LuvergalViv

love is in the air!

2011-02-15T01:54:00.002+08:00

just a quick pixlog on Michael's VALENTINE'S DAY MARRIAGE PROPOSAL to Melyssa.

the setting.

100ballons, hundreds of candles, fire fountain, kl night backdrop and 'nothing's gonna change my love for you' playing in the background.

the groom on his knees and the touched bride crying.
the sight of it just melts my heart. i bet the other girls also teared a lil.

honestly i would never have imagined Gsix fire fountain, where people usually pass out drunk and vomit their guts out at, be transformed into such a romantic setting.

'would you marry me?'

how more romantic does it get? everybody say awwwwhhhh~

*gushes*

CONGRATULATIONS MELYSSA and may god bless your marriage and life =)

the gorgeous bride to be, and me, the jealous helpless romantic.

now seriously if ever someone were to propose to me, this is the kind of proposal i want =)

dont worry mr valentine bear, the day will come.
goodnite all and happy valentine's day. <3>

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

2011-02-03T07:51:00.006+08:00

excuse the lack of updates.

nothing much. most of the days i just stay home. munch cookies. overdose mandarin oranges. make dinners. watch tv. online. got desktop's hard disk burnt. sleep.

go out for pathetic shopping. toy poodle hunt. doing chores. drink. eat again. and get fat. which i would later cry over and spend the next three months TRYING to lose it.

had reunion dinner yesterday. just 5 of us. a simple steamboat at home. glad that although things are still rough, at least we had our last dinner of the year together.

dont know when will be the next.

went out for firecrackers around midnight. neighbour's dog was scared to shit. literally. on me while i was carrying it. FML.

been up whole night. cant sleep. sometimes i pass out for half a day on the bed, other times i just cant even get myself to fall asleep.

going to grandma's in three hours time. which you would not look forward to when you have mean aunties who go on and on about how fat you are, how ugly you are, how stupid you are.

okay fine. im not much of a chinese new year person. in fact this year, there is no spirit whatsoever at all. but still, happy chinese new year all.

get fat. get rich. and be happy =)

leave you with my current song obsession.

DOGS ARE NOT PUNCHING BAGS!

2011-01-24T18:45:00.009+08:00

sorry for the long hiatus. i just had to blog right now while my emotions are still raw about the video of an idiotic bastard abusing a little poodle which sparked much outrage on facebook.

watch it HERE

viewers discretion advised. violence and inhumane abuse involved.

TO: all ignorant future dog owners, irresponsible dog owners, dog lovers, dog haters, and everybody who has or does not have a heart.

DOGS ARE NOT MEANT TO STAND ON TWO LEGS

why the hell is he getting angry because the dog cannot stand straight? of course it cant. thats why they were born with four legs instead of two you idiot. showdogs can because they are well trained professionally and even so, not long periods of unnatural standing. if you cannot train your dog yourself, dont. this is why they have obedience schools and professional dog trainers.

DOGS ARE NOT PUNCHING BAGS.

idiots just dont get it. we all get angry and frustrated especially when the dog doesnt behave. learn how to train your dog properly and talk to him. it helps, really! go get a real punching bag to release your rage. or try boxing yourself that way in your balls. maybe that'll help. c'mon, its just a little dog. who is also trying VERY VERY HARD to please his owner.

REAL MEN DO NOT ABUSE WEAKER BEINGS

does it make you a bigger man by punching a small dog repetitively, hearing it squeal begging for its life and throwing it onto the wall across the room? having ugly disoriented cheap tattoos and golden streaks in your hair doesnt either. why dont you be a real man and pick someone your size. or try doing that to an adult doberman or golden retriever and not be bitten to death.

DOGS ARE NOT FOR LOSERS

this video makes me so upset and angry all over again about why losers would get dogs in the first place if they cant even fucking take care of themselves. by watching the video alone, you'll conclude that he is a 'chao ah beng' living in a smelly rented room, sleeps on cheap mattress on the cardboard floor, unorganized and has crap all over the room.

CHAO AH BENG CANNOT AFFORD DOGS

you cannot even afford to buy yourself a cupboard or a proper bed and still live in a dumpster. what makes you think you can afford a dog? its not just about the initial thousand dollars to buy the puppy. its a continuous outflow stream of hundreds per month depending on how much you can afford. oh wait. you cant.

DOGS ARE NOT DOLLAR BILL FACTORIES

a lot of owners dont get it. one of the reasons why toytoy love is still a virgin boy is because i am trying to play my part as a responsible dog owner. most owners and breeders only want to make money out of their dogs by selling puppies regardless of whether it gets a proper home or not. this is the mother of all evils and the reason for strays and abuse. unless you are sure that puppies will be cared for by loving people, dont breed them and let them stray or be sold to irresponsible owners.

HAVING A DOG IS A HUGE DECISION

it is almost like having a child. make conscious decisions weighing all pros and cons before actually doing it. i did not have such a privilege to think it over because toytoy love was a gift. but i never regretted having and keeping him even against the odds. but then, please dont present puppies as gifts. buy a wii set, an iphone or a bag instead. puppies should not be gifts without proper discussion, thought and full commitment.

DOGS ARE MORE THAN JUST A CUTE FACE

they require constant care, hardwork and love, not to mention a lot of money. if you want a cutie pie who never poops, barks, or jumps on you, get a soft toy instead. they will be dogs. they will make mistakes. it doesnt give you the right to abuse it or give him away.

GIVING UP SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION

once you have a dog, giving it away should not be an option. until and unless, you are desperate and have tried ALL means, being forced to the brim, and SURE that it'll have a better home who can make it happy, DONT. if you are only going to keep the dog for your selfish reasons and subject it to abuse and neglect, you should burn in hell. together with that asshole.

*******

fuhhh. i feel so much better now. i know toytoy love will be proud of mummy also. he's at the pet hotel right now, very much loved and pampered because groomers there adore him as much as i do. and i miss him like mad.

end this saddening post of rants with happy pictures of toytoy. i hope the little poodle's suffering will end soon. please kill the asshole if you happen to see him. dogs are not punching bags.

dogs are our best friend =)

GluttonViv

2011-01-19T22:32:00.000+08:00

cherry dress for dimsum lunch.
sleepless nights are so evident on my face, even a cake of foundation and concealer cannot hide =( massive eyebags and bad tired skin. sigh.

