Day 24 of 365 grateful days project:

"I'm grateful for having had a nice hair spa at W Salon this afternoon."

Nothing beats the me time as I take my own free time and pamper myself having or doing the things I like. Hair treatment is one of them. It leaves me totally fresh on the head afterwards and my shoulders will be very relaxed as well! If I could do it every week, I would. But too much chemical is not good either, so I'll just be happy with once a month. :)

If you ask me which is better; the full body massage or hair spa, I'd go with hair spa. First of all my hair becomes absolutely great, it feels light and glowing and at the same time my body relaxes a lot thanks to the shoulders, arms and back massage. A full body massage is of course also great. It's only that I'm a sucker when my legs are being massaged. A masseuse can't put the same pressure intensity on my back and on my legs because the latter is way more sensitive. Often I will find bruises on my skin because of the strong massage. The hair spa, on the other hand, focuses on the health of the head scalp, which helps a lot for someone who works (and plays) almost all the time in front of the computer like me. It releases a lot of tension on the areas around my eyes.

So.... now that I feel pretty, I'm ready to party! There's a party at La Plancha, Seminyak tonight and I intend to come. Vincent already announced that he would have a poker night tonight, so it's perfect for me to have a dancing night tonight. :)

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5:46 pm

It is tricky sometimes to choose the bra that is right for a woman. Does it have the comfort? Does it have the sexy look? Does it upsize the breasts? Is it actually the right size? Are the wires absolutely necessary?

Below are 10 tips to choose the right bra for you.

1. Comfort is everything in choosing a bra. Of course function and look are as important, but without comfort a bra’s life easily ends after a couple of times wearing it. So always bear in mind to put comfort on the top of the list when you choose your bra to make sure it lasts.
2. Choose the right bra size. 80% of women choose the wrong-sized bras. While you may get some input from other people about your bra size, it is useful to measure it on your own. You can check the step-by-step instruction here.
3. Always make sure that your bra is made of the finest, softest material that is guaranteed to absorb perspiration.
4. If you need a help on the look of your breasts underneath your clothes, don’t be hesitant to put bra pads.
5. When you do have to wear pads, it is wise to choose the ones that have perforations inside. These help bring more air circulation and you can stay dry much longer.
6. Although underwires are essential to improve the look of your bust, it may be sensible to choose a bra that does not have them. Those can get very uncomfortable for the wearer at times and they reduce air circulation and perspiration drainage.
7. Make sure the straps of your bra are adjustable. It does not feel nice if they keep falling over your shoulders.
8. Have at least one demi-bra in your wardrobe collection. It is to wear when you want to put on a low-cut outfit on top of it. Besides, a slight reveal on your cleavage goes a long way. ;)
9. If one of your cups is significantly bigger than the other, choose a bra that fits your larger breast and put a pad on the other one.
10. Don’t wear a normal bra to the gym. Use a sports bra instead. It is firmer than normal bras so it lessens the breasts movement. It is also designed to reduce discomfort, pain and possible injury on the chest ligament. It is called a sports bra for a reason, right?

For a wide variety of bra types that offer both style and comfort, check this website out.

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10:17 am

It has been excrutiatingly hot and humid in Bali. Not only lately, but the last two years! Normal fans and exhaust systems are not of much use when the heat wave attacks; leaving people sweaty and weary. That goes even for me who actually does not perspire as much as other people. I always end up totally grumpy when feeling drop by drop of sweat escapes my neck and gets down to my bra and stays there as if there was not enough excretion to occupy it already. The instant thing I feel is that to take off the bra right then and there and let my chest breathe freely and get dry. But obviously that is not exactly proper to do when I am outside, right?

For most people, summer is to be expected happily every year. For Asians, over 75 percent of the whole year is summer. And it's a good thing! Except the fact that in tropical countries the humidity is of higher percentage than in the four-season ones. Just get out and walk on a sunny day by lunch time and you will already be sweating and totally wet in the first fifteen minutes.

