tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71132070462095674852024-02-18T21:42:00.469-08:00Days of a KiwiThe 24/7 of my life.Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-30553477643929751262015-04-15T18:32:00.001-07:002015-04-15T18:49:18.788-07:00I've moved!Dear readers,<br />
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I am moving my blog and changing its name to <a href="http://notquitefive.com/" target="_blank">Not Quite Five</a>.<br />
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Please change your bookmarks to <a href="http://www.notquitefive.com/">www.notquitefive.com</a> and follow me there or on instagram <a href="https://instagram.com/not.quite.five/">@not.quite.five</a> =)
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I am also going to start redesigning my blog so the layout isn't so fugs. This may mean that I will move to using Wordpress instead... but maybe not... depending on how the theme coding on Blogger makes me hate myself. I also want to come up with a better name for the blog...<br />
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Anyway...<br />
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This was my outfit last Friday:<br />
I wore a <b>black dress</b> with <b>blue floral prints</b>.<br />
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I paired the dress with a pair of <b>teal peep-toe pumps</b>.<br />
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The back of the dress is super cute!<br />
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Thank you <b>sooo much</b> to my sexy bish, <b>Kristi</b>, for snapping those photos for me.<br />
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I mean, just check out this sexy bish <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">❤</span><br />
(If you like her super dope outfit, go check out <a href="http://stilldaydreaming.com/" target="_blank">her blog</a>!)<br />
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Hopefully, I will get my blog prettified ASAP and have these legit fashion photos from now on and not just crappy mirror selfies ;)<br />
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They didn't have testers, but I was so intrigued and I had to buy one to try.<br />
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I had actually gone with the white pearly color called <i><a href="http://shopsense.shopstyle.com/action/apiVisitRetailer?id=451637120&pid=uid689-3979367-92&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Individual+Product+Widget" target="_blank">Wish Upon a Starfish</a></i>, but I'll talk about that later.<br />
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So here's the mauve color called <i><a href="http://shopsense.shopstyle.com/action/apiVisitRetailer?id=452025511&pid=uid689-3979367-92&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Individual+Product+Widget" target="_blank">Mermaid You Look</a></i>:</div>
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Here's what the <i>paint pot</i> polish in the kit looks like on the nails.</div>
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The color is so nice by itself that I'm sure you can wear it alone. It's nice and shiny and coats evenly.</div>
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I decided to only put the <i>Crushed Shells</i> on just my thumb and ring finger as accents, and I <i>loved</i> how the manicure looked!<br />
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The application was very easy. And I think it was so considerate of them to include a little funnel so it makes putting the left-over crushed shells back in the bottle no hassle at all.<br />
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It makes a really big difference after I put on the top coat. Without a top coat, the crushed shells looked really chalky, but after a thin layer of top coat, they were so pretty! I wouldn't put too much polish on top of the crushed shells, though, because you may take away that lovely texture. But since I haven't tried putting a very thick coat of clear polish on the shells myself, maybe you can leave a comment and tell me if it actually turns out really great =)<br />
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Here was the kit. I had initially picked this kit because I thought I could use the white crushed shells on other polish colors so it would be more versatile.</div>
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Unfortunately... This was what it looked like:</div>
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It looks almost like a bed of dried up skin cells/flakes LOL. I was pretty disgusted and I had to take it off right away.</div>
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Hope this review helps.<br />
Maybe I just sucked at applying the crushed shells the first time so the pearly color turned out so bad. I'm sure some other people will have better skills and may love the white pearly color much more than the purple one.Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-25156734769008185802014-07-09T00:31:00.002-07:002014-09-09T22:41:51.415-07:00Lavender, navy, and neutralsWhoa! It was rainy and gloomy last week and this week, the weather compensates by being nice and sunny at a summery 27 degrees!<br />
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I am certainly more than happy to see some sunshine after such a gloomy week.</div>
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<b>Top:</b> Talula (<a href="http://aritzia.com/en/alyssa-blouse/42264.html?dwvar_42264_color=2966#start=3" target="_blank">Alyssa blouse</a>)</div>
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<b>Shorts:</b> Keds (<a href="http://shopsense.shopstyle.com/action/apiVisitRetailer?id=433392459&pid=uid689-3979367-92&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Individual+Product+Widget" target="_blank">similar</a>)</div>
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<b>Shoes:</b> Salvatore Ferragamo (Vara - <a href="http://shopsense.shopstyle.com/action/apiVisitRetailer?id=429770914&pid=uid689-3979367-92&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Individual+Product+Widget" target="_blank">similar color</a>)</div>
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<b>Bag:</b> Marc by Marc Jacobs (<a href="http://shopsense.shopstyle.com/action/apiVisitRetailer?id=451671446&pid=uid689-3979367-92&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Individual+Product+Widget" target="_blank">Classic Q Natasha</a>)</div>
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Seems like the rest of the week is going to be all sunshine and summer heat...<br />
That means ice cream!Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-3204155520749216512014-07-02T00:24:00.002-07:002014-09-09T22:42:38.330-07:00OOTD. Also... I'm back!Hi everyone!<br />
Sorry I've been MIA for such a long time. Summer is here and I have been dying to wear summer clothes that I bought since last year haha. I was motivated to blog again because of all the cute outfits I've seen other people post on instagram.<br />
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So let make this "I'm back" post an outfit of the day post =]<br />
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Here's what I wore a couple days ago:</div>
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<b>Blouse:</b> Boutique in Hong Kong</div>
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<b>Shorts:</b> Forever21 (<a href="http://shopsense.shopstyle.com/action/apiVisitRetailer?id=449819925&pid=uid689-3979367-92&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Individual+Product+Widget" target="_blank">similar</a>)</div>
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<b>Shoes:</b> Nine West (<a href="http://shopsense.shopstyle.com/action/apiVisitRetailer?id=454442304&pid=uid689-3979367-92&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Individual+Product+Widget" target="_blank">similar</a>)</div>
