Teaparty on a paper boat

Hello Hello

2010-11-21T21:10:00.002+11:00

I thought that after all my exams were over i'd be blogging more regularly and stay more updated. However, i have not found any motivation to blog and i have not been reading any blogs (not even my regular rounds of blogs). I have been on the computer less, and still have not drama-ed much. Heck, i haven't been watching TV. I think these were all good excuses for procrastination during the HSC period. The formal, after-party and graduation have all passed by and although sleeping and lounging around at home have been comforting, it is becoming a bad habit of pure laziness.

The 'partying' period that everyone celebrates has not come for me yet since it seems most are occurring in the next few weeks or so and possibly even more after results are released. I feel like i really need a job at the moment since i don't have much plans so far and i might as well be productive and make a little money to spend later. However I'm off to Melbourne next month and staying there for a few weeks so it probably won't be the best idea to get a job for a month then leave for a break so quickly.

Anyway, i finally made a twitter account. And i got my ipod touch, so i guess that should go hand in hand.

Fairylights

2010-11-09T21:27:00.004+11:00

I was suppose to blog last week, but i never got around to it because i was just not bothered. Instead i cleaned my whole room, went shopping, drama-ed, slept a lot and baked a cake. I have my last exam tomorrow and i still haven't studied for it yet. Will look over it after i shower. It is an afternoon exam anyway.

I finally got my fairylights early last week. Thought i'd show you guys what it looks like. I love it! The photo does not do it justice though! It fits perfectly around my large window (which basically covers a whole wall), so i'm glad that it looks reallly nice!

After my art exam i'll be mega happy as i will be able to finally get myself the ipod touch 4g!!! I've been waiting on for a new ipod for about 7months since my old classic one died after 3-4yrs. I had been surviving on my old phone for music but my headphones don't work anymore for it.

Japanese Robot

2010-10-31T01:00:00.001+11:00

It is amazing what technology and the skills of people can do these days. This robot is so realistic that it is kind of creepy.

source: tokyohive

This moment, like this

2010-10-28T12:45:00.005+11:00

2 more exams before the HSC is officially over for me. Unfortunately, i'm one of the last few to finish. But it doesn't matter because once my economics exam is over i'd be too happy to worry about art. I'll be blogging regularly (hopefully) when everything is over. I still do my daily rounds of fashion and makeup blogs, great excuse to bludge imo. Though it has been a while since i've been to japanese streets. I know i tend to blog about random but interesting things that i find, but i haven't done that lately because i have not been bothered. HSC makes everything boring.

I've already prepared a whole list of 'to buy' and 'to do' once my exams are over. So excited that i haven't been able to concentrate on 'studying.'

Don't speak

2010-10-09T23:50:00.005+11:00

I can't believe this song is almost 15yrs old.
I love this song. And I love Gwen Stefani.
Dark Vampy lipstick!

Coffee shades

2010-10-08T18:30:00.009+11:00

I can't believe there is only a week left till the HSC and yet i have not been productive. It is honestly hard to get motivated. I've been totally oversleeping. The past couple of days i've had very irregular sleeping patterns- sleeping at 4am or like the other night 7:30am and waking up well into the afternoon, skipping lunch or breakfast and getting straight to dinner. I'm going to start getting proper regular nights, otherwise i won't be able to get use to it when exam hits.

I haven't read any magazines since a long time, so when my sister purchased Vogue Girl Korea, i couldn't help myself and flipped through it.

I got excited over their browns and beige sections

I thought the makeup was cute

I lovee her look. I still really want a dark plum/crimson shade lipstick, though something more wearable than the one that the girl is wearing. And i love her hair. I've been letting my hair grow out for the past two years but i still can't get it to look like that.

Albinism

2010-10-05T12:52:00.006+11:00

Connie Chiu, world's first albino model.

I woke up at noon, yet again. I have to stop oversleeping and start working. My weird sleeping patterns and everything is making my skin all icky.

I'm not on twitter, but i've been visiting it now and then eversince i found out that Utada Hikaru recently made one! I love her songs (: I know other stars etc have one and i guess one account leads to another. Yeah, i'm finding excuses for quick distractions! I'm probably going to jump on the bandwagon after everything is over. Anyway, i found out that Utada is going on a hiatus in 2011 =/ Oh well, we all need a break don't we?

I'm going to grab something to eat before i have my orthodontist appointment this afternoon.

Bright like light

2010-10-02T15:08:00.004+10:00

Devon Aoki for Russh Magazine Oct/Nov

If those rumours were true about them being together... (L)

Hello Goodbye

2010-09-29T21:25:00.003+10:00

Another unproductive day. When the HSC is over, i'm going to regret everything. But anyway, just thought that i'd say since it's going to be an intense month of exams soon, i probably won't have anymore long posts or writing ones actually.

Paddington markets. Yeah i had given up looking for my formal dresses.

The sister

I watched liar game the other night, and it is so good! I said i'd do some studying after that, but instead i went to sleep. I really don't know how people do it- study. It is so so so damn difficult! Anyway, enough bludging. Shower, then read through business studies notes (i'm probably going to forget whatever i read by tomorrow anyway T_T)

film those memories

2010-09-27T23:47:00.005+10:00

So i just woke up from my 6-hour nap. Okay, that is practically a sleep. I would have gone back to sleep, but for the reasons below i am awake-with a headache. Today has NOT been productive, once AGAIN. With the way i'm going, my future seems extremely bleak!

I am excited to say that Liar Game the final stage movie with english subs is out!!!!!! I found out today but i couldn't watch it because i've used way beyond my internet usage! So as soon as it hits 12, i'm going to load it!!! I've been waiting to watch this movie since FOREVER!! For those who want to watch it, it is on dramacrazy!

On another note, i'd like to wish a HAPPY 18th TO TASH! Have an awesome birthday!!! Too bad we're getting older and moving away from our LTB days!! I know i'm always dissing you and all, but since it's your birthday, i'll acknowledge that you're awesome enough to be my friend! I love you lots! (L)

Photobooth

2010-09-25T19:07:00.004+10:00

The last day of school. No, not the last day of school for the term in which we would continue to return after each holiday break. It was officially our last high school day. I've been waiting for yesterday to come eversince i started yr 7. The last week turned to the last day so quickly. And no, i didn't cry (i didn't expect to). Maybe it is because i know i'll still be friends with those around me, and it wasn't like all my friendships were going to end. Sure, if all my friends told me they wanted to break up with me, i'd become all teary, but i know that some of the friendships will last. Although, i must admit, i felt rather emotional when i read Elizabeth's letter and when i wrote the long message to Linda. I also felt very nostalgic when i wrote the message to Tash, and we both remembered LTB<3, it just reminded me of how lame and childish we were back in the days! :P

The dinner last night with the friends was great too. Pumping loud Katy Perry songs in the car (thanks Bui), eating and talking, all for fun. Thanks for the great night guys (:

Lots of photos were taken, most of which are all on FB, but i thought it'd be nice to put a few photos of this week. I'm going to miss high school because of these people (:

Maths class. As much as Mr P makes us work, it is still such an awesome class :D

I love you girls!

Art Buddies! You guys always bring me into your craziness. When i'm stressed, it's the only class where i feel at ease.
And i wanted to say, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANNNYYY!!! Have the most awesome 18th without me ;) After HSC, we'll go find more cheap bags with pills in them haha ;) Even 10yrs from now, you're still going to be as Hip as you are now.

Chanel dinner? yes please.

2010-09-19T16:41:00.008+10:00

Chanel Ice cube bag! :O

Terry's diary

Gorgeous females who get to attend Chanel dinners, i'm jealous. Beats being at home, sick and feeling guilty over the lack of studying. Yup i'm feeling all grumpy and moody lately. I spent yesterday with my cousin looking for formal dresses. Didn't find anything in my budget range. I don't even want to go to the formal. Everything is a hassle now it seems.

Addicted

2010-09-13T19:23:00.008+10:00

FT Island- Love Love Love

I'm still in love with this song after a while. So i thought i'd share it with those who haven't seen it. WATCH IT- the whole thing. Don't roll your eyes at quality music! Okay i hate the lead singer's hair, but i love that they did not autotune his voice. The MV is great, and they show the artworks of legendary surrealist artist Salvador Dali!

I can't believe that it is September already and everything is almost over. Almost. I've pretty much finalised my UAC application for university course preferences. It makes me sick looking through the UAC guide. There is suppose to be so many choices, but only a few interest me. I spoke to Ms K today about the order of courses, and it looks like i will have to change it. Courses that go beyond the 90's seem out of reach, but we'll see what happens. It will be really miserable if i do not get my preferred course, but in a way, i'm thinking, what if that means my doors are opened to other courses that aren't Asian-approved? Oh well, I'm not going to dwell too much on it now since i can change it after i get my results back.

I'm going to do the Visual Arts talk to the juniors tomorrow with sexy Linda Son. I'm not even sure what i am going to say. Ms T asked me whether i was pursuing art-related after school. I had thought of putting down interior design/ spatial design. But i'm not innovative. The closest to art i'll get to will probably be like marketing. We'll see.

I've never thought of moving out, because i'm such a dependent person when it comes to stuff such as cooking and cleaning. But i was youtubing apartments the other day, and it got me really excited. Too bad those wonderful apartments cost about $2million or so.

So i was wondering, when do you people plan to move out?

Other than wasting time watching videos of apartments that i can't afford, i've been drama-ing as usual. It's like a weekly tv show for me since i don't watch much TV anymore. Seriously, My Girlfriend is a gumiho (nine-tailed fox) is bloody addictive. I love the main girl in it, she's seriously so cute. I get easily agitated by cutesy-wannabe girls, but she's different!

Okay, i had to put a photo of the sexy hunter/vet guy. *plays the sexy music theme song* ;) Yeah, okay those who haven't watched it won't get it and are probably shunning me out of their lives now. *does the hand/finger guns*

I blogged, so you can all stop complaining now!

Japanese alcohol? Say what?

2010-09-04T21:03:00.005+10:00

Ben Northover as John Lennon & Devon Aoki as Yoko Ono.

So i've disappeared from the social network for the past few days, that is, i haven't really been reading blogs or updating or even checking my emails! And no guys, i'm not a msn person, emails ftw haha. I've come to realise how i have a addictive personality that lacks self-control. I have abstained from watching any asian series/dramas for weeks but when a few days ago i watched one episode of Hotaru no Hikari, i couldn't stop. In the end i watch the two seasons of that (still going) and old dramas including my girl, and last night and today i watched all 8 episodes of 'My girlfriend is a gumiho/nine-tailed fox.' I'm waiting for the next ep to come out because i'm addicted all thanks to linda son. Oh well, guess we have another common interests to add in our convos ;)

Yup, lack of self-discipline! I'm feeling guilty already as i always do after the fun is over. So tonight, i'm going to go flip through my economics textbook (no idea what i'm doing). I'm going to make sure that i don't fall asleep before 11 and that i do not begin a new series! I've already taken a day off to drama and bludge and then shopped. My parents are getting concerned i think, so i didn't push by asking twice to go out today to UNSW open day and newtown =/ They said no and asked why and i just agreed out of guilt.

And the title of this post? Well i went shopping with my sister on Thursday and my dad came to drive us home. I bought my favourite Japanese Soda in melon (addicted to that stuff) and offered my dad some while he was driving. He asked me what it was, i jokingly said 'Japanese alcohol.' Just for fun you know. His reply? "What? Aish, i'm driving, i can't drink, here take it back." Say what?? My sister and i just cracked up laughing. First of all, i am strictly not allowed to drink (thus never had) and second of all, my dad doesn't even drink either because he hates the taste of alcohol. We have this mini bar area thingy in our home, but there's no alcohol, only wine glasses for decoration.

No work, all play

2010-08-31T17:35:00.008+10:00

Sunlight is able to wash all over my room now since i have finally cleaned up all my art mess and moved the furniture in my room to its original spots. It feels good because it looks like i have much more space in my room now!! I'm feeling pumped to redecorate my room! Yesterday i had planned to clean my whole room then finish a maths past paper (been working on one damn paper for a whole week, i know, so pathetic!!). However, those plans were not carried out because my uncle came by to fix my computer and laptop from the bloody vicious virus argh. After 5hrs, my laptop and my sister's computer has had pretty much been cleared from whatever virus thing it is and he ended up taking my computer tower since the virus had affected my memory or something.

I feel like i know nothing, seriously. I have not revised or even finished learning my content! I had to miss out another double period of economics for art. I never knew how long packaging took! Seriously, the procedure is quite strict and it takes some time especially since i had to wrap a bunch of cardboard around my work.

The floor was much more messy while i was painting. My room looks much better than this now since I've moved everything back in place

The past 2 weeks have been busy for me due to my art major, but i have already signed it off and everything, so i won't be seeing that thing for a very long while! My weekends have been all fun and no work (Chaing's 18th then Jenny's 18th). I'm going to clear out my wardrobe and cupboards and then finish that maths paper tonight. I'm going to have to write out economic notes this week for topic 4 (i know it's late! But hey at least i kind of learn while i type them right?). I'm just waiting for Thursday to arrive so i can go shopping! I have an excuse, father's days is coming up guys! I'd prefer to take him out to eat, but the last time we went to eat, he complained that it was too 'expensive,' and that he can get a better meal at cabra for $8 with greater serving.

Maybe i should bake him something?

Speaking of baking, our art teacher Ms V baked us a cake!!

Isn't it cute?? It looks like play-doh! I think she got a bit offended, especially since we were all a bit scared to eat it! It says 'almost over.' We told her to make us a cake when everything is 'over.' And yes those are bunnies, though a few of them looked like pigs...

Most of us ended up having a piece, and surprisingly, it actually tasted nice haha. It was fruit cake, and the outside was a thick sickly layer of sugar coating thing. She said it was an experiment, and all felt offended. Ms V then corrected herself by saying that she meant she's never baked a cake like this one. The red oozing out is jam. She laughed and said it helps stick the thick icing sugar layer to the cake. I'm going to take note of that!

I'm going to miss my art class after school! It's the only class where we can talk about everything and anything with the teacher! Swearing is okay too, except when there are juniors around :P Okay no more bludging, time to clean! Everytime i see a photo of someone wearing a dress, i make sure to note it down. Must be due to the fact that formal is just around the corner.

I came across this photo of Rinka! Red dress anyone? People have been telling me to wear red, but seriously guys, it is so hard to find a flattering red dress! Though i love how flowy and silky this one looks.

I like back details (:

Rinka

2010-08-27T21:54:00.008+10:00

Rinka (L) I love the clothes she wears!! Nice t-shirt + denim shorts + nice shoes!

I feel like i don't have anything new to wear tomorrow. Wish i had her outfit!

Its 10pm and i still haven't brought myself to do any work! Been wasting all these hours looking at makeup and clothes. I know, such a waste of time! I shouldn't be bludging since i'm going to yet another party tomorrow!

