my money - that I admit.

I've not done a hard day's work since Girls Out Loud, and I earn sufficient to sustain a comfortable lifestyle.

However, this is completely not my fault that I have fallen into this sort of situation (which is no accident but *ahem* a complex entrepreneurial master plan I had from the start), so people should not be upset about it!

Blah blah blah undeserving... What's there to be so undeserving about? If you think you can blog better and take away my position as top-earning blogger (by a relatively big margin) in Singapore, go ahead and do it!

Nothing is stopping you except for an internet connection and some sort of talent.

Personally, I'm surprised that nobody came along who is funnier, more controversial, better at photoshop and prettier all combined.

(I know prettier is definitely fulfilled, but I'm talking about a combination, smartass)

I didn't think it would take so much when I first started.

But then again, maybe somebody who is like that is not blogging and earning a mediocre salary from it but flying high in the banking/design/law world? No idea.

My stupid rantings are getting BORING.


Photos!!!!!!



I'm sorry there are so few, I'd try to take some more.


KK's and my Ikano membership card.


So cute right? They allow you to put any name you want on it!

No points for guessing which one is mine...

You might think that KK's name is much nicer but it is also thought of by MOI ok!


So funny, when the Ikea guy gave her her card, he was like, "Hey Mermaid! Your card is ready."

=D

If I ever stop blogging for a living I'd go be a copywriter. (Actually, I did copywriting for HBO ads before. Heh! I never fail to amaze)




So annoying! My Juicy watch arrived in the mail and it is DAMAGED!

The crown's attached to leather band via the U-shaped thing right, and I think coz the crown's heavy and rocked the U too much, the one of the screws broke INSIDE the U!

Can see that one screw is shorter than the other.

And perfect news! Now I lost the longer screw! CCCCCCCCCB.

I'm so irritated! Have go to to the Juicy repair shop in Singapore and pray that they can fix it, otherwise I have to spend another $50 to send it to the states to be repaired lor!



Mike and I in Ming's car, highly photoshopped.

I drew on way more eyeliner made my nose perfect... Hehehe...

Wait, there's more:





Completely don't look like that in real life


Too fair, need a tan!


Ming and Huiwen at Paulaner's.





How I look like without (so much) photoshop. Hahaha

So fat already still eat pork knuckles! Cannot help it la, very yummy...



What's a Princess Room without pink walls?!


We set a mission to paint the master bedroom and princess room:

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CUTE PINK STRIPES!!





NOW THE PRINCESS ROOM LOOKS LIKE THE INSIDE OF A WHIMSICAL CARNIVAL TENT!!

(Some boys might be muttering that it looks more like the inside of a vagina, but I don't care, I like it)



This is just when it was halfway done, now the entire room has the stripes!

In case you are wondering how I did it (Mike totally didn't help with the stripes, I didn't trust him to do them), it is done with....


Super a lot of masking tape


I used up 7 rolls of masking tape, and around 16 hours STRAIGHT to do it (entire Sat and Sun burnt), and at the end of all the climbing up and down the ladder and measuring and marking and taping and retaping and pouring paint and laying newspapers etc, my arm almost broke off can?

IT'S SUPER NOT EASY LOR.

Each stripe is a precise 20cm thick.

The ceiling's not done properly yet, I'm changing the light to a chandelier.

And after that, I'm gonna paint a big Fafi on the walls and more!



The master bedroom is painted what was supposedly called "BRIGHT AQUA", which is a turquoise that is 4 shades darker than this and supposed to make the bedroom all dark and mysterious looking, but it ended up in this pastel shade!

We are so pissed off, but what to do!

I guess this pale cyan is not so bad...

Mike says that he definitely has to quickly build a wall to separate the Princess Room from the Master Bedroom, because he can't keep looking at all the pink.

Chio what!

(By the way, just in case there are stupid people who are thinking that Mike allowed me to paint his master bedroom pink and is therefore a pussy, that is not true because we are separating the big room into two parts with a wall. The Princess Room is all I get for my girly stuff, and it only came after a LOT of whines, acting cute, and occasional crying.)