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<b>Bag:</b> Marc by Marc Jacobs (<a href="http://shopsense.shopstyle.com/action/apiVisitRetailer?id=451671446&pid=uid689-3979367-92&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Individual+Product+Widget" target="_blank">Classic Q Natasha</a>)</div>
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And to end the post, here is a photo of my face in case you don't recognize me because I have done many different things with my hair since my last update.</div>
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First off... I had a quality fun catching-up date =] </div>
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This was my first meal of that day.</div>
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So unhealthy, but so tasty.</div>
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Funny story behind this photo:</div>
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We were sitting in the car camwhoring, trying to get a nice photo, but we didn't realize that there was some guy waiting for our spot haha. So for a really long time... he just stared at us, and watched us camwhored. He looked super annoyed. I feel bad for making him wait so long for our spot, but we really didn't notice him LOL</div>
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Saw these cute Aero chocolate bars.</div>
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Bought all three flavors there lol</div>
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This is what the chocolate bar looks like.</div>
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It looks different, but it taste exactly the same as the normal Aero. I don't know why they decided to market the chocolate this way.</div>
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Random night when my friends and I decided to try a newly opened restaurant, but we didn't make a reservation and the restaurant was fully booked, so we ended up eating at a pub hahaha</div>
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Here's my friend teaching me how to make a face that makes your cheekbones stand out more.</div>
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I'm obviously not very good at it. My mouth looks retarded but my face looks pointier lol!</div>
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Then when you give up, just use your hands to help haha!</div>
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That was also the night when we had really sad bellinis =(</div>
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I have never had such an ugly AND bad tasting bellini. Warning to those of you who eat at <b>Wing's</b>. Do not order their bellini D=</div>
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And completely opposite of the sad bellini, I had an extremely pleasant surprise one day after work.</div>
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No matter how crappy your day was at work, how can you not smile when someone gives you something this sweet? ^3^</div>
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Despite having been to <b>Seattle</b> quite a few times, I never got to try <b>the Crab Pot</b> or see the <b>gum wall</b>, so the plan was to do those two things.<br />
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Before heading out...</div>
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Wearing the yellow bag I got for my birthday. Loving how bright and yellow and happy it is haha</div>
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The weather was superb!</div>
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I hadn't seen the sunshine in such a long time TuT... but it was still cold.</div>
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Lunch time at the Crab Pot =D</div>
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Our appies:</div>
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And what we came here for!</div>
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On the way to the gum wall, look what I saw at the market place...</div>
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This has got to be the most gigantic garlic I've ever seen</div>
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And ta-da... the <b>gum wall</b>...</div>
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It looks disgusting up close lol</div>
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Shopping after sight-seeing.</div>
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I saw <b>Adventure Time </b>hats!</div>
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And the best way to end the night?</div>
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Cheesecake <span class="st">❤</span></div>
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<br />Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-835159557190801172013-03-18T18:22:00.001-07:002013-03-18T18:23:12.564-07:002-Week Late Bday PostWhat the title says...<br />
I wanted to do a post about my birthday but I forgot about it until now.<br />
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Let's start off the post with a camwhore shot of me trying to show off some of my presents XD</div>
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Loving my new earrings and bracelet!</div>
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My mom was so sweet. She baked a cake for me =D</div>
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The decoration is a little weird-looking because the whipped cream melted hahaha</div>
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I got to celebrate my birthday together with my birthday buddy <span class="st">❤</span></div>
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<span class="st">Our birthdays are only a day apart ;) </span></div>
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During dinner... me + <b>Rice</b> playing with her quad cam app =D</div>
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No group photos to post from that day because the lighting was quite horrible... the pics were all kinda... blehhhhh<br />
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I had dinner with my other group of friends at <b>Wildebeest</b>. It was such a hipster restaurant haha.<br />
It was fun to share all the food with everyone and try a bit of everything, but the portions were really small and I felt like we were such beasts because the minute the food came, we'd devour it in seconds lol<br />
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A pic with <b>K</b> before she had to leave early.</div>
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So sweet of her to still celebrate with me even though she was so swamped with school assignments!</div>
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Yay. Polaroid pics!</div>
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I had to use photoshop to brighten up the pics because they turned out so dark D=</div>
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Does anyone know how to take Polaroid pics so they turn out brighter?...</div>
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Tired of my face yet? Haha.<br />
The photos after this one won't have me in them. Don't worry. <br />
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I also had dinner at this really modern trendy-looking restaurant called <b>Deluxe</b>.</div>
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Doesn't this look cool?</div>
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(Lol we asked to be seated somewhere else after I took that photo because that table was facing the wall and it was so awkward, but it made a nice picture...)<br />
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Desserts! Tell me these are not adorable! <span class="st">❤</span></div>
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<span class="st">They all tasted really good too =9 </span></div>
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After dinner, it was movie time...</div>
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at the <b>VIP theatres</b>!</div>