I went to the city yesterday right after school. I browsed around for dresses and shoes, and the thing was, i found pretty ones which were out of my size. Seriously, dresses in size 10 and 14 but not 12! I tried to fit into the size 10, but to no avail. It was too tight in the upper chest area and uncomfortable at the shoulders. Plus it was way too low at the front. I felt very inappropriate, more than i usually am ;) HAHA. But no, really, i still feel too young for anything too low cut :P I forget that i'm turning 18 soon. Feels like yesterday when i was 15. I saw a pair of Windsor Smith heels that were gorgeous AND on sale, however only pairs of size 9 were left!! So in the end i did not get anything for myself, not even the missha lipstick i wanted (regret for not buying it now!). I went to try on the YSL rouge volupte lipstick. Gosh, i love that lipstick so much. It's so bloody pricey, but worth it because it's so beautiful, both the packaging and the lipstick itself! I said earlier this yr that i would save for it, yet i've been spending money on the little things and buying other lipsticks. But after HSC, i will reward myself with all these goodies even if i don't deserve it :P

On another note, i browsed around in the upper brand clothing section in myers for fun and saw a lady checking out this really ugly dress. And don't defend her saying by saying that she was probably just 'looking.' Nah ah, her face said she wanted that dress man. Like the other dresses around it, it was probably $500 at average but looked like a cheap $20 dress that i wouldn't even pay for, seriously.

End of post and its 10:30. I'm feeling tired, maybe i should go to bed.

Dresss again

2010-08-25T20:16:00.006+10:00

Once again, the irregular blogging! I haven't been bothered to blog or read everyone's blog lately. And again, people have said that i should make a twitter. I'm contemplating on that since i need another source for updates other than blogs. I had wanted to delete my blog since i can't bring myself to blog about anything interesting!

This post is going to have images that i've posted in the past, but since Elizabeth asked for me to reblog those images and my formal dress ideas, i'll do it now.

I LOVE this dress!! Not a typical formal dress and it is just so lovely!

I'd like the to request for the hunk beside her too hehe ;) Formal date? Too bad it is strictly FVHS only haha

Guess who i think of when i see sparkly sequins ;)
Relax, i won't be wearing something like that to the formal! I just thought that it looks so nice and soft!! And breezy ;)

I like the front cut of this, its cute.

Charlie Brown dresses, to die for! This is so simple but sexy too.

Reminds me of kimonos.

I initially wanted nude or black platform heels. Something simple. But i'm not exactly sure anymore, because if my dress is going to be really simple, then i might dress up the shoes.

And here is the picture i was talking about at school, the body paint swimsuit (re-post as requested):

Yup thats not an actual swimsuit, its all paint baby ;)

OH and i watched the x episode of Liar Game thanks to Robert who passed it to me! It is not subbed so i watched it in raw since it was only 10mins anyway. And Akiyama speaks english in it, hot British accent haha.

Art exhibition

2010-08-17T22:36:00.006+10:00

Had a great night at school for our art exhibition! The artworks were spectacular! Many thanks to all my lovelies who came to support us art people! And i apologise to those that i only managed to have very brief conversations with!! I'm too tired to write much, but here are some photos from the millions taken from Danny to share with you guys!

Our art class!

Myself, Danny and Lang

Myself and Kim (L)

Guess it's only right if i post a photo of my BOW. I hate photos of my artworks because it makes it look even more mediocre! When i get it back, i'll take closer shots, that way the details can be seen.

Change

2010-08-16T15:03:00.004+10:00

Just thought i'd let you guys know why i changed my template to the newer blogger template. I've been getting comments on my cbox with people asking me to follow them + spamming. However, i refuse to click on any random, suspicious links because my computer and laptop just recently crashed and i cannot have that happen again. So i thought it would be better if i had the 'following' gadget with the proper blogger comment for each post so that i can differentiate from real people to spammers and the like. If you would like to follow me or for me to follow you, click on the follow button and/or comment so i know.

Besides that, i had not plan to post anything really worthwhile. On a side note, my art exhibition is on tomorrow night. For those who wanted to attend, it is on at 6:30pm. And yes, it is free.

Dresses and cascades of delusions

2010-08-15T20:29:00.003+10:00

After a week of intense painting, i took a break over the weekend. My movies-to-watch list is growing, but it won't be until another few months before i can watch them all. I did however manage to watch Inception with Linda and Trang on Saturday. Yes, it is a fantastic movie. My art teacher had asked me whether i had seen the movie because it explores the dream concept like how i've explored it in my artwork. She's been trying to give me sources of inspiration, movies to watch and artists to explore. If only i had more time to watch the bunch of fantasy/psychological films!

Aside from that we also browsed around Parramatta for formal dresses. To be honest, i have never been the type to look forward to these types of functions, and i leave everything to the last minute! I did not see any suitable dresses yesterday either. I will probably be looking for my dress a week before the formal.

I love short dresses and i think my formal dress will be more of a party dress. Was browsing through fashion blogs and saw these lovely dresses. And yes i know these are party dresses, that are not formal-function style dresses.

I love this. Maybe if the belt was changed, it'd be more formal.

I like the material and ruffles!

I just like the look of this dress and the way she wore it casually.

source

Was on fashiontoast and saw these lovely outfits!I love everything about them. Short dresses/skirts + high socks & nice heels are love.

Art art art

2010-08-13T18:06:00.007+10:00

There wasn't much time to cry over marks as my art major was due today and thus for the past 2 weeks i had to really focus all my time into it. I skipped school days in an attempt to complete paintings. However being me, a mega slow painter, i took all my time, just sitting and thinking of what to do and what not to do- Changing my mind numerous amount of times. It is not until the night before that i tell myself, 'F**k all, and just get this shit done.' Yeah that was me this morning. I stayed up all night, however, i accidentally fell asleep at 6:45am. My eyes were so dry and my back was aching from the painting, so i decided to just take a break. The outcome? I woke up at about an hour later with incomplete works, paint in my hair and hands (no i didn't fall asleep into the paint silly people. I don't want to share my BOW on here, but i will add snippets of my work in progress from yesterday. Just for the sake of photos. It's actually only from one panel mainly.

Diluting my acrylic paints

The retarder medium for some reason made the white paint like that hmm

This was actually done a while back. Its the background for one of the major pieces. And yes they are hand painted individually. I kept adding as i went.

The evening sky was pink yesterday and i thought it was pretty.

I just cleaned the lounge room after my 2 weeks of art mess. My body is aching and i'm just really tired. I still have to clean my room but i'll save that for the weekends. Off to an early night tonight. I miss my bed. And some tv. I deserve it, since i didn't even drama at all this week while i completed my artworks.

And oh BTW; for those wondering about the coastal scents gel eyeliner. I've been wearing it for a couple of days so i can comment on it properly now. It smudged, though i'm thinking it is because my eyelids tends to get quite oily. Plus my eyelids are retarded so all eyeliners i wear smudge anyway. They don't come off easily with water, but anything oily smudges the gel eyeliner. I probably need a primer.

All that you ever wanted.

2010-08-10T17:17:00.007+10:00

The past 2 weeks have been horrid for me. I think it's even worse than the 2 weeks of trial exams. I feel awful because all the results i've gotten back have been very disappointing. And some really were absolutely bad such as business studies. Funny that it was the subject i studied the most for the trials. First time that i really studied for business studies and i fail miserably in results. It really is discouraging. An 85+ atar seems out of reach.

I took a day off today to attempt to paint. But i really feel no passion or anything. All i want to do is crawl into bed and sleep. I don't want to go to school because being around everyone makes me sick since all that is talked about is marks. I feel absolutely guilty towards my parents. I owe them so much and i can't even speak to them about my trial marks because i know i'll cry if i tell them. Everything has become so overwhelming and its not only school either. I know it is such a depressing post but i am so upset with myself that i just have to vent it out. A few more days before my paintings are due in and they aren't even going to be dry until another week or two. I really do not want to go to the art exhibition night because i am hating my artworks so much right now. It's almost embarrassing.

Hopefully next week will be a better one and i can start posting more regularly.

Coastal Scents

2010-08-05T20:42:00.012+10:00

I'm gradually recovering from being sick and i decided to stay at home to rest and get some art done. Well i totally slept in and painted a background for one panel. Thats all. Total fail. However, i am feeling better since i am taking proper medication now. More of the trial exam results have come out and i know that when i find them out tomorrow, i will be totally crushed. So please if i say its really bad and i do not want to reveal my mark, just leave me alone as i die inside haha. No but really.

But forget all this exam stuff for the next few hours, i received my coastal scents buys!!! Thanks to the lovely Nina, i was able to order the stuff i wanted but thought i would never be able to get. I've heard about coastal scents a while back, but because i don't have paypal or the like, i couldn't buy anything. Nina was purchasing some goods for herself and because the shipping goes by weighting, its expensive unless you order a certain amount and thus i ordered some stuff that i wanted too :D

I was going to say 'coastal scents haul' but that word has been used way too much by everyone and plus i don't really think i ordered enough to call it a haul.

I got their famous 88 original eyeshadow palette because its suppose to be really pigmented

Look how pretty it is! And one of the shadows was broken, which i was not surprised of since i've read that people also had broken shadows too, probably due to postage and handling. But for my one, only one broke, so it's okay :D I don't even use eyeshadow but these look like paints or something, so fun!

I can confirm that they are tiny. However, they're pigmented so you won't need much, especially if you're someone who doesn't use eyeshadow everyday.

They're more pigmented in real-life, these are the lighter/pastel-y colours.

I didn't even rub my fingers into the colours

I ordered a few more brushes and also the brush guard, but they were out of stock :(

I bought 3 gel eyeliners :D Eversince i saw gel eyeliner from Michelle Phan, i've wanted to try it out, however, i wasn't willing to fork out like 40+ for it. These are under 10 bucks, and i heard good reviews on them. Although, there were divided opinions on the black one as some people said its too dry and that its dependent on which batch you got. My one was greaaaat.

The colours i got- white, black and a silver colour. And excuse my hands/nails. That's what happens when you paint.

I tried them out and they were nice and creamy. Although the silver was more dry than the other two. But it should be okay when i put it in hot water to melt. So people if your gel eyeliners become dry, don't chuck it out!!

I dipped my angled brush lightly into the small pot and tried it out. I didn't even put much and it came out pretty impressive, especially the black one. The silver felt a bit light, probably because it's more dry than the other two. The white is 2 layers there. But that's because i didn't put enough the first time.

I forgot to check whether it was smudge-proof or not until i went to wash my hands. I rubbed my hand with water and they did smudge one bit or come off! I was sooo impressed. I then tried soap, it faded, but did not smudge. I kept washing it until it came off. I should have tested out vaseline or something oily since our eyelids get oily. But man, i'm so excited to try these on my eyes!

I also bought tiny jars to put the mica powder i bought and also for broken eyeshadows i have at home.

Gel eyeliner jar in comparison to the small jars. Both are pretty small.

I bought Mica powder (sample size which is one teaspoon i think), it's a shimmery kind of powder, a bit like loose eyeshadow. Why, you ask? Well, for the eyeshadow palette there is the matte version and the shimmery version. I decided to go with the original instead of buying both, especially since i like things being matte. Then i decided that, heeey why not buy a shimmery translucent shimmer powder so if i want shimmery eyeshadow i can mix some into my matte one? Yes i'm a genius LOL

I bought the sample version and put it into the small jar. It's tiny but it will last a while. I had a bit on my hand, i rubbed it and glitter was everywhere! It spreads a lot.

The first two are the Mica powders i bought. The third is glitter that Nina bought. She bought the jar version, which is HUGE. It would last a lifetime, seriously.

The mica powder; paradise diamond pearl. It has a white-ish shimmer

Paradise gold fortune. Gold shimmer.

They gave us a sample of their mineral blush. Really really tiny sample which i had difficulty in trying to pry it open.

Yup that is how tiny it is against my finger.

So what can i say, i am loooving coastal scents. Honestly, their products are so affordable and so far it seems to be of good quality. Right now i really want the brush guards!

Eyes

2010-08-01T22:12:00.006+10:00

I've been sleeping so much lately, and that's all i want to do. However, i managed to pull myself out of bed today to do some grocery shopping and then to Larisa's place so that she can do my makeup for me, just for fun. I've mentioned before that i loved Boa's makeup for her Game mv. So Larisa did an inspired version on me. She full examined my eye, made some critical analysis and concluded that my eye shape is very different to Boa's and other people so some variations were made. But it turned out aweesssome. Thanks Larisa!

I love iitttt. Really dramatic, but it's wonderful thanks to Larisa's skills hehe

Larisa loves her leopard print, so she just had to do it on me. Not sure if you people have noticed, but my eyes are different from each other. This eye has the smaller eyelid crease thing. Thats why i always look weird in photos.

Larisa loves her blue eyeshadow

Me and Trang

Larisa and Trang

Larisa and Lynh

After the fun makeup hours, we girls headed to Canley Heights to eat dinner at Bau Truong and had soft serve cones + fries + coke at Maccas afterwards. Thanks to Lynh for driving us and getting me home safely hehe.

Humans as animals

2010-07-30T14:56:00.004+10:00

Ryoheihase makes ammmazzing works. You have to see the full image of his works! Click!
Humans as animals, ah so much depth can be drawn from those!

Okay so i saw this video and i thought for those who are into makeup would like to see it. The guy has an aweeesome makeup collection, very very well organised. I swear, it seems as if he spends millions on makeup!! I think he's a makeup artist, i mean how much makeup do you need???

Op shopping

2010-07-30T00:05:00.006+10:00

My trials were officially over yesterday and all i can say is i am so freaking happy (even if i know i will be all upset when i get my results later). I went with Danny and Tash to shop in Newtown and the city and it felt so good! No stress about exams! I managed to purchase a ring and a bag. When it comes to second-handed goods, i'm really picky with it and i've only ever bought belts and bags. I check and make sure that the bag is clean and in condition. I'll post a photo of the bag when i am bothered to take a photo of it. We went to eat at Grub and Tucker and i ordered a crispy noodle salad dish. I was surprised when it came out because the crispy noodles aren't like the asian crispy noodles, it was in pieces and crunchy. New and yum. I'd post some photos, but Danny took the pro photos. ;)

Besides that, we also managed to drop by to Myers. I've been thinking of getting a concealer for a while now because i thought i needed it. I never managed to go to actually check it out due to trials. So i checked online, checked reviews etc for good ones for my skin tone and type. It seemed like everyone uses the MAC foundation shades to reference their skin colour. This proved no help to me since i've never been near the MAC foundation section before. But anyway, cutting this short, i went to ask for my shade for foundation so that it could also help me find the right concealer and all that stuff. I was going to check out foundation and concealer from clinique and i heard NARS is good too, but i was impressed with the MAC one since it looked so natural. I told her my needs and she found the right foundation for me (NC20, though she thought i could have also been NW20 which is pinker) and then i got right into the question about concealer. She said for my skin there was no need for concealer and that only a bit of foundation would be enough. So now, i am going to check out different foundations (just to see) and stop looking for a concealer.
Any recommendations? Actually i'll just ask around.

Last of that

2010-07-27T18:25:00.004+10:00

One more exam tomorrow and i am done! I only just woke up about half an hour ago after a 5hour nap (i totally overslept!!). So i wasted 5hrs of studying time... =/
But besides that point, quick post.
I saw Boa's Game MV a few days ago for her music comeback. No, i'm not really into the song or anything, but i really loved her makeup in it. And i think her short hair suits her.
The two different looks are very similar and i love both, however the first one totally took my attention when i first saw it! Hopefully after trials when i have time and am bothered i can have fun experimenting.

Addicted

2010-07-24T23:41:00.002+10:00

This is just going to be a quick post of what i want at the moment. Yeah yeah, i should be studying, but you don't understand how off-putting a pile of art theory/history is. Sure i love art and art theory, but only as a means for fun reading (at times haha), not studying.

I love nail polish, but i never knew there was such thing as mood-changing nail polish!! I saw this a while ago when frmheadtotoe made a video of it, but haven't remembered to blog it.
Her one is a purple pink one but i want one that turns green/blue, turquoise!

Check how cool this one is!