French Onion soup at Fridays. again excuse the tired face.

i've been eating SO MUCH lately. going through my usual phrase of yoyo dieting.

overeating - guilt and regret-
extreme dieting- disappointment and temptation-
depression and sleeplessness-
back to overeating again

FML.

Ikea Meatballs, Banana muffin, Ham&Cheese sandwich.
i seriously that Ikea's meatballs quality have deteriorated terribly. i used to be crazy over it. now its dry disgusting and bleh.

Ikea Salmon, Chicken Leg
mehh.

Kiku Zakura udon
overpriced. salty. and disgusting.

Fridays' Mac n Cheese
Fridays' Sirloin Steak and Salmon linguine

Secret Recipe's Blueberry Cheesecake and Chocolatebanana

Orange Almond cake@ Alexis

Alexis pumpkin Ravioli and passionfruit tea.

now you know that it takes THREE MONTHS to actually lose SOME weight
but only THREE DAYS to gain it all back, AND MORE.

last picture of me shamelessly nom-ing on caramel popcorn

oh i watched The Tourist. very much reminded me of Angelina's other movie, Salt.
mafia- villain/ undercover agent- action movie- twisted storyline
mehh.

abrupt end. i have no motivation to blog anymore.
gonna lie on the couch munch chocolates and sulk.

fucking insomnia ate my soul.

confessions of a shopaholic

2011-01-17T22:16:00.006+08:00

weekend shopping got a lil out of hand.

keep me away from malls until i actually wear everything in my closet.

but.. but..these are not even for cny fml =(

yes you read it right. tshirt on the right says i <3 my boyfriend LOL!

too bad. your life sucks

2011-01-15T03:34:00.001+08:00

just came back from a really spontaneous friday night out for live band and red wine at GSF.

my life is becoming so mundane lately that i just HAD to go out for drinks before i rot and grow mushrooms at home pffftt.

life is so fucked up at the moment because this whole insomnia thing and mood swings are killing me slowly.

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on a random note, i find it quite amusing when people post about their imaginary outings.

why would you tweet or update fb saying that you're out shopping or clubbing when you are really at home rolling in bed bored out of your mind and wishing you really were having a great day/night out?

geez. are you that desperate? pathetic much.

i dont know if i should feel sorry for them that their life sucks so bad that they had to make up imaginary outings and events, or should i be mean and rub salt to their wound by popping their lil bubble and embarrassing them?

seriously, get a life. pretending you have one doesnt count.

quickie

2011-01-13T18:37:00.004+08:00

just a quickie cause aircon is dripping water wtf pissing me off and i've got 10 pages company law assignment which is due tomorrow AND i've not even started fml. leave you with my current song obsession.

this song is da bomb. strong techno beats with amazing chorus. the kind of song you would wanna drink and get high to, switch off the lights, blast the music on your speakers max and fuck...uhm...i meant, DANCE like there was no tomorrow. =)

drunk party girl photoshoot: part two

2011-01-11T06:33:00.003+08:00

6.36am and i still have not slept.

thanks to fucking insomnia yesterday and stupid Baileys' which made falling asleep even more difficult, i finally fell asleep around 8am, and overslept monday classes.

now i have no idea how in the world am i going to survive 8fuckin hours of classes later. damnit tuesdays.

enough with rants, im just going to post part two of the pictures of my photoshoot.

part two are mostly of emo pictures.

because this is exactly how i feel right now.
half drunk. pissed. tired. depressed. and soul-less.

#10

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oh and btw, i hope you guys like my new header because i really do! stay tuned for part three, of the 'prettier' and less emo pictures.

fuck this insomnia. can i please fall asleep already damnit? =(

drunk party girl photoshoot (sneak preview)

2011-01-10T00:36:00.007+08:00

it's been a busy weekend but i just HAVE to blog right now!

remember i mentioned about a photoshoot?

it was actually a shoot for a fundraiser with the theme of a tired hungover party girl. i finally got the pictures and they turned out really really good!!! i loved the outcome of it and i hope you guys do too!!!

i'm still looking through the pictures but meanwhile, here's a quick sneak preview!

one of my favs =)

there are tons more to come so do stick around!! =D

meanwhile, do check out their website HERE, and HERE. do support them because they are really awesome!

thanks to the photographers Denise and Alisya. and also to Andrea, Sarah and FennLing. you guys rock!!

how coffee fucks me up.

2011-01-06T06:08:00.007+08:00

it's like 6.17am right now and i am still awake. thanks very much coffee. you fuck me up. i'm crazy tired but i cant sleep. my heart is pounding like mad. all kinds of nonsense going through my head. its raining now no wonder my back, neck and knees ache. am i getting old? ohno. i am not even 21 yet i dont want to die. oh wait i do.

gah, i have a ton of things to do and worry about. my emotions are overwhelming. i am having bad feeling about things. i cant get started on my assignments. insomnia makes me ramble rubbish. i need somebody to talk to but i am the only person in the world who is awake. i am stoned. i need another drink. i want to sleep goddamnit why was i such a smarty pants to have coffee in the first place.

okay i need to calm down. i am hungry now fml.

i wanna have loklok =(

i am simply going through my recent photos in hopes that pictures of food will suppress my crazy cravings.

toytoy love is asleep on my bed and i dont wanna wake him up though i really need to pee. dogs are light sleepers and i love him to the bits.

sigh. i miss my equally vain soulmate love like mad =(

make me laugh. i am depressed over coffee. seriously.

"okay drama queen knock it off. "
"it's not me, blame the coffee."

i just love how blonde and happy i look in this picture.

-out.

run me down

2011-01-05T22:02:00.004+08:00

i'm fuckin upset with how everything is becoming. i'm trying to solve this tangled mess here. can you please just stop acting like a kid and saying stupid things out of your anger and resentment? it pisses me off because it is hurtful. you think you're the only one who's suffocated, tired and upset with this broken family? argh. fuck it. since you want a way out, fine. everyone should just die.

i'm fine being lonely ever after with my one love.

christmas and new year at a glance.