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I have never been to the VIP theatres before and I was so amused lol.</div>
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This was the lounge/waiting area before you go into the movies.</div>
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You can get drinks, snacks, whatever there and chill until your movie starts.</div>
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I didn't take a picture of the washrooms, but I should have LOL<br />
They were so nice too.<br />
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I had an awesome birthday this year and celebrating with my friends and family made me feel so loved <span class="st">❤</span><br />
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A <b>ham and banana</b> pizza?<br />
Totally something that TMNT would eat. Actually, I was quite surprised that when I searched this up on google, there were tons of images of bananas on pizza haha. Makes me wanna try a slice...<br />
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(This is one of the images I found on google. The pizza doesn't look too bad, does it?)</div>
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Anyway...<br />
To be honest, I have never really watched <a href="http://www.teenagemutantninjaturtles.com/" target="_blank">TMNT</a> when I was younger. I only had a glimpse of random episodes while the series was on here and there, but I never sat down and watched an entire episode.<br />
I finally watched the first episode ever this week and I actually quite liked it haha. I think I'm going to be filling up on some missed <a href="http://www.teenagemutantninjaturtles.com/" target="_blank">TMNT</a> action this week before work starts.<br />
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If you guys are fans of the ninja turtles, check out this <a href="http://www.teenagemutantninjaturtles.com/" target="_blank">TMNT site</a>: </div>
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There's quite a bit on the site, but go check out the shop section. I think they have some really cute t-shirts and sweaters XDKiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-14302079650750995182013-03-04T17:15:00.001-08:002013-03-04T17:15:28.694-08:00Nails: Zebra Print & GlitterI was browsing through Instagram and I saw some pretty nice looking zebra print nail art designs, so I thought I'd give my nails some zebra print love too.<br />
Instead of doing zebra prints on the entire nail, I decided to do half of each nail with a white gradient and glitter =]<br />
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Here's a close-up</div>
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If you're interested in how I did these nails, please keep reading =D<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>STEP 1:</b> Base coat + Light pink. </span></div>
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After applying a base coat (or a clear polish), paint half of each nail in a light pink color.</div>
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The photo makes the color look white, but it is actually a very light pink (specifically, it is <b>OPI</b>'s <i>Sweet Heart</i>).</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>STEP <span style="font-size: medium;">2</span>:</b> White tips. </span></div>
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Then, paint the tips of your nails with a white polish.</div>
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Don't worry too much about it not looking very "gradient-like" right now, because it will all blend together later.</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>STEP 3:</b> Silver glitter polish. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Take a glitter polish and go over the "gradient" part of your nails.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Using a brush or a toothpick (I used the latter), draw zebra stripes on your nails.</span></div>
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After cleaning up and top coat, you will have your lovely zebra print nails ;)</div>
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My hair is long enough to be tied into a ponytail now! Yay!... Also not yay because it is at that awkward length now that it <i>has</i> to be tied in a ponytail if I don't flat iron it and don't want the ends to be poking out in different directions.<br />
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So... I went to the aquarium on Sunday.</div>
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I don't even remember the last time I went to the aquarium here haha.</div>
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Strange-looking yellow stick fish haha</div>
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Arctic char</div>
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A small stringray...</div>
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A big stingray.</div>
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Lol sorry for these lame photo descriptions.</div>
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Super blubbery beluga whale</div>
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There was a wall of photos of rescued seals.</div>
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They all looked so adorable! They all have that puppy-eyes face *u*</div>
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And I found this photo to be especially cute hahaha</div>
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Me underneath some glass thing, looking like a bobble-head.</div>
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There was a frog section in the aquarium. Either I have horrible memory and not remember this part of the aquarium from before, or it's new, but either way, it was pretty cool.</div>
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These frogs were so pretty:</div>
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Fire-bellied toad</div>
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Ooooohhh. Frog eggs!</div>
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Look what I saw in the gift shop...</div>
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A fat ball-shaped penguin plush toy haha</div>
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Lol and this...</div>
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It cracked me up.</div>
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Anyway... apparently, there was supposed to be some sharks and rays event going on at the aquarium, but we couldn't find it. When we asked about it, they just said that the sharks and rays were kinda all over the place in different tanks. Wtf. That was such a disappointment. I wouldn't call that an "event" =_=. But aside from that, going to the aquarium was quite fun. Only if it wasn't raining haha.<br />
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On a side note... I finally did my nails! Tutorial next post =]Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-10821105603020533692013-02-25T22:07:00.001-08:002013-02-25T22:07:37.643-08:00Birthdays means foodIt was a food-filled weekend. Aside from eating out just because, there were two birthday parties so I felt like I did not stop eating the entire weekend. I ended up being so full that I was burping food back up hahaha (too much info?).<br />
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The first birthday dinner I went to was to celebrate <b>Rilifit</b>'s birthday.<br />
We had hotpot and sashimi and oh my gawd was I full X_X.<br />
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I really like this group pic and how it's like a fish-eye effect. Too bad not everyone was in it =(</div>
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One of my friends were eating sashimi like this... creative, no?</div>
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Some fish sashimi (I couldn't tell what was what lol) wrapped in beef sashimi.</div>