Another thing i want are the lipsticks from limecrime! They are known for making really bright pigmented lipsticks in awesome shades. Theres some drama about the company previously, but meh, doesn't affect these lipsticks. Okay i only really want the cosmopop one because its such a pretty shade! I haven't seen one like it. I searched it up and it's more like a buttery orange apricot colour? I know the other colours i won't use and i already have a couple of red lipsticks and also a pink one like the great pink planet, which i rarely even use anyway. I also like the airborne unicorn one since its more wearable than say the blue or black one. The only issue for me with pastel coloured lipsticks is that it makes my dry lips more obvious. I have really dry lips that i peel till it bleeds (so bad i know).
And yes by the way, i got my coloured contact lenses today. Another three pairs. They're soaking at the moment in solution. I'll do a post about them tomorrow for those who want to see it.

Trials

2010-07-23T12:26:00.005+10:00

Not sure if anyone is still bothered to read this blog anymore (yes i know how busy you are studying.. *cough), but thought i would do a post reviewing my week. This week has been an intense week. First week of trials exams in which i had 5 exams in four days. I just finished my english paper 2 exam a couple of hours ago. 2 more exams next week and i'll be done! I'm pretty sure that i did very poorly for most of exams, i won't go into details because it really is disappointing and there is no one to blame but myself. And yes, once again i studied the night before. Although i can say that for business i already had my notes completed during the holidays and for english, i pretty much just used old assignments to study off. But the actual studying took place night before. I can honestly say if i actually pulled my shit together and studied consistently every week, even just a bit, then i would be doing much better. Unfortunately i lack the motivation. The only good thing is that i can say i walked into all of my trial exams, not nervous (probably because i had the mindset that i didn't care because i already knew i was screwed enough).

I'm going to take a break tonight. Rest and recover from my irregular sleeping patterns. My next exam is on Tuesday for VA, following that is economics on Wednesday (dreading it, totally over the social sciences atm). And for all those ignorant people out there, yes theory is required in VA, its all essay writings, case studies and art history. I can say art is NOT a bludge. Unfortunately for me, while everyone is having fun post-trials, i'll have to be utilising my week and a half to completely finish my BOW. I got informed today that it needs to be up to scratch and done for exhibition night in week 4. The teachers are inviting all these people in community and everything and i don't want to be embarrassed.

My computer has been infected with some virus thing, no idea how, it was so out of no where, now i can't open any programs or anything at all actually. So inconvenient. And i am not bothered to fix it at the moment. I usually have my computer on, but now i'm using my laptop which i turn off quite often because i don't download anything on it.

Let's hope that i do not waste my weekends and read through all those art booklets!
Now off to find something to eat! Rest well everyone!

And oh my mum bought some washing detergent or fabric softener? I have no idea what it is, but now it adds a significant scent to my clothing. It's so weird, everytime i turn and there's like a swift of air, i feel like i'm smelling someone else. It smells like someone, but i just can't pinpoint who exactly, it's familiar though. I don't even smell like me anymore (not that i know what i smell like really). If only they sold that washing detergent thing in the scent of YSL's parisienne. That would be so lovely because i always feel like when i spray it, the scent disappears too quickly.

Vampires

2010-07-15T16:18:00.005+10:00

I just stumbled across this vampire twilight spoof, it's funny! Not sure if anyone has seen it yet, but if you haven't, watch this preview! Kind of a twilight parody haha.

Misread

2010-07-14T14:01:00.003+10:00

Yes i have been feeling terrible. For the past few days i've tried hard to study, but it is so damn hard. There is so much to do that i am convinced that i am going to really go into the exam and just f it up. I really feel like ripping apart and it's worse when people think i am a successful nerd who can study everyday and all. It puts so much damn pressure on me you know? It really sucks to try to live up to people's expectations. I'm still at where i am since last week, and i hate it. I hate that i'm complaining right now because i feel like i should not be complaining over rather trivial matters and should do something about it. But everytime i do something, i blank out or time just passes by.

I tried doing my creative for english yesterday. I was aiming to write a quick story, not to memorise, but so that i can have he idea of the plot and all. I actually sat down for hours, thinking forever. So many hours were wasted in writing a paragraph. By the end of the night, i deleted it, and here i am at zero again. I just want to get the damn creative writing over and done with, so i can start to do notes for my other subjects! I have to go to school on friday again for visual arts, another 6hrs gone. I am going to also try to get into regular sleeping patterns (too much oversleeping and under-sleeping). That means getting to bed early and not waking up at 12noon.

My sister showed me the song Misread by Kings of Convenience because she said it sounded like 'my type' of song. And well, what can i say, i love love this song. I think the mv is beautiful too. It's such a lovely song :)

No more shopping

2010-07-10T20:08:00.004+10:00

Yet again i went shopping today. Spent the whole day out. Do i regret it? Not yet... not really haha.
I am starting to feel the pressure. I've managed to complete my business notes and eventhough i do not remember what i typed, at least i have something to refer to right before the exam!! I'm starting to stress, because i spent a week on that + VA (prac) and well going out and resting (so much sleep!). I still have to start maths, english, business and VA theory ASAP. Someone save me and tell me i have hope!

Paintbrushes i bought as mentioned.

I love beautiful brushes

Rubi heels that i couldn't buy last week because there was none in my size!

Grabbed myself a new wallet since i've been searching for a new one in months. It was between this and a David Lawrence wallet. But i liked the compartments of this one better, and it looked less formal.

I think rings are awesome but i have a habit of taking them off. However, i am really in love with my turquoise ring and i just want to wear it all day everyday.

Economics lecture

2010-07-08T17:42:00.004+10:00

Yesterday was probably the most productive day ever. I went to the economics lecture at Sydney Uni with Tash and Tracey. It was around 7hr long, i thought it'd be a real killer, but surprisingly i didn't fall asleep. I only started to zone out in the last hour or so, but that's expected. I had to wake at 6am so that my dad could give Tash and i a lift to Maccas where had brekky, we then walked to the train station and met up with Tracey. Upon arrival, we were a bit lost but it turned out all well (: I managed to get home after 9pm because we had dropped by Fisher Library where Tash showed us around. We then headed off to Maccas yet again for snacks while we did economic multiple choice questions because Tash was 'addicted' to them. We also spent some time at a discount bookstore, and i bought a few paint brushes at affordable prices- i can't afford to buy anymore from the art store! I'm picky with my brushes and with certain types i will only buy the good quality ones at the art store because it's worth it as the cheaper ones always have bristles falling off and i absolutely hate that. However, if its the synthetic stuff, Taklon and the like, then i tend to buy the cheaper ones because they work just as well as the pricey ones that i get from the art stores. I'll have a picture of the brushes in another post.

The uni was so pretty at night time! Snapped a photo of Tash because i know how much she loves to appear in photos haha

I slept in till 1pm today! I haven't slept in past 12 since ages! I slept at 12am and i didn't even wake up to watch the soccer game (turned off my alarm and ignored my sister). I'm assuming that it's because i was mega tired after yesterday. I have to wake up early tomorrow to go to school to paint for 6hrs T_T I had better paint something tonight otherwise there will be consequences LOL. I'm going to also continue with my business studies notes. I'm getting closer to finishing them!! It's probably a bit rushed, as in i'm not really taking in what i'm typing, but i'm running out of time. I have to do notes for all my other subjects too. As i'm typing out my business notes, i realised how much content there is, and i can say, i have no idea how i am going to remember it for the exam! My goal at the moment is to just finish these damn business notes as soon as possible (i.e. before end of week). I'm planning to go shopping this week too, so i really have to pick up my pace with typing them out.

Away

2010-07-04T19:50:00.004+10:00

I spent my whole day today with my mum and sister at the city. It has been sooo long since i've been in the city with my mum, and so my sister and i decided to take mum to the usual, typical places in the city. We didn't get to do much because the day passed by sooo quick!

Taking the train to the city, we were in the same compartment with a family with two kids. The kids were whining and complaining throughout the trip on why it took so long to get the city. It wasn't a bother, because as kids, i'm sure we were all like that. My sister rolled her eyes and muttered, "Gosh, totally chose the wrong compartment. Kids." Funny that, because on our way back we sat in a train compartment with heaps of kids. There was 15 kids or so, running up and down the train levels. Shouting, screaming, crying, laughing, whatever annoying things little kiddies do. People looked annoyed, and all i could think to myself was, where the hell are their parents to control them?! There was one woman, but i'm pretty sure that only two of them were hers. She told them off once T_T. It's definitely not the childrens' fault, but the parents should do something to discipline them! Some of the adults kept their cool while others were giving death stares. Can't blame them. "I fucken hate kids."- that train trip totally reminded my sister on why she hated kids so much. Mum on the other hand smiled at the kids (she lovesss kids) but shook her head at the parents.

After seeing this photo, i've decided that i am not going to cut my hair until a while!

Sister and mum. My mum didn't want to take any photos. And i forgot to take photos of her hideous clogs! D: Yes, she wears clogs and they're really ugly. I told her, and she shushed me up and said they were comfy. Well i guess there's a point to that because i wore my Tony Bianco flats (kudos to Wendy) and they killed my feet. I'm not a fan of Rubi shoes since i've bought a pair of flats and i didn't like the quality, so i've never really been in the store since. HOWEVER, my sister showed me a pair of chunky wedge shoes that i've been wanting, i tried them on and they were actually comfy. They were pretty decent for $40. Too bad the size i tried on was too small. If i go to another Rubi shoe, i am going to buy it.

As usual, dropped by Myers, i wanted to check out the Charlie Brown bags. I was close to buying one, but i changed my mind later because i need that money to buy shoes. And i'm also in search of a wallet. I can be picky with wallets.

We wanted to take mum to the Korean cafe. It's hidden in an alleyway but it's so warm and comfy inside! My sister and I usually order the same dishes, always something with chilli in it. Yumm. We ordered Grilled Pork marinated in chilli, something like that and some seafood tofu soup. Mum had noodles without the beef. For drinks we chose the yummy chocolate milkshakes.

If only the shops closed late, i would have stayed longer in the city and trained it to some other shopping area :D
Found a chance to wear my green vintage necklace (:

My weekends have been great. I love spending time at home with my family and it's great that there's no school for the next two weeks. I know it is no break since trials are right after. But it can't be too bad to have this weekend off. I'm going to finish cleaning my room tomorrow and do my business notes! I should probably also do some sketches for art while i wait for my other panels to dry. It's going to be forever because it's oil paint. I'm off to an early night tonight. I'm always so tired after going out. No school, yay to sleeping in! Hibernation!

If you come into my heart

2010-06-30T16:19:00.006+10:00

I'm so glad everything is over, for the time being anyway. The VA 10minute presentation is over and there's only a couple of days left till the holidays! I have not done enough for art and i will be doing as much art as possible this week as well as the first week of the holidays. It's going to be such a killer because trials are after the holidays and i'll be well, painting. I've moved my easel into the lounge room so that the turps won't suffocate me. But it's so cold outside in the lounge room. I'm going to take the small heater into the lounge room tonight and paint away while i watch TV. Speaking of TV, Japan is out of the world cup! :( Damn that penalty shoot! All the teams that i am biased to are out, so i probably won't watch anymore matches until the finals. At the moment i'm in the mood to watch a Hayao Miyazaki movie after doing the VA presentation on animation art!

Digging through my folder of photos. And yes this was when i studied and failed that maths exam LOL. I just really like the lighting of this photo.

Oh, on a side note, did i ever mention how freaking rude the yr 7 kids are this year?? Honestly, they have no respect for elders. I'd like to know what their parents have been teaching them.

Grey contacts

2010-06-26T20:10:00.010+10:00

Another week has passed by and i have not been bothered to blog. I know, you all miss me ;)
Wednesday was my last day of the two-week vegetarian challenge and it actually felt really fast. And today i had my favourite crispy chicken caesar wrap at Maccas (sooo good), a big mac, meat flavoured chips, chicken pies and tuna pasta! Yumm, yes i love my white meat! I went to the business lecture at Fairfield library today, and i was surprised that it went faster than i thought it would! It didn't feel like 3 hours actually. Anyway, the lecture was pretty good, but it reinforced my lack of knowledge on business studies =/

Last day of the vegetarian challenge, my dinner. It's sooo good! I don't care for those who don't like tofu and think thats gross, because its seriously yummy, especially the soup. My mum makes sure i drink all the soup because she uses pumpkin, apples and all these vegies & fruits to make the soup, not msg haha.

As some of you know, i love coloured contact lenses. I've moved away from ciba vision's freshlooks because they're a rip off compared to geo brand. I've bought the geo tri-colors which are pretty much identical to the tri color in my opinion and i finally decided to try out their 'nudy' range. These are suppose to enlarge because they're 'circle lens,' but i bought it for colour change. Well unfortunately, i didn't get neither really. It looks a bit black to me and i didn't really see much enlargement (not that it bothered me).

You can't really see the colour.

Straight on view so that you can see the difference properly. Even with flash on, it's not the grey i wanted. In real life, it makes my eye colour look darker. And as you can see there is no enlargement.

Super close shot so that you can see it. Looks a bit sparkly :) There's no 'halo' effect either that these lenses are known for (that's when the coloured lens spills onto the whites of your eyes and you can see it because the circle lens isn't opaque). Maybe the halo effect makes the lens more grey like here. hmm.

The lens come in a small bottle. I decided to re use it because the bottle is cute :P I put linseed oil in it (it's for oil painting). I needed a small container to put a bit of linseed oil in so that when i oil paint i can pour a bit our or use directly from the small container.

As you can see i don't use much of the linseed oil at all. I bought odourless solvent aka turpentine for oil painting. I've only poured it out once, realising how expensive it is (11.95) for a bottle like that i've refrained from using it and asked my dad to buy me the cheaper turpentine at coles which only costs a few dollars i think. Turpentine is so strong in smell that i've had to move my easel and painting area outside into the lounge room (yay, excuses to be watching tv hehe).

Random photo. I usually cross avery park to get to school. Whenever it rains a lot, the whole park gets soaked and my shoes get all wet. But it's so pretty hehe

Okay no more wasting time and reading through blogs etc, i have an english speech to finish and a soccer game to watch :P I've written the introduction... i'm going to try to complete another paragraph for that and then i have to start writing out my VA presentation speech thing T_T. Looks like i will be last-minute-ing my assessment (english) again!!

Excursion

2010-06-18T01:09:00.004+10:00

Yesterday was the economics excursion to the RBA & ASX in the city. I stayed back for a bit and then off i went to Parramatta with Elizabeth. I'm lazy when it comes to bringing a camera, so i get someone else to take photos instead. These are from Elizabeth.

Trying to look all cool and pro like those business people haha

Elizabeth and I

Omg, this vegetarian lunch was so good! I'm craving it now!
And thats the green wasabi nail polish i bought! I took photos to post up, but i'm not bothered to plug my camera into my laptop right now

My ice-cream, Rocher Chocolate and Macadamian nut, yummm

Few of my favourite people ;)

Again i didn't do anything tonight, instead i watched a soccer game and wasted my time on the internet. My weekend is going to be busy. Saturday is the lecture at Fairfield Library and i am probably going to end up babysitting my cousins when the adults go to a pre-wedding dinner. Sunday, i will be busy getting my art supplies.

Sexy

2010-06-15T21:04:00.003+10:00

After completing the 2u maths paper, i felt relaxed that the maths exams were over. There is only an english speech left, but i won't be touching that yet. I have to really start painting, for real now. Yet again i am lagging, but i'm excited about the economics excursion tomorrow, because i am planning to stay back in the city.