2011-01-04T03:13:00.000+08:00

before i forget, my sidebar does not seem to appear. do you guys see it though?

i actually promised myself i'll not update/ online until i finish my assignments but fml here i am. just a quick glance of my christmas and new year before it gets so overdued, chucked in a corner and forgotten completely.

christmas eve at times square.

other than the fact that i usually go for christmas countdowns, i dont actually celebrate christmas. no turkey-and-champagne dinner or gift exchange. my life sucks like that i know.

but L got me a Ralph Lauren set and a Guess bracelet AND made me feel like an asshole because....

uhm...

well, because i really am. =.=

For him.

woohoo. i look tall =)

just a quick pixlog of the second half of my Christmas eve, since the first half before countdown was spent working. so yeah.

outfit of the day. tight red tube dress with lace trimmings and lace back =)

guess who was my christmas date?

...
..
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my one and only irene love =)

my drinking buddies came over to countdown at gsix but because i was busy working before midnight, by the time i was free, some of them left already =(

that peace sign is not my finger. i dont do lala peace signs tqvm.

more camwhoring with xmas hats. it only happens once a year what.

oh dont be fooled by her innocent looks =)

...
..
.

*party like a rock star*

*put your hands up in the air*

hahaha lala peace sign wtf.

crap it was supposed to be a group picture but i unintentionally cut off everyone and focus on my irene love only =.=

May, on the left. drinking buddy from 2008. oh how time flies =)

my soulmate love, i'm glad i found you too =)

and i wanna rock the rest of my life with you because you complete me! muahhh~

New year Eve.

casual outfit of the day.

last dinner of 2010 at The Spread, Gardens Residences.

the buffet spread was not very extensive, good enough though. a lil overpriced for the published rate of rm168 per pax, if you ask me. but then again it's hotel standard so yeah.

i chose gravlax, smoked salmon and raw scallops as starters.

soup as appetizers. wild mushroom on the left and crabroe-sea cucumber on the right.

my rojak platter of sashimi, pasta & broccoli salad, cold mushrooms, roasted lamb and prime beef ribs with cranberry sauce =)

raw lobster, oyster and mussels on the left
french desserts and cakes on the right yum.

more desserts FML. sesame ice cream with nuts, cakes, cookies and dried fruits.

okay my diet fail completely la fml. aih. i'm such a sucker for buffets. =(

spent new year eve working. exactly like last year. but i did not even sell half the amount of bottles i managed to sell last year fml. this year though, i did not get to watch the fireworks from the timber deck. =( i have always had a soft spot for fireworks as it always makes me all mushy teary romantic inside.

2010 passed with a blink of eye.

it had not been the best year because lots of shit happened. accidents, betrayal, departures, and responsibilities all came at once. but it made me stronger and a happier person. i hope 2011 would be better =)

i ushered in the new year of 2011 with the release of hundreds of balloons, people cheering and confetti blast in the club.

WOOOOTTTSS!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!!

slacking off and enjoying new year celebration with Mini =)

i'm not gonna bother with new year resolutions. because i dont stick to them anyway fml. but i will TRY to be a better, happier, stronger and more matured person.

happy new year again! *hugs and kisses*

goodnight all =) i'm super lazy to go back to classes tomorrow sigh.

the eve of The Eve

2010-12-31T05:43:00.004+08:00

it's 5.48am and i just got home after a long night out and a hot bath. just gonna quickly upload some pictures of tonight before hitting the sheets because i doubt i'll be updating soon. *aiks*

definitely wonderful that even after a WHOLE YEAR of absence, Cocobanana managers still know me BY MY NAME!!!

eat that hah! =)

oh. night was partly ruined by the fact that drug enforcement officers came and raid the place around midnight. the music stopped and i was telling irene that i hope it isnt a raid and BOOM, they started to announce loudly that they were from drug enforcement and everybody was to surrender our ICs. fuck.

this picture was taken while we were waiting for our turn for the urine test. which we did not do in the end because it took forever, so we just 'tricked' our way out of the club. fuckourlives. suay till like this ish.

dont worry though. we're both fine. continued drinking outside while the raid went on inside, until club resumed operations around 1.30am. we had a great night nevertheless =)

Irene <3>

oops. flash overload.

it was great to go back to where a huge chunk of my memories belong, to bump into and talk to friends who reminded me of the bittersweet past. time really flies. there'll always be a hint of bitterness, but what is past, is past. moving into 2011 tonight and i hope it holds better things for the future, and for the people i love =)

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!!

efficient update!

2010-12-30T01:58:00.000+08:00

broadband is being super nice to me today so i decided to quickly update about my day before my blog becomes dead and nobody comes anymore =(

denim skirt and sneakers for wednesday =)

lunch at Zun Express@ EuYanSang LG Midvalley

nom nom. really good healthy nourishing soup for the day =) i had dried scallop with lean meat yums. why cant i make soup which taste as good instead go out and pay 12 bucks for a tiny bowl wtf.

excuse the bare face. skin needs to breathe. okay i'm just super lazy.

and btw i dont photoshop my pictures anymore because i'm working on laptop now instead of desktop, and i dont spend as much time in front of the computer like i used to in ipoh. its almost impossible to photoshop on laptop (without mouse) and for some reason photoshop cannot be installed on mac? fml. so yeah.

anyway, i've been having such a sweet tooth lately and went for pancakes at the best pancake parlour in town =D

Paddington House of Pancakes <3

while waiting patiently for pancakes =)

our pancakes =)

god so fuckin sinful. diet completely fail fml.

went grocery shopping in ColdStorage.

i seriously need to start writing shopping lists and sticking to it already. i'm so fickle minded and easily influenced by EVERYTHING. i walk through ALL the aisles and want everything, and i'll end up buying tons of things i dont need which will end up in the garbage later fml really.

time to sleep d =) goodnight all. end post with picture of me from Christmas night.

wayyyyyy before i got wasted fml =D

xiulailai tuesday

2010-12-30T00:51:00.001+08:00

woke up past noon and went for lunch with L, then, photoshoot with the girls, which went quite well i suppose. look forward to see the pictures! *squeals*

I CANT WAIT! =D

oh and notice the different make up =) cat eyes woots!

spent the rest of the afternoon running some errands. which explains the bystanders and people nearby in my camwhore shots.

went to Gardens later and window shopped a bit. LaSenza never fail to make girls (or men) happy =)

settled down in Alexis alone for tea, though it was dinner time already =)

see the little rose made from serviette in the picture below?

that's from their waiters who had nothing better to do than to flirt. oh. and that was because they thought i was Filipino wtf.

seriously? i dont look all chinese i know. most people would mistaken me for malay/mixed due to my tanned skin, but Filipino, really?

excuse me hor, but Filipino girls in Msia are mostly maids who hang out in obnoxious groups who talk loudly, have terrible sense of cheap fashion, wear cakey foundation and gaudy lipstick, carry fake Gucci bags, speak horrible english with their native accent AND definitely wont be having tea in bistros.

so leave me alone and go flirt with your Filipino girls wtf brainless fuckers.