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Birthday cake!</div>
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I really love this photo. Everyone is laughing and so happy haha</div>
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A better one where we were ready... but couldn't fit everyone's faces D=</div>
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The one and only pic where no one was missing and no one was cut off haha</div>
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Happy birthday again, <b>Rilifit</b> XD</div>
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The next night was <b>Goose</b>'s birthday din.</div>
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Izakaya time at <b>Kingyo</b> =]</div>
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Pressed Mackerel Sushi</div>
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Tako-Wasabi</div>
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Pork Tempura</div>
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Stone-Grilled Beef Tongue</div>
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Chicken Karaage</div>
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Kingyo's Chashu Plate</div>
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Snow Crab Sushi? (Forgot the name)</div>
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There was also a Tuna Tataki and a Yaki-Udon and a rice but they were devoured before I remembered to take photos haha.<br />
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Group pic with the birthday <b>Goose</b>!</div>
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And one on a Polaroid =D</div>
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<br />Happy birthday, dear <b>Goose</b>!Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-65766938129791516572013-02-18T14:49:00.001-08:002013-02-18T14:49:14.559-08:00Girl's din + Failed almond cookies =(I went to dinner with two of my girl friends because we had this coupon for this restaurant that we have never even heard of lol!<br />
<br />I had a hard time trying to find the entrance to the restaurant because I didn't know it was inside a hotel =_=.<br />
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Anyway... started off the night with some camwhoring shots while we waited for the food.</div>
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Food's here!</div>
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By then, I was starving... and my stomach was hurting because I was so hungry...</div>
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First dish: Butter chicken =9</div>
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I wish it wasn't spicy though...</div>
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Fish & chips.</div>
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Honestly, this dish sucked. The batter was soggy and not crispy/crunchy at all.</div>
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Yam gnocchi =D</div>
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My fav out of the three dishes we ordered. Maybe it's because I'm a gnocchi fan.</div>
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Dinner was fun. I should go and use up my random coupons for all these places I have not been to so I can try all the different restaurants.<br />
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I found this recipe for almond cookies, so <b>K</b> and I baked (or attempted at baking) almond cookies for <b>Valentine's Day</b>...</div>
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Look at our sticky dough D= </div>
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If you ask me, I think the cookies turned out pretty nice-looking ;)</div>
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Unfortunately, they didn't have enough almond-ness and they didn't stay crunchy. I was so disappointed.</div>
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I am not sure if I just suck a baking or if it's the recipe's fault. Most likely the former, though haha.</div>
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Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-58080048259081787362013-02-10T21:16:00.001-08:002013-02-10T21:16:37.641-08:00New foodie adventures!I haven't been to any new restaurants to try new food for a while, excluding dine-out haha.<br />
So I was SO happy to have gone to these different restaurants the past two weeks =]<br />
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My friend brought me to this restaurant in Chinatown... and I cannot believe that no one has ever told me about this restaurant earlier! Their food was so good =9<br />
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I would tell you the name of the dishes, but since my friend ordered everything, I have no idea what the dishes are called haha. I didn't even look at the menu.<br />
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Here's some beef sashimi with a shit ton of cilantro on top (eww lol) but the beef was so good.</div>
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This was beef with rice and egg. Yum yum yum!</div>
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Deep-fried squid =D</div>
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Really yummy chicken wings with an <i>amazing</i> dipping sauce.</div>
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My friends suggested to go to this restaurant because they had late night specials... and that is what we did.<br />
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Camwhore before going out ;)</div>
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Okay... this is the <i>only</i> photo I have of the food from that restaurant.</div>
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It's salmon and beef carpaccio.</div>
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Why do I only have one photo of the food there?<br />
The food was tasty, yes. And the prices were good too since it was late-night... But the <b>service</b>... WOW. The service was mind-blowingly <b>bad</b>. Horrible!<br />
We were in that restaurant for <b>3 hours</b> because the service was so slow and they kept forgetting our order. One of our friends didn't even get his tea until our check came =_=.<br />
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While I was at the liquor store with my friend, we saw this <b>Yellow Tail Pink Bubbles</b> wine. It was so cute and pink and so we bought it to try haha.</div>
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I should have taken a photo of it before I teared away the pink wrapper...</div>
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The wine was a little pinkish in color too </div>
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We went to a Korean place called <b>Zabu Chicken</b> to try their chicken.</div>
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Look what it says on the menu:</div>
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Haha ignore the fobby English on there, but holy, the chicken has been deep fried <b>3 freakin times</b> to ensure that the chances of you getting a heart attack is increased significantly.</div>
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Here are the triple-fried chicken.</div>
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They tasted good, but not like <i>whoa</i> good.</div>
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Let's just say more beer and soju was ordered than the chicken haha. </div>
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I'm going to end the post with this funny advertisement I found in a flyer...</div>
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What better way to celebrate <b>Valentine's Day</b> than getting your boo a heart-shaped cucumber, hey?</div>
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First Dine Out was at <b>Copper Club</b>.<br />
I dined there with my lovely girl friends... unfortunately, all the photos we took of <i>us</i> have horrible lighting so no photos of faces, but enjoy the food porn ;)<br />