My cousin showed me the new photos for Min Hyorin's lingerie photoshoot, and my freaking gosh, she's so hot! She reminds me of Hyori with her nice tan skin.

Red lips

2010-06-14T21:36:00.007+10:00

I spent my long weekend watching dramas, sleeping, eating and shopping. Yeah, not so productive i know. I also watched the soccer game between Australia and Germany. It was pretty disappointing and after halftime i accidentally fell asleep only to wake to the end of the game. I think my sister is going to watch the match between Japan and Cameroon tonight, i might join her later if i feel like it. I still have not studied for my maths exam tomorrow but i feel so bleh over maths.

Last week i had missed out the sale at Priceline where you buy a lipstick and you get one free, something like that. I dropped by priceline on my long weekend and asked the sales girl there and she said it had finished however Target was having the same sale now. I went to check and managed to grab the revlon colorburst lipstick i wanted. Most of the colours were gone, however the two colours i was looking for, peach and coral were still there. I bought the coral red one in 080 but instead of the peach lipstick, i had decided to get a coral lipgloss thing. The reason was because i've been wanting a coral coloured lipgloss. I brought it home and used it, but i think it is too dark and i am not in love with it. The lipstick on the other hand is beautiful, though i'm not use to it because compared to my other red lipsticks, it is so orange in comparison. I also bought two bottles of nail polish.

A comparison photo to my other two red lipsticks. I really love the sophisticated packaging of the colorburst lipstick! I have a feeling i still am going to use my matte one the most (the middle lipstick) because i like the smudged matte look, it lasts longer and the true red with its cooler tone suits me better than the coral one. I barely use my MAC Cyndi lipstick.

I think i was using the lipgloss here with a bit of my revlon matte one, i'm not so sure now that i'm looking at the picture again T_T But if i get the chance to actually wear the coral lipstick out, i'll snap a picture to post up (:

On another note, i thought i would post this video up. I saw this documentary ages ago when it was on SBS and then i watched it again more recently (about a month ago). The Japanese people on the island of Okinawa are mega healthy and have very long lifespans. You could say that this influenced me in deciding to do the 2 week vegetarian challenge. I want to still be somewhat active and healthy when i'm 70+.

This moment, like this

2010-06-12T12:52:00.010+10:00

This post is going to be photo heavy since i finally get to post up all those saved images on my computer.

Tran Nguyen creates amazing paintings. I think she's the only Vietnamese artist i've found on the internet.

I love Kent's Williams' works (L)

I think its fun to paint fishies and birdies and when i saw these awesome pictures by Olivia Wright i kinda fell in love
Clogs seems to be the 'in' trend these days, but i can say that 90% of the ones i've seen are just well... ugly. They were cute as kids (just as crocs are cute for kids but not adults) but the ones like those are just ugly. I've only seen a couple that are drool-worthy, such as the one below. If i ever get a pair it'd be like the nice pairs below :)

Everyone loves Alexa Chung, but for me she's been so-so for me. The only thing on her that tends to grasp my attention are her shoes.

Okay, i love her outfit here. Shoes and dress. (On a side note she seems to be shrinking everytime i see a photo of her! Too much i'd say.)

The bag and shoes are smex.
How awesome are these?!
Don't like the green shoes, but here clothes are nice

I love his backpack! Ohmygoodness my backpack is in tatters and i want a new bag...

I am going to spend my long weekend painting (i said i would do it yesterday, again i didn't) and i am going to watch the fifa world cup if i am bothered and don't forget or fall asleep :P Have an awesome long weekend guys!

Play

2010-06-11T19:45:00.007+10:00

I spent last night watching dramas. I had planned for an early night i.e. 11pm, but i didn't sleep till 2am-ish because my parents were watching those tvb dramas and i just had to watch! But besides that, i've been using my lap top more often, testing out the features etc I'm still getting use to it. I played around with the webcam (i'm not big with luvos/selcas but its fun to play around with new stuff! :P). Everytime i take the photo i always forget to look at the camera and instead look at the computer screen. There was more in my mind to blog about but all the photos i want to show are on my computer not my laptop and my uncle told me to try using the laptop for long hours to see how the cooling system is going. However, before i sign off, here are some photos that i took last night. I don't think i have posted much photos of myself at all and i know you all would love to see more of my beautiful and awesome face. Half of the time i was amidst getting ready or something because i kept failing to press the button at the right time or i had to re-take because i didn't click it properly, yeah yeah yeah. The lighting is weird too. It was either too bright or to dark. And the quality is bad, but whatever! I want to watch the fifa world cup opening ceremony tonight! Okay, no more rambling.
(edit) OH btw, just thought i should add, i am on a 2-week vegetarian challenge! So don't ask me for an explanation on why i am not eating certain foods. It's a challenge, and i'll see how i go with it. I've been on it for a few days now and all is well so far. I know for a fact that my mum is happy that i am going vego, since shes a vegetarian herself! I know a lot of people who are vegetarians and i've always said that i could not go without eating something meaty. I'm trying that out now, and i can say that i'd like a tuna sandwich right now! My dad just bought a whole bunch of John West Chilli Tuna! My favourite, yumzzzors! I need ideas for good lunches, so any suggestions on non-meat meals are welcome. All i've gotten from people is 'salad.' I'm sure vegetarians eat more than just salads! I mean i love salads because they're yummy, but variety is good.

And i finally looked at the camera.

First time last time

2010-06-10T16:01:00.002+10:00

I had my 3u maths exam today. I always study the night before for maths exam, even learn the whole course the night before, all managing to pass and do somewhat decent. I decided this week to try the whole be organised and not study the night before. So i studied on monday, tuesday and wednesday focusing only on maths, i even spent my day off on tuesday on maths after catching up on sleep. I walked into the exam and looked at the questions. No they were not hard, but i just couldn't do the questions because i just couldn't remember the steps! I don't know, i can't explain it, but maybe because it was under exam pressure and since i studied so hard i was really hoping that i would do well. However, i only managed to scrape a pass. Yes, i am dead serious, i didn't even hit 60%. This by far has been my WORSE ever maths mark. I can say that its even worse than the 4u exam i did in which i had to relearn two whole topics the night before (again, last minute).

I swear, this has totally put me off studying, my first successful attempt at being somewhat organised and this shit happens :( I never want to study again and just want to go back to my old habit of studying the night before! :@ yes i am angry, upset and disappointed. Though for some odd reason, as much as i feel shit at the moment, i don't feel like crying or breaking down or anything as a matter of fact. Maybe it is because it is over and i can't do anything about it, i don't know really, but what i do know and understand now, is why i study last minute, besides the fact that i procrastinate. I think the reason is because if i study and i fail to do well, i feel even more shit and there is no excuse of 'because i didn't study,' instead i question why i study so hard only to achieve a bad mark and well, i can only conclude that it is because i'm not good enough etc. I probably just dropped like 10 ranks and maths is becoming one of my worst subjects. Ironic isn't it, what was my stronger subject in which i've put the most work into (all those maths exercises!) has become so mediocre. Even less than that i'd say!

I'm going to take an early shower, nap and have dinner and tell my dad how shit i did (i told my mum, she was shocked and lectured that although i studied, i didn't focus on it properly etc, but heck, those three days of studying for maths were intense okay.) After that, i am going to watch something. My art teacher told me about a movie and some music clips that she thought would suit my artwork. Surrealist, vampy and kind of 'gothic.' I'm going to do some painting tonight and then i will be off to an early night. :) Enough with maths, and i can say, i won't be studying for the 2u maths exam any time soon. I plan to go art shopping this weekend, possibly, if i can and i might be visiting my aunt who gave birth to a baby boy last night :).

A lack in something

2010-06-08T19:52:00.006+10:00

I know i haven't updated with a blog post in more than a week but after my english and economics assignment was handed it, i headed straight to my bed and went to sleep. I also spent the end of last week looking and shopping around for a laptop, and i managed to buy one on Saturday, a toshiba, the T130 model. I can't remember the exact one, because after looking through so many i got confused, but this is what it looks like:

Everything was fine until after about 2hrs of usage, a message popped up saying that there was something with the cooling system. At first i ignored it and then it popped up again, so i took it back to Harvey Norman on Sunday and the IT guy there fixed it, updating something (again, i cbb to go further in detail) and he said it wasn't anything major. But yes, after discussion with them (yes i kept my cool guys!) and waiting, it's all good now (if not, as i told them, i want a replacement). I even called toshiba up to ask a bunch of questions after it was fixed, just to make sure. And i can now say that the laptop is fine.

So basically that was last week. Right now i am kind of stressing over my 3u maths exams, because i can honestly say that i do not feel confident in applications of calculus (projectile, SHM etc) and binomials! But i am proud to say that i was able to stick my butt down for an hour and a half in one go and do some maths questions. Today i stayed at home, slept in (i'm tired ok!) and woke up and did 3 hours of maths. 3 hours sounds long, but i can say that it is NOT enough time for me to finish a whole maths exercise (and that's me skipping questions too) :( :( I haven't been doing any form of homework (i use to do this last year) or study (which i've never done except night before, yes i am serious) but i'm going to start taking this shit seriously, and try to at least start something productive.

I was going to blog more about interesting stuff, but i am going to do a few hours of maths tonight, even if after completing them, i forget half of the shit we learn. :(
I know and hear about people who are able to do 5hrs + of study and i am truly amazed as i struggle to even fit in half an hour of studying. I'm not disciplined at all unfortunately.
But i've come up with a plan for this week and next week which i hope to stick to. Today and tomorrow i will be trying my best to do the 6 maths exercises (even if not all, at least half of each so i can grasp the concept), and after Thursday, i am going to seriously start painting like crazy! I just want my VA major finished before the term concludes!!! So yup, that's my plan.

Setting out the rules to dad

2010-05-31T17:44:00.003+10:00

After staying up till early in the morning attempting to complete me english, i kind of gave up. It was a dreadful feeling to hand in the assignment. However, i am glad that one assignment is completed. I have to get to editing Economics assignment tonight and do some tutor homework, since i've been bludging so much all day.

On a better note, the conversation over dinner today with my family was amusing. My sister is getting her laptop soon and she needs a parent to come pick it up at night time. Anyway, she was a bit worried that she was taking my dad and thus had to set out the rules to my dad:

sister: You can't be embarrassing when we go pick up the laptops
dad: What do you mean? What?
sister: Just don't joke around, actually don't talk at all. Just don't talk.
dad: Why? Why not?
sister: Because, your jokes are offensive, and you don't even know it yourself!
dad: What? Offensive? I only joking. It's funny.
sister: Nooo, you offend people and you say embarrassing stuff! And no asking for refreshments either!! Because there isn't going to be any food or drinks there for you.
dad: What?! No food or drink?
sister: We're only picking up laptops, why would there be refreshments?
dad: No refreshments? So i sit there with nothing? Your school is crap! *i loled so hard here*
sister: AND, you have to call me by my real name! *loled again here*
dad: What's wrong with your name?
sister: I'm not Billah or Steven!!
...
sister: And you can't wear your thongs either.
me: How about his favourite fluoro-ish yellow runners?
sister: omg, not that either!
mum: No, he can wear his runners, whats wrong with that? But no, please don't wear the thongs.

My life is average

2010-05-30T16:47:00.004+10:00

Helena and Tash said I don’t blog about my life enough. I said it is because my life is boring and there is nothing to blog about. So to prove that, here is a boring and useless post.

Mum told us to take the clothes in (my sister and i) and this is what happens.

C: Would you eat my piece of bigmac? Don’t worry the part where I licked, I bit it off.*big smile*

V: No

C: Even if I paid you?

V: No

…………

C: Would you eat my piece of bigmac if I chucked it on the ground?

V: What? No!

C: Even if I paid you 100?

V: No

C: I would (no I wouldn’t though!)

V: Yeah, you’re in it for the food, not the money

C: Yeah that’s true.

…………

V: Dad’s socks are still wet, hang it over there under the shelter

C: What, why do I have to do it??

V: Just do it!

C: What?

V: Hurry up!!!

C: Fine!!

…………

*takes socks and rubs it all over sis’ face and runs away to hang it up*

V: >:(

C: :D

OPI

2010-05-26T21:05:00.003+10:00

I haven't found much to blog about lately, thus the lack of proper posts. There's only a few more months before school is over, and my school bag just had to break apart. That is, one strap ripped off and there's rips on other parts. I really love my bag (brown fake leather kinda thing, awesomely fashionable haha) and when i went to search for a new one i didn't find one that i really liked and most were too expensive anyway. I asked my mum to sew it back for me, but she said no and told me to go buy a new one =/ So my dad offered to hand sew it back for me, and although it is so badly done and looks terrible, i'm okay with it haha.
I found out recently that OPI has introduced a new series of nail polish, Shrek forever after collection!

I want the first two bottom colours! 'Who the shrek are you' and 'Ogre-the top blue.' It's so weird that they'd release a shrek range...

I googled an image so that you can see the colours i want from OPI's Hong Kong series. Those were the three colours that caught my attention, but right now i just really want the green and blue shade. I'm also in search of a nice brown-caramel colour. Something earthy toned.

I always have a tendency to want to buy pretty things, even if its stuff that i don't need. I'm only good at controlling myself from splurging over unnecessary items because i am always so money-less. These new revlon colorburst lipsticks look so gorgeous. I really love the red one. There's also a peachy one that looks good. I probably shouldn't buy one because i'm the type of person who likes to stick to one thing, that is i use the same lipstick over and over again and neglect the others. However, i'm trying to use my Revlon matte lipstick in pink pout more often. It's kind of a frosty pink, and for some reason i'm not a fan of pink shades of lipstick. I tend to lean towards the peaches and corals because to me they are just so lovely ;)

Annie

2010-05-23T20:33:00.003+10:00

It seems that all artists are getting compared to lady gaga these days, including Annie. It gets kind of annoying because, not everything is revolved around lady gaga, seriously. Annie is underrated, but her music is so good!

This one below looks 80s, but its so good!

Back then- all those pop songs

2010-05-19T21:33:00.004+10:00

I've been sick for the past few days and thus have been doing nothing but taking naps and sleeping early. Anyway, do you guys remember the time when all the pop-py songs were mega big and everything, back when we were still in primary school? I came across one song and it led to another, and listening to these songs makes me feel all young and childlike again! I'm sure you'll know all these songs, even if you don't know the title, you'll know the song! They are all about a decade old LOL

On a night like this- Kylie Minogue (I never realised how much i like Kylie. And i didn't notice that Rutger Hauer (Roy Batty from Blade Runner) played the old guy in the mv until some youtuber pointed it out.)
Waiting for tonight- Jennifer Lopez
If you had my love- Jennifer Lopez (I use to really like this song and i still do :P)
Don't wanna let you go- 5ive
Around The World La La La La La- ATC
Baby one more time- Britney Spears
When you look at me- Christina Milian
Can't fight the moonlight- Leanne Rimes
Genie in a bottle- Christina Aguilera
Bye bye bye- NSYNC (this is the only song i remember of NSYNC)

It seriously brings back memories! It doesn't feel like these songs are 10 yrs old (most were released in 1999 and 2000) I can think of so many songs, but these are the first ones that came to mind.

YSL Parisienne

2010-05-15T09:32:00.009+10:00

Guilt is slowly washing over me since i haven't been doing much for the last 2 weeks (too many excursions etc haha). And i am going out this weekend too... finding any excuse to not touch upon my work! So on Thursday there was the business excursion to IMAX & Sydney Aquarium at the city. I decided to stay back so that i can finally purchase my long awaited perfume!

