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CrystalPhuong.net is a Personal Style & Travel Blog based in Singapore, written by Crystal Phuong. The blog was nominated FOUR times in Top 10 Best Fashion Blogs in the annual Singapore Blog Award from 2012- 2015, voted as one of the Best Lifestyle Blogs in Singapore in 2013 by Hotelclub.com, and Best Travel Blogs in 2016 by Foodpanda.com. Crystal hopes to connect and inspire young women to lead a healthy and happy life. Be confident, be positive, and be kind.
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{BTS}: "UNNATURAL"

{BTS}: "UNNATURAL"

August 25, 2011
I'm not sure if I should categorize this entry into a hilarious story or a horror story.

Last 2 weeks, I was invited to take part in one of the documentary movies called "Unnatural" by Channel5, Mediacorp- Singapore local radio and television broadcasting.

 The movie name sounds a little creepy, I know. And when I told some of my friends about the role that I'm gonna play, they laughed out loud.

Ok, never mind, I'm not going to reveal what role is that till the end of this post.

Some photos I took during the shoot!


Makeup time! 

Mediacorp is huge. It took me almost 20 minutes to find the makeup room. The best thing was, my make up took only 10 minutes to be done.

and finish!


Ok, this is me after the makeup with scary looking eyes. Guess what role yet?

It's ok, keep guessing :D

We did the shoot at one of the dormitories somewhere in Jurong East. That was the first time ever I entered a dormitory for foreign workers from many different countries. It's huge and super crowded. Everyone was looking at me as if I was an alien from the Mars just dropped down the Earth. 

This is the room where we had a shoot. How many floors are there?


6th floor without a lift!!!! And I wore my 5 inches heels claiming up all the way to the top with my costume. 


This is what I wore for the scene. Ok, I bet you probably could guess what role I was playing.

"I was playing a beautiful Thai ghost" 

I know all ghosts are unidentified whether she is ugly or pretty but that's what the director told me, "You played a very beautiful ghost role". 


So here is a beautiful ghost and a girl in the crew.


"Woooooo! Gimme back my life" 


That's my victim: a Thai worker


and the ghost haunts him every night after his sleep. At the end, I killed him. I mean, the ghost killed him not me. 

I didn't know that this story is based on the real life story in Singapore, a group of foreign workers lived together, worked together. None of them had any sickness or illness symptoms besides homesick but somehow, some of them died mysteriously. 

Wanna catch the entire movie? Please follow the Channel5 program, I'm not sure exactly when though. Probably, it will take little longer for the movie to be broadcasted. So if you happen to watch a movie "Unnatural" and see the ghost. You know, it is the beautiful ghost ME. 

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GET YOUR SEXY BACK WITH MARIE FRANCE BODYLINE (PART 3)

GET YOUR SEXY BACK WITH MARIE FRANCE BODYLINE (PART 3)

August 14, 2011
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Sorry for the late update guys! I've been really busy with so many works, projects and stuffs which I couldn't squeeze any of my time to blog. Anyway, I'm back here for the review of the 2nd treatment with Marie France Bodyline as promised. 

Second treatment with MFB was really amazing, despite I only had very tiny time that day due to my super tight schedule. I had only 1 hour available and it had been 1 week plus after my first treatment, I was kinda missing the massage. Hence, I did not want to postpone. But know what? Without me asking, MFB arranged 2 beautiful therapists to do the treatment for me at the same time to utilize my time at maximum. 

I was like OMG! I felt like being a Queen, seriously! I was super excited and I texted my guy friend "Hey, guess what? I'm having 2 beautiful therapists massaging me now. So shiok". His reply- "WTF! Life is so unfair", lolz....That shows how professional and awesome MFB service is!!!! Never fail to satisfy me :)

During the second treatment, I had a chance to talk to my personal nutritionist, listen to her advice on my daily diet. And honestly, I learned so much from her. Sometimes, we don't really care about what we eat, how much nutrition that we consume daily, how bad or good our eating habit is. That is absolutely not good -_-. I used to think I'm a very healthy dieting person, I eat a lot of vegetables, fruits. I don't take fried, oily stuffs so I should be ok. But I was wrong. We need to balance what we eat everyday. These are some of the infos that Jin Fang (my nutritionist) shared with me, I'm sharing it with you. See, I'm so kind! 


Sources of protein we should get. 


This is extremely important to those who want to be on a diet. What are the bad fats to you? 


