halloween’s my favourite day of the year. and despite it being an OTT costume and drama circus, i still find halloween to be waaaay less pretentious as christmas. no offence to all you religious folks really, cuz im not referring to your churchy celebrations. instead, i hate how christmas gets so plundered to commercial death in singapore.. hell, christmas decos are up and it was only october!
anyhoos, back to halloween. its a huge affair for me cuz its the one day i get to let my innermost freak out without being judged. well, actually, not quite. this year, i GOT JUDGED. by a cab driver. omg.
so i hopped into a cab and headed for home after i got my makeup done at Muse B’art. a conversation with the cabbie ensues…
CABBIE: are you christian?
ME: nope.
CABBIE: good.
(puzzled) ME: er… why ah? (on hindsight, i shouldnt have asked…)
CABBIE: if you’re a good christian, you should not be dressing up and celebrating halloween. its a pagan festival.
ME: okaaay… no worries. im atheist. im just dressing up for the fun of it.
CABBIE: you dont believe in a religion?
ME: nope. was born a catholic but renounced that faith.
CABBIE: good. you did the right thing. always question. never accept. that way, once you do accept, you will be true to your faith.
ME: er… which christian branch are you from? (again, on hindsight, i shouldnt have asked…)
CABBIE: im a jehovah’s witness.
ME: okay you can stop there. im sorry.
cabbie didnt stop there. in fact, he went on to explain how jehovah’s witnesses are a sorely misunderstood people. i told him i didnt care and that i respect everyone’s right to believe in whatever they wanna believe in and that i hope he can also respect my right to NOT WANNA KNOW WHAT HE THINKS I SHOULD DO. omg. but he didnt stop lah. he went on to explain the bible from genesis all the way to book X…..
that cab ride felt like the longest 20 minutes of my life.
PICTURE THIS: a jehovah’s witness cabbie trying to preach his faith to an atheist dressed as satan… OH THE IRONY. it was the most miserable cab ride experience ever. i felt so violated. felt sick in the stomach as well. why cant people keep their religion to themselves?! seriously. tsk!
was so determined to not let that ruin my night. sigh.. anyhoos, here are the photos i took. chris, my makeup artist, was AMAAAZING. if you want special effects makeup done (she does bridal makeup too), contact her HERE. i gave her a few photos and she came up with this look for me. total time it took to slap the devil on? 3.5 hours. it cost me $280 but it was worth every single cent. LOVE LOVE LOVE! only thing that i hated was the time it took to remove my makeup.. omg. i took 3.5 hours thereabouts tryna scrub off the red paint and remove the prosthetic latex and my fake nails. by the time i was done, it was 530am!
so forgive me for the onslaught of ME photos. i think for the effort that was put in, i deserve to “hiao” abit more lah hor? 
3PM: starting on my makeup at Muse B'art with the uber talented artist, Chris.
the prosthetic latex horns etc that's gonna be stuck on my face
step one - its ridiculous to like half the fool.. get my face on already!
chris working the paint on me. red water-base paint layer first.
chris is very meticulous. made sure the paint job's done purrfactly.
red oil-based paint done. evil.
black horns on
adding on the details and shades
getting the body painted.
SNARRRL. HISSS. GRRROWL.
in the cab, tryin not the freak the cabbie out on the journey to clarke quay.
mister young as the black spidey
pretty costumes: nora as wonder woman and desiree as the queen of hearts.
our listeners. the most WICKED costumes amongst the lot. LOVE LOVE LOVE
my partner, shan wee, the christmas tree. (he MADE the whole costume himself)
lose the flash and HE GLOWS! (he also managed to stay unelectrocuted the entire night. amazeballs.)
with lyn, the mexican sugar skull bride
my pretty angel, aixa
the morning show duo: vanessa as tank girl and divian as gladiator
with my partner shan wee. we are worrrrlds apart. belonging at extreme opposite ends of the spectrum..
but im glad that we're on the same plane when it comes to halloween. this is our 3rd halloween as a duo. its been rockin fun thus far, partner
edward scissorhands. GUESS WHO?
its PATRICIA MOK!!! another awesomely impressively recreated costume/makeup of the night
martin the mardi gras gladiator
gettin my freak on with marrrtin x
with sarah tan AKA alice in wonderland x
at TAB. wan as batman and thats hidir as black spidey. both decided to give superhero powers a break and scale heights via the escalator instead.
adeline as japanese geisha/student and lyn as the mexican sugar skull bride.
then we saw hit girl (julia) and kick ass (george) xxx
kick ass VS hell girl.... round #1, FIIIGHT!
my dearest friend aishah and her handsome man-friend magne. such a gorrrgeous couple!
with one of the owners of TAB, adrian mah. dont gimme that look doode! im of legal drinking age! duh!
with the cutest hamburgler in the world, sara wee xxx
who u gonna call?
2AM: still standing... fangs starting to hurt my inner lip... and dreading the washing off of makeup..
one last one for the road. til next halloween, ROAAARRRR!!!
RYAN LEE