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New shows on Click Network!


Xiaxue's Guide to Life Ep 2


Being a discerning drinker!


I took Gillian's atas mineral water and pit it against lowly Ice Mountain to see if there is a difference! Click picture to watch!

Rozz + Wendy + New York!



It wasn't all work (alright, just a teeny bit of it was work...) for Singapore Day In NYC!

Click picture to see what Rozz and I got up to.


News Asia on the Net!



Co-anchors Debbie Wong & Howard Lo bring you all the quirkiest news stories from Asia. They may not be credible, but hey, at least they're funny.

How do I know they are funny?

Well, I co-produced the show! We had to sieve through all the weirdest news stories to bring you this can? I know, I'm so bloody multi-talented.

Ep 1 is about panda porn and fake poodles.

YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT.

Click on the damn picture.

p/s: I will try to blog more often.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Singing in the Rain



I started my Sisterlock journey on December 28th 2005 and I haven't had a bad hair day since. I live in the Pacific Northwest where it rains more than the sun shines so having locks is the best decision for this climate. Whoever said....."Brown sugar melts"....didn't have Sisterlocks. Enjoy!
Please visit my blog at: http://www.aliselocs.blogspot.com/
Alise

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Eating and Blogging Chipster

Advertorial

I'm not sure if some of you already know, but the good people who brought us Twisties (C'mon let's twist again!!! I'm sorry, the song just comes up whenever someone says twisties...) have came up with not corn twisties, not corn chips, but potato chips!!

Introducing....

CHIPSTER!!!

Comes in 3 flavours:






(Screenshots from website)

See, even Genies cannot resist potato chips.


I gave it a try, and I like it!! My favourite is the original (I always like original best, not too over-powering), and second is the sour cream... Unfortunately Mike ate the spicy one so no verdict on that...

Ok, I'm like racking my brains to describe the chips, but what can I say, right?

Chips are chips, and fried carbo is always gratifying (unfortunately for our weight)!! It's nice, and it's only $1++ (I forgot how much...), so go try it!!

When I was asked to write this advertorial, I had to hunt down Chipster!

Due to it being so new, some places still haven't started selling it - but I managed to locate the shiny packets in 7/11 at Giant Tampines.

The other sure location is at Carrefour. :D

As common with all new products, there will be a contest, and hopefully, super shiok prizes!!!

Chipster's contest is called "Nothing Else Matters", and unlike most online contests where we don't get much fun participating, this one is actually really fun!

Before you flip to some other blog, thinking, 'Not another contest??', here are the fabulous prizes:


Screenshot from the website

Awesome, right? (Whenever I see N95, a deep male voice just goes "It's what computers have become" in my head, I think I am going crazy.)


And bloggers who participate all stand a chance to win the Chipster Premium!! I have no idea what that is but I'm hoping they give me a Mercedes SLK. I know, completely irrelevant, but a girl can dream, can't she?!!


Here's how to participate:


1) Take a photo of yourself with Chipster, ie like this




I know la, the pose so boring... You think very easy to pose with chips is it?! You try to do better lar!

Although, come to think of it, you don't even have to take a photo with Chipster. There are people who uploaded photos of Ali G and Justin Timberlake and even Jack Jack onto the site, very unconvincingly photoshopped holding a packet of Chipster. (check out the gallery)

I'm not too sure if these people qualify though...

So anyway, as I was saying... Take a photo with Chipster, and then...


2) Log on to www.chipster.com.my and click on the "Nothing Else Matters" contest.


3) Upload your photo, and Chipster provides some tools for you to customise your photo with!


4) Be as creative as you can

Voila! You are in for the running for the grand prize of a Macbook!! (I'm more a PC person, but I don't mind getting a Macbook free to smack over-zealous Mac evangelists on the head with, hehehe...)


