SK-II men review

I wasn't really into skincare until my friend from P&G asked if anyone's interested in buying SK-II products, and then another guy friend wanted it so I bought a few and kept one for myself to try, since I had a good deal. I didn't really care about all the hype on SK-II since it was totally out of my budget in stores but since I started using it I began to do some research on it.

Problem is, there isn't. There's no comprehensive review online nor do I have friends who used it regularly, besides my P&G friend. The only information is on their official website. So I had to put it to test and wait till a few months to a year later.

I had been using this 215ml bottle of SK-II men facial treatment essence since June 2016 until last month, twice a day and it lasted me a year. So, after one year I can't see any difference on my face BUT that's because I have been looking at my face in the mirror everyday.

This year especially, I have been asked:
1. Why do you look so young? (well 50% is because I have a young look)
2. How come your face looks like it glows?
3. Why is your complexion so nice?

Then I started really examining my face. I still had the red patches I had a year before, the facial treatment essence did not reduce that redness at all, but my skin tone looks more even now. Then comparing my face with my neck, I really see the effectiveness of SK-II. The skin on my neck used to be the same as my face, but now my neck is a looks really old compared to my face - more dull, more lines and less radiant. I probably need to use SK-II on my neck now haha.

So after one year of using SK2 I can say that this product really works. I have no idea how but P&G claims it's because of pitera etc etc, and I will probably continue using it (as long as my P&G friend is still there LOL). I'm not paid to review the product btw, nobody visits my blog enough for me to get advertisement revenue.

asking what am I doing

This week I have been asking myself what I am doing. Probably I'm too bored at work or too bored with life. It's too early to plan for my Hokkaido trip and I've already got a rough itinerary already. Guess I need another adventure, away from this city life. Something like Inner Mongolia, or Patagonia. I guess coz once you start working there's no actual goal to work towards, unlike school you know you are going to get a certificate in 4 years time and exams are in every 6 months.

Work really takes up a whole lot of my time. Imagine 8 hours of my life everyday spent in the office, just plain clocking hours to earn my salary. That's a third of the day, another third of the day is spent sleeping, then for the rest of the 8 hours, 2 hours spent travelling to work, 2 hours on meals and shower, then there's 4 hours of free time. Usually for me, 2hours of gym (including travelling time) and 1 hour of drama time, then 1 hour miscellaneous business or overtime for other activities.

I've been seeing results for gym time. I'm heading towards the scrawny stage when I was in uni but this time lines are more obvious and my tummy is pretty much the smallest in years. But scrawny is not my aim, mass is, so I'm increasing my protein and food intake.

So I have no answer and conclusion for this question. I want to explore the world while I still have the time, energy and capability. I have 5 years to save up for my house. I'll do europe probably next year for various reasons, so this year is Asian/ME/US. Probably asian more.

irks at works

Like REALLY?

Sometimes these people just irks me. People who just live in their own world, without any consideration of any consequences of their actions. They just lead to their own demise.
I can't be bothered with a loser contract worker who can't even earn half my pay after graduation.
Just totally not worth my time.

spendings months and weekends

I have been tracking my spending habits for the past year by logging everything I earn and spend on an excel sheet to almost an exact point. Unfortunately up till April this year I found out that I had already spent a grand total of $16K! Argh.. That like..... 8 months of my salary? LOL.
I only spend around $500 each month on those regular necessities like food, transport and some drinking over the weekend, it's those extra spending that bumps it up to 4K a month??

Big Spendings:
Jan - Insurance 5K
Feb - CNY 5K, Holiday 3.5K
Mar - Mum's holiday, SK2 and stuff - 500
Apr - Ski jacket - 500

Yeah. I thought of going for another holiday before July but I'm not sure where to go coz my mind is always thinking about the budget and also I'm lazy to plan and book everything. Going to Japan is the easiest for me. Or maybe I'll just take leave and stay at home. As I grow older I feel like I'm becoming more lazy. I mean, I can afford a holiday, it's just a matter if I chose to or not.

Anyway I've had a good weekend. Saturday was tanning and a good session at hillsta, Today was KW's wedding which was very awks for me coz I was seated at a table where I knew no one. But the food was not bad (comes with a price).

I feel like I need to get out more during weekends coz my bed is just too seductive.

phone anxiety

Last month I experienced an anxiety disorder.

I keep wanting to touch my phone and check my apps if anyone's texted me or something almost every 5 minutes and I can't stop myself. At those moments I was feeling super insecure and probably felt like I needed to connect to the social world in one way or another, looking at what my friends are doing, checking ig and fb and stuff and I felt anxiety if I didn't touch my phone for a while.

Until I checked my data usage, it exceeded my plan so I had to discipline myself to stop touching the phone. There were withdrawals at first, but soon I made peace with myself.

A phone is not a necessity to a person. It helps in communicating but that's all, we didn't use to have instagram or facebook or whatever in the past and why should we NEED them now? The useless chucks of information are just gonna process for a while in my our brains unfiltered and I'm just wasting my time refreshing, when I can do it all at one go once a day. Focus is what you need.

People are all around you. Talk to them face to face, not over texts or screens. That's the real social life. Understand people, read their expressions, predict their response, define their characteristics.

Phones are just tools. Social media is virtual, it's just lala land. People are REAL. The person in front of you is real. The scenery in front of you is real. Your senses feel it.