Great Gift From South Korea:Sulwhasoo & The History Of Woo

My husband got me a really great gift in this Father's Day far away from South Korea !
 " Sulwhasoo" and "The History Of Woo" both are famous skin care brands in South Korea.

I really wished my dehydrated,dull skin tone will have a great improvement after using it.Hahaha....^^

If you want to know more details of the products, there are some blogger really wrote a details review of  these 2 brands.Here are the link :-
1. http://beautyknot.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/the-history-of-whoo-gongjinhyang-seol-whitening-line/
2 .http://www.joseibi.com/best-brand-sulwhasoo/
3.http://sulwhasoo-sulwhasoo.blogspot.com/

"The History Of Woo" Gongjinhyang:Seol Whitening Range

My husband got me 3 main items and the rest of the items were the gift he requested for me :) 

1.Whitening Skin Balancer: 130ml

Price: W55,000 ( Around USD55)

2. Whitening Essence: 45ml 

Price:W140,000 (Around USD140)

3. Whitening &Moisture Cream: 60ml

Price: W150,000 (Around USD150)

Gifts : I truly love their gift especially the classy packaging.  

1. 3 pcs of the Whitening Range travelling kits

2. 3 items Anti Aging travelling kits 

( Hwa Hyun Essence, Eye Cream and cream )

3. 2 pcs In Yang Lifting Mask

4. O Hui tender Cleansing Foam 

5. 3 pcs sets miniature lips items 

( Lip Balm, Lip Gloss and Lipstick )

I must thanks the beauty consultant for giving my husband so many gift and trial sets. I'm a 1st time user and really looking forward for their other items especially the anti aging range as well the cosmetics. Frankly the products from this brand are quite expensive but if the trial items gave me a good result, why not to invest, right? They are really do a good job in recruiting new customers. Well done to Woo Team!However, if you can improve your website and counter brochure to English version, it will be better for a foreign customer. Really looking forward for that.

Sulwhasoo : Essential Range

I have a seriously dehydrated skin. Before i start with Whitening products, I prefer to have some treatment on my skin. After reading all the blogger review on this brand, I think this range able to balance and deliver deep hydration for my skin.

Essential Duo Set cost my husband W120,000 

(USD 120). 

It come with 5 pcs travelling kits and 1 actual size Balancing Water and  1 actual size Balancing Emulsion . These are the two items initially I would like to try but after using it this few days, I realised that their First Activating Serum quite good and I should had asked my husband get 1 actual size for me as well :(

I love this Herbal Soap, i am using it for clean up my face every morning and night. 

It cost W42,000 ( USD42). 

For Sulwhasoo, I am  a bit disappointed because the beauty consultant didn't intend to give any of the whitening or anti aging sample to my husband. My husband told me maybe he wasn't spend a lots of money in that counter. I'm not greedy for the free items but just that I am really seriously intend to change my skincare to Korean Brand instead of Japanese Brand. It is so hard for me to buy Sulwhasoo or Woo in Malaysia and we only will buy it when visiting HK or Korea. Therefore, we need to know the other products range very well for next purchase in big quantity.

I nearly forget about Laneign was origin from Korea.It must be super cheap to buy in Korea compare to Malaysia. Therefore, I text my husband to get me some of the items as well :) 

1. New Firming Sleeping Mask ! I got myself 2 bottle :) Never try but I trusted it will be another star products after their Water Sleeping Mask . Most importantly it only cost me around RM60.

2. Perfect Renewer Night Cream : Around RM150

3. Water Bank eye gel cream:Less then RM100 ( I forgot the price, around RM60-70 )

Another important information if you plan to visit South Korea and yet intend to buy some skincare, airport duty free retail price will be 10% cheaper then the normal department store. However, good news is even thought you buy in their department store, you can have 10% tax refund. It means no different in terms of pricing. For "The History Of Woo", the beauty consultant automatically helping my husband to get the receipt stamped at another tax refund counter in the store. However, Sulwhasoo beauty consultant didn't do that and this cause my husband need to go back to the department store just to get the Sulwhasoo receipt stamped. After both stamped and verify from the tax refund officer, you can just claim your refund at the airport directly without showing them the products bought and passport.