And these are GOOD fat that we can eat without worry! 


Consultation time


Obviously, I need to have a photo of me and Jin Fang- my personal nutritionist. Look at how healthy and beautiful she is!!! Jealous!

After consultation, Jin Fang helped me to get my BMI (Body Mass Index) Screening done before I started my treatment. As usual, stubborn fat on my arms and tummy are still the main focus. The 2 treatments I had this time are slightly different from the first treatment.

First, I had Cryocelle Phased Therapy (CPT) treatment like the first time. It's a must have treatment because it's super effective, according to the consultant.


Ultrasound therapy becomes one of my most favorite treatments too.

I like the hot-cold feeling at the same time. First, there is a layer of cold gel applied on my arms and tummy, whenever I want to reduce the fatness. Thereafter, the therapist will use an applicator to massage thoroughly the entire area for 7- 10 minutes. This is where the heat derives from. The longer the massage is, the hotter I can feel. It's hard to describe it in details, but the only thing I can assure you that, it feels GREAT!

Second, I had ISS (Intelect Spot Slimming) treatment. This is when I had 2 pretty therapists doing the massage for me at the same time. We had a pretty fun chat during the treatment as the 2 therapists are so friendly plus they met a talkative person like me. So, what can you expect? ;)

After the massage, I fell asleep for 20 minutes at the end of the treatment. That's the best thing ever because it's like a dream. When you wake up, you feel totally different: lighter, slimmer and fresher. :D

Lastly, MFB even let me try out their Paraffin Hand Wax. Super awesome max <3


My therapist was doing hand-massage for me. She is so cute and friendly.


Dipping my hand one by one into the wax...I love the feeling. 


The paraffin slowly started to cool off and conform to the contours of my hand. Looks like I'm wearing gloves :D
Once the paraffin gloves were peeled off, it gave my skin super soft and smooth feeling. It's really amazing and I'm somehow kinda addicted into it.

Overall, I must say I LOVE MFB SERVICES. Not to mention their effectiveness of all the treatments they have, but their services are so professional and good. All the staffs are experienced and friendly. I never feel bored every time I go there. Everyone cheers you up with a big smile, makes you feel home and warm. I love that.

Two more treatments to go for me, but I already feel that my body weight has changed a lot. The proof is every single friend I met, said: "OMG! You look so slim and fit. What's the secret?". I answered them in return: "Yeah, I've been undergoing some slimming treatments with Marie France Bodyline and I have a personal nutritionist to help me keep fit" and smiled. :).

If you really want to try out their service, they are currently having FREE TRIAL! Sounds good? All you need to do is to check out their WEBSITE, or join their FACEBOOK fan page or TWITTER to get more updates.

Stay tuned for the last blog post because I'm gonna reveal the before-after photos after all the treatments. See ya!
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I'M OFFICIALLY AN AUNTY

I'M OFFICIALLY AN AUNTY

August 01, 2011
Finally, it's August! A new month again. I have been desperately looking forward to August so much. Reason? July was just suck, to me. So many serious bad lucks happened that month which I couldn't explain why must it all fall in July. 

First, grandma passed away! -_-. It was pretty sudden to all of my family members especially my mom even though we were all expecting worst things might happen anytime due to her long-sickness. My grandma was such a brave and strong woman, I'm so inspired by her. Since the Vietnam war til her last day in the world, she was suffered by many wounds that French and American armies gave her. They hung her upside down, tortured her, beat on her head to seek for information about the Vietnamese communist, etc...That lead to her lost memory when she got old. She couldn't remember anyone of us last 2 years :(. 

My mom told me, 3 days before she passed away, my mom fed her some foods but she couldn't eat and she kept saying "Please take me to the temple, my mom is waiting for me there. It's time for me to go with her". And then, she passed away as if she fell into a peaceful sleep. No pain, no tear, no regret!

When I first heard the news from mom on Friday, I was in the meeting with my client and immediately I lost my words. I didn't know where was I in the conversation, what was I supposed to say. Nevertheless, I managed to finish all the works and booked a flight to fly back the next morning. In my mind that time, all I wanted to do is to go back home, look at grandma one last time and give my mom some supports. I could understand how tragically painful she felt. And I did what I was supposed to do. 

Second, my work was really bad. It's just bad and unlucky for no reason, wtf. Kinda testing my patience and temper. Anyway, let not talk about the bad stuffs here. It's so depressing! 

