My make up stuff

I was in my bathroom the other day, preparing myself for work when I glanced at my vanity and realized just how much of stuff I used to get ready. A woman's life is not complete with just 1 kind of cream or make up-we have an assortment of it! I wasn't much of a make up person nor was I ever into all those creams that women use but lately as I'm maturing I realized how much it helps!!! I also realized just how much of stuff I need whenever I'm going on a short or long break-no wonder we carry a huge carry-on! So I thought I'd list down all the stuff I use on myself to help me appear better than usual:

Mary's list of things she can't live without (at least for now!):

For the face & hair:

1.Facial foam

2.Moisturizer

3.Toner

4.Eye cream

5.Foundation

6.Eye make up

7.Khol and eyeliner

8.Mascara

9.Lip liner(at least 3 colours)

10.Lipstick ( lots of that)

11.Blusher

12.Blusher brush

13.Eye brow pencil (at least 2 colors)

14.Facial cottons

15. Mousse

16.Hair relaxant

17.Hair bands/scarfs

18.Pimple cream

For the body:

1.Shower cream/bubble bath

2.Moisturizer

3.Special cream for the hands and feet

4.Nail clipper

5.Nail polish and remover.

Can you see the light?

Have you ever experienced a time when you had no electricity for an hour? You'd feel irritated or restless-now let's say you have to get through the day with 16 hours of no power!!! That's exactly what is happening here in Nepal. Load-shedding as it's most commonly called is nothing new around these parts-as one of the biggest resources in hydro power, one would imagine that the country could sustain itself! But in reality, up to now, nothing is being done to eliviate this problem. I am lucky to be living at the hotel, I am not directly affected but to hear my friends and colleagues raise the issue time and again, makes me as frustrated as they are!

Imagine if you may; shops, restaurants, cybercafes, all shut down because they have no power and what's worse is that they have no other means to obtain power either! Electric tempos that ply the busy streets of Kathmandu have no option but to go on strike in order to get the "authorities" to provide electricity to recharge! Generators, inverters cost a bomb! Diesel is scarce and at times like this, it is even more expensive to buy! What is going on here? Who is responsible for this? The blame game has already begun. It's affecting the lives of thousands of people here-I never would have imagined I would bear witness to such a situation but here I am-in the thick of it all!!!

Now it's a matter of watch and wait again-hoping against hope that solutions are found to this ever increasing frustration!

Back Home

I am back home for the holidays. It's good to be back with the family,the familiar surroundings,smells,sights,craziness, my cats,my room. Meeting friends certainly made the trip worthwhile too. I cleaned today, not having had the opportunity to do so in quite a while....it's so theraputic.It's been a trying 4 days also, having to see my mom's health slowly ebbing away. I feel a little guilty sometimes for not being here for her. She is alone and lonely, removed from everyone-I try to understand her but it's hard. I'm going over some sites to help me understand her illness and maybe find ways to try and deal with her condition. I pray every night for God to give her peace and I trust that HE will provide for her.I feel grateful that I have friends who are understanding and want to help in any way possible. When my brother's down, we will discuss what the next step will be. but for now, I'm glad I'm home and able to spend as much time as I can with my mother.

The "Onion Group" strikes again!!!!

Well, the "Onion group" delivered on their promise to lock us in! When we all arrived for our morning meeting at 9.30am this morning (8/12/08) we were all locked in with the exception of our "mini GM" and HR Mgr who were called out for negotiations to their demands! They did not even let us go to the loo at one point and we had to argue for a while for them to finally allow us to go. Of course food and drinks was out of the question! It was a small room however and there were about 10 of us there,so we played games and kept ourselves occupied. We covered all sorts of topic from politics to religion to mundane stuff just to make sure we were always in high spirits. Amidst all this, some of us even managed to catch some zzzz's...
Suffice to sat it was a real emotional ordeal but we tried not to show it, while all this was going on the group themselves parked in front of the meeting room, though I'm pretty sure they had food and drinks!
After about 6 hours in lock down, the issue was finally resolved! What an ordeal! After which then group had the audacity to "thank"us for our cooperation! This is truly an experience and one that will be in my memory for a while. I don't know if there will be anymore of such acts but there is always a first for everything and THIS was certainly a first!
So I'm now counting down the days,eagerly waiting for my departure even for a temporary while away from this maddening place!

10 more days

10 more days to go!! wohooo!!!!! This anticipation is killing me.Time seems to be moving too slow. I've been so efficient that I've even finished packing,done my Christmas shopping, now all I need to do is to wait!! Wait!Wait!!
I'm listening to INXS right now, ahhh...I remember driving in my car on my way back from JB-Kuantan,the music blaring loudly to keep me awake on my journey..those were the days. I haven't driven in 6 whole months..it'll feel a bit awkward I suppose.
Well, tomorrow apparently our good people from the "Onion group" intends to lock some of us inside the office over some dispute that is not our fault anyway! Well, let's see what will happen! It's a bloody farce I tell you! The only thing these guys know how to do perfectly is going on strike and locking people up!
I really cannot wait to get out and let my hair down! Ahh...to be back home with my family and cats and bed...10 more days and counting!!!

Looking for Rex!

I WANT A DOG!!!! And I specifically want THIS one!! I'm thinking that if I write it down maybe the universe will send me one! (Interval..It's Beyonce!!! If I were a boy") wohhooo...I so LOVE this song!!!

Ok..back to my dog! It's a lab and his name is Rex! That's what I'll name him and he'll live in a big house(corner lot) of course with lots of running space!! ahhhh...I so want a doggie...

OK...so universe..do your thing!!

a lot of stuff

I'm sitting in my room going through pictures of yest years...all those wonderful moments.I laughed aloud reminiscing old times.It's not like I'm that old! all the more I want to go home soon. I can't wait! It feels like a drag...looking back I think I've grown up a lot,from the way I looked and my dress sense..I suppose. Don't know if I HAVE a dress sense! I'm listening to Hitz.fm and David Cook is on the radio...ahhhh...sigh!!!!

I'm having trouble sleeping these past weeks, must be coz I have so many things on my mind..plus the idiot box is trying it's best to hypnotize me and making me watch all these tv shows which in the end proves useless to me! Well at least the Travel & Living is good,that's my whole addiction now,ever since it came I've been like a "jakun" not wanting to miss anything!!!!

I have a mind to place a sign on my TV saying "the Idiot Box-the biggest time waster"! Tonight I aim to go to sleep by 10pm! I will not compromise this and I will have to..HAVE to get up and work out!!!! It was a regular activity for me but ever since winter came I've been like a bear, only wanting to hibernate and not get up!!Help!! Help!!! The chamomile tea helps a bit..it sooths me..but I cant be drinking that all the time! Today I wanted to go shopping but then I decided to forgo it -been shopping quite a bit lately-must be therapeutic, probably that's the only thing I can do! I wonder what I'll say in briefing tomorrow, sometimes I feel so pressured to say something or else the GM would say.."What,sure you have nothing to say??" What's with that??? If everything is said before, then what else to say?? Morning meeting is the worst part of the day for me...maybe I need to tell myself that it's the best part of the day.coz it IS a meeting/briefing;there must be something to say. Most of the time, meetings can turn into lectures in some form or other..and it's constant repetition of the same thing!! I really wish I could shake some of the people here!! SHAKE!! SHAKE!!! Give their brains a Big jiggle in order to work.

I wonder...well here's to going to bed early and getting up early too.. :)