My Murad Skin Care

最近感觉到自己脸上的皮肤严重却少水分， 也开始出现雀斑，整体上也开始下垂。心理有些伤心。当上家庭主妇后，就很少爱护自己的脸，平常在家或载送女儿上下课都没为自己涂上护肤品和防晒膏，人也开始懒惰了。但，我想是时候不做懒女人了！我可要好好的爱护我的脸 ！！！开始努力的同时，自己的口袋可破产了。最近上美容院洗脸，第一次感觉到西方美容产品也不错。以下是一些我本身用了认为不错的产品可以介绍给大家。

1. Age-Diffusing Firming Mask

This rich cream mask is to help restores a firm, resilient tone and relieves dehydrated skin.

RM320  ( If buy in US, just USD68 )

This mask is really expensive if you purchased in Malaysia but due to its name "firming" which i am really in need at this moment,  I decided gave it a try.  I love the texture of this mask, it is totally different then some other mask I used. The texture not creamy at all.Once you apply it on your face, it will penetrate into your skin and have a dry surface. According to the beautician, the specialty of this cream is it can be use on our eye and lips area.

2. White Brilliance Illumination Day Moisture SPF30/PA+++

RM298 ( USD65)

I love this step 3 moisturiser very much! It is specially for dull and lacklustre skin type and this is also my main concern in skin care. This brightening lotion enriched with pearl powder and botanical extracts which helps to fight the production of melanin and reduce the appearance of dark spots and hyper pigmentation. After using it, I really can see the improvement of my skin tone became brighter. I love the texture as well because it leave my skin with a smooth and comfortable feel. Not oily and sticky :)

3.Age Reform Hydro-Dynamic Ultimate Moisture Cream: RM298 ( USD65 )

This is a very rich moisturizer which is good for night use especially you sleep in the aircond room. It can instantly relief from dryness.Avocado, Sunflower and Olive fruit oils are the secret ingredients to leave out skin soft,smooth and polished. After using it over night, I realised that my skin still well moisture compare to some other cream i used. 

Besides, I did try their step 2 items such as Age-Diffusing Serum for day use and Essential -C Daily Renewal Complex but sadly that these two items not really suitable for my sensitive combination skin. I had some break out and I just stop using it again.

別對你的孩子擔心太多

證嚴法師說：“如果一個父母常常擔心他的孩子，他的孩子會沒有福氣；因為福氣都被父母給擔心掉了。”

師父又說：“如果父母希望他的孩子有福氣，就要多多祝福他的孩子，而不是擔心他的孩子。”

一位年輕人聽到這樣的話十分興奮，回到家馬上轉述證嚴法師的話給他媽媽聽。

從此以後，他母親就很少再對他嘮叨了，他看到母親也不會再躲，反而在下班之餘，會找母親聊聊天，他覺得現在他跟母親像朋友一般自在。

媽媽常常是一家的靈魂人物，她掌握了一個家的家庭氣氛，我相信：如果沒一個快樂的媽媽，就很難有一個快樂的家庭。

然而，大多數的媽媽都過份地擔憂子女：課業，工作，婚姻，健康——幾乎無所不擔心，你想這樣的媽媽會快樂嗎？

用“吸引力法則”的說法，就是“心想事成”。

一件事情如果你用很大的“念力”去相信它，它就會如你所相信的去“實現”你相信的。

一個媽媽如果相信：她的孩子有能力去面對他自己的生活困境與難題，那麼這個相信就是一個“祝福”，而她的孩子也會因著這樣的祝福而蒙福的。相反的，如果一個母親老是“覺得”她的孩子不懂事，不會照顧自己，一定會吃虧上當的，那麼這個“擔心”很可能就成了“詛咒”，以後你的孩子果然就會如你之前所擔心的那樣，老是出狀況令你擔心。佛家講“願力”、“念力”，你的願有多大，實踐的力量就有多大。