ANYWAY...

passion fruit tea and honey. Tiramisu cake.

the tea was great with honey and had a very sweet scent. the cake was just heavenly and very sinful with almond and nuts topping, chocolate flakes in between layers and the raspberry sauce on the sides =D

Filipino ftl.

after almost two hours of stoning in Alexis, Mini came and we went shopping for mattress topper which turned out to cost almost a thousand bucks, the price for a good night's sleep wtf. a perfect bed is made of a good durable mattress for ultimate support, comfortable feather mattress toppers, soft (or hard) pillows according to individual preference, luxury sateen sheets of high thread count, AND warm silky smooth comforters.

now you know why luxury hotel beds are SUPER COMFY and cost a bomb!!

if you have been to Midvalley's jusco's bedding section, you would know what i mean by HAVE to eat their asam laksa. the spicy sourish aroma sets you craving for it like mad from afar. once you sit down and sip the first of the asam soup base, you'll know you want another bowl.

THIS IS HOW GOOD IT IS.

oh crap. just looking at this picture itself makes me hungry again wtf.

shopped till the shops closed and went to sunway for some drinks with Mini <3

we had a bottle of House wine at Borneo Rainforest.

CYT Chardonnay from Chile.
Fruity and delicate, with notes of herbs, tropical fruits and vanilla. Fresh balanced and refreshing with a little sweetness and long-lasting flavour.(Google '10)

it was really good. very refreshing, smooth with tad bit of sweetness. i made a mental note to myself to look for it next time at the wine cellar. until i saw the price for it online just now.

£5.25 or approx rm25 wtf.
which we paid rm150 for fml.

oh right. remember Malaysia has the 2nd highest duty on alcohol IN THE WORLD? the first was Norway. hello government, do you by now realize already that increasing the taxes does NOT discourage people from drinking or smoking but leads to lots of smuggling and bigger issues like black market alcohol and drugs or not??

CHEERS.

mua.

mini love

the love for leopard printed sexiness =)

front row table woots =)

we were walking to Alive to join the girls when we saw LOK LOK OMGGG!!!!

i was like the happiest girl then cause i'm a super huge fan of lok-lok, especially after drinks!!! the piping hot savoury goodness to cap off the alcohol. perfect.

grabbed a few sticks, sat down, ate and talked for almost an hour. was feeling dead tired by then instead of Alive already, decided to go straight home =)

and i had a full hour hot bath before going to bed. oh the good life. =D

quickie

2010-12-27T23:47:00.003+08:00

i slept for 18hours today! fuh. head hurts like mad and i dont know how i'm going to sleep tonight. fml.

i had a so-so Christmas.

spent the first half of the Eve working and when the clock struck midnight, i missed the countdown and nearly sprained my ankle. fml. spent the second half of the night partying away and feeling like an asshole due to some stupid reasons. woke up with a hangover and getting upset with KL traffic, impossible search for parking and the insane amount of people in Times Square.

intended to go for Christmas dinner, which did not happen in the end because we were stuck in almost 3hours of massive jam that we had to skip that altogether wtf. i got so wasted from drinking on an empty stomach. that i didnt even realize my phone's back cover and battery fell apart. thus, no pictures of christmas until i get a new cover or a new phone altogether. and broadband's being such an asshole. sigh.

at least there's photoshoot tomorrow for me to look forward to =) until then, enjoy the last of 2010 and happy new year!

imma be your wildest santarina!

2010-12-23T12:06:00.001+08:00

i was a 'kelefeh' santarina last year, which also happens to be the first day i started working in Gsix. boy, its been a year already?

i wanna play dress up again this year!!!

LOOI IRENE DO YOU HEAR ME?!? WE'LL BE DOUBLE TROUBLE EVIL TWINS AND PAINT THE CITY RED!

nehhh. i'm just kidding bout the blog title =) i got your attention though didnt i?

oh and in case any of you were wondering, this piece costs freggin rm129 and i'm too kiamsiap to buy it for myself and to wear it once only wtf. please please tell me where to get cheap and nice costume at this last minute??

and MERRY XMAS YA'ALL!!!

i just had sex

2010-12-23T03:52:00.001+08:00

I just had sex
And it felt so good
I wanna let me put my penis inside her
I just had sex
And I’ll never go back
To the not having sex ways of the past

[you should know by now that its the lyrics to the most WTF song of the year.]

seriously? got nothing better to sing about other than how awesome breaking your virginity is? and also to reinstate male chauvinism and imply women are toys?

"we wanna thank you all for letting us fuck you"

*faints*

oh you got to be kidding me. *rolls eyes*

i cant believe blake lively and jessica alba actually stared in the video with those exaggerated expressions. their classiness and femininity all down the drain.

can kesha or alicia come up with a song to remind the men of their duties of pleasuring us women to multiple orgasms or not?

pfffttt.

on a completely unrelated note, its kind of funny how a few people from my past whom i have not spoken to since high school, all came to me at once. what is this? reminiscence season? seriously, whats the point of apologizing and talking about things which i can barely remember of, from more than four years ago? it doesnt change anything does it?

let the bygones be bygones.

i had 4hours of sleep last night and sprung awake at 9am to get ready to go out.and i managed to take some nice pictures of myself before leaving for breakfast.

the sun was shining directly into my room, the lighting was just perfect.

dont even need to photoshop and touch up my pictures! *happy* no wonder they say morning sunlight is good. =)

what. six pictures only leh. i took like 50 frames of pictures which look relatively the same and got so fed up of looking at my own facial expressions so simply randomly upload them wtf =.=

so much for narcissism.

had breakfast with mum and met up with brother for lunch and catching up fragments of what we missed out from each others life for the past half a year.

ooh. and they have 'Each a Cup' in Ipoh now! *squeals*

brother <3

so unfair wtf he inherits all daddy's awesome physical traits. high angmoh nose, structured jaw, nice eyes and everything lah. ish. i inherit his skin problems and mum's button nose =(

luckily got makeup and photoshop to save me =.=

i spent the rest of the evening shopping alone. the thing about fashion and i, is that i'm always behind fashion. when something is in trend, i will appreciate it what more wear them. when they are out already, only i'll start to see how gorgeous such ensembles are, and search high and low for them. fml really.

loot for the day!

gotta go pack already. back to the city tomorrow! *woots!*

xiaxue curls

2010-12-22T01:42:00.003+08:00

remember xiaxue's post on how to curl your hair the easy way minus the ultra-damaging-effect-of-thonging-hair?

well. i tired it after much procrastination =)

except that i did not tie the 'buns' with scrunchies. instead i just tucked the ends neatly under the layers;

and i did not leave them overnight. i removed the buns after 2 hours and

VOILA!