I really love this perfume (YSL Parisienne). I really love it's scent. I like the bottle too, which although isn't as decorated or amazing in design as other 'wow' perfume bottle designs, it's more simple and sophisticated and well, i just really like it :P I've always wanted a 'signature scent' perfume kind of thing. But i never found anything that i could wear all the time because i found the certain scents, although wonderful in smell, were too strong and i knew they'd become sickening, not something i could sleep in. However, this one is so lovely, something i want to wear all the time! It smells rather unique in my opinion (probably why opinions can be divided on it) and although its a mature scent, i love it over all the other scents aimed for teens and people in their twenties.

And btw, here's the ad for the perfume featuring Kate Moss. It is seriously so sexy.

And here are some aquarium pictures ;)

It has seriously been sooo long since i have last visted the aquarium, and now that i'm all grown up (: it's not as ginormous as it was when i was a kid

My jellyfish shots didn't turn out, so instead i took a few photos of other interesting sea creatures

10 things...

2010-05-12T00:22:00.006+10:00

I just blogged but here's a '10 things list' that tash tagged me to do (wasn't planning to do it now, but Linda Son peer pressured and rushed me into completing it).

When it comes to public transport, i.e. buses and trains, I don’t like sitting on the inner seat because it tends to make me feel icky. So I try to either sit in the middle or at the end.
Favourite nail polish: Burgundy nail polishes, China Glaze ‘For Audrey’ (Tiffany Blue)
Guys with: Broad shoulders and hot backs (I’m not the only one! Linda Son likes them too!)
I really really have issues with studying or anything school-related. I honestly still haven’t dumped my bad habits of writing notes a few nights before and cram study the night before. Hopefully this changes soon.
I want to get married after I’m 26 but before I’m 30. Well preferably ;)
When I was a kid, I asked my aunt how she took out her contact lenses (I was so fascinated about these clear things which I had no clue on what purpose they served), she told me by chilli (I know wth), and I believed her
If my cousin and I weren’t related, we probably wouldn’t be friends. Good thing we are related than aye? ;)
I use to have the same/similar recurring dream, over and over again every week or so in my childhood. They stopped and I’ve never had that dream again.
I really like mixing all my food together, and I like crushing all my meat into small pieces when possible. Even with fish I like to mash them into smaller pieces, but then my dad tells me that I’m being gross and that no one wants to eat with someone who’s turning all their food into an ugly mess :(
Sometimes it seems like I’m picky with food, but it’s more to the fact that I get bored and become indecisive. When this happens, my dad tells me to go into the backyard and eat grass. No really, he does.

The tagging will go around, so i am just going to tag one person. Kim, i tag you ;)

Gorgeous

2010-05-11T22:17:00.007+10:00

I love interior decorating/design and i love love love looking at beautiful homes! So i found another distraction.

Oh man, the lighting and view is so beautiful

source

I'm sorry.

2010-05-10T19:45:00.002+10:00

That's all to it.

Bored

2010-05-09T00:24:00.007+10:00

My lack of posts is due to the fact that i have nothing to blog about. I can't even blog that i finally started studying or started completing all homework. So i am going to incorporate more bludging into this post, because i am bored and i don't want to do work haha.

Do you find piercings attractive on the opposite/same sex?

Depends where

How was your day overall?
So-so

Was the last time your heart pounded like crazy for a good or bad reason?
I have no idea

Do you have a younger sister?
Yes

What colour are your eyes?
Chocolate brown (:

Last night, did you go to sleep smiling?
No

What does the last text message in your inbox say?
'So my thumbs smash the wrong key haha. How dare this phone highlight my non-slim thumbs!' - LOL.

Who do you exchange text messages daily with?
Picklegirl, but i don't reply to all because i'm being frugal and i don't like texting unless i have to. I rather phone convos or emails where i can talk & write essays :P

Do you hate anyone?
Not at the moment

Have you ever collapsed on the bathroom floor?
No

Do you have a good relationship with your mother?
Yup

When was the last time you bought something?
Last Thursday shopping night

Have you ever told someone you love them?
Yes

What time did you go to sleep last night?
11:00pm i think

Are you missing anyone?
No

Do you wear glasses?
Yes

How about sunglasses?
Not often

Where did you sleep last night?
My bed

Anyone in your heart right now?
What heart? LOL, no but really, no.

Do you think someone has feelings for you?
No

Do you get along with girls or guy better?
Girls

Would you make a good gf/bf?
You tell me ;)

What is the last non-alcoholic beverage you had?
water, i don't even drink alcohol

What will you be doing this weekend?
Sleeping, bludging and hopefully catch up on homework.

Is it usually easy for someone to make you smile?
Depends

Do you think you’ve changed over the past year?
yeah

What would you do if the doctor told you that you were pregnant?
Laugh. No really, i'd laugh. Then ask whether he/she was joking.

Are you wasting your time on someone?
No?

Last thing that made you cry:
I can't remember.

Do you have a bad temper?
Somewhat

How many funerals have you been to in your lifetime?
One i think

Do you feel alone even in crowded rooms?
At times

Do you think that once people get married, they eventually fall “out of love”?
Not everyone i don't think, however i do think that love changes

Do you believe that there’s good in everybody?
I'd like to believe so

Update

2010-05-03T17:18:00.008+10:00

I've finally updated my blog, changing the main picture and fixing the links as well. I've been too lazy to update either until now. I read Tash's blog and i know i'm guilty for reading blogs lately and not commenting, i've become lazy at that too haha. But i appreciate comments as well, so i will start commenting again :D

Okay i don't know whether i blogged about this yet but I would love to have this in my room (it can be alongside the jellyfish aquarium hehe)
source

I haven't painted the nails on my other hand yet (in reference to the previous post), but when i do, i'll post a picture up (:
Yoon Eun Hye took photos for Cartier jewellery, and i like the photos.

W Korea May Issue 2010

Flowers on nails.

2010-05-02T20:27:00.005+10:00

Another unproductive weekend. Extremely unproductive actually. But i'm telling myself i'll do something tomorrow. However, i managed to do my nails today! Well only on one hand. As you know, i really love flowery patterns and prints. Days ago i saw some really nice flower-print design on nails from Japan. I decided today to try painting my own ones! I'm not really good with nail art so i always just paint it in one colour or get my sister to paint stripes for me. But this is what i achieved and i quite like it :)

I've got nail polish on my skin, but that will be solved in the shower.
The design i saw had a very light pastel cream yellow, but this was the only yellow i have at home, which is still pastel. I had intended to copy some print, but i decided to change it to how i liked it, adding things here and there. It's fun to recreate a look (: FYI: i used an old small paintbrush to assist me with painting the small detail. Right now i only have my left hand painted, it will require too much time and effort to do the right hand, so there's no flowers on it.

I showed my mum my nails and she didn't like it. She was like 'Why so many flowers on each nail?!' It's suppose to be a flower print T_T

These are the colours i used. From left to right:
For Audrey, Who's wearing what, Nude, Sunshine and Meeting the mother-in-law

Redemption

2010-04-28T22:54:00.006+10:00

Just thought i'd share this cute photo! I know, if it were humans, it wouldn't be cute, but gummy bears!
I wish there was a public holiday every monday, because i love the long weekends and how the week for school feels shorter! Anyway so i found out today that it was in fact not my mistake that i thought my VA speech/presentation was due on wednesday. It had changed to tuesday and announced on the day i was away last week. I didn't get notified and as a result had to do the presentation completely unprepared with no props. But right now i feel so neutral towards my outcome for it, because i am happily flipping through magazines and clicking on websites for art inspiration! It is so much fun looking at amazing art, even if it makes you feel like a shitty amateur.

I took a nap and have been going through mags and finding inspiration for the past couple of hours. I had a long discussion with my parents about my bad habits in terms of studying. My mum was telling me off as she finally realised that i've been studying for every exam a night or two before. I told her that i had no motivation (never did) to study like others can. I hate writing notes, but even more i hate reading through them. That's why i prefer to paint or do maths questions because it doesn't require me to go through chunks of boring info. And it's highly unlikely for me to fall asleep while painting HAHA (mum didn't find my excuses funny... gave me a death stare). I told her the truth that i could not concentrate in my room (really i can't) and that working anywhere else in the house always ends with me crawling back to my room and the computer. I feel bad for my parents actually because i think they are kind of tired of me, and its worse because they are actually really quite nice to me and they seriously do everything for me.

Okay, because of that i think i will start doing maths homework every night again and i will start doing homework for all my other subjects too. If i fail to do homework at home, then i will use my recess or lunch time to make up for it. I don't understand how people can study every night even if it is a little bit. Maybe it works if you really try. Alright saying all that, these are my goals for the next few weeks:

~~Attempt to~~ do homework every night
Catch up on the over-due notes for the half-yearlys in which i wrote really sloppy notes for because i ran out of time =/
AND i will at least START my assignments a week before its due!

Honestly, these are getting harder for me because i'm such a lazy person, even worse than i was in yr 11, seriously what is happening to me?!

I don't have much hope going at the moment, and i only have myself to blame. I hope it is not too late for me to start doing these things and eventually build upon it.

Drink me

2010-04-25T18:05:00.008+10:00

music love: I'm feeling you- Capsule
My technology (in relation to my computer) has been so shitty lately. My internet keeps disconnecting for some weird reason. My wireless mouse died on me, a change in battery did not revive it, sadly ;( Maybe i will leave it and try it again some other day. But right now i'm stuck with my olddd keyboard and an old mouse. Actually more than one mouse because my aunt today gave me a new mouse, those promotions freebies from commonwealth bank where she works. funny that she gave it to me when my old one stopped working- perfect timing. It's in the shape of a car and lights up! So right now i'm using two mouse (cannot be bothered to type my explanation), both are promotions that my aunt/uncle got from work. Ah well, better than nothing for the time being. I was freaking out that i didn't have a backup mouse D:

Haha, isn't the car one awesome?! LOL

I love Guava. I love eating it, drinking it and i love the flavour & scent of it they use in cosmetics.

Favourite soda- Japanese Melon (or grape) soda!

My room hasn't been cleaned. I was shoving everything on my bed and table, looking through things. In the end i started sketching on the floor.

I know, i shove everything into the one post, but i'm so lazy to blog every single day!
These are overdue, had plans to post them up nights ago, but i forget.

The colours are so pretty!

I love her whole outfit, and yes the boots too.

In process by Hall Ohara

Motonari Ono

Stay & Satin

2010-04-23T18:59:00.006+10:00

current music: Without u - 2pm

EDITED below.

Besides an allergy reaction which resulted in my eyes swelling like crazy, not much has happened lately and i haven't done much either, but thought i'd post something small anyway. I'm rather stressed at the fact that my major is due a few days before my trials begin and i feel extremely deceived. Trials was moved to 'benefit,' those who do subjects with majors, but for some damn reason both have been pulled forward. The holiday won't be in use for either painting nor studying for trials then, which was i was hoping to do.

I flipped through the uni booklets yesterday and i think i am really heading towards commerce. But i am still confused and indecisive. I think i will leave it at that for the moment. I should really start doing my work for art. I have a speech due next week which i feel so not bothered to start. And my VA major is a lost cause at the moment, to be honest.

--
I forgot to mention about purple lipstick! I love my purples and yesterday when i flipped through a grazia magazine i saw a wonderful dark purple shade of lipstick on a model. Grazia suggested MAC's cyber lipstick:

I swear it looks black here! But in the magazine, the lipstick cutoff looked much more purple, a dark purple.

On MAC's website, it showed this. Images are deceiving, so i am going to Myers to check it out

I really like this colour of lipstick, it's a dull dark purple.

Again, dark purple/plum. It's vampy ;)

The colour is nice, but i'm not so sure whether i love it as a lipstick because it's got that metallic sheen to it

Ink Calender

2010-04-19T15:26:00.003+10:00

"Ink Calendar" make use the timed pace of the ink spreading on the paper to indicate time.

The ink is absorbed slowly, and the numbers in the calendar are "printed" daily. One a day, they are filled with ink until the end of the month. A calendar self-updated, which enhances the perception of time passing and not only signaling it.

Ink Calender designed by Oscar Diaz. Isn't it so freaking awesome? October!

School is tomorrow. Hate it. I still haven't started any homework. Will do it after dinner tonight.

Doutzen for numero tokyo may 2010

2010-04-18T20:05:00.002+10:00

Doutzen Kroes is so gorgeous! I love these shots of her! So going to get inspiration from these for my BOW!

Photos

2010-04-17T16:47:00.004+10:00

I'm a lazy person when it comes to taking photos and uploading them. But here are some photos:

I love Asian drinks!! Fanta in strawberry was a bit disappointing because it tastes just like creaming soda pink drink. But i like that anyway :D Mangosteen juice, was bland, i didn't like it. Pink guava juice was nice, but it is pretty much the guava drink you buy from woolies/coles. I am going to keep on trying out more yummy drinks. Japanese melon soda is still my all time favourite!

I saw this at livo Big W, it is sooo cute! TMT costume for kids!
A photo after thursday night out. The makeup assistant put on some of the benefit primer and foundation. It doesn't look cakey at all! It is really light actually. I don't think it makes a big difference except even out my skintone a bit. However the flash is on here, and flash always seems to even my skin tone anyway.

Although it was really light and didn't cover my scars and all, i felt that besides evening out my skintone, it gave my skin the matte effect! I mean after 7hrs of not washing my face and being out, it should be shiny, but it is not. :D

These are all the artworks i have done so far for my major. Thanks to Danny for this photo, otherwise i would have been to lazy to bother with it.

I'm still contemplating about getting perfume! From what i read and heard, the Parisienne perfume is a 'hate it or love it' perfume. It is suppose to be for women in their later 20s to 30s, but i don't care, i love it anyway!!

where it was then

2010-04-16T11:58:00.005+10:00

Yesterday was an awesome day. I slept for ages, woke up, did nothing, then went out with lovely Kim for shopping and dinner. We went to Parramatta, browsed the restaurants and settled for Kim's suggested restaurant that she had experience with, Criniti's- Italian cusine. I ordered the fettuccine with palizzi sauce. In all it was a nice dinner with a nice atmosphere. It was pricey, especially for pasta, but the food was good, and the portions were huge, so we asked for takeaway (we could only eat about half because we also ordered entree). It was a good dinner with a good talk (L).

After dinner we walked around and decided to drop by myers. I was indecisive to whether i should have purchases the YSL Parisienne perfume! I loooovee it soo much! I always seem to back out everytime i want to buy it, but yesterday it was a 10% off and i couldn't decide on the size. I think the 50ml or the 90ml would have been good, but i didn't have the money with me (i pretty much spent all my money on food). The ad for it is sooo sexy!

When Kim and i were making out way out of Myers, the makeup assistant/sales lady at Benefit stopped us and told us to take a seat. I was hesitant at first but she insisted so i couldn't say no. The lady that applied the makeup for me was so nice! She asked me what i was doing, whether i was in school, uni or working etc. I told her i was doing my HSC this yr, and then she asked me about my subjects. She also did art and then we started talking about art! She then told me to guess her age. I said early 20s, maybe 23-24? She laughed and said she was 28, turning 29 soon- i was surprised.