從今天起，我們要當心去檢查自己的每個“念頭”，你對孩子：是擔心多？還是祝福多呢？真的，愛你的孩子，與其擔心，不如祝福吧！

其實對於我們所關心的人，不管是家人、朋友、恩人、師長、同學、同事等，也都要給予全然的祝福，這樣，不用因擔心掛念而讓自己睡不著，就是雙贏！

因為，“心想事成”，我們的祝福一定會實現的，從現在起，把擔心丟掉，讓祝福常在。

舍不得

舍不得

我舍不得别人帮我带孩子。
我舍不得别人哄我的孩子睡觉。
我舍不得孩子一省来第一眼不是看到妈妈。
我舍不得让别人带她去公园玩。
我舍不得让别人替她洗澡。
我舍不得别人帮我送她上学，接她下课。
太多对孩子的舍不得，所以我选着舍弃事业。

爱你，宝贝！

给我一个故事我就心满意足

我们给孩子念故事，究竟要念到孩子几岁？

常常有妈妈很困扰，
因为孩子临睡前都会吵着她说故事。
当孩子一岁、两岁、还是三岁时，
即使白天妈妈可能在工作上耗尽了力，
她还是非常欢喜地拿着为孩子精心挑选的书读给他们听。

可是日子一天天过了，
孩子一天天长大了，
要求妈妈读故事的次数还是不减呀!
八岁，九岁，十岁，还是这样。
焦急和矛盾，妈妈心里拿不定该读还是不读。
再这样子下去，他们到底能不能自主阅读，
到底会不会影响识字能力，到底会不会太过依赖妈妈？

我仿佛听到孩子心里说：
“怎么我不可以向小时候那样躺在妈妈的怀里听妈妈说故事呢？
怎么我不可以好好地享受妈妈温柔的声音呢？
我不要长大！不要催我长大！
长大有那么多的要求等着我去达到，
有那么多的挑战要去面对，
有那么多的自由被剥夺。”

谁说十岁不能给孩子说故事？
沟通的桥梁就在此，
说教的话语可以省下，
情感的滋养更是需要持续。

如果可以，几句让我们慷慨给予孩子的关爱和耐性呢，
只不过通过这么一个小小的动作---说故事。
不用钱，不用费劲，
照实的读，诚恳地分享情感，
就这么一个小小的动作。

给他一个故事，孩子，
他就 心满意足。
————————————————————————————

我的老大今年9岁，老二今年7岁，
他们几岁，我就用故事喂了几年。
昨天我念《查理和巧克力工厂》
今天，我读《我的家，你的家》和《建筑形状》。
他们故事说的非常好，
最重的是，
故事和我们一起走过了那么多甜蜜的岁月。

后记:

宝贝女儿，

妈妈会一直为你读故事书。。。但，你可以也给这机会爸爸吗?我想爸爸也会很喜欢和你在床上一起渡过这美好的时光。妈妈了解你喜欢在阅读时间把爸爸"赶"出房门，只想和妈妈好好留在房间一起阅读。妈妈是很开心的但妈妈最近感觉到这对爱你的爸爸是有些残忍。爸爸目前还一直用尽办法想留下陪宝贝读些英文书但宝贝还是不领情。妈妈不再，你情愿把爸爸推出们后还上锁。一个人在房间"yiyiyaya"的读。我们俩真的拿你没办法。

宝贝，妈妈希望你能很快的能够让爸爸一起分享和你阅读的喜悦。

孩子有个好爸爸

最近看完了" 再见单人床" ，仿佛看到了自己的影子。凡是把一切抓得很紧，追求完美的自己往往把自己和身边人的弄到很累！虽然这是一时无法改变的事实但至少可以让我学会感恩。。。尝试把自己的心平静下来，好好观察周遭的一切。

你知道我第一感到最幸福和感恩的是什么吗?就是我有个好老公，女儿有个好爸爸！
当我把心静下来时，我真的可以好好的感受到老公对女儿的爱真的很伟大。试想有多少个做爸爸的在公司忙碌了一整天还可以坚持每天回家还陪伴孩子玩乐到入睡为此? 