*excuse the bare face*

after fluffed out :

i suppose the results were quite alright for a first try. my curls did not last very long and the ends were not as nice as i want them to be but then again,

but there's always a second try =)

go try it girls super simple and the results are kickass!

update as promised

2010-12-20T03:40:00.001+08:00

oh, before i forget, i am

FINALLY ON TWITTER.

late i know.

i was actually hoping it would die off quickly like the whole myspace and plurk mania. T___T but apparently its not going to budge. as they say, if you cant beat em, join em. peer pressure wtf.

please, do follow me,

LuvergalViv

so i know who to follow

because i dont know who's on twitter and who's not.

the amount of snacks/fat food on dining table which mummy brought back from Korea seducing me. ish.

*closes eyes and walks away from it all*

i know i promised to come up with something good/controversial by tonight to bribe traffic but here i am apologizing if i made any of you wait/disappointed because this is just gonna be a meaningless empty post.

i cant seem to think of anything. at the moment, everything seems overwhelming because its been only three days since i launched this blog publicly and people dropping by has increased by leaps and bounds.

thankyou i really appreciate it. =)

but the thing is that it had made me so freaking obsessed with the statistics and amount of uniques. i find myself refreshing my stats every now and then, and get super stressed if less people drop by at a certain time. and stressing myself with how to increase the traffic and shit like that. sigh.

maybe i do have mild obsessive compulsive disorder. except that my obsessions flicker like a candle in the wind. *wtf poetic*

*chill viv chill*

*breathe in and out*

i just discovered this stupid game. i think i went on it like a thousand times just to find out how many types of berry(s) there are and how to achieve a certain berry category. =.=

okay.

enough with ramblings. i have this tendency to talk too much /verbal diarrhea when it gets late. please dont get freaked out and do come again =)

goodnight and sweet dreams all, xoxo.

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IPOH mali!

2010-12-19T18:29:00.004+08:00

fuhhh.

*wipes sweat off forehead*

what i thought would JUST be an early morning dimsum fix at Ipoh's infamous FohSan

turned out to be a whole day of:

hiking Gua Tempurung,

'roti' chicken lunch in Kampar,

historical Kellie's Castle visit,

eggtarts with original Ipoh coffee at NamHeong,

AND salted chicken for dinner!!

i've never felt so much of an "Ipoh-girl" right up till today. but definitely a nice change from my usual hungover Sundays.

off to shower. i need to cook something up to piss people off and bribe traffic for tonight =D

come back again later okay?? xoxo.

so Lun Sky die already or not?

2010-12-18T00:44:00.006+08:00

the whole Alviss story is over rated.

many people kill themselves quietly and leave with their pride and dignity intact. but he chose to make a big deal out of it. so he's got all the attention now.

happy now Alviss wherever you are?!?

of course he had the right to commit suicide, now that he successfully did it, who's going to tell him he did not have the right?

when a friend committed suicide half a year ago, i blogged about it and mentioned that killing yourself takes a lot of courage and faith and i still think suicide is a person's right.

*which reminds me of my project paper on right to die is still pending and i have not started on it yet. wtf sidetracked.*

but killing yourself 'out of love' and making sure the whole world knows so that your family, ex girlfriend and friends are laughing stocks of the world and embarassed by your ball-less act? how smart.

some people are forced to the brim due to bankruptcy and major debts and illness sufferings, but killing yourself because your girlfriend left you is just ridiculous, not to mention very selfish. no, correction:

killing yourself because your girlfriend left you AND making a big fuss out of it, is just stupid.

many people have had their lives taken away by accidents, illness or murdered, and many people are fighting for their lives even though they are paralyzed or faced with substantial problems which make them feel that life is not worth living anymore.

but him, with the handsome face and able body, chose to forgo everything and kill himself. how smooth.

i hope he gets stoned in hell by the very people whose lives were taken away from them reluctantly.

and dying doesnt solve anything does it? if his point of dying was to touch his girlfriend's heart, i dont think he succeeded in it. i bet she even hates him more for making her a laughing stock of the world. even if she does regret leaving him and is touched by his suicide, does it matter? its not like they can be together now anyway.

he could have just did little romantic things to win her heart back, or cry for days and emo for weeks until the tears dry out and just move on.

but he chose to jump to his death. i dont get it. killing yourself in the name of love? is that supposed to be love? everyone goes through phrases. everyone goes through heartbreaks. move on. it's not easy but

TIME WILL HEAL.

out of sight out of mind, new people will come along, life will keep you occupied. as long as you are alive, there will be one day, even after months and years, time will heal a big part of the broken hearts and bless them will better things in life.

and why are stupid people on facebook idolizing him and proposing holiday for his 'courageous' act? idiots.

so is the desperate-for-attention Lun Sky. another idiot. if you want to die, please do it quietly and leave with your dignity instead of making a fool out of yourself by being a copycat and appearing on national tv.

if he dies, he's just another idiot. if he doesn't die, i hope he'll get stoned to death anyway because he's just pathetic loser.

so LunSky die already or not? tell me cause i cant read chinese wtf. and can we all get over these stupid issues already and deal with more serious issues like world peace/politics/whatever it is? this whole suicide thing is over rated.

*rolls eyes*

peace out =)

oh, and by the way, my hair color is photoshoped. i just thought that purple would look good on me in this picture, no?

photoshop wonders (part two -color editing)

2010-12-17T01:40:00.003+08:00

just a quick pixlog for the day to post results of experimenting with colors. =)

ORIGINAL PICTURE

dead picture with fugly yellowish hues due to low lighting. the kind of picture you see also want to delete right away because it's such a turn off.

well. don't.

just quick 2min color editing can save all your ugly pictures.

replace colors to reduce yellowish hue

balance the contrast

highlight vital points of face (ie: nose bridge and brow bones)

and VOILA!!