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"<b>Warm spinach salad Handpicked baby spinach, Canadian bacon, quail eggs, balsamic dressing</b>"</div>
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I was quite surprised at how big the salad was.</div>
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It was good, but the quail eggs tasted just like chicken eggs... Are there supposed to be any differences?</div>
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"<b>Crab & salmon Norwegian gravlax, crab salad, pea shoot nest, citrus aioli</b>"</div>
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I didn't try this because it has salmon. My friends said it was good, though.</div>
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"<b>Black cod Smoked Alaskan black cod, buttermilk whipped potato, seasonal vegetable, lychee salsa</b>"</div>
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The cod was really tasty and I really liked it with the lychee salsa.</div>
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The mashed potato was really dry though =( </div>
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"<b>Grilled banana Vanilla ice cream, wafer, brandy caramel</b>"</div>
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Omgosh. Delish.</div>
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"<span class="dineout-menu-field"><span class="dineout-value"><b>Farmhouse, flavor of the day cheesecake
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The second restaurant I went to was <b>Herons</b>.</div>
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"<span class="dineout-menu-field"><span class="dineout-value"><b>Vancouver Seafood Chowder
with mussels. clams. fennel. grapefruit</b>"</span></span></div>
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<span class="dineout-menu-field"><span class="dineout-value"> This didn't look very pretty but it was so good!</span></span></div>
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<span class="dineout-menu-field"><span class="dineout-value">Cod and butternut squash. Two things I love come together and became awesome. </span></span></div>
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<span class="dineout-menu-field"><span class="dineout-value">Haha... sorry but it tasted like meatloaf. </span></span></div>
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<span class="dineout-menu-field"><span class="dineout-value">Indeed, textures of chocolate because of the different components in the dish. This was so good, but so filling too. </span></span></div>
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And lastly, a group photo.</div>
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Them boys looking so sharp ;)</div>
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<br />Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-47056101641399491692013-01-31T23:07:00.000-08:002013-01-31T23:07:07.688-08:00Backing up stuff online*<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">ad</span></i><br />
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I am definitely a very sentimental person. I try to not delete anything if there is space to save everything. This includes things from photos on my computer to even messages on a phone I've had years ago. However, I am not very organized... and I tend to drop my electronics or forget my USBs in random places =(<br />
The most important thing to me are photos, though, because when I look through them, it's like a movie play-back and reliving all the great memories.<br />
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I've lost a ton of photos before because of my computers messing up on me and me losing memory cards from cameras... so this is what I have resorted to:<br />
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Piles of DVDs with photos in them lol!<br />
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Why did I not use an external hard-drive, you ask?<br />
I broke it =_=. I dropped it enough times for my computer to no longer recognize the external hard-drive anymore.<br />
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When I look through my old stuff on the internet... like old profiles and blogs, etc, everything is still there. (Of course, only if the hosts did not kill their sites). No need for USBs, CDs, external hard-drives. Everything I wrote, every photo I have uploaded, and every comment my friend posted... everything is there.<br />
Wouldn't it be nice if <i>everything</i> you wanted to save on your computer could be like that? Wouldn't it be nice if they were all saved securely online, accessible only to you whenever you want? You don't have to worry about losing the USBs, or the CDs/DVDs being too scratched...<br />
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Guess what? <a href="http://www.backblaze.com/" target="_blank">Backup solutions from Backblaze</a> is like that!<br />
They let you upload and store all the files you want online so you don't have to worry about losing anything precious.<br />
They do, however, charge a fee of $5/month (or $3.96/month if you buy 2 years right off the bat). My first reaction was... Eww. You have to <i>pay</i>? Psssh. I could just burn my photos onto my growing mountain of photo DVDs, or I could just store the stuff on my USBs.<br />
But you know what... DVDs only hold 4G, and even though USBs can hold much more than 4G of data, I tend to lose them because they are so small. When I think about all those photos and videos I lost when my computer went crazy on me, paying that $3.96 seems like nothing. It is totally worth it to pay the price of a cup of Starbucks each month to make sure your stuff (in my case, photos) will not be gone forever.<br />
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Are there any online backup services you guys use?<br />
If not, how do you store your stuff? (On DVDs and USBs like me?) =]Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-26596695462364710172013-01-22T14:13:00.001-08:002013-01-22T14:13:57.040-08:00Review: Face Q Ocean + Aloe MaskI got to try this <b>ocean + aloe</b> mask from <b>Face Q</b>, which (after reading some info on the brand) apparently is from the company who also makes <b>My Beauty Diary</b>.<br />
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Here is what the front of the cute mask package looks like:</div>
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And the back:</div>
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I was quite excited to try this because I am a fan of <b>My Beauty Diary</b> (MBD) products, + my skin has been a little dry lately because of the cold weather, so aloe must be good for it, right?<br />
So, here's my review on this product... <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Scent:</b></u></span><br />
This smelled really nice - like a fresh "watery" scent. Nothing too overwhelming and it's one of those scents where probably everyone is okay with having stuck under your nose for the 20 minutes you have this mask on.<br />
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<b>Size</b> - The size of the mask is much bigger than the masks from the MBD<b> </b>line. Because I have a small face, this mask was huge on me... I had about an inch on the sides just hanging out because I didn't want to get the serum onto my hair, and the extra length on could cover the entire underside of my chin til where my chin meets my neck.<br />
<b>Serum</b> - The serum is quite thin and watery-feeling compared to any other masks I've used. Usually, I feel like I am patting my face for what seems like forever to get my skin to absorb the rest of the serum after I pull off my masks, but the serum either got absorbed or evaporated very quickly with this product.<br />
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<b>What it claims to do</b> - "Face Q Ocean + Aloe Mask marine collagen mask full of water allows you
have instant access to the moisture to achieve a supple and smooth skin.