And I present to you, my creations:








Hehehe!!! Don't they look so funny?

I didn't put in a lot of effort to erase my background properly... It's not very easy you know!

I also cheated by including my speech bubble with photoshop instead of Chipster's software, but they didn't say cannot mah! I wanted pink speech bubbles. :D

Right now, the backgrounds available are only freaky monsters attempting to steal your precious Chipsters, but I think there will be more to come.

PLEASE CHIPSTER COMPANY, COME UP WITH SOME GIRLY BACKGROUNDS FOR SEPTEMBER! :D Like pink and all!!

To entertain you all, I've came up with two more designs of my own:






Very psychedelic right!

Ok ok, I think I will win this contest. I already must think about what I want to do with my lifetime supply of Chipster (that's not a real prize but they might just oblige) and my route to Wheelock to whack Mac lovers with my new macbook.

They'd never expect it! I'd walk in with yoga-ish white loose clothes and funky green glasses, holding my Mac computer with a "my computer is the most stylish" swagger, and then... WHAHAHAHAHA!

That's it. Go buy your own Chipster and join the contest!!



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Something's wrong with me! I know I haven't been blogging, but I seem to have lost interest in doing it. I also stopped trying to take photographs, somehow having a mindset that goes like, "Hiyah, also not very chio, who want to see you?" and... Bah!!

Hope this phenomenon doesn't last very long.

Meanwhile, I got invited as a special guest on talkshow "You Hua Jiu Shuo" (The one hosted by Quan Yi Feng and Desmond Koh), and as a special "surprise" for me, the producers also invited Steven Lim.

-_-

I almost imploded when I saw his retarded face and I told the producer I am not going to bloody go on a show with Steven Lim in it and have to jia jia pretend to be civil to someone I don't even like, but she was like pleading and saying that I cannot leave else there won't be a special guest.

I guess it was a pretty interesting half an hour after that, because I was seated right next to Mr Lim and the straight-talking hosts asked me questions including and not withstanding (is this the right word I am looking for?):


- What exactly did I write about Steven? Say it in his face.

- Was Maia and I in cahoots to get publicity for both of us? (Answer is apparently no)

- Am I being so controversial to get publicity?

- Blah blah etc questions, some asked in a rather rude way.


It's so weird to have someone be offensive to you on tv, it's like you are completely taken aback and can only smile with incredulous raised eyebrows... If you wanna catch all that, the show is on 20 Sept at 8pm, Channel U. Yes, in Chinese.

P/s: This short blog post is brought to you by Chipster, else I won't be bothered to blog. Le sigh....! Blogging bug, come back to me!!!

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Luvi's Sisterlocks Born on 09/09/2001, TX



Sisterlocked on September 9-10, 2001 by Genitha in Texas. I have taken the Sisterlocks consultants' training and I love working with hair.

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Becoming a shopaholic

HELP!

I cannot resist the happiness that money can buy!

Due to my late hours, my shopping always used to be limited to just the rare occasions when I actually wake up and bother to go out in time before the shops all close.

HOWEVER, recently a very horrible (but still rather pleasing) event has just occurred in my life, and I'm telling you, this event is the one to blame for the lack of blogging recently.

Speaking of reasons for lack of blogging, I'm sure some of you have seen some photos on my friends' blogs about my new amazingly pink princess room, but I'm not ready to show photos yet!!

Must wait! Right now, I have not started painting it pink (stripes) yet, and the giant mirror still has to be mounted, encircled with pink fur, and blah blah blah.

A lot of work lar!!!!!!

I shall only show you guys when it is completely ready. :D

So yeah, I was saying... this recent activity of mine that has been keeping me from blogging...

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EBAYING!!!!!!

WHY WHY WHY EBAY? Why you choose May and Choy as your ambassadors?! You must choose me mah! I am like (albeit only recently) ebay's biggest fan can?!

(No, ebay is not paying me to write this)

It all started when I saw Hayden Patteritte (or however to spell her name, I can't be bothered to go check) on TV show Heroes using the Juicy Couture Sidekick phone.