I encountered another problem from the heat just a few months ago. I found red rashes on my skin around the bra line where the pads wrapped my breasts. I suspected that they appeared due to the excessive sweat that were blocked by my bra pads. Not only it was ugly, it was also unhealthy and itchy. Then it was very uncomfortable to wear bras when it happened. But it IS essential to wear a bra if you want to keep the shape of your breasts.

Therefore when I did my usual internet surfing this morning, I was super happy when I found this online shop called The Breeze Comfort and I thought I'd have to share it here!

Basically The Breeze Comfort offers breathable padded bras   and sports bras that, as the name suggests, provide more comfort for active, sporty women - and may I add here, tropical women, too! The highlight of their product is that every bra they manufacture - whether it is a normal bra or a sports bra - is equipped with patented perforated bra pads  (VentipadTM). The perforations (invisible in the real bra) throughout the paddings allow more air and circulation to come in so that perspiration that our body produces while working out or just simply being under the sun evaporates more quickly. This obviously leaves the bra wearer stay dry and comfortable.

Honestly, I have never seen, leave alone bought any bras that offer this kind of technology before. Imagine the possibility of staying pretty and sexy with a push-up bra and at the same time feeling comfortable wearing it. As commonly agreed, beauty products do not usually come together with comfort. This invention is therefore supposed to be dug by every woman.

And what more? The Breeze Comfort shop provides more comfort by offering FREE shipping for US residents (no minimum order) and for international buyers with a minimum order of 50 dollars. Get two pretty bras like this one on the left and you can already tell the difference between the traditional padded bras and the patented perforated ones.

I am going to browse some more of its products now. What about you?

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1:41 pm

The period before and during the first days a woman gets her period every month is sometimes filled with negativity. I don't get that often but when I do, I get a real bad one.

I've been very upset with Mr Boyfriend. As other girls may have experienced, the period of the period makes us very emotional and every small thing appears big and life is just full of drama. But this has started even before that period of the period. Anyway, I'm not going to go into details of what our problems are - or may I say MY problem since he doesn't seem like he feels it but I just feel..... lonely. And worse, neglected. Again, I may not be necessarily intentionally neglected, but that is what I've felt. I guess I just did not expect that he was a real hardworking person who would be willing to spend the entire day and night at the office than be with me doing the boring stuff like watching TV. I guess I did not expect that his concept of having fun with friends always involved so much alcohol and empty conversations till dawn or worse, morning. Empty here goes only for me since all those convos were in French. I guess I was being too individualist for having fed up with being ignored (or not involving myself) in the conversations that were mostly in French at dinners with his bosses and workmates and so I pulled myself away from it, came to an empty and cold bed and left him grab his own fun until the morning came. Seriously, I didn't give a damn if it happened once in a while. But I am frustrated that it's starting to become a habit. And oh how much I hate being a dramatic nagger. But should I shut up and keep it to myself until I get crazy? No, I just had to blurt it out at the worst timing and ruined everything. Maybe not everything but I feel like shit.

At these times, I'd like to run to friends, or whoever that would listen, but I just realised that I had made myself exclusive in my circle of friends this past couple of years. Who do I want to share things with except Pam and Fabio? The others may have forgotten my name and deleted my number from their list for having been idle and not in touch for so long.

Of course there's family. But my only family here in Bali - my sister Ita - has her own problem and worries. And the fact that we don't live close to each other makes it even worse to have a nice communication. I'd like to call my mother, but the last time we were on the phone she was upset with me for not supporting her financially as regularly as I did before due to the instability of the early stage of my photography business.

Negativity.... negativity it is when a woman has her period. Plus fucking situational occurrences. Plus fucking thieves.

Yeah, one of my motorbike mirrors was stolen today when I parked it in front of Fabio's house.

Such a perfect day.

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7:56 pm