We continued to talk and she was curious about my ethnicity. I told her i was Chinese/Viet, which for some reason surprised her. She stated that i didn't look like it, so i asked her what she thought i was. She had trouble coming up with an ethnic for me haha. I suggested Japanese because that is the most recurring guess that i have received besides my actual background. She said no and while applying some foundation on my face thought about it. In the end she said she wasn't sure, but i looked rather 'exotic,' Asian but with some other mix in me. She commented about my eyes which i informed her i was wearing coloured contact lens and she said it wasn't the colour but the fact that my eyes were really big. I then took a turn at guessing her ethnicity. She looked spanish, mexican or latino... European? I was lost too haha! I couldn't describe her ethnic background either! I gave up and she answered that she was Indian, German, British and something else. Kind of far off my guess. But by the end of our conversation and makeup session (primer & foundation) she told me to look at the mirror. I had told her i didn't like the cakey stuff and that was why i never really apply foundation or anything on my skin (i'm not good with it) so she chose something really light. It seemed like she used a lot, wasting away all the good makeup, but it looked and felt really nice on my skin. I don't think it made a drastic change, but i felt all glowy haha!

Okay, ending this post so that i can do something educational before i go out later. I know for some people what i've done is pretty useless, but i am trying to get my act together and actually do something. I did 10 pages of notes for the topic we're doing for business, eventhough i am not taking the info in, it's still something. I completed a painting and i finished tutoring homework. I know these are all very little over the 2 weeks holiday, but i am determined to finish the business notes for topic 3 and catch up on the unfinished maths hw from last term LOL (haven't been consistent with maths at all) I'll do everything else when we get back to school (e.g. economics notes, VA notes etc).

I should stop drama-ing and watching movies! D:

Dad

2010-04-13T21:11:00.006+10:00

I've been busy going out and bludging lately thus the lack of consistent posts. Saturday was my dad's birthday and i felt bad that i had to drag him to take me to the optometrist and be prepared to pay $200 of contact lens. But the secretary stated that my dad looked young (because he does) and repeated that he looked like my brother! The first time i went there with my sister and dad, she thought we were all siblings, as in the big brother (you know how some people have brothers who are like 10yrs+ than them? yeah that). Honestly man, my dad looks young but i don't think he looks young enough to be my brother, seriously, he just turned 47. But anyway, my dad laughed and i'm pretty sure that it made his day, because he always complains that he doesn't want to grow old, ugly and saggy and that he wants to be young forever (in vain). When i was a kid he use to tell me that he was 18 when i asked how old he was, now he can't say that anymore because i myself am i turning 18 haha. I think the fact that i am growing older also makes him feel mega old, and i make sure to remind him that he's turning 50 in 3 yrs :D

So we dropped my my grandparents' house and i asked my dad whether they knew it was his birthday and he said no. I don't think they ever remember his birthday or any of their kids, but they remember the grandkids' birthdays because my grandfather writes it down after each one is born haha. I felt bad that i didn't get the chance to buy him a birthday cake on time (went to buy on sunday instead), but at laughed at what my grandma made for us.

I don't know what it's called, but it has those prawn things and meat and coriander and i can't remember what that vegetable is. My sister and i made jokes about it being his surprise cake LOL Should have put a candle on it!

Sunday i went to Kirribili markets (as i promised) and city with Wendy which was really nice as we got to caught up :D It was fun despite i felt like i was burning under the sun. And i got my dad a cake, a better surprise since he didn't expect it eh?

It was so pretty!

I will be going out more in the next few days and i have a party to go too. I feel bad that i have not been productive in anything. I did however manage to get the first 5 pages of business notes done, although that's not even half of the topic :( And i did some painting (a new one, not the jellyfish one) which i will be getting some feedback tomorrow- i have to go school tomorrow for 6hrs for art. Another day gone.

As i said i would show you guys the completed painting. I actually don't like it much. I liked the original one so much better! This one is big and it was not the same to work with :( Will be asking ms for feedback on it because i don't know what to do with it. And yes i set up this string thing inside my room to hang my paintings to dry and my painting cloths haha. Okay i am off to paint lips & eyes on my painting so that i can show something to my teacher tomorrow, in case she tells me off for not doing anything D:

Rants

2010-04-09T12:54:00.004+10:00

You know what i don't like? Annoying, selfish, inconsiderate or nosy middle-aged asian woman. Yes some of those extension relatives and certain 'friends,' are just not likeable. Even at the orthodontist a middle aged woman was being pretty rude (cannot be bothered to expand), funny thing was that she was speaking in viet probably thinking the white secretary would be completely oblivious to what she was on about, but the secretary's husband is viet and i'm pretty sure she knows some things. I actually had a discussion previously with the secretary who said she told her in laws (who are viet woman) to be direct etc etc, i think she got annoyed at the viet bitching/complaining/whinging. I'm not being racist, but i've had a lot of these encounters because i am myself part viet.

Like how do you have the right to say to someone directly(except someone you hate haha) who you barely know that they are fat or that they have terribly bad acne etc amidst a friendly conversation? Like hey, if it was said to me, of course i'd be offended but being a hostile cold bitch myself i'd probably think, 'well she's got a shitface herself.' But to other more emotional/sensitive people, it may be a really really sensitive and touchy topic for them. Okay, well unless you're Anna Wintour, it's just not right. And them nosy woman who delve into other people's family issues and make it worse, really are bloody annoying. If you know that it causes a family issues when you butt in, why do you do it? Grr. Yes yes, i know, it's not every middle-aged asian woman, just the some that are like that with their personality.

Salt

2010-04-08T18:36:00.004+10:00

I want to watch Angelina Jolie's new movie, 'Salt.' Here's the official trailer and this is the second trailer:

Jellyfish

2010-04-07T22:16:00.001+10:00

I've been super duper interested in jellyfishiess eversince i decided to include them in my BOW.
I want this:

Jellyfish aquarium! It's not real, but its pretty with its changing colours!

lifespan of a fly

2010-04-05T12:27:00.015+10:00

The last 3 days of the holidays has been fantastical for me and i hope it is so for everyone else too (: Easter break means that my whole family is home together 24/7 haha. Friday we all spent our whole day watching our own things. Dramas, movies, yeah we all have different tastes. But it felt kind of bonding in its own way. (i finally watched the movie i downloaded!) Saturday i spent the day out with my sister to Bankstown and DFO. I bought 3 more bottles of nail polish, but i'm not bothered to take photos. I also grabbed some clothes and underwear. Time passed by quick and thus my sister and i had dinner at Strathfield, Korean food, yum. We came home bombarded with more food from relatives till the end of the night. Sunday i slept in, finished another movie, started a new drama (cinderella's sister), napped and then spent the rest of the day with my family, with my grandma dropping by in the evening staying till night time. They were talking about my cousin and aunt and the discussion over choosing the right boyfriend etc etc. These conversations never cease to amuse me. My aunt had told my cousin to not choose someone based on good looks because it proved to be a mistake for her. This conversation then revolved about the main issues of race, personality, education, wealth, and more significantly 'looks,' which became a debate over the kitchen table haha. My grandma said an aunt of mine stated that she looked for one's good personality and moral values, and that looks held no importance to her whatsoever. My dad snickered, retorting with, "Can she even get anyone goodlooking? Maybe that's why she's saying that." There were many things that he said that were funny which i can't seem to recall now, but it was a good easter weekend for me.

As i stated i watched the movie which i downloaded weeks ago and have been anticipating to watch but was unable to due to the intense week of half yearlies. The movie? 'I come with the rain.'

Before I watched it I read a lot of negative reviews, with lots of criticism against it. However I did read some good reviews. You’ll either love or hate the movie. Opinions are really divided. For me? I think I liked it actually. Those who don’t like strange movies that break the typical film (especially the fluffy stuff) will hate it because they won’t be able to appreciate it. The movie is heavy on the visual which makes up for the lack of communication here and there. There’s some bloody gritty scenes but that’s okay. I just found that there was some unnecessary nudity in it. People say it’s confusing with the flash forwards here and there, but I think it’s great and is in fact understandable. It helps create the the psychologically and emotionally unstable side of Josh Harnett (who performed greatly). People have said it’s a shit movie with these flashbacks, silent scenes, and slowness here and there etc, but it’s all intended to create the mood!

The title and the trailer seems strange but after watching the whole film, I understand it.I think the movie is unique and there is quite a considerable amount of interpretations that can be drawn from it- it’s not superficial. I feel like deconstructing the movie, like deconstructing meanings behind a painting or a piece of music/music video. Can't embed it this video, so here's the trailer link. Btw, i can't view anyone's embed videos for some reason, and it's just my computer because it works for my sister :@

I haven't touched any of my books yet, but i'm going to catch up on some maths (haven't been doing it consistently in the last month haha) before i watch anything else tonight! I have to wait for episode 3 of cinderella sister to come out, hate the waiting since its the holidays! And yes i wasn't intending to watch it (even if Taec is in it), but my sister showed it to me, and i just love the main character. In most dramas the girls are always dumb, annoying and whiny. But this girl is mega hostile, cold and smart. Me loves it.

I'm going to be inconsistent with my posting because i'm lazy and all i want to do is sleep, bludge and eat. But that's not what i am going to spend my whole holiday on. 2nd week of holiday i've got some dates booked. So this week i'm going to be busy painting. I've only got 2 paintings done (the easiest ones), and i'm suppose to have 10. The next 8 will take me forever to do! I like to take my time painting, and i can only hope to try to finish three more panels this week, so that way i will have 50% completed :D

Symbolism. Inspired.

2010-04-02T14:42:00.003+11:00

I saw Hyori Lee's new mv, 'Swing.' I did not know what it meant until i read it today from allkpop. I think its such a beautiful, unique mv. Some people don't like it because it's different. I feel inspired by it. I love the setting and lighting!

The apparent meaning can be found here. It's only one interpretation, but i love the symbolism of the luggage and black balloons and everything! Though the clown is kind of scary D:

An interesting world

2010-04-01T18:23:00.006+11:00

Today i had great difficulty in handing in my dropping form for 4u maths. Honestly, it was such a hard decision. I was so stressed that it was the wrong decision, but it is probably the best thing to do since i am such a lazy ass who won't be able to compete all the dedicated kids doing 4u. If i hadn't stopped focusing on 4u over the last month and putting it off (literally, i had to learn the whole conics course the night before, i didn't even do any of the homework over the weeks.. haha) then i would be okay with 4u. Now i will be spending my time on my other subjects (like art!). I was iffy about breaking the news to my maths teacher because he wanted me to keep 4u so bad. He was really encouraging, i think he believed in me waaay more than i believed in myself haha, maybe thats why i felt a bit guilty about disappointing him. Right till the end he told me NOT to drop it. But oh well, what can i do now.

No more of my conflict with school, it's the 'holidays,' now. I said that i would post something interesting for you guys since all i've been blogging about is pretty general stuff, daily ramblings of doing nothing.

I read this article a while ago and bookmarked it and forgot about it.
A man died, and his wife, as an expression for her deep love for him, she commissioned someone to create a sculpture of herself... take a look.

It definitely is a beautiful sculpture, quite sad and dramatically tragic at the same time, no? However, i'm unsure about how i feel about it. A bit strange to have that among all the other graves there at the cemetery and it may offend other visitors who come to the cemetery.
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As i visited that website, i saw these fantastic odd buildings! Check them out!

Fantastical they are. There's more.

Blonde hair

2010-03-31T19:04:00.009+11:00

Waiting an hour and a half, doing nothing is NOT amusing. I had a visit to the orthodontist today for my braces and it was one of the longest waits i have ever experienced there. I walked in to find that all seats except one were preoccupied. The seat left was the unpopular one behind the door at the corner of the room. Not that i complained about that, it was better than no seat, and it was okay as long as you prepared your foot or hand to make sure the door doesn't slam onto your face (well your knees here) everytime someone entered. But the point is, i never realised how many Eurasians there are in the fairfield area (somewhat). I've seen so many on my occasions to the orthodontist and today there were 5 from 3 different families. I guess we're a multicultural area ;)

A couple of nights ago i had a discussion about hair with both Linda and Tash. Tash expressed her opinion that i should try blonde hair because it would suit my skin tone. I thought of that before, but i hate the fact that the contrast between black hair and the blonde i want would be too great and thus regrowth would require constant touchups, which is expensive and plus i'm lazy. Another thing with that is that i've seen too many asians not being able to pull off the blonde hair do. I looove this blonde in this mv by After school. Their blonde is a nice shade, especially the one on the chick at 1:04. It's light and ashy, me loves it. And yes i also love this song :)

I was thinking of dying it black, so black that it's blue ;) But everyone's against it. So i am going to just let my regrowths grow out since the colour isn't that contrasted anyway.

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I found photos of the chick (nana) in the vid with her blonde hair! It's like Kim Daul's hair on the top of my blog.

More natural lighting, it looks even nicer :D

One day i am sooo going to get my hair to look like that, the colour AND the cut! One day is when i start working or something so that if it looks shit, then i'll be able to afford to dye it back to brown.

Colours

2010-03-28T20:25:00.005+11:00

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For the previous video of Epik High's MV. There's a part 1, but with different song. I didn't realise this until An asked me whether there was one, and thus i checked and searched for it and finally found it! I love their songs + vids!
Here it is, watch it!!! (yes watch both parts)This is the first part, second part is in previous post!

I finally took a picture of my nail polish. China Glaze- For Audrey. Such a pretty colour, that was apparantly inspired by the Tiffany blue. I LOVE it. I will definitely be wearing this more often.

Decided i wanted other colours so i got my sister to do her stripes. I was asking for the three stripes that she always does, but she decided to change her style and try something new on my nails, and the end design was this. This is the first time i've had pastel-coloured stripes. I've always had the darker purples, reds and browns because they were my favourite nail colours on myself.

I'd be buying more things if i had more money. I spent more than $10 on my paint brushes (EACH). I almost choked when i picked up a paintbrush and it was nearly $50. I slowly put it back with extra care and backed away haha. And i've decided to stick to the cheap student acrylics that would probably be considered 'crappy' quality. I checked out the artist series and backed away from that too. I was definitely not going to pay $10+ for each tube, for every colour, especially since with acrylics i use heaps. Maybe when i get a job in the future then it'd be okay.

Music to your ears

2010-03-27T20:12:00.008+11:00

I like old songs, and i like new songs when they become old.
Playlist:
Groovejet (If this ain't love)- Spiller ft Sophie Ellis Bextor. Remember this song?! It's 10 years old and i remember hearing it on the radio as a kid. I still love it! It makes me feel young! haha
Las Vegas- Jennifer Walt
Love letter to Japan- The bird and the bee
Snow (Hey oh)- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Playground- Nicholas Tse I can't believe he stopped releasing albums =/

I wasn't planning to blog tonight since there really isn't anything worthy for me to write about, but i am going to post this up before i forget!
As you all know i love Epik High. I keep forgetting to post this in my previous post because of all the fashion/beauty stuff. It's not new, but i lovess it. It's random, but it's a great watch and moves away from their more serious stuff! Watch it and tell me what you think! Even to the people who don't like Epik High, watch the full vid. :D It's dramatically funny.

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You know what is amusing? When you watch the news and the news reporter correspond with another news reporter in another country, asking questions. There is like a 5-10s time lag, and you wait those 5-10s watching the awkward silence as the two stare blankly at the screen. Gee ain't my life exciting.

First MAC buy

2010-03-25T20:45:00.011+11:00

Yes i went to check out the MAC lipstick today, i know i'm late on this but i haven't had the time to properly shop in ages! I've never bought anything from MAC before because i'm not prepared to invest in high end makeup due to the price and the fact that i don't use much makeup everyday either. I don't often drop by the MAC section, but i checked out the eyeshadows too, just for fun. The colours were so pigmented and pretty that i wanted to dip my paintbrush in water and use those eyeshadows as substitutes for watercolours or something! But anyway, back to the lipstick, it was smaller than expected. I ended up buying it because it said all sales went to charity haha. So here's my first ever MAC product; viva glam cyndi lauper:

The colour wasn't as coral as i had originally liked it to be, but it is still very pretty! I've always bought lipsticks from Revlon, i don't know why, but i just like the ones they have, especially the matte ones. The viva glam is a lustre, and its quite sheer. I like the fact that you can build up on it. The swatch i did, i think its only one layer, thus its quite light/sheer. But in the end, i'm glad i bought it, its smooth and the lipstick-y scent isn't too strong. And just fyi, it cost me $35.