Even comes with its own chio pouch... kuakua...

Ok, so it's seriously gorgeous, and for a period of time, it was like the ONLY THING I EVER DESIRED.

Kelvin conveniently told me to try ebay - which, to be frank, I never used to trust because the Singaporean ebayers have blah items, and I didn't trust the overseas sellers with my money.

But desperate desires call for desperate measures, right?

So I went on International ebay to see if I can find this fabulous piece of calling machine.

And Voila, like 9 people were selling their Juicy phones!

Just before I bid, however, a forum I read said that the sidekick has to not only be unlocked for use in Singapore, but if successfully unlocked (which is unlikely because you need some code from T-mobile, a selfish US phone line provider), most of the functions will not even work.

What's the point of that bigass phone if I cannot email or IM on it?

I gave up on the phone, but it did not stop me from scratching out the word "phone" and just typing in "Juicy Couture".

What I saw almost killed me. Or my bank account, rather.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE JUICY!

Being not available in Singapore (except for a puny counter in tangs selling only watches at a ridiculous price - what's your point, little counter, huh? Selling to leprechauns?), it really stunned me how gorgeous their products can be!!

Ie:












Call me sua ku, but besides bags, tracksuits, shoes, socks, underwear and accessories, they even have travel packs and school supplies and laptop sleeves (which they proudly proclaim "Couture Computer") ok!

*swoons*

Well, those I can't afford, but there are a lot of other products that are at really good prices, and the items are all brand new!

Shipping, however, usually costs from $25 to $40(!) sing.

Sigh.

But worth it what, some things just cannot be found in Singapore.

I'm beginning to think that shopping here is really lousy.

These are the things I bought so far, in Singapore dollars (all brand new and authentic unless otherwise stated):

Juicy Couture top
$41.60 - with shipping $74.63



I cannot resist things that are baby pink and terry cloth combined.

I just can't. The Juicy people know my weakness....

Born in the Glamourous USA!!!


Juicy Couture Straw tote
$66.50, plus shipping $95.81


This bag was lightly used, but still, I like it so much! Just hope the chick who used it is not a gross person. Or dead. Or a diseased whore. Arghhh! Stop it.

There was another seller selling the brand new one for like $200, but the deal I've got seems much better. :)


Box of Fafi postcards
$13.60, with shipping $20


I love Fafi! It's really hard to find Fafi products, and I was thinking of painting Fafi on my wall (some of you might not know, but I'm pretty talented in drawing) so these cards would act as a guide. :)

Quidditch through the ages
$5.60 (kuakua so cheap), plus shipping $11.70


HARRY POTTER MANIA! I don't think Singapore sells this book, and plus, this is a true-blue Great Britain first edition!

Digressing, I was looking at random Harry Potter auctions, and some of the first edition signed copies of Rowling's books are going for as high as $10,000!!

TEN THOUSAND BUCKS LEH!


I looked at those people bidding so much for a book, and it just struck me how sweet it is to look at all these anonymous ebayers, who, like me, love Harry Potter so much and I dunno, I got so moved, I actually cried.

I know, so stupid. But Harry Potter is so so so fantastic... Oh, Snape... Ok I'm gonna start crying again. To happier things!


Baby Phat halter dress
$40, plus shipping $66

With "Baby Phat" in cursive gold letters

Baby Phat products are really gorgeous too and they are not available in Singapore as well!

And baby pink + terry? Sigh... The dress hasn't arrived yet but I hope it fits.

Victoria's Secret Angel tote
$21 total


This is the only thing I bought from a local seller. I've been wanting a clear bag for some time now, all the better to show off my sparkly gadgets with. HAHAHA!

Juicy Couture Starlet Bag
$86 (really a steal compared to original price), plus shipping $110.