女儿就是很幸运的有这个好爸爸。老公每天放工回家吃饭冲凉后，就陪伴孩子。一陪就是几个小时的。每次都看到宝贝要爸爸做奇奇怪怪的动作，老公也很乐意的配合。给他们俩一个被单就可以玩上一个晚上。被单可以当成衣裳开始他们的fashion show,也可以当是武狮，跳跳舞.一老一少还把它当马骑。。。

如果是假期更不用说了。。。宝贝可以跟爸爸玩到午睡也忘了。宝贝的要求，爸爸很少拒绝。

宝贝的第一次运动会，爸爸也把自己的第一次泼出去了。为了支持宝贝，爸爸还当众跳舞呢！

老公，你真的带给我们很多欢乐咯！

谢谢你了老公！我很感恩有你诚心诚意的为这个家付出，愿意陪我一起好好的陪伴孩

子成长。虽然我没说出口但每次看到你和小宝贝的互动，我真的感到很开心。

宝贝，你可要时时刻刻记得你是世界上最幸福的孩子哦！

爸爸爱你，妈妈更加爱你！

Giselle 1st medal

21 April was Giselle school sport day. My husband and I woke up very early just to support our little girl.  
Giselle was in Red Team and they won a 2nd place for this year sport day. Overall it was a great event and we did enjoyed it! 

  

So serious lie ...^^

 1st time angkat sumpah! 

 Opening dance presented by the students

Do you think daddy enjoy more then Giselle?

 1st games represented by Giselle

 Group photo with daddy & mummy

 Go!Go!Red!Go!

 Last games for Red and Blue Team parents and we won! Bravo!Red Team!

Cheers! Giselle was queuing for prize presentation

Thanks all the teachers for their hard work and we did looking forward for more events in future. ....thanks Giselles' daddy for his 100% supportive spirit!

3 Years Old Birthday : School

11 April ...a special day my baby Giselle said "hello" to this beautiful world. It was a memorable day for our family. Even though daddy wasn't around due to your grand father 1st day of funeral, mummy was accompany by your two unties, uncle Daniel, popo LimLong and Joey cheche at Adventis Hospital to witness your birth.

Thank you my dear Giselle for choosing me as your mummy and papa as your daddy. We were so lucky to have you as a family, please always remember that you are the precious one!

Today is your 3 years old birthday and mummy wishing you a Happy Birthday !In this special day, mummy woke up early to prepared some foods for your school mates and wishing you will have a great celebration with your friends.  

 

 

My little baby now turning to be a Little Princess

 Making a wish and may your wish come true...

With your school mates 

 With your Teacher Margaret

Love your sweet smile , my sweetie

Distributing the goody bags for your friends 

This was a 1st celebration at school and mummy wishing you will have more to come in future. 

Oh yes, a night before your birthday, you were doing all these nice dishes for daddy, mummy and for yourself.Thanks my sweetie, we love it very much!

Cute Drawing...^^

My little Giselle love to draw square lately. Yesterday night, my husband and I were so surprised that she added in 2 eyes, nose, mouth and ears into her square/ rectangle box. If you notice from the picture, she has replaced the ears wrongly at the cheek area. However, mummy and daddy were not intend to correct her because we want her to notice it by herself and draw base on her own imagination. 

Above was the family members she draw and I helped her to write down the name. 

To my lovely princess, mummy so proud of you for the great start and do keep it up! Love you!