#1
vintage-like effect

softer feminine effect =)

tad bit of pinkish hue

my fav! highlighted nose bridge =)

greenish tone

morning-like effect =)

back to vintage tone =)

i hope you are deceived by my pretty pictures wtf. now i need to throw away all mirrors and hide behind the computer forever.

thankyou for viewing. come again. goodnight. =)

xoxo, viv

why dogs are better than kids

2010-12-16T02:07:00.003+08:00

i was just looking through recent pictures of toytoy and realized how much he has grown.

about a year ago.

puppy monster love.

my fav picture of all time =)

so tiny and puppy-ish! with puppy eyes and itsy bitsy teeth.

oh how time flies.

my baby will be turning TWO in two days. we have had a lot of ups and downs, especially this year. there were a lot of points where i wanted to give up, but when i look in his eyes, i know i cannot leave him. i just cannot.

this is how he looks like recently.

he's still very adorable in his little ways but more matured.

10 reasons why dogs are better than kids

1. dogs love you unconditionally

they are always so excited to see you! they dont care if you are fat, ugly, have bad breath or pathetic. dogs are loyal. remember Hachiko: a dog story? i remember crying buckets of tears while toytoy sat next to me wondering why i was so sad.

2. they wont do stupid things, make you worried or break your heart

children grow up and be influenced by their stupid friends. they start drinking, driving, smoking and doing drugs. even if they dont, parents will always worry kids will do something stupid. like kill themselves after their parents painfully raised them for twenty years. dogs dont. they might runaway, but its easier to keep a dog from running away than it is to keep a child from doing so.

3. they dont ask for allowance and expensive gifts

children will ask for allowance raise and new shoes every single month. new handphones, camera, vacations and all nots. dogs are happy with their chew toys and just your companionship.

4. dogs dont cry the whole night

babies are the most annoying thing in the world. you need to rock them for hours, burp them, sing lullabies, and they will still wake up and wail the whole night wtf. puppies fall asleep all the time and they wont interrupt your sleep =)

5. dogs dont ask why or talk back

kids grow up to want things and not understand why they are not allowed to do/have certain things. i remember myself asking a lot of 'why, why WHY?' when i was young wtf. dogs dont talk back like children do and they dont scream 'i hate you!' when they dont get their way.

6. they dont complain

about the food not tasting good, or their clothes getting out of fashion, or their handphones not 'cool' enough. they dont critisize or judge when you had a bad day or cant cook.

7. dogs can be neutered

one of the biggest concern among parents are that their kids will grow up to learn the law of attraction and do stupid things out of lust and curiosity. mothers worry their daughters will get raped and pregnant, and worry their sons will grow up raping girls or becoming a father at tender age. dogs can just be neutered. end of story.

8. they dont lie

this goes unsaid. children will learn how to get around rules and lie and be rebellious. dogs dont.

9. they accept discipline and better behaved

kids cannot stand still. i dont understand how parents with eight children deal with all the running about and screaming. annoying much. you can just tell your dog to 'be quiet'.

10. they are not going to be independent and leave.

kids will grow up, have friends, have their own life and leave. dogs dont. they only have you. they cant be independent and they wont leave. the older a dog grows, the more he loves his owner. (unless the owner is an asshole, that is). back to point number one that they only have you and love you till they die.

but because they not human, doesnt give you a right to have a 'trial run' with them and then abandon them later when things get rough. think thoroughly before you jump into decision of owning a dog just because he is cute. it is not okay to abandon or give up children, thus, it is shouldnt be okay for owners to leave their dogs.

dogs are furkids. places which are kid-friendly like restaurants and malls, should be pet-friendly for well behaved dogs.

after all, dogs are better than kids what. =)

xoxo, viv.

luvergalviv

2010-12-15T03:17:00.004+08:00

nah. in your face again.

see how good i'm getting at this. =D

new layout and birthday shoutout

2010-12-14T04:12:00.001+08:00

oh crap. its 4.15am already?

freshly taken. i'm a certified night owl.

i come alive at night wtf. take picture in the day also not so vibrant as those taken at night.

and in case you havent noticed (which i doubt), i updated my blog template. and realised i was damn stupid in my first attempt because all the while i was cracking my head trying to read html codes which dont make sense, new blogger templates have new easy ways of doing it wtf.

waste my time and effort only.

new layout isnt much different. the theme and concept is the same but perhaps just more organized i hope? computer crashed and i have not downloaded photoshop to edit nice nice pictures yet. so simply use this header first lah.

i quite like it though cause its very casual and laid back. maybe i'd just stick to this for now.

*covers lazy face*

oh and i got nail art again. supposed to be Christmas-themed with white snowflakes and all. but super fail. stupid manicurist who was rushing to finish up ruined it all. dulan.

not a very clear picture but its very obvious that the hearts were not done properly as the colors are not even well applied wtf. dulan. fucking waste my rm25.

end of this week go get a proper christmas nail art.

anyway,

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY CIARA!

one of my oldest, bestest friend. eight years, still going strong and still counting =)

hope you had an awesome time at both of the pre-birthday bash because i definitely did. im still waiting for the pictures, but at the time being, just a quick picture to remind you of great times we shared first.

music playing. lights dimmed and disco lights light the dance floor.

"oh myyyy.....oh myy gosh!"

*everybody screams and puts hands up in the air*

"...Party like, like it's the end of the world, We gonna party like, like it's 2012..."

look forward to seeing you again. may all good things go your way and for your life to be blessed with great things.

stay awesome and as cliched as it may sound, may we be best friends forever! =)

i just realised that we did not have a picture together from saturday night at your place =( but anyways, end post with me and irene enjoying awesome pork ribs your mama made!

goodnight all and i shall dream of seafood pie!

pixlog

2010-12-14T00:11:00.001+08:00

oh. did i mention irene love came to ipoh for the weekends? we had heaps of fun and took GAZILLION pictures. i think it was the first time after we left college that we actually slept together! how time passes.

i simply upload 10 random (or not) shots la okay cause my blog so dead for so long already. was busy with catching up and hanging out ma.

oh, and the computer was severely infected with virus. i tried but still cannot figure out this stupid complex creature yet. ish. tomorrow send to computer shop lah wtf crack head so hard for what fml.

again. excuse the grainy quality of pictures. satio completely died on me so i'm contemplating on whether to get a digital cam or a semi pro,

or just stick to taking grainy pictures.

oh well. bomb you with my fav pic of all first!

i was on the phone when irene love snapped this pwetty pic =)

so i snapped pretty pictures of her also!

vanity overload.