Enriched with aloe vera gel, its carefully woven fiber essence bears
more moisture and nourishment to skin, immediate improves the texture of
your skin, and creates skin clarity and translucency!"<br />
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<b>What I thought it did</b> - My skin felt moisturized. This mask really helped with the dryness during this cold weather. My skin did also feel a bit smoother after applying the mask, but I don't think it did much for creating skin clarity and/or translucency.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Verdict:</b></u></span><br />
The FaceQ masks are quite affordable, and from this experience, I'm likely to try out the other masks from this brand =]Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-16028849629540484072013-01-14T18:51:00.001-08:002013-01-14T18:51:23.264-08:00Turning a blondeHey guys! As promised in my last post, here are photos of my new hair color - I now have <b>short blonde hair</b>!<br />
The color turned out to be more yellowy than I wanted, but I am not too disappointed. <br />
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LOL now my hair is the same color as the gold hair on Mitten.</div>
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The color is closer to what I want in sunlight:</div>
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In room lighting, it tends to look more yellowy.</div>
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This is what my hair is like on the side in room lighting:</div>
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And this is what I look like with lots of liner and color contacts lol</div>
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I am pretty happy with how the overall result looks... the only thing I am worried about now is going to always having to deal with roots =(<br />
If the maintenance becomes too high, I may just dye it back to brown because I am lazy like that. Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-3639949202223857382013-01-13T14:45:00.000-08:002013-01-13T14:45:19.876-08:00Styling a very oversized sweater<b>Here's the story:</b><br />
I have purchased a few sweaters from <b>BCBG Max Azria</b> before, and their size <b>XXS</b> had always been okay for me. I saw their <b>Nevena sweater</b> and thought it was really cute to wear as a sweater dress (given my short height), so I bought it without trying it on. In fact, I was so confident that there would be nothing wrong with the fitting that I ripped off and threw away the tags before trying the sweater on. And guess what... SURPRISE! The sweater fits way too big on me. Congratulations =_=".<br />
I bought this back in either October or November but didn't wear it because it was too big on me. I tried to sell it back online but had no luck... Lacking the ability to sew, I took a gamble with the dryer haha.<br />
I threw the sweater in the dryer for a short amount of time, hoping it will shrink... and it did, but just a <i>tiny</i> bit. I was scared that if I let the dryer shrink it anymore, the whole shape of the sweater will change too, so I worked with what I got.<br />
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I finally decided to wear the sweater out, and this was how it looked on me:</div>
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It was still too big for me, but at least it was a little better than before.</div>
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The length was still a little longer than I'd like even though I wanted to wear it as a sweater dress.</div>
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So, I tried it on with a belt...</div>
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With the belt, the sweater was lifted a bit so the length was not as long.</div>
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Or... I can just wear a scarf to add more "detail" to the outfit.</div>
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It somehow distracts the eye and takes the attention off the size of the sweater.</div>
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Or... just wear a very distracting animal hat-scarf-mitten thing so no one will even be thinking about how big the sweater is...</div>
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I decided to go with the last option haha</div>
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Also,<b> camwhore time</b> with my bear hat-scarf-mitten thing.</div>
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Whoever came up with that idea to integrate a hat, scarf and mittens all in one is a genius.<br />
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Anyway, in case you are interested in the sweater, it is on sale now:<br />
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On another note... I am welcoming the new year with a new look (despite already chopping off my long hair a few months ago).<br />
I am now a <b>blondie</b> ;D<br />
Will post pictures in the next post!Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-79042112283793140612013-01-11T14:34:00.000-08:002013-01-11T14:34:16.790-08:00VanDusen Garden - Festival of LightsOops. I should have blogged about this a little earlier when it was closer to <b>Christmas</b> haha.<br />
The last two years, I have wanted to see the <b>Festival of Lights</b> at the <b>VanDusen botanical garden</b>, but didn't get a chance to go... Well, I finally got to go this year! And it was totally worth it =D<br />
<br />The admission may seem a little pricey, and you probably wouldn't want to go more than once since the garden is not really big, but once in the garden, you'll feel that it was worth the price.<br />
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves ;)<br />
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Look at all these glowing flowers!</div>
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They looked even more beautiful in real life.</div>
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Super happy camwhore shot =D</div>
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Pretty pretty lights everywhere!</div>
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Pink Christmas trees</div>
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This red tree looked so cool. And once again, look at those super pretty glowy flowers!</div>
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They had decorated gazebos throughout the garden too.<br />
Some of them had heaters inside so it was like a nice little place to warm up before walking some more.<br />
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This gazebo didn't have a heater, but it was so pretty...</div>
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The Festival of Lights event has ended now, but if you haven't been there, I recommend checking out the garden next year =]Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-709713953588860432013-01-09T23:47:00.002-08:002013-01-09T23:47:50.288-08:00Ricey's bday!Got made up and ready to go to one my dear friend's birthday dinner.<br />
Before heading out, camwhoring and goodbye kisses for <b>Mitten</b>!<br />
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More camwhoring with cats when I got to <b>Ricey</b>'s house.</div>
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<b>Mui mui</b> + me =]</div>
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@ the restaurant, while waiting for food =9</div>
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Burning off our calories with clubbing... although the drinks and shots probably totally cancelled out the calorie-burning haha.</div>
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I had a super fun time!<br />
Though I have to admit that I am probably getting too old... I felt like the music was piercing through me when I was in the club. My ears rang for the entire day the next day D=<br />
