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April 28, 2013
by ladysuki
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Nails for the month of May!!

After several attempts on WhatsApp, I finally secured an appointment with Cnyful Nails! She’s a very nice young lady, owner of home-based nail salon tucked in a corner of Yishun. I’m so glad to know that there are such professonals in Yishun, in my hometown! No need to travel far to get beautiful manicures done! Hehee..

She has a room for manicure appointments, air-conditioned.. huge collections of nail polishes can be seen in the room, wardrobe and there’s also a cable TV to watch while doing nails. For gelish nails, she has 2 UV lights so you can settle your both hands at the same time. It’s a great and enjoyable manicure experience I’ll say.. 😉

Check out my new nails for the month of May!! I love it very much!! It’s a design I found online very very long ago, and I almost forgot I got the pic already.. kudos to the one who thought of the original design, we think it’s perfect and Cynful Nails is so pro and awesome, she handpainted everyhing exactly to the picture!

This is not an advertisement, but just in case you are interested… this is how I found her. 🙂

Totally worth it to wake up early on a rainy Sunday morning to get these nails done! Heheeh.. thank you, cynful nails.

February 6, 2013
by ladysuki
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Japan 2012 :: The Beautiful Kyoto – 天满寺, 绘马 and Kyoto Ramen Alley!

Kitano Tenmangu Shrine (北野天满寺), one of the most famous shrines in Osaka… if we were in the right season, we could have seen blossom plum trees! Too bad it’s Winter la.. Autumn would have been beautiful!! >_< There are flea markets on every 25th of the month.. selling plants, antiques, tools, toys and crafts and of course many food stands selling festival food such as yakisoba, karaage and takoyaki. Hours: 5:00 to 18:00 (April to September) 5:30 to 17:30 (October to March) Closed: No closing days Admission: Free Website: http://kitanotenmangu.or.jp/english

Some history here:

one of the most important of several hundred shrines across Japan, it stood in the second rank of government supported shrines. Dedicated to Sugawara Michizane, a scholar and politician who was unfairly exiled by his political rivals. A number of disasters were attributed to Michizane’s vengeful spirit after his death in exile, and these shrines were built to appease him.

In 986, the scholar-bureaucrat was deified and the title of Tenjin (Heavenly Deity) was conferred, the kami (“Shinto god”) of education. Thus, Kitano Tenmangū is popular with students praying for success in exams because the deity was in his life a man of literature and knowledge. Consequently, it became especially crowded with students during exam times and school trip seasons.

Michizane loved plum trees, and one tree, called tobiume or flying plum tree, is said to have followed him from Kyoto to his exile in Kyushu. Because of this, a plum tree can always be found standing in front of the offering hall of Tenmangu shrines.

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