#1

#4

#5

#8 supposed to be sexy lesbo pic but completely fail fml.

#10

♥

of staying home too much

2010-12-09T01:47:00.004+08:00

cold dish of a relative's wedding dinner last night.

honestly i hate chinese wedding dinners. especially those of faraway relatives. where you dont really know them but due to courtesy, oblige to the invitation with a big fat angpow. then,

wait an hour before the event begins, thanks to malaysian timing.
wait an extra thirty minutes for food to be served and would be starving d
overstuff your face with food and still waste enough to feed an african school
sit for hours with a plastered smile while listening to aunties rant on and on
engage in fake empty conversations with people who initiate small talk
listen to people who cant sing, but insist on singing to torture all 300+ guests
oblige to too many irritating 'yum seng' by drunken uncles

it is just over rated.

but then again, its part and parcel of our life, and culture perhaps? chinese are always kiasu. everyone wants to have the grand, grand-er, grand-est wedding among all.

wait. you all just wait till i get married. i will have 100 tables! beat that. hmph!

nah. i'm just kidding. fake and unrelated people poking their noses into my private life pretending like they care when they really want to know about the cracks of the relationship and how long the marriage will actually last. kepo about how much sex you are having and when you will have kids, or how fat/fake you look in you wedding pictures, and how much you earn to afford grand wedding or how extravagant your honeymoon is going to be.

no thanks.

ANYWAY, it is still a reason to doll up for =)

fine. i am not that pretty la. i obviously photoshopped myself.

call me outdated but i just discovered the awesome art of photoshop. more like i was too lazy to learn previously. T_____T

and it is addictive i tell you. more than stupid games i play or drama series. i can spend hours, day after day trying to sculpt a perfect barbie look.

talk about vanity and narcissism.

forgive me. as i said, i stay home too much and have nothing better to do than stare at my face, pick out my flaws and attempting to fix them.

oh well. need to revive my blog cause its so dead with too little pictures and too much words. enjoy my over- photoshopped pictures.

dont be quick to judge, i'm still learning =)

i'm not going to post original pictures though. go rummage my archives for it if you're that interested. when you photoshop too much, you'll start to hate what you see in the mirror or the originals. =S

you see. now everyone can have flawless porcelain skin, big doe eyes, extravagant lashes, perfect defined nose and pout, skinny body and sculptured jawline/face shape.

can throw away all fake lashes, hair extensions, make up stuff and facial products already. no need diet like mad or wax your legs anymore. no need to spend money for slimming sessions, photoshoots, cosmetic surgery or anything at all.

just hide forever behind, or in front, of the computer learning and perfecting THE art of deceiving people.

photoshop, you're officially my best friend now.

like mama said, dont believe what you see on the internet.

Social Networking needs

2010-12-04T02:20:00.004+08:00

one of the headlines of today's paper was that facebook has became a recruitment platform for drug vices and malaysians are easy targets. no points for guessing why.

obviously its because malaysians have the most number of 'friends' and spend an average of 9hours on facebook. i cant help but to think that social networking has changed our lives in ways we cannot imagine.

it created our stupid online social networking needs.

i think it all started with the birth of internet. with that came emails. i remember when i was probably 12, i was obsessed with emails and forwarding them. every freggin one. now i cant even be bothered to read forwarded mails, what more to forward them.

then came the chatrooms and messengers.

i started with IRC, if i'm not mistaken. i did not get to spend alot of time online while i was younger, but yeah, i enjoyed chatting very much. irc soon faded and was replaced with Msn and YM. and then came Skype. and forums. which started the need to gossip and be two faced.

we could have all been happily going out and meeting up friends and catching up in person. but then we all substituted it with typing on the keyboards and nudging people who dont reply in time.

nudges is fine if a person has something important to say, or he's somebody you want to talk to. but i freggin hate the people who abuse them. how irritating is it to have a conversation keep popping up when you're trying to do something and this idiot just cannot wait 2minutes for a reply.

*pulls hair out of frustration* *clicks 'BLOCK PERSON' and live happily ever after*

then Youtube and other sharing-based networks came along

suddenly everyone is sharing videos online and obsessed with covering songs in desperate hopes of having their 'talents' discovered and shoot to fame. suddenly the need to abuse their webcams and video cameras to tape every amusing (or not) action for their friends/subscribers viewing pleasures arose.

to me, youtube is a platform where i view music videos and missed episodes of tv or drama series. oh, and tutorials. its much easier to watch than it is to read step-by-step guides. i actually learnt to makeup from youtube. and some useful things like cooking and using softwares.

i dont have a youtube account but i think youtube definitely created needs for the exhibitionists to display their 'talents', share their moments and attract attention in hopes of their 15mins of fame; and for the voyeurs (like me!) to view, laugh and poke fun at, to rely on and learn from.

the rising of user profiles like Friendster, Myspace, LinkedIn and Bebo.

the need to write testimonials and have people write nice things for us arose. everyone made friends online and be anyone they wanted to be. with the help of Photobucket and Flickr and those photo sharing sites, social networking was no longer a past time, it became THE norm.

young people started having needs to gain popularity through a thousand testimonials and five thousand 'friends'. we all started wanting and needed to have awesome, misleading profiles and deceiving photos and make 20 000 friends we dont need which we would later regret having because they would be the same ones who annoy you and be mere acquaintances who waste your time or the kind who would backstab you.

oh dont even get me started on virtual worlds of IMVU and SecondLife.

its fun. in the beginning. you become whoever you want to be. until you start to realise that most people in virtual worlds are really pathetic losers in real life. ridiculous.

*rolls eyes*

why would people waste time 'dressing up', 'working', 'making friends', 'hanging out' and 'having sex' in virtual worlds when they can have the real thing? because people who resort to 'living' in virtual worlds and are obsessed with being the most popular avatar, are losers who dont get laid. with the time and money wasted on virtual worlds, you could have built an empire and live the life you want.

