I am looking for verified seller of Victoria's Secret Lotions

I have been using Victoria's Secret lotions for years now and I will continue using them until I can afford to have them. Here in Taipei, I could easily get authentic Victoria's Secret products because there are lots of popular boutique here selling these items. I know that the lotions I am using are authentic because they are coming from reputable shops here and they claimed really as original. We all know that there are VS versions from Hongkong and Singapore and I find them cheaper than the ones made from USA.

I often visited Sulit.com.ph to look for sellers who offer these items for I want to try and compare the scent and lasting power from the authentic ones. And there are lots of advertising sellers for these items. Can anybody here recommend me a particular seller who are certified seller, easy to deal with, and living in the PH? Real experiences from actual buyers would be great. I am not planning to resell them, I just want to use them by myself and try the versions from Hongkong or Singapore if they are good enough to compare to the original ones to save more $$ from my pocket.

I would love to hear your recommendations and testimonials about a particular seller. And if you are a seller, please contact me about your quotes and other details. Thanks.

She made this by hand

Cecille, one of our Filipino friends here in Taipei, handed us a gift last Christmas which she made barely by hands. This young and funny wife of an OFW engineer is such creative when she used the traditional way of sewing to create stuff like this:

She made this super cute mobile case and what drives me crazier is the little foamy girl. And the button is so cute…I am a button collector and love having one in any of my stuff. She’s very good in stitching. It looks professionally made that you could not see any misplaced thread or cranky stitches.

I failed to shout that time this wonderful gift I received from her but I did not failed to give my big thanks with a matching hug to her for this gift. I received two of this which means that I have a reserved one in the future if in case my present one is already overused.

Thanks again, Cecille. It means a lot to me and you make my world more creative. By the way, can you sew dresses for my barbie dolls? They need new outfits. For sure my barbie dolls will be so happy to wear your creations. I tried several times sewing for them but I am not satisfied with my own hand stitch....I am only for cross-stitching**LOL.

What's in my bag?

I want to show you what’s in my bag when going to office daily. I know this could make no sense but I just want to “bagnap” myself and let it reveal to you what’s inside. I took this picture one typical Monday of our ordinary working days. While waiting for my husband, I was encouraged to have a capture on my things inside my bag.

So what are exactly those things inside my bag? To have a closer look, here they are:

My wallet. I always change my wallet to carry but that time this was the wallet I was using.

My keychain. This is the most important stuff that I must not forget to bring otherwise I will be lost. It includes the keys to our apartment (main door and room), key for the chain in my bicycle, key for my office drawer, and importantly this is where I put my daily time-in card in the office.

My mobile phones. I have two cell phones (pretty old models), one for my international roaming and one for my Taiwan number.

My transparent pencil case. This is where my pens, flash drives, camera cable, etc are kept.


My notebook pad. This is where I write my important personal drafts.

My organizer/planner. This is where all my important accounts are listed so I keep it very privately.

My Transcend external drive.

My Sony Cybershot camera

No more, no less. I don’t bring perfumes, I don’t bring cosmetics even hair comb. In the office I just have a hand cream because sometimes my hands have the tendency to feel dry. Those pictures above were taken during the same day at lunch break in my office table.

What about you? What are the things inside your bag?

Nokia Mobile Holder

I just want to share to you my mobile holder. This is not new. I got this one last year from a garage sale in the hospital, near the church where we used to attend mass. I got this unused and still in a box.

Obviously, this is from Nokia. I brought it in the office and perfect to my table with my Nokia phone on it. Look how it grabs my phone .

I find it so cute. And the price is cute, too**LOL. I got it for only NT$10 (Php14). I was looking for more then but luckily I got the last one. By the way, it is made of rubber.

Time to upgrade to a new pet

I am a photo enthusiast but I am not a photographer. I got a very high desire on digital images but I don't have a proper study or lessons on handling images. I don't even have photography books. I am just learning in actual since everyday of my life now are in front of digital images, camera, and Photoshop (..even in my regular work!).

For the past two years, my husband and I were wishing to have better camera for ourselves. We were pointing to have at least a DSLR and this was included in my 2011 wish list. And guess what... last month we have decided to upgrade finally to a new, better, and much powerful digital camera which we call now our new pet. But before anything I want to recall and share to you our old ones.

As I remember, we started with old version of Kodak camera, the film version. But now I do not know where it is and as a matter of fact I can no longer recall the exact model of that camera. That was by year 2000, I guess. And we only finally got a digital one, in replace of the film version, in year 2005 when my husband entered Taiwan for work. That was our first digital camera, the 6MP Canon PowerShot A540.

This camera served us for almost five years. It's durability is really remarkable. From such period until now, this camera is still in great condition and my husband is still using it in the office. But since it is already left behind, last August2010, we decided to get a new point-and-shoot digital camera, the 14.1MP Sony Cybershot DSC-W320.

Its resolution is almost double of our previous one but the price is competitive, very affordable. The capture and printing result is (super) excellent, far different from our old 6MP Canon. But what I feel sad about this model is that it has a very short battery life...very frustrating and we felt disappointed. But in general, it is still a good pick because of its excellent quality result.

But this time, look what we have now.....don't blink, this is real...the 18MP Canon EOS 550D.....After waiting of almost two years, finally the right time came and... tada!

We bought this last month but the first use was only the other day because lately the weather here (Taipei) was not that good and we were unable to go out for walk. Last February2, we finally able to used it when we went to Ylan which will be posted soon.

So what's in the box? It includes the following:

• EOS Rebel T2i Body
• EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
• Eyecup Ef
  
• Wide Strap EW-100DBIII
• USB Interface Cable IFC-130U
• AV Cable AVC-DC400ST
• Battery Pack LP-E8
• Battery Charger LC-E8E
• EOS Digital Solution Disc and Instruction Manuals
• "Great Photography is Easy" Booklet and "Do More with Macro" Booklet

We also bought another reserved battery, UV Protection Filter, and LCD Optical Glass Screen Protector. And since the store did not gave us a discount so they just gave us a free camera bag instead.

This is why we bought a 3-section tripod because our existing one is small and just fit for our Sony Cybershot.


So there you have it. This means another check to my 2011 wish list. Now my husband and I are reading and researching more about on how to use this DSLR more efficiently and accurately. Sooner or later we can get familiar to proper settings. So far I don't have yet picture with our new pet but my husband has:

My husband looks like an awesome photographer! This was taken last Feb2 in Yilan (obviously, using my Sony Cybershot**LOL). Next time I will post mine with our new pet, promise!

Xoxox...my winter socks!

Want to see my super cuteeee pair of socks...my pair of winter socks?

Cute, isn't it? I really can't stand the chilling temperature here in Taipei so I must have a complete set of winter stuff. And recently, this pair of socks has become my favorite. I love the mix bloody red color combination but what really attracts me with this thing is the "xoxox" written in the toes. I find it so cool and cute and unique and pretty.....ah whatever. What I know is that it is creatively comfortable. Here is a closer look of the "xoxox" while in actual wear on:

I can stretch this socks up to my knees and it looks pretty nice on me (I guess!).

This is my fourth winter here in Taipei and within that period I owned several of these kind but not like this with the "xoxox" thing. Most of the winter socks I bought were the ordinary ones that is why the time I saw it in the store I never had a second thought of having one for myself.

So what do think? How I wish this socks come in pair with hand gloves, but I couldn't see one (..will still keep looking around hoping there might be....while the winter is not yet over).

Before I end up, I want to show you my other winter stuff which I bought together with this winter socks....my winter mask:

I did not capture myself wearing this mask because I look like one creative terrorist and cute suspicious character**wink! That's it!