victor garber can Paint! rrrrrespect, man. he can sing, act, paint. what else can he do? hee.

parents are having a dinner party, and i just got dinner a while ago. it irritates me how you can never expect dinner at a party, any earlier than 1030. but my mom's parties are better than some of her friends' - there you can't expect dinner any earlier than midnight, most of the time.

and i had this big plan to detox over the weekend, after that huge sinful dinner i had on my dad's birthday. we went to this place called Melt: The World Cafe at the newly-renovated Oriental. it's very zen-garden inside, and it's kindof pyramid-like in shape so inside the atrium the balconies sort of slope up. it reminded me of the luxor in vegas. anyway the food at the restaurant was great - it's like a more vegetarian-friendly version of The Line. ok i've never been to The Line, but it's supposed to have a whole bunch of food stations in a sort of humongous buffet, and this place had the same. we were initially going to go to The Line but when my mom called them they said the buffet wasn't worthwhile for vegetarians, so my dad's secretary recommended this place, and it was really really good. stuffed myself silly with pasta, indian food, soup, cheese, salad, and dessert! chocolate fountain, and chocolate truffles, and crepes and cookies. i promised myself a detox diet over the next three days but chocolate ice-cream happened yesterday and today, and last night my brother took away a pizza from nydc, and today my mom's got this whole dinner thing. the best-laid plans...

but i feel quite pleased, because i used the bobbi brown pink shimmer as a highlighter of sorts today, and it looks quite nice although supposedly it's all wrong for my skintone. and i'm a confirmed fan of pencil eyeliner. liquid is much more defined, but pencil is extremely easy to use. liquid is for people who have a lot of time to get it perfect, but today i had all of 25 minutes after i woke up to have a shower, get dressed and fix hair and make-up and everything. it turned out rather well, all in all. am pleased. though i'm still in need of a better concealer.

oh this is funny. in case anybody is really behind the times, tom cruise is dating katie holmes who is 16 years younger than him (ok that didn't astound anyone, after demi moore and ashton kutcher but atleast that pair is keeping themselves more under the radar) and he's been jumping on oprah's couch declaring his love for his katie. oh but oprah's very good friends with nicole kidman, who for the even-more-ignorant among you, is tom's ex-wife. wonder how that all works out. also, both he and katie have new movies to promote at the moment so it's all fine and dandy isn't it. but apparently he totally stole the limelight at her batman begins premiere, and she's got a bit of a bump so i wonder how fast things are moving.

tomorrow i have tuition. i need to prepare something to do. and channelnewsasia is coming after that. to interview us or something. am really hoping they come before tuition ends, so i don't have to be filmed. it's some nonsense about health&fitness, because HP won some award for providing the best gyms for its employees and my dad manages HP in the region so he's got to pretend he's all part of it. even though he had nothing to do with building or setting up or managing the gyms.

so on thursday my dad had to be filmed treadmilling at one of those gyms, although he's never used the HP gyms before and hates running on a treadmill. and i thought that was all and was quite pleased because earlier my mom said they were going to film all of us on thursday, but they changed plans and tomorrow they're going to film my dad playing tennis or squash or something with my brother. and then my mom and i are also required - to do what, i do not know. because my mom does nothing other than go for a walk in the evening, and i just run which i haven't even been doing this past week. i have no idea what i'm going to do, say or wear. i don't want to be on tv. how absolutely embarrassing. ugh. oh apparently jamie fox (foxx?) is also going to play squash with my dad. my brother says she was recently arrested for being involved in some drug ring with her boyfriend. don't know if that's true. haha.

ok am off now, to mope about how unattainable those dior heels are.

EDIT: oops, it's cheryl fox! hahahaha. how silly i am. jamie foxx, of course, is the oscar-winner. sometimes i have a fantastically muddled/absent-minded brain.