I want to share with you a good thing I have. There is an idiom "Every cloud has a silver lining" and it truly is. 3 days before my grandma passed away, my nephew was born. 

Thank to God and whoever blessed him, he was 3.8kg, super cute to the max. Here he is, adorably sleeping!

Heart shaped lips, long eyes, button nose. Confirm later will be very handsome, lady-killer and talkative. 

Baby has nothing to do besides sleeping so he sleeps like 20/ 24 hours i think.

Look at the cute chin, lolz

Long toes and very long finger nails too. My dad said when he grows up, he probably will wear shoes size 41 at least :D

I love looking at him, taking photo of him with many different cute facial expressions. 

Angry face. I think he wants to shit or eat, lolz. Else, he will not act like that. 

Sleeping and smiling at the same time. Must be dreaming something

Yawning face! Hahahaha, super damn cute! Look at those lips, I want to bite :D

Ok, let aunt carry you! I need to practice first in case I might have one in future, I'll probably not know how to take care, lolz....I find it's quite hard to carry a one week old baby because their bone and everything is still very soft. I'm scared I might turn his neck to the left or right permanently by accident, lolz....But my nephew is so damn good boy, he didn't cry when I carried him around. He just opened the eyes to look at me. Wow, heart melted. 


But i think he got annoyed by me because every time I hugged him, I would kiss him non-stop to his chubby checks :D




C'mon baby, let aunt give you a kiss! 
Now, camwhoring time. 


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I said "Baby, act cute" and coincidentally, I caught his mouth opened, lolz




3. Kiss


4. And kiss
Now only I understand why all the parents like to show their baby's photos so much. I found it's pretty annoying at first. "C'mon, one is enough. I knew how your son/ daughter looks like". But now, I gotta shut up. I can't stop posting my nephew pics online to show to the world, oopss!
And by the way, his name is Danny Bui Dai Quang which means a smart, handsome and kind-hearted man. I hope he will be, in the future! 
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GET YOUR SEXY BACK WITH MARIE FRANCE BODYLINE (PART 2)

GET YOUR SEXY BACK WITH MARIE FRANCE BODYLINE (PART 2)

July 20, 2011
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As you guys know, I'm currently well taken care by Marie France Bodyline. They are my sponsor and also my personal consultant to help me to maintain my healthy dieting, slimming and body firming. Read my first blog post about them HERE. 


Last few weeks, after coming back from Krabi (Thailand), I went to have the first treatment with MFB. I was so excited. Reason? I ate too much during my holiday trip, you know I can't resist tom yum soup and Thai food.

It's also because I thought I would have a personal slimming expert who can take care of me, so I didn't have to worry much. I ate so much that I gained 2kg within 3 days. When I came back, I was super "round" at every part of my body.

You used to see my modeling photos I posted here or on my Facebook. People were nice to compliment me "You so hot"- "You look so sexy" but they had no idea, how many minutes I needed to control my breathing to tuck in my tummy, how hard I needed to arch my back to give a flat tummy to the camera. Plus with the help of Photoshop, it's easy to make my photo look slim.


So today, I'm gonna reveal the one and only true story that might disappoint you. Get ready!
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See to believe!  
Before I started my treatment, Fiona, the manager at Marie France Bodyline helped to measure my tummy



Quite depressing when looking at the result I must say.

No wonder, Fiona's face was like this:



I'm just kidding! I know she didn't mean so but somehow this photo turned out to be quite funny to look at and I couldn't help giving a caption to it.

Besides my tummy, fatty arms are another parts that I really wanted to work on. 


So here is the final result.

My waist used to be at 24, now it's gone to 26.

I must show all these confidential photos to tell you the fact that I actually needed to lose weight at some parts on my body. So if any of you say "You are so skinny, why you need to slim down?". Proofs are here!

After analyzing and assessing my body type and need, Fiona gave 2 most suitable treatments to me. 

First treatment: Cryocelle Phased Therapy (CPT) uses therapeutic heat rays to encourage the body to metabolize stubborn fats, resulting in inch loss. Circulation is stimulated with a thermo-regulating serum. With a body-molding mask, collagen and elastin production increase, skin is visibly tightened and the body is contoured.



First, I was given a body stocking and then once lying down, I felt like there was a machine trying to suck all my fat away. I'm not over-complimenting but seriously everyone should try their CPT treatment. 


