Life is really full of surprises. Never in my imagination or plan that I ever stepped into this side of life whereby I will be one of the 50 Most Gorgeous People.
To be honest with you, if you ask me, do I think I’m gorgeous?
Well, in terms of look, I don’t think I’m bad looking, but compare to those professional models who have high cheek, sharp nose, long leg, slim figure, perfect complexion, etc , I’m definitely not one of them.
So, why am I here? Like I said in my previous post, it all started on a very beautiful Saturday afternoon. I was walking together with my husband at Wisma Atria. Then, one young beautiful lady came and approached me, introduced herself from Female Magazine, and told me that she would like to take a picture of me. When I asked for what purpose, then she mentioned that they are in the search of 50 Most Gorgeous People.
WOW!
I felt so FLATTERED. Simply because I never expect that would be applicable to me, especially knowing that it was just about 7 months after I gave birth to my first child. Yup!! I have a very beautiful baby girl, her name is Alvernia (nope, she wasn’t born in Mt. Alvernia hospital) hehehe… and she is currently 11 months now. So, a mixture between feelings of surprise, flattered, plus encouragement from my husband, therefore at that moment I voluntarily followed her to the Female booth to be shot by their photographer. At that time I thought there is no harm, and anyway it’s just for fun! Plus they would give me the photo on the spot. Cool! I actually still have the picture… Here it is… (I re-shoot the original photo using my Canon Ixus 110 IS, and change the setting to digital macro fuction, specially design to shoot close object, and the result: as clear as the original !)
@Wisma Atria 2009
Few months after that… Here I am writing this blog, talking to all of you, and sharing this platform with 49 others gorgeous people… Wow!! Initially I’m not used to it, because this platform is so much different from the normal thing that I do daily. As some of you probably know, I am an Entrepreneur, I run my own businesses. At the same time I’m also a trainer and author. Those are the things that I’m very familiar with. If you ask me about modeling? Or doing catwalk? That’s really not my cup of tea. Of course sometimes I have to do some photo shoots, but normally it is for media coverage or my own business purposes.
Having said that, being here, talking to all of you really excite me, and one of the biggest reasons why I’m still writing regularly despite my busy schedule is because it’s aligned with my passion and my mission which is “To raise up a new generation of successful young people, who take charge of their lives, live their dreams, and eventually, contribute back to society” And that’s why I have decided not only to blog about my personal life, but also to add value to you. To sum up: Style with Substance !
Hopefully with everything that I will share in this tiny space for these 5 weeks will inspire you and will contribute positively to your life! To end today’s post, I would like to share the message that I wrote in my facebook last week:
“Life is like a book, everyday has a new page with adventures to tell, lessons to learn and tales on good deeds to remember. Have a good episode today!”
Touching Hearts Changing Lives,
Merry Riana
Having Monday Blues? Definitely not for me. How can I be having Monday blues when I have been receiving many good news every Monday since beginning of this month? Starting from a Surprise email that I get from Madeline on Monday, 5th October 2009 
Then the following Monday, 12th October 2009. Double Happiness,
firstly because it was my fitting day for the preview. I went to Bebe at Vivo City and I was really having fun trying all those contemporary clothes. Very difficult to choose because all are gorgeous, luckily I got the help from the great stylists who eventually chose the best 2 outfits for me to wear for the preview. Thank you all !
Secondly, that day I got my first Canon Digital Ixus Camera. Thanks to Canon who is kind enough to lend the Canon Digital Ixus 110 IS set for me to use during this period of time. I was so excited, because this will be my very first Canon Digital Camera. All these while I’ve been hearing a lot of good review from my friends who are using Ixus, but I still used my old camera because I thought it is still in a working condition, and also how much different can it be in terms of the quality of the photo? So the first thing that I did after that was to test it. On the way back, while I was inside my car, I decided to take a random picture. And to my surprise, the quality was much better than I expected, definitely way better than my normal camera.
Taken With Canon Digital Ixus 110 IS
Taken with Canon Digital Ixus 110 IS
It’s so clear and sharp, even when it was taken while I was moving. I was so impressed! I guess it was because of its image stabilizer function. Will definitely explore more on what other functions that Canon has.
Today, Monday, 19th October 2009, I got a chance to drop by SPH Media Centre at Genting Lane to collect my Canon battery charger and also the USB Cable. It wasn’t really planned, because initially the battery charger and the USB cable supposed to be sent to my office by courier service. But since I had a bit of time in the late afternoon I decided to call Dee and asked whether she preferred me to go down and collect it personally and she said OK J So there I was, at Female office. I got a chance to take picture with Dee (she looks cute right?) 
With Dee, the Birthday gal
And surprise surprise…. I met Madeline too And after much convincing, she finally said yes when I asked her to take picture together… Thanks, Madeline! Your photo looks great too…
With the Famous Madeline
Also another thing, I just knew from Madeline that today is actually Dee’s birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Dee!! You're older today than yesterday, but younger than tomorrow
May this birthday be just the beginning of a year filled with many happy memories, wonderful moments, and shining dreams. And especially for you, I have this video for you to watch. Hope you’ll like it.
Touching Hearts Changing Lives,
Merry Riana