3 Years Old Birthday:Fullhouse Time Square

宝贝有个贴心的爸爸。。在二月头已吩咐妈妈为宝贝女儿计划四月的生日了。以前，妈妈每年的生日是最重要的，一定要庆祝 .但现在我们俩老一切只以宝贝的开心做为出发点.妈妈今年为宝贝在Fullhouse 庆生。这次的生日会很成功!

宝贝很开心看到自己美丽的蛋糕

 宝贝和俩位婆婆

大合照

 摆个美姿给远在澳洲的Joey姐姐看 

这里的食物好，服务很棒！相信每个客人都拥有愉快的夜晚。

宝贝自由自在的和朋友们玩乐。

妈妈，我美吗?

 

 宝贝特喜爱这老爷车要妈妈为她拍很多照

今晚爸爸妈妈看到宝贝很开心的渡过生日感到很欣慰。很感恩大家的到来，谢谢了！

第七課 教導孩子拿不出現金買的東西，就別買

如今，我們置身於一個「現在就要」的社會。
孩子們在ＭＴＶ裡看到明星珠光寶氣，佩戴價值數十萬美元的手錶和項鍊。
告訴孩子，這些裝扮時髦的明星在十年內肯定會過氣。這是事實，孩子們必須知道真相。
讓他們明白這不是錢的問題。孩子們可能認為自己應該變得富有——
這是個很棒的動機，但他們真正想要的是（你也得為他們爭取）自由。
教導孩子之所以不買奢侈品而要存錢，是因為這樣做能確保財務上的穩定，而財務穩定了才能享有自由。
如果銀行裡有存款，就可以想做什麼就做什麼了。

第六課 告訴他們什麼是拿鐵因數

你明白什麼叫拿鐵因數，孩子們可不清楚，不如今天就給他們打個比方吧！
像玩遊戲一樣，某天讓他們追蹤自己的拿鐵因數，然後讓他們報告把錢用在什麼地方。
讓他們算一下，如果省下不該花的錢，將來能積聚多少財富。
當孩子們發現這樣做真的可以讓他們成為千萬富翁，他們肯定會大吃一驚並為之所動。

註《拿鐵因數》作者：方德琳 　
出處：《30》雜誌特刊〈35歲必學的30堂理財課〉

大衛巴哈最為人知的就是所謂的「拿鐵因子」理論。每次演講場合，他總會問人家這個問題：如果你每天省下一杯的拿鐵的錢（假設相當於新台幣50 元），存下來放到每年10%報酬的投資組合上，40 年後究竟可以變多少？100 萬？300萬，了不起500 萬？

但真正的答案是：948 萬6109 元，將近千萬。在台灣，有多少人擁有千萬而退休呢？ 每天一杯的拿鐵錢，最後變成千萬的退休財富，這就是大衛巴哈所說的「拿鐵因子」理論。它特別提醒我們：時間複利的威力很驚人，千萬別忽略身邊點點滴滴的小錢。

拿鐵因子公式有一個重點：那就是時間。

如果你愈早做，累積財富就愈多。以上面那個例子來說，只累積30 年的話，那麼財富只有339 萬730 元。換言之，晚個10年財富就差600 多萬。「拿鐵」當然只是一個比喻。每個人一定都有類似拿鐵一樣的理財漏洞，或許你是香菸、或者是健美茶⋯⋯，無論如何，想要成為千萬富翁，就先找出自己的「拿鐵因子」。

