Mother's Day

Individual-sized pies from Don's Pie, nicely packaged in a gift box. It's actually about the herbal drunken prawn soup that's TCM for the body.

Makeup and Jewellery. That's a full-sized Fenty lip gloss.

HockHua Tonic

 

This place is like a TCM country store. I initially wanted to spend over $1,000 but managed to bring the bill down to just a few hundred dollars.

Individually packed ginseng sticks, ready-to-eat. Price is the same as honey sticks and they do sell manuka honey sticks on this website as well.

Pre-packed brown sugar cubes that are actually ginger teas! Each cube can make almost 1L of hot beverage. In different flavors.

Instant multigrain porridge/drink/dessert. I bought the SiShen one before so this time around I got the 22 Grain Mix in individual sachets, Lady Yam with multigrain and Red Bean Job's Tears in tin.

HockHua Waist Tonic Essence, ready-to-drink out of the bottle and a signature product. Similar to the highly advertised Yomeishu.

Multiples of popular items, Apple Cinnamon Teabags and Shark's Fin Soup.

Labour Day

 

Ham and Eggs in a sandwich.

Tofu cheesecake, the crust is very sweet and gingerbread-y.

Candy, cough syrup, painkillers, ointments.

Sephora Online

Limited edition Kokeshi doll packaging perfume for guys, so it's a gift. This order came with lots of free gifts and samples.

I bought the Sephora house brand items & gift sets for my own use not for gifting. Mango bodywash, granita scrubs, facial masks and lip plumper glosses.

I finally bought the full-size version of Mario Badescu Summer Shine body lotion. There's a gift set with a candle in it. Facial masks, toner and lip balm.

Pixi multi-moisturizing skincare gift set. Get to try all the different types of serums and lotions from this brand.

Swarovski New Packaging

 

I wanted the Altuzarra shoes, unfortunately cannot checkout cart online. Guess I'll have to wait for it to turn up on some fashion website.

New style of earrings with the Swarovski signature swan logo on it. I seem to always get a pair of these earrings when available, instead of a necklace.

A necklace in iridescent purple. I feel like this can be unisex. I wanted to get the matching pair of shoes from Altuzarra.

Set of clear iridescent crystals and pearls. Very light colors don't know how long these will last, let's find out.

Hari Raya Puasa

Cooked seafood platter from Tandoor & Kebab Nation. I was looking for another cooked seafood platter after Greenwood Fish Market.

Faux fur cropped mink coat in dusty pink. They are selling loads of these in the Middle East shopping centers. Much cheaper than real fur!

Two formal gowns, one short and one long in a similar gold applique design. The current style there now is ballgown with the big skirts.

Short black stretchy dress covered in rhinestones, similar style and fabric to the black burqas that I didn't buy (is it too ethnic?). 

Good Friday / Easter

 

Roast Beef lunch with yorkshire pudding, veges, mash and an additional side order of scotch eggs. I thought it was preserved eggs but it's just the new omega-rich eggs.

Gloves or hand accessories in chiffon/lace/polkadot and in all the colours. It's actually inexpensive to get it here now compared to elsewhere. The one pair of leather gloves is also very reasonable priced.

Winter hats in white knitted beanie, black faux fur bucket hat, grey cashmere beret. I am not a hat person and do not currently own any hats.

This rose tray is to make those Halloween rose candy apples from TikTok, I cannot believe I actually managed to get it.