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Anyway...<br />
I had such an awesome time celebrating with this beautiful girl ;)<br />
<b>Happy birthday again, Ricey!</b>Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-3730341053840727122013-01-02T00:04:00.001-08:002013-01-02T00:04:28.377-08:00Nails: Black with Gold trimsJust a quick update before I head to bed.<br />
Here are my nails for NYE. I originally was going to do just black with a coat of gold glitter, but I saw a design similar to what I did online and I really liked it.<br />
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So here. Black with gold trims and glitter and bling =]</div>
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I was in a rush to head out to a party so these did not turn out as great as I thought (or maybe I just suck at doing these designs?)<br />
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Anyway, <b>happy 2013!</b><br />
<b>I hope you all have had a great start to the new year! </b>Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-54906194865018790072012-12-25T23:00:00.000-08:002012-12-25T23:00:07.462-08:002012 Christmas recap!First of all:<br />
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I can't believe <b>Christmas</b> is already here. I'm kinda sad that it's already the 25th today because I didn't want the holiday spirit everywhere to be gone =(<br />
Well, I'm going to recap my Christmas events this post... and because I'm jamming many days together, be <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>WARNED</b></span> that this post will be <u><span style="color: red;"><b>IMAGE-HEAVY</b></span></u>! (I already left out tons of pics I took over the holidays haha)<br />
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Here is our not-so-tree-shaped Christmas tree. Hahaha. Its shape is more like a yam than a tree...</div>
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But anyway... my mom and I decorated this tree with ornaments and bows =D</div>
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My mom tied these lovely bows with gift-wrap ribbon ;)</div>
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And here's the vase of red and white poinsettia that she is really proud of lol</div>
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The poinsettia were so glittery and super pretty *u*</div>
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I had leftover construction paper from a project and recycling them seemed like a waste, so I cut them up and made a snowman Santa with presents XD</div>
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I also cut up some snowflakes and I taped my creation onto our door:</div>
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My hand was shaking after all the cutting and gluing... I feel like I haven't done so much crafty things since high school.</div>
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I have always loved seeing the malls and the streets decorated during Christmas.</div>
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One of the malls had this huge Christmas tree at the entrance. It was so pretty!</div>
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This picture doesn't really show how big the tree was... maybe I should have stood beside it.</div>
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On my way home from downtown, I saw one of the centres there with this beautiful display: </div>
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Horned owl </div>
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I don't know my owls lol </div>
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White peacock </div>
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Those decorations were so pretty... I wanted to grab them and take them home haha.</div>
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Outside <b>Canada Place</b>, there were Christmas events going on too, but I didn't stop by to see the events because it was raining =( </div>
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But I did take a photo of the line of pretty Christmas trees there:</div>
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More mall decorations!</div>
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I really liked this Christmas tree: </div>
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They even had these cute dolls with the display.</div>
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To be honest, I thought the dolls didn't look very Christmas-y, but hey, they were cute so who cares. </div>
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The first thing that came to mind when I wanted to do something festive... was to paint my nails haha!</div>
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Here they are: Tri-color super glittery Christmas nails.</div>
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I wish you could see how glittery they really are through photos =(</div>
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My friends and I went to check out the German Christmas market.</div>
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They had lots of neat little things and foods to try... but everything was so freakin <b>expensive</b>.</div>
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$50 for a 2-inch little figure... what? Okay, fine. Maybe they were hand-crafted, hand-painted, one-of-a-kind kind of thing, so I guess maybe that is acceptable.</div>
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However, the food there was so crazily over-priced! We still purchased the food, though, because we were hungry and it was like a "once in a blue moon" kinda thing since we probably won't be coming back lol. </div>
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Cool apple dessert things: </div>
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I bought one to try. It was an apple stuffed with apricot and almonds with a creamy sauce.</div>
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(If you are wondering why the apple is glowing, it is because I put this pic through an app to make myself look nicer LOL, and it just so happens that it made the apple really bright.) </div>
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Here's what the apple looks like when it isn't glowing.</div>
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Looks tasty, no? =] </div>
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There was also German pasta.</div>
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It looks so interesting. We bought a bowl to try and let me say that it was not worth it. It cost around $9 and it was a tiny little bowl and sorry, but the taste was definitely not worth $9.</div>
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Don't know what has gotten into us... we kept buying and trying more foods despite the prices.</div>
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Beer - $7</div>
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Were they worth that price? Nope. </div>
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Woohoo! Giant gingerbread people at the market!</div>
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And then a little quality girl-talk time while baking with <b>K</b> and <b>X</b>.</div>
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Look at the cookies... I think they look like a grade 4's art project lol </div>
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Something a little less art-project-like... red velvet cupcakes! </div>
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The first party I went to this holiday was actually a birthday party.</div>