花錢》學會付錢給自己

注意你花錢的流向。每個月的收入，你都拿去做了什麼？付房貸、給父母、付一堆信用卡帳單、甚至付錢給政府（繳稅）。

大衛巴哈認為，這都是付錢給別人，而想要累積財富，就必須打造一條「付錢給自己」的金錢流向。

第五課 教育孩子瞭解信用卡和負債的陷阱

如果孩子們逐漸沉溺於使用信用卡，無庸置疑這是我們在誤導他們。孩子們親眼看見我們毫不負責的簽帳消費，但他們見不到的是債務帶來的沉重壓力。

讓他們明白信用卡也有複利效應，只不過是反向的。
跟你的孩子說，如果利率為二○％，每月靠支付最低還款額還清七千美元的卡債， 需時將超過三十四年，花費二萬多美元。
解釋清楚：如果能謹慎負責地使用信用卡，那就沒問題。但帳單上的最低還款額是一個陷阱，目的是讓他們永遠背負債務。 最重要的一點，如果遲繳信用卡帳單，或乾脆不繳，那就等於毀了自己的信用紀錄，這樣日子可不好過。

讓孩子明白，銀行或商家願意給他們信用卡，並不代表他們真的就負擔得起。

第四課 教導孩子買房而非租房

告訴孩子，你認為買房是最明智的選擇，一定要他們牢記這個觀念。孩子們喜歡電視節目「誰是接班人」（The Apprentice）裡的唐納‧川普嗎？告訴他們川普正是靠房產致富，而這一切都始於第一次購屋經歷，和他們分享你購屋的經驗。

小編覺得買屋租屋，每個家庭都有自己的考量，地區不同也會有不同的觀念，該如何教導孩子還是由爸媽自己決定

第三課 讓孩子瞭解複利的神奇力量

複利的神奇力量已成為生活的樂趣之一，告訴孩子這是什麼意思。

教孩子要「先付錢給自己」，他們可能不懂。告訴他們如果想變成千萬富翁，就得從年輕時開始存錢。 你必須計算給他們看。讓他們明白如果年輕時就開始每月存錢，他們最終會得到的回報將是多大一筆錢。

第二課 教導孩子永遠先付錢給自己

如果不先付錢給自己，就永遠成不了有錢人。現在你明白這一點了，但孩子們可不清楚。
告訴他們只要賺到一美元，首先就應該付給自己。
簡單來說，就是解釋致富的祕訣——賺到錢後，先付自己10％。 賺了十美元就存下一美元，其餘的可以用掉。 告訴孩子，如果照這樣做，就永遠不用擔心沒錢花！

第一課: 教導孩子成為老闆

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第一課: 教導孩子成為老闆

記得七歲時，祖母給我上了足以影響我一生的一課。麥當勞是我最喜愛的餐廳， 有一天祖母在餐廳對我說：「大衛，來麥當勞的有三種人：員工、顧客、老闆。 如果想變成有錢人，就得自己當老闆。」那天晚上，祖母教我看麥當勞的股價，為我解釋買進上市公司股份意味著什麼。「假如現在就開始存零用錢，」她說道：「以後你就可以買麥當勞的股票了。 如果有朋友去那邊吃東西，你就等於是在賺他們的錢了。」這就是那堂課的全部內容，我銘記於心。
想讓你明白的是：教孩子理財投資的良機就是現在。要傳達的意思也很簡單：每一種商品或服務都由某家公司提供， 就像我祖母所說的，你可以選擇成為員工、顧客或老闆。

教導孩子成為老闆。

Who's Bryan Afternoon Tea

今天有点累但还是和宝贝在附近的Who's Bryan喝下午茶。 希望可以让自己好好放松些和家人渡过星期天。

妈妈为宝贝选了一块blueberry cheese cake但宝贝却只把 blueberry cream全吃光了。

宝贝看到这糕点原本是很开心，但过一会儿，宝贝连动它们也不想动了！或者不是很好吃吧！爸爸妈妈就只好自己吃。

 还好，宝贝还喜欢这hot chocolate呢！

其实对这次的下午茶有些失望。妈妈我比较喜欢在清静的环境和柔柔的灯光下喝茶。但，这次妈妈座位旁全是玻璃窗，感觉到外面的阳光很刺眼。妈妈也和宝贝一样无法好好的享用茶点。只好快快的吃完就回家了。希望下次会遇到更好的地方再次和心爱的人好好渡过周末。