Okay, excuse the chubstick legs, but i finally get to wear my shortened tights! The rose printed tights are from cotton on. I had decided to cut it a while ago but i didn't just in case i changed my mind, since i wasn't going to wear them in summer anyway. Mum didn't know why i wanted them to be cut, but she did it anyway. Only to be rather horrified to see my wear it like that. She said she didn't like it because it was 'unnatural.' My dad was confused and pointed it out that i still had my tights under. I had to tell them that was the point and that their opinion on how unfashionable they looked was insignificant to me. And yes, you guys can tell me you hate it and i will still like it. It's like when Linda tells me she hates my taste in chunky shoes. haha.

And mum just asked me whether i dropped 4u maths. I feel so sick thinking about it. I know i could do it if i actually did the hw and put the work in. But its too late now. The work is building up and i'm feeling the stress. My parents have been totally against me doing it from the beginning. They know that i do art and that juggling all my subjects with the load of 4u will be difficult for me. Oh man, the dilemma! Argh, i'm so scared to drop it and at the same time scared to keep it! Gosh, i hate myself sooo much right now! Dammit, dammit, dammit! Night before studying for half yearly= fail. God, i've learnt my lesson. It use to work, but its the end for me now. No more night before studying. seriously, no more typing up notes night before.

resistance

2010-03-22T19:01:00.005+11:00

I'm considering to buy the MAC viva glam cyndi lauper lipstick. I've never bought anything from the big brands because i'm not prepared to fork out the money for something that i don't use often. However, the viva glam sales goes to MAC's charity fund for HIV/AIDS, so i was thinking why not? I really love coral lipstick, but i can never seem to find the right one!

I saw some reviews and it looked more coral when worn. I think i might go check it out when i get the chance. There's still so much things left for me to buy which i didn't get the chance to on saturday! I need to buy paint brushes for art too. Going to be so broke after this.

Summers over and Autumn is here. I was meaning to blog about this earlier, but didn't get the chance to. Alexander Wang's cut out socks retailed $55. Gah, i love his designs, if only they were much more affordable!

Fashion browsing from face hunter:

I want that jacket and those shoes!

Chunky hot shoes! I like the matching leggings.

Funky.

I know i know, i should probably be blogging more about my fantastical life or something, but all i have been doing is sleeping! I promise to post a picture of my completed jellyfish painting soon. Tomorrow i'm going to school excursion to artexpress! Yay! Too much art and fashion, i need to start doing maths homework again! D: I'm dreading to flip back those pages back the incomplete homework on projectile motion!

Love the weekends

2010-03-21T11:29:00.005+11:00

I can never wake up early on the weekends anymore, it is always at earliest at around 10am.
Yesterday i went shopping with my mum and sister at Bankstown and Parramatta and then to An's 18th party (I'm sure someone else with a camera will blog about this!). I was prepared to spend, but unfortunately i couldn't find anything that i really liked! And i also ran out of time, thus i only ended up buying food, nail polishes and a top and a dress.

At Bankstown, i swear i wanted those big bottles of perfume! Awesome decorations.

OPI and China Glaze nail polishes! Sooo in love with their colour range!
I ended up buying my typical colours with the first two bottles.

I wanted this Charlie Brown bag at myer so bad! It's purple as well :D However, it was out of my budget. Can't remember how much, but i was actually tempted to buy it. I pulled out due to my mum's discouragement and the fact that i was suppose to use my money for shoes instead, which i ended not buying because all the nice boots were $200+ and i was only willing to spend less than $140 if i reallly liked it.

Mochi Icecream! I've been wanting to try it for a while! It was $6.50 for 4. Quite expensive i'd say, but it was yummy.

My favourite drink! Japanese Soda ftw. There was only grape at the asian store. There's also orange and melon. Orange i haven't tried, but the melon one is sooo good.

Was suppose to blog about this yesterday was was too tired to. Mum made wonton. When it comes to meat wontons and dumplings or dim sims, i only like my mum's one because i hate the meaty taste and smell that all the others have, so my mum does her extra best with all the garlic etc to make it taste less meaty for me haha

A painting for my BOW, it's incomplete, i need to add the tentacles etc. They're jellyfishiiess :D

Sketches of some more ideas.

closed the curtains

2010-03-19T20:12:00.007+11:00

I so want to get a couple more piercings. I've wanted another one eversince i was in grade 6. Six years have passed and i'm still waiting for them! I want two more on the lobes and a tragus piercing. But i'd be too chicken for the tragus piercing. It sounds and looks too painful D:
For those who don't know what a tragus piercing is, i googled a photo:

I like the arrangement of the piercings. It's exactly how i want it for one of my ear!

At school today while we were watching the drama performances, we were discussing about tattoos. I don't think i'd ever get a tattoo because i tend to change my mind a lot and it seems like a long, painful process.

Yoon Eun Hye looks sooo good here, even if the tat is not real. There is like words or something near her butt/thigh area. It'd be awesome to get a worded tattoo there! And i love the shorts and shoes too!

Bad Day

2010-03-18T18:39:00.004+11:00

Today was terrible. I don't often discuss marks and that stuff on here, but i did really horrible for 4unit maths and business studies. 4unit was expected, seeing that i pretty much re-learned the whole course again the night before as i had only completed an exercise 3 weeks earlier. For business, same thing, night before studying. I know that a failure is deserving seeing as i don't pay attention in class (i hate the subject!), never do the homework and i never study for it till the night before. However, i honestly walked out of that exam, feeling that i did better in it then all my other exams! Gee, how shit did i feel when i received it back. 62%= failure, especially since business studies scales so badly as well. I wanted to at least do okay, so that i feel alright dropping 4unit maths. But now i am in a dilemma to leave things as it is. I know if i was actually consistent with 4unit maths as i am with 3unit, i would have done better. However, i have neglected and treated it as i have with business studies, which is extremely bad seeing as most other 4unit studies constantly do hw etc.

People were crying today because they felt they effed up their HSC. So everyones had quite a bad day. But anyway, i couldn't bring myself to be emotional about it, instead i was just in conflict with choices! Of course i was depressed, however i came home to my sister repeating Barney Stinson's line:

"When i get sad, i stop being sad and be AWESOME instead."

That sounds reasonable, i mean there is nothing else i can do now, but be awesome.

I hope everyone feels better after their cry (:

Plans for this week.

2010-03-16T21:48:00.007+11:00

This is sooo lovely! It's like a watercolour artwork in the form of clothing.

I like the contrast, although i think i'd prefer the cream colour to be a dark purple or something.
Designs by Karla Spetic

I wasted my day, yet again. No, the part where i went to school for period 8 & 9 was actually the productive time of my day. I was suppose to start my BOW during the day, but that failed as i slept in and then rushed through some last minute tutoring hw. I don't know how people can keep up with both school work and tutoring stuff. I have one tutor- for 3u maths, and that's enough to kill me along with school work. It is probably my bad time management.

I was suppose to blog something more exciting, but my apologies, my life has not been exciting lately, yes sadly, i can't even find something interesting on the internet to distract you guys.
I know my exams are all over, and i feel like taking this whole week off and do nothing, but that is not something that a productive worker would do. So instead, tonight, i will hopefully START on my Visual Art essays and start to draw out more art sketches. Tomorrow i'm booked for an orthodontist appointment and the movies! Alice in wonderland :D I was going to go shopping with my mum and sister on Thursday, but we've settled for Saturday as it seems to work better for everyone's schedules. (My dad claims he's busy as well, but it's not like we even invited him). So instead i will stay home and begin my VA major.

Maybe its because i'm such a cynical and pessimistic person, but after reading Larisa's and Tash's blog, i was unaffected by their motivation. As in, it did not influence me to be more motivated. I think i will just take things slowly now, and try to not procrastinate so much. I've planned out for the next few days, and i will try to stick to it!

Our hands together, a beautiful harmony

2010-03-14T21:57:00.003+11:00

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I want to go all the cities in the world in the future. I love the night life.
I was going to have a longer post, but i am feeling rather tired and unbothered. I have been blogging consecutively lately though. English exam is on tomorrow, and i honestly do not know how i am suppose to study for it. I am looking for quotes right now. My left eye is blood shot red, has been since the morning. I had hoped that the colour would lighten, but it seems to have gotten worse. My whole freaking eyeball is red now and it feels dry and uncomfortable. Will most likely be an early night for me today! I should have studied earlier for English, but procrastination is a bad habit that i cannot seem to quit ;) Going to try to jot some things down and read through the quotes and then off to bed, hopefully in an hour or so.

The gathered rain are like little mirrors

2010-03-13T13:09:00.009+11:00

I love chunky rings, eventhough i have a habit of taking off my rings unconsciously now and then since it can get a bit annoying. These rings are so freaking awesome!

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Also, i was googling these rings, i don't know whether these adderbite rings are for guys or girls specifically, i'm assuming they're suitable for both.

After my exams, i want to go shopping for a chain for my bags. All previous chains were either lost or broken, and thus these bags have been sitting around and collecting dust.

Vintage

My grandma's old Lanvin bag, i can't believe she was going to give this away among her billion good bags. When she was younger she was really into bags, shoes, jewellery and all that stuff. I'm going to start collecting bag and shoes so that when i have kids or whatever it can be passed down haha

I'm baccck!

2010-03-12T16:00:00.005+11:00

Okay, i don't know if anyone will ever come back to read this blog, but i feel like blogging again after my hiatus which lasted more than a month. My exams/assessments aren't all over yet, but after a hectic week, which once again and quite disappointingly, was made up of night-before-exam cramming, i have decided to start blogging again.

I have some photos that i would have blogged about earlier, but i was too lazy to blog and had rather watched TV or something else. Right now i feel artsy, so i am going to post a few photos of my very minimal amount of art-related stuff. But before that, Epik High's new album was released recently! And their new song/mv, Run is below. They're such a good band, and unlike the korean industry with its overwhelming amount of music vids with dancing and what not, they have proper, worthwhile watching mvs.

I love how its also in the perspective of the guy through the camera lens, from his good life as a kid to its gradual deterioration as he grows older. And finally how he picks himself back up afterwards. And by the way, for some reason that guy in the video reminds me of kim bum.

Their songs can be quite philosophical and i must say, have influenced me quite significantly on my artworks. So here are a bunchload of random photos.

Okay, this was ages ago, but its the last complete work that i've done for art. It's not part of my BOW.

In process of completing. Theres two panels, but i'm only showing one since the other photo of my second panel looks bleh, camera does not do it justice.

Different lighting once first panel was completed, this is only a close up.

I didn't take a close up of the jellyfish, i should of though since i actually really like how it turned out. This is going to be part of my major :)

My mum finally made this Vietnamese crepe for me!

My dad makes the ugliest Vietnamese rolls, seriously. My sister and i tell him that, but he thinks they're 'cuter' and 'yummier' like that...

My grandfather's super proud of his vegies and fruits. The jackfruit is huge!

I want my own vegie garden, but then i don't want to pick it out, clean it and then eat it. There's like bugs and stuff, that's why when i make salad i tend to buy the washed already packaged ones, so when i wash it again there's no bugs.

More vegies, fruits and herbs. Mango tree, some melon hanging and also bittermelon. The big leafy stuff, i don't know what its called.

I have other photos on my actual camera, but i can't be bothered to upload it, since i am going to my gran's soon! :D

Hopefully my next post will be worth reading. ;)

Hiatus

2010-02-09T21:34:00.008+11:00

Isn't this just too beautiful and peaceful? Opposite of how i am feeling right now.
source: tamara

I just scrapped what i typed. I am VERY angry right now. Extremely agitated and upset. I really really hate it. Don't bother asking, because it's too complicated and i don't want to talk about it. All i can say is that i am extremely agitated and upset, not only because of people but for so many other bloody reasons too (and yes i am refraining from swearing). I've had enough of it. So this blog will be on hiatus.

I hate to think that my last post is so awful. So maybe i'll post one last thing tomorrow.

Sleeping patterns

2010-02-06T17:24:00.003+11:00

Uggh, my sleeping patterns are so bad. And when i do sleep early, i still can't wake up earlier. I woke up at noon yet again, when i slept at 12 last night?! But i guess i do feel more awake. I don't sleep late anymore. So don't call or text me after 12:00am expecting me to pick up or reply!! I'd either be trying to finish some hw off to get to bed or already off to sleep. I really do not understand how people can fit in studying into their day and get enough sleep. By the time i get home and snack on something, it's already 4 something. By the time i have taken my after school break, shower and dinner it's past 7. That leaves 5 hours, which about 3 hrs is left for Mr P's maths hw (i'm slow with working things out okay?) The rest 2 hours is either completing off other hw for other subjects or watching something.

Five and a half hours have passed and i still have not started maths hw which i said i'd do today. I just can't bring myself to do anything anymore. This is so bad! I tried the rewarding system, that if i finished the maths exercise, i'd watch a new drama episode. Didn't work.

My Room

2010-02-03T16:05:00.005+11:00

I said that i'd post a picture of my new easel. I realised that i did not take a proper photo of it before i packed it up, and now i am unbothered to take it and let it stand.

I have however, taken a few snaps of my room (you can see my easel...) to show. It's all cleaned up and neat now, so i figured it'd be appropriate to take a few photos of my beloved room. I know i haven't really posted any pictures to do with my personal life, but that is because most of the time i am unbothered to take photos, then connect the cable to my camera and upload etc etc.
Here's my room in brief:

One side of my room or corner. My easel is behind the clothes hanger. It looks small there though, but you can adjust it to suit your painting etc. The grey basket trolley thing use to be for my bags, but i needed something to hold all my art stuff. I waste money on art when i don't even do much of it. I've only really created works that are compulsory for school. It's kind of sad actually. But i like how the easel fits in my room, even if i won't use it LOL

Continuing from the same side of my room/wall. And yes, i know the lighting is different.

The wall opposite to my bed. I have to build up on the images on the wall, but i haven't been bothered to collect and add. I shall post more images in the future if i progress with that haha. This is where i spend most of my time, yes, on the computer, on the internet, wasting time LOL

So that's my room, ain't it pretty? :P I also have a shelf and my wardrobe on the other wall. There were some other stuff on my blank walls, but i kind of ripped them off. Need a change. I need to find a fantastic, big poster or something.

LIAR GAME LOVE

2010-02-01T16:40:00.003+11:00

Liar Game: The Final Stage Movie Promo Poster!!!

I swear, they better get together! I mean they're even holding hands there!!! I don't like it when they lead us on and then BAM in the movie, nothing happens :(

Here's the movie trailer

I have been rather busy these days. I spent the last week of school of my holiday art hw. Friday school started and i had not slept at all the night before (because of art) and thus i came home and slept most of the day away. Saturday was grandma's last day in Syd before she returned back to Melbourne and thus we had family over and i spent my whole day with my older cousin. Sunday i slept in and watched the last episode of Liar Game and now it's killing me to have to wait for the release of the movie!!

Everyone is getting organised for school, and i think i should too. I'm thinking of making a timetable thing, but i doubt that it'd work. I've tried so many times and each time i fail with actually following them. Lynh created me one last year, however i looked at it twice and never again (sorry Lynh, i tried!!)