Don't think I have to say anything about this. The words say "Juicy Girl's Club" and "Juicy girl next door". Perfect for a casual day out in jeans. :D

z22 Palm PDA
$81, plus shipping $129


I've been looking for a nice looking and small palmtop in Singapore to no avail, but found this on ebay!

The bids started from $0.01 and went up to $81 - which I won. So so so happy!

Now it's diamante-encrusted (pics later) and helps me keep my appointments, which I kept forgetting, much to the anger of many people. Sorry lar!

Playboy satin jacket
$56, plus shipping $74


Playboy products are also very cute but unavailable in Singapore! This jacket is quilted all over and is satin grey and baby pink!

I LOVE SATIN JACKETS CAN?!

Juicy Couture wallet
$54, plus shipping $89


I love it soooooo much! :)


Juicy couture tracksuit (Model not included)
$80, plus shipping $106


Perfect for those late night supper sessions, or to fly to exotic countries in! Softest terry, J zip puller, with sweet pink eyelet lace on the sleeve-ends! =D

And perhaps the most absurd steal of all...

PINK STRAIGHTING HAIR IRON
$0.01, plus shipping $40


Ridiculous or not you tell me?! I dunno how the seller can manage to earn back his cost lor!

The iron works FANTASTICALLY (ceramic-coated negative ions technology blah blah) and is a awfully cute shade of pink!

SINGAPORE HOW TO FIND?!

And even with shipping, $40 for hair iron is very cheap lor. HAPPY!!

My guilty splurge...

Juicy Couture watch
$312, plus shipping $330






It's so ex leh, but the authentic ones (I saw at Tangs) can go up to $1,000 plus!!! Madness.

And I really, really like this. Sigh... I'm becoming a shopaholic with no sense of control.



I'm sorry if you guys are bored with my shopping products, but I HAVE TO SHARE ALL THESE WITH PEOPLE!!!

I am also gonna buy...









Shoes! Ebay shoes are so cheap, all the starting bids are like $15! I just don't know if I should get size 5 or 6 (US the size is different one, our 5 seems to be their 6), must wait for the sellers to get back to me.

Ok ok, enough of shopping! My point is just that ebay is fantastic and they should endorse me!!! Hehe... I just love winning a bid - fighting with somebody else and finally wrenching the item from some disappointed chick's hands is AWESOME!



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For those of you who liked Girls Out Loud, there is virtually no hope for a season 2 (apparently people wrote in to MCS to say I am racist blah blah and that the show is promoting wrong values such as plastic surgery and exotic dancing *rolls eyes* - and Mediacorp takes such dickheads' opinions very seriously)...

But I'm pleased to announce a slightly similar substitute of it... except without my fantastic co-host Rozz.

Munkysuperstar is now producing XIAXUE'S GUIDE TO LIFE - a lifestyle program of me talking and doing nonsense!!



"Wanna learn how to make money doing nothing? How to find true love? How to lose weight without exercising? Xiaxue shows you how with practical and definitive advice! But don't take her too seriously; it probably won't work for most of you."



Fortunately for me, whenever I talk and do nonsense people seem to find it amusing, thus, a show is born!

The first ep is available here:


Getting my first tattoo!
Does it hurt?
How does the procedure go?
Check it out yourself. :)


Nope, it won't be on TV, but isn't it better to see it online where you can hear all my vulgarities loud and clear - anytime you want?!

Awesome.


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P/s: Hairspray is fucking fantastic. I swear, everytime that Zac Efron comes to the screen and does his wink or "And I'm... Link..." thingy, THE WHOLE CINEMA SWOONS. Did anyone else notice this phenomenon too? A swooning cinema? I swear it's damn amazing, even Brad Pitt doesn't get such responses.

Alot of good shows recently ah!! I also liked 881, Evan Almighty (so many cute animals) and I can already predict I will love Ratatouille. Yeah la maybe I spelt it wrong, but the time I still cared about people commenting on my English has long passed! Can't be bothered!

I blogged this post for 5 hours straight, and I am finally joining poor Mike in bed at 6.30am. -_-