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I must say that it is a really small world - bumping into people you already know XP </div>
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Hahaha... I came across this at a skytrain station.</div>
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A group of clowns singing... I don't know if they were singing Christmas carols though, because I couldn't understand what they were singing lol </div>
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Then... one day, I wake up to this:</div>
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It was snowing like crazy and everything was covered with snow just overnight.</div>
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I couldn't even get to work that day. </div>
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And of course, there was an awesome Christmas party with awesome people ^_^</div>
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Me and awesome lady! </div>
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Too bad she had to leave early =(</div>
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This was my absolute favorite photo of the night... maybe even my favorite photo of any Christmas party photos I have ever taken.</div>
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We don't look amazingly gorgeous, but I love how it shows our silly friendship! </div>
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I am going to end the post with a pic of this really cute gift bag I saw:</div>
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Chillin' with my snowmies. Haha.</div>
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<b>Merry Christmas, everyone!</b></div>
Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-69100951736937690062012-12-06T19:39:00.001-08:002012-12-06T19:39:08.010-08:00Photo Journal 4I know!... I am so horrible for updating so little, but that will change... because <b>tomorrow is my last final</b>! Yay!<br />
Then I can start enjoying the holiday =D (Aside from work, of course.)<br />
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To be honest, I have not done much this entire term because I was so home-bound thanks to school. I am actually quite proud of how I was able to discipline myself enough to go to classes instead of skipping to chill with my friends ;)<br />
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To start off my photo journal of not many events, here's a camwhore pic of me ;D</div>
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It was my second last time volunteering at the middle school I had to complete hours at in order to get credit for a course.</div>
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The kids there are either the same height as me or taller lol!</div>
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So every time I go to that middle school, I couldn't dress casually... or I'd look like one of the students D=</div>
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While grocery shopping, I saw that these apple crisps things that I love were on sale, so I grabbed two boxes XD</div>
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I also saw a box of snacks with that cute bunny wrapping paper, so I grabbed that too... Unfortunately, when I tried the treats inside, they tasted quite disgusting.</div>
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Speaking of disgusting...</div>
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We were given samples of this new product to try at work. Guess what it is...</div>
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It's a frozen persimmon stuffed with vanilla ice cream. I did not like it at all lol.</div>
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And this is how I spent my weekend... at <b>Ikea</b>.</div>
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I went to Ikea with Jackie while waiting to pick up our car, and we found this huge mouth plushie lol!</div>
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Then I saw this display...</div>
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Don't those look like gigantic popcorn hanging on top the bed?</div>
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They were blankets =_=. Why someone thinks it is a good idea to hang blankets like that on top of your bed is beyond me. What if one becomes loose and drops on your face while you're sleeping? Hahaha</div>
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On a random afternoon, I brought Jackie to try this niche Japanese restaurant called <b>Gyo-O</b>.</div>
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This was his sashimi salad bowl.</div>
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And my garlic seafood ramen!</div>
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It could have used more garlic though...</div>
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Cozying up with <b>Mitten</b> at night.</div>
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He is growing so fast! So fast that he makes a good pillow now XD</div>
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While I was working my ass off on one of my projects, <b>Mitten</b> decided that it'd be a good idea to make my posters into his playground lol.<br />
He ended clawing so many little holes in my poster, but I couldn't get mad at him because he's too cute.<br />
I guess that's his revenge for me resting my head on him while he was sleeping.<br />
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Tomorrow is <b>Friday</b>!<br />
And like I said, my last exam is tomorrow... I can't wait for everything to be done with! I didn't even have time for shopping therapy and some of my clothes have mysteriously gone missing D=<br />
It's shopping time after exams XDKiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113207046209567485.post-11913701713795183662012-11-21T22:58:00.000-08:002012-11-21T23:05:17.779-08:00Black Bridesmaids Dresses*<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>ad</i></span><br />
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I have not been to a lot of weddings - only two, to be exact, excluding the ones that I went to when I was a kid... But from watching TV shows and seeing photos of other people's weddings, I noticed that I don't see bridesmaids in black dresses. Both weddings I've gone to, the brides had requested that we do not wear black too.<br />
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Hmm... I'm assuming it is a "luck" thing, especially for Chinese people. How unfortunate, because who doesn't look good in a little black dress?<br />
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Look at this one:</div>
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This dress is so pretty!</div>
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Because I have never looked into <a href="http://www.weddingtonway.com/shop/bridesmaid-dresses.html/view/color_group/black" target="_blank">black bridesmaids dresses</a> (because I never had a quest to search for one), I never realized how flattering they looked haha. I think it would look pretty cool if the bride wore a flashy color standing next to her bridesmaids in their <a href="http://www.weddingtonway.com/shop/bridesmaid-dresses.html/view/color_group/black" target="_blank">black bridesmaids dresses</a>. The bride would stand out like BAM!, and the bridesmaids would all look super chic and sexy in little black dresses ;D<br />
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Anyway... sorry <i>again</i> for the slow updates. I can barely breathe will school assignments piled up to my neck. Once the week is over, I'll have some breathing room again. Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955473687044160907noreply@blogger.com0