Tonight i will be doing maths hw, ah yes, just like last year and all those years before, there will ALWAYS be maths hw!

Outside from here

2010-01-28T22:21:00.002+11:00

For the past 3 days or so, my internet has been a bitch and thus did not work. At first i was okay, its fine, i'll finish my load of art hw later. But after two days, i decided to call the place up and now it finally works. So i am going to be busy tonight doing bloody art theory due tomorrow. FML

However, i actually appreciate that my net died on me for three days because i've realised something, for now anyway. I feel sooo much more relaxed without the internet. Yes i still bludge, sleep even more, but because i am not online or reading someone's blog about them studying and i am not, i feel relaxed. I've been doing things very very slowly, like my mini painting for art hw, it could have been finished in two days or less, but i stretched it for 5 days.

My grandma is going back to Melbourne in a few days since she has been staying here for so long already. So today my sister and i went to Parra Myers to buy her a bottle of perfume. She doesn't like the scent that most old people like, she prefers the fresher younger stuff. So we ended buying her the Dolce Gabbana Rose the One. Throughout the whole shopping time, i realised that once you get old, you don't do much anymore. You stay at home a lot, because going out too much makes you tired. You sleep a lot and basically, everything is so slow. I like the comfortable silence, thinking to myself and just not talk. It feels so much more relaxing!

So basically this year, i am going to be more organised, not leave things to last minute, and i am going to try to take things easier. I don't want to kill myself with stress (although seeing as i do everything last minute...). I am going to sleep properly, try to study properly (i.e. not the night before. That killed my yr12 for term 1) and i am going to have good regular breaks (no more painting for 12hrs straight last minute or 5 hr drama breaks!) If i can be more organised on weekdays, then it will mean i'll have free weekends :D

The Chola look & thin eyebrows

2010-01-25T18:32:00.008+11:00

I really do not like super thin eyebrows that are emphasized with a thin line of eye pencil. It's probably the main reason why i take distaste in the 'chola' look.
Definition of a chola? Here it is defined by Urbandictionary:
A chola is a firme hyna (latina) that wears a lot of makeup: thick eyeliner, liquid eyeliner on top going out of your eye dark brown or red lipstick and eyebrows drawn on or really thin. We mostly have permed hair with hella gel or straight and arched on top. We kick it with people in our own barrio and not really claiming a color mainly your raza. (Brown Pride) or (Barrio)and wear baggy or tight cloths with nike cortez shoes.

The look too tryhard for my liking. Gwen Steffani is known for sporting it, however, she downplays it and thus is probably the reason why it isn't as full on. She doesn't pack on the dark shades of eyeshadow

This leads onto my next point of teenyboppers nowadays and their super-duper thin eyebrows! Seriously, what is up with that! It's a new generation, please leave the thin-tattooed-eyebrow-look to those old cabra ladies! Those old cabra ladies sport the chola look even worse. Bleh.

It's hard to pull of thin eyebrows, and this one looks good

Not too thin or thick, this is perfect.

Paper

2010-01-24T23:40:00.007+11:00

This blog seems to be dying, no, actually it's probably already dead.
However, this is bloody awesome.

Fall, 2008
Peter Callesen

Når alt kommer til alt, 2006
Peter Callesen

He creates AMAZING stuff out of paper! So many awesome pieces on his website. Yes, the skeleton is made out of paper too. I love the flower cut outs that he created, i think i will do some cut outs soon. Was suppose to do them at the beginning of the holidays, just so i get to do something different, but i've been bludging and moping around the house, doing nothing.

On a good note, i bought an easel!!!!! I've wanted one for a while now, but never really got to buying one because they seemed quite pricey and i wasn't sure whether it was worth to buy one since my art practice is pretty slack and the things i produce aren't even worthy.

However, i had a moment where i just really wanted one and probably to the point of, making myself believe that i need one, you know, for the HSC ;) I don't even have any idea on what i am doing for that, but right now, i feel like, as my sister describes it, a hardcunt, artist-wannabe. Probably true, since i like to buy a bunch of art stuff, but i don't even use them at all, or very rarely.

I'll post a picture of my easel soon. When i'm bothered.

Smacking your kids

2010-01-19T01:47:00.008+11:00

Today my little cousins came over. They were being rather bratty- whinging and crying and what not. My sister, being one who pretty much despises kids almost exploded out of annoyance. I must admit it myself, i can't stand it when kids get all bratty either. My mum on the other hand, was being really nice about it. She didn't lose her cool (she rarely ever does) and spoke to them in a gentle voice, telling them what they were doing was not right etc. The talk of discipline brought my sister and i back to our younger days when my mum would smack us when we really shitty and not listening to her. My grandma was saying how my elder aunts & uncles smacked the shits out of their kids and that my sister and i were pretty lucky. My aunt asked us whether we remembered clearly how our rents disciplined us, and two things came up in my mind.

1. My mum was the one with the chopstick, who told us (after our wrongdoing) that she'd smack us in say, an hour. Seriously?! I know my mum was pretty easy compared to other Asian parents with the physical discipline, but man, that's pretty shifty. I mean, if she was like my uncle who smacks his kid right after they do some BS, it's unexpected and it's over soon, but instead my mother chooses to make us feel all anxious in that hour, sitting and just waiting for the smack on our asses. And then after the one painful hit of the chopstick, she'd put the vicks thing on our butt to help it 'heal,' and then be all nice again! Shifty, shifty i tell you. I tried to shove tissue paper up my shorts once, you know, so that it'd be less painful. Didn't work. Those cheap asian tissues aren't made thick enough!

2. My dad never hits us, well except once, his first and last. I had to cop that for being the first child. I remember him being really, really, reaaally angry and he smacked me on my face. Then my mum got really really really angry and told him off- she only believes that you should only hit a kid on their butt. So yeah, from then on, dad never ever tried to discipline us through physical means, ever again. I think he even felt bad for it but in fact, i feel bad for him most times these days, because my sister is always so rude in articulation to him and we both simply take advantage of his niceness. I'm surprised that he rarely explodes at us (although when he does, it's just... scary.)

So after thinking about what my cousins go through, i've decided that one of the first things that i really have to do is to be nicer to my parents. (Not that i'm already not :P)

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I have been waiting for the release of Alice in Wonderland since forever, and it's not till another couple of months before its out. Urban Decay makeup has even created a makeup kit thing dedicated to Tim burton's Alice in Wonderland! How awesome is that?!

White

2010-01-18T03:58:00.003+11:00

I'm currently really liking anything white. White dresses & white shoes, now i really feel like shopping.

3.1 Phillip Lim's Spring 2010's Sculptural Organza Pleated Dress
Gosh, isn't it just lovely?! The back of the dress is just too pretty. It's 2000+, yes in USD. I wish i could make my own clothes, or at least alter old dresses and transform them into something new.

Han Chae Young wore the dress to the Asia Model Festival awards 2010
My sister showed me these, aren't they so pretty!?

Lollies

2010-01-15T20:36:00.007+11:00

I asked my mum today whether i could open a bag of natural gummy lollies. She told me off and said that i wasn't a baby anymore.
What the heck!? Babies don't even eat those lollies! Not the really young ones anyway!

So now i have to wait till the next little kid rocks up to our house to eat them.

& Marcin Henrik's photography is really stunning. Dull & bleak and makes me feel all nostalgic for some reason.

Plus, these videos recently came out, click to view:
C.N Blue's FULL MV ; i wished they debuted with the rock version instead! However it's still likeable
Numbnuts EP8
MV with Nichkhun's bro in it; odd sounding at first since its in Thai and i've never heard Thai music before, but it ain't too bad. And yes, the bro is definitely goodlooking and the chick in it is pretty as well. Too bad for him, she's leaving him.

2010-01-13T22:40:00.003+11:00

Mika (L)

I feel so uninspired right now. I started to think about ideas for Art, and lets just say i'm back to where i started. There has been no progress :(

And while i was going through my folders on my computer, i found this, can't remember where it is from but here it is:

And the 4th teaser for CN blue came out today:

And more

2010-01-12T23:38:00.003+11:00

I just finished watching Orthros No Inu and yes it's another non-romance-comedy drama. Okay, i mainly watched it for the main character! Can't be helped because he's such a good actor (Hideaki Takizawa) with such an attractive face. And his character was just really likeable. And i love the theme song for it, including the music video for it, because its dark and awesome.

Favourite part at 4:16, where he says 'what will you do for me,' the same line he says throughout the drama.

And i am anticipating for bloody monday season 2 to be aired!

nothing

2010-01-11T21:01:00.002+11:00

Third teaser for C.N Blue's debut. I think this third version of the teaser song is my least favourite. The first teaser, obviously being my favourite, and not because the guy is the best looking either! LOL

Okay so what have i completed in regards to educational-wise stuff?
Half of Frankenstein. Yes that is all i managed to read in one bloody week. I could have finished it, but instead i went to watch HIMYM.

c.n blue

2010-01-09T11:14:00.007+11:00

C.N blue
A Korean indie rock band who actually play their own instruments YAY (:

A while ago i saw a random music clip of some random indie band from korea, which really quite surprised me, seeing that indie/rock music does not seem to be popular in korea. I thought they were pretty good, however i found their english rather cringe worthy. Yet among the bad quality video of them playing on the streets, their songs sounded like the stuff i liked.

Before Jung yong hwa went back to Korea and became famous in You're beautiful, and thus promoted the band. Smart move.

But anyway, i pushed that aside after wondering when they were going to debut and release songs, seeing that i did not know they had actually realeased any songs. However, i found yesterday that it's jung yong hwa's band (shinwoo from you're beautiful), and man was i surprised. I knew he was in a band, but not in an indie rock band! They're going to debut in korea now. I saw the first teaser and immediately liked it, but the second teaser was very different and was so-so on first go.
Watch the teaser (it's the first and second teaser together)

I'm not even sure what language its in (apparently korean), but i like the way it sounds already.
Really hoping they debut with that and retain their indie rock style! They had debuted in Japan with english songs.
Really looking forward for their full song releases! Although i am disappointed that one of their members (the guy with the long hair) left the group!! He was cute too and now he's replaced by some other guy who... yeah no comment.

"People are born alone and die alone."

2010-01-08T16:44:00.002+11:00

Funny that i should find this today

artist: unknown?

Out, yet again.

2010-01-07T20:39:00.009+11:00

Today was another day of bludge. Walking around the city and constantly taking calls from your cousin while choking on all the smoke from cigarettes ain't that great. I'd be asleep at 11am but instead i was having difficulty buying certain items from multiple stores. (Decisions, decisions, decisions)

My sister and i were suppose to meet up with my cousin for lunch. However, receiving the news that DBSK (some popular korean band) members were in Sydney, she quickly averted her attention to them and turned into fangirl mode. Surprisingly, she was able to see one of the members (xiah/junsu) up close outside of his hotel (stalker-ish much?).

While waiting at the bookstores and being amidst a selection of books (after chucking a fit of mother effing rage), i thought of some things i'd like to do after the HSC , during the long 3month break. Things outside going to another state in australia or overseas, whatever it may be. There were three things that came to mind. 1) Learn to cook- and yes i am being serious here! I have to use the cupcake cook book that Larisa got me as well as these bklets of recipes that i have lying around. 2) Learn to sew- i know, i was so bad with it back when it was compulsory in yr7/8. But i thought about it, my mum, my grandma and even my grandfather can sew. So i'd like to think that i should try it out. 3) Try alcohol & go clubbing- something that a cousin of mine promised to take me to once i hit 18.

I'd blog more (i had more things in mind) but i am extremely fatigued right now and all i want to do is to shower and go to sleep. It's not even bloody 9pm yet, but that's how tired i am! And i've been sleeping almost 12hrs everyday! This always happens when i oversleep, but i'm addicted to sleep now :(

Hopefully tomorrow i will read Frankenstein- a task that i promised myself i would do this week, at least ONE educational thing i should get started on! I need to ease my guilt of doing nothing but fun activities this holiday! And it seems like people have started to open their school books, so i should start off with something easy (although i am not sure whether reading Frankenstein will be as easy as it seems to be...)

Movies

2010-01-06T17:35:00.006+11:00

I've been watching movies all this holiday, some really ones and other newer.
I'll start off with recommending two movies that i found a great liking for.

Herb (2007)
And no, it's not about drugs or anything like that, in fact, it is a very sweet movie.
Synopsis from wiki:
Herb (허브) is a 2007 South Korean film, directed by Heo In-moo. Kang Hye-jeong stars in the lead role as a 20-year old woman with the mental and emotional skills of a seven-year old, who falls in love with a policeman she sees as her Prince Charming, but must face tragedy when her mother is diagnosed with cancer.
Trailer:

It's a very simple movie (more of a chick-flick), but it can be a bit emotional (to me anyway) and i love the main actress in it! Good actress and she's so cute too.

G@me (2003)
This movie leans more towards the stuff that i love to watch. The trailer doesn't give much away, in fact, it doesn't really show anything at all, but i really loved the trailer, especially since its different and thus i watched the movie. I wasn't disappointed with the movie either, although i did expect something else, i still loved it anyway! Really a recommended watch. Defintely an underrated Japanese movie. Plus Yukie Nakama is gorgeous, as always.
Trailer:

wiki synopsis: A bit long to post it here, so read it on wiki here.

Between Herb & G@me, i'd choose G@me, but that's because i prefer mystery & complicated storylines than the sweet simple ones.

Addicted

2010-01-06T00:35:00.004+11:00

I am too lazy to blog what i was originally going to blog about.
Currently i am hooked to Cavashawn's 'Out of my mind,' song.

And, going through my playlist, i remember why i love Epik High so much. The deeper meanings behind their songs and their fantastic MVs. The Korean industry is filled with MVs of goodlooking people dancing to songs about love etc (not that i am against this :P), but Epik High truly produce worthwhile-to-watch MVs.

I love their connotations to history, religion, the bible and what not. The meaning behind their MVs, is like a deconstruction of an artwork (no not the full BS ones, the good ones with lots of meaning).

If i had the choice, i think i would have taken up religion as a subject, it's a touchy subject, but it seems to be so damn interesting.

Book

2010-01-04T21:57:00.005+11:00

I wanted to read "Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac' by Gabrielle Zevin. I really really want to watch the movie which the Japanese decided to make! It looked sooo good the trailer!

I have no idea if the embedding works, but here's the link if it doesn't: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_g0YseGHYU

I saw a audio of the book on youtube, i said i'd onyl listen to first part, but i couldn't stop msyelf, so all day i have been listening to it! I thought i could multitask, but ive just been sitting here listening, because when i do something i forget to listen and have to re-listen. So i have been at my desk all day doing nothing LOL

Excited for the movie because Ken'ichi Matsuyama is in it (guy who plays L in deathnote) and he's a good actor and attractive too :D Maki Horikita is playing the lead role, and shes super likeable. Emma roberts is in it too.

I finished the audio thing, and i think the trailer looks more exciting (And yes, Ken'ichi is a factor)
I am so going to watch it when it comes out! I think i like reading more than audio books...

Here's the synopsis:

If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She wouldn't have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn't have hit her head on the steps. She wouldn't have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia. She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. She might even have remembered why she fell in love with him in the first place. She would understand why her best friend, Will, keeps calling her “Chief.” She'd know about her mom's new family. She'd know about her dad's fiancée. She never would have met James, the boy with the questionable past and the even fuzzier future, who tells her he once wanted to kiss her. She wouldn't have wanted to kiss him back.

But Naomi picked heads...