 Love this body-stocking  


 Here I am waiting for my consultant with a happy face 



In the process! YES! 

Finished CPT treatment, I was led to another room for the second treatment called:

The Fat Mobilization System (FMS)- this is Marie France Bodyline's pioneer therapy which helps individuals to lose weight naturally by making use of the body’s own ability to burn excess fat. This treatment breaks down fat cells speedily, increases cellular metabolism, improves skin tone, contours and enhances the silhouette. 

FMS works by simply encouraging the depletion of heat energy from within the body. This forces the body to compensate for the loss of heat energy by tapping into its accumulation of fats to ‘burn’ off as energy. (*Source from Marie France Bodyline)


The treatment combines the traditional healing techniques of Egypt with state-of-the-art cosmetic developments. The approach is built around the use of wraps and compresses. Approved natural ingredients derived from leaves, minerals and mud have, of course, been used for detoxifying the body tissue for thousands of years. Marie France Bodyline utilises this ancient knowledge so that you, too, can benefit from the wonderful effects of the body-wrap technique – with no need for pills, fasting or invasive surgery (*Sources from Rxpinoy.com)



Here I am with my wrapped around body getting ready to burn my fat 


20 minutes passed by faster than I thought, I was so comfortable until I dozed off and I woke up with an extremely light feeling as if I had just lost 5kg. No joke! I felt my tummy was obviously firmer. Pretty amazing and this was just my first treatment, I had no doubt that MFB would be able to do a magical change once I complete every treatment they tailor for me. 


Feeling happy after the treatments



I couldn't help because the bathroom is just so nice

 


Thank you so much Marie France Bodyline for helping me to get my sexy back! 

Disclaimer: This blog post is proudly sponsored by Marie France Bodyline. Opinions are on my own. 
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Now You Know!

Now You Know!

July 12, 2011
Hey guys, I know it has been a week and I'm finally back here. Been busy as a bee for God's sake since last month until now. I don't know why there must be so many events going on these 2 months.

Just a quick entry from me highlight what was going on with me last few weeks. I'm kinda unable to retrieve it all immediately now.

Ok, take it slow!

1. Singapore Blog Award VOTING period was over. So now, it's COOLING OFF period for judges to read through our blog contents and see who will deserve to be winner on the final award presentation. I've done all I could so regardless any result, I'm happy. :)

2. Guess what, this is the big news that I can't wait to share with all of you. I've joined my friend to start up a new dance studio 2 weeks ago. YES! A NEW DANCE STUDIO. It's called:

SECRET BASE DANCE STUDIO

Our studio logo!

Sounds little sleazy, hahaaha but that makes people curious. "What does it mean"- We say "It's a Secret"! So if you really want to know what is our secret? Well, join our studio! ;)

I'm giving a 3 TRIAL classes this coming Sunday 17th July at 3pm onward out of 8 classes. If you are free and interested, do not forget to drop by our studio to join.

Details can be found HERE!

I'm giving a special discount 20% OFF to all of my facebook fans, twitter followers and blog readers whoever signs up my classes. Hence, if you come this Sunday, do mention this to get the special offer from me. Yay!

Our studio is still very new, please give some supports by liking our Facebook Page or join us on Twitter.

3. A month back, I was invited by Don Richmond, a local singer, song-writer and a host of Clicknetwork.tv Now You Know to teach him exotic dance for his new episode of Now You Know. After 2 times of postponement due to his sickness & studio location, we finally did it at our Secret Base Dance Studio which happened to open a week before that. Super lucky!

Don is such a funniest guy that I've ever met. He always amuses me with his weird & hilarious ideas, facial expression etc...It was tough filming with him because every time I look at him, I feel like laughing very hard and I just don't know why. You gotta watch one of his episode Now You Know, you'll know what I meant.

Click on the video to watch!




4. One of my photo was chosen to be in HTC LIKE AWARDS for voting. Again, I know you hate this word but I got no choice -_-. That's how people are doing marketing for their sites nowadays.

This is the photo:


and it's listed under category: Most Stylish


So, what you need to do is:

Click HERE to vote!

Registration is required but not to worry coz it's the easiest and fastest registration form ever. Just like this:

Please please please register and vote for me. I promise I'll think of some interesting stuffs to entertain you guys!
Thank you very much, muahxxxxx! 
Next blog post will be: I'm going to reduce my fat :D. Stay tuned! 
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