Blogging. oh blogging.

before the rise of blogosphere, i never needed to publisize my life for people to see. i wrote diaries. i talked to myself. and type drafts which i later delete.

Wordpress, Xanga, Blogger and the alike definitely created this stupid needs of speaking out loud and wanting people to read them. it created our needs to take awesome photos for people to see. and spending hours and hours editing our pictures and drafts. needs of reporting our daily lives and speaking our minds and letting the whole world inside. and got people obsessed with being jealous of other people's lives. started the whole culture of attention-seeking and stalking.

we all became exhibitionists. everybody had things to say and things to show. we all needed platform to let other people know how awesome/sucky/mundane our life is.

it was mother of all evils.

you see what you do to me blogging. i take pictures of nothing. complain too much. and write about everything. write things to indirectly get to people. expose myself and become obsessed with you.

and Facebook. and my undying love for you.

i was obsessed. i spent hours stalking other people. facebook is awesome because unlike friendster, you are an invisible stalker. =) i read their profiles and look at their pictures. i eat, shit, sleep, think facebook.

i refresh the home page every five minutes to see stupid status updates and roll my eyes at people who update complete nonsense like "i'm hungry", "i'm angry" and "i'm drunk". then i realise i am equally pathetic to read them. i was obsessed to the point that i would facebook on my mobile every few minutes just to read those updates.

how pathetic could life get.

and with stupid games which i played. Nightclub City kept me occupied for hours per day and got me hooked for months until i knocked myself out of it. had Mark Zuckenberg not come up with this brilliant idea which made him rich, i never would have imagined that i needed to update status every now and then to declare my (un)happiness and whatever i felt.

i never would have thought that i would spend hours hooked on facebook after an event just to make sure people dont tag my ugly photos and be quick enough to untag myself before other people see them.

Plurk and Twitter also started the need of people reporting where they are, what they are doing and what is on their mind to their friends.

Four square and Friend Finder is just nonsense.

we all used to be so scared of exposing ourselves online. no one in their right mind would write their phone numbers or whatever private information of themselves on their profiles or chatrooms or forums in case maniacs could get to them. we (at least, i) hated friendfinder because i never liked the idea of people tracking me and having obsessed people like parents and ex boyfriends know of your whereabouts.

ironically now its the other way around. people started to need to report their whereabouts because it is the IN thing to check-in to 'cool' places and make sure your friends know so you'll be in the 'cool' gang also.

preposterous!

Social Networking created these stupid needs. the same needs which is why i am here writing this long absurd post on nothing until 5am while trying to learn the complex art of photoshop. so that i can post deceiving pictures. to satisfy the need of social networking.

a fucking vicious never ending cycle.

its like drugs. once you get a taste of it, you get hooked and addicted. it becomes all you ever think about. it dictates how you live you life. and it is almost impossible to escape.

way to go social networking. you have successfully taken over my life. now i'm another loser who's obsessed with the virtual world. =D

Social Network-ing

2010-12-02T01:22:00.005+08:00

food bomb first =)

breakfast/brunch/lunch at HongKee, Kepong Aman Puri.
the usual 'siew mai', prawn dumplings, pork ribs, 'fu chok' rolls and scallop 'siew mai'.

and i watched The Social Network

[spoilers and ramblings begin now]
[which means if you have not watched the movie, or if you are in the midst of exams, or if you're trying to speed read this while waiting for your movie to load or if you have better things to do, you can end reading here and continue later when you really have the time. thankyouverymuch,comeagain]

the movie is about the founding of Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg (real FB founder) alleged that it was fictional and made up but scriptwriter Aaron Sorkin insisted its factual and research-based and very close to the true story.

its quite a debate on fact vs fiction which i read up a bit on, but i shall not bore you with the details. i believe people just dont like others to write about them if they are not the heros/good guys. especially if it's untrue/partially true/biased/unappealing/not to their advantage/whatever reason they can think of.

i shall spare you of the details. go research if you really interested because i did and its too detailed and would hog my space. there are quite a lot of interesting facts too by the way.

apparently The Social Network was one of the most highly anticipated movie of the year. because it is based on the Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich, with an amazing cast of handsome men. well, except the lead Jesse Eisenberg which is portrayed as cold, calculated and sadistic.

nevermind that. come i show you.

Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker
first picture is his 'normal' self, second is him in the movie.its kind of ironic really to see a pop star playing the founder of Napster, which is a music sharing network that causes him to lose millions from record deals, no?

honestly i nearly could not recognize him in the movie. normally JT portrays himself as a mysterious cool man with very sexy goatee. The kind of man girls drool about and fantasize when they play with their shower heads.

JT, in the movie, is portrayed as a smooth clean shaven guy with boyish charms. and skinny. apparently he lost weight to look younger =(. maybe that or its the hair (or lack of hair). i still prefer him with the military hair and sexy goatee. *grins dreamily*

Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin
no offense but i wouldnt have thought that a man with a cartoon as his last name can be this handsome. THIS HANDSOME.

i know. i prefer the first picture also. with the longer hair because he kinda looks gay-ish in second picture in the right. (which is how he looks in the movie)

god please dont tell me he's gay. he cant be. just look at him.

fuck. look at how hot he is. i think i could have an orgasm in my seat just staring at his the dreamy eyes and manly charm. sigh.

i have a thing for the whole scruffy, manly and rough look. in short, bad boy look. he's the kind of guy i would shag anytime of the day. i'm just kidding. no really. *grins dreamily again*

Armie Harmer as the Winklevoss twins
his face was superimposed onto Josh Pence, a Ralph Lauren model, who (who played the other twin's body) because the directors could not find suitable identical twin. i dont mind really. because he is really hot too. =)

the movie started of with a 3min scene of Mark and his girlfriend arguing. you all must be trying so hard to keep up. (don't lie! i had a hard time also) and merely grasped bits and pieces of what Mark was trying to say. i would salute the person who was able to fully grasp what his nonchalant cold rapid-fire monotonous dialogue was all about. because apparently it took 99 takes! and ran eight freggin script pages!!

i was so confused in the beginning because there was a lot of ramblings and fast-talking and dry humor and details and switching back and forth in a flashback manner. okayfine.

because i'm retard like that. i'm the kind of person people don't like to go for artistic/complicated/brainy movies with because i cannot understand shit and will keep bugging others to explain to me. while the movie is going on. what. dont judge me c'mon.

the movie reminded me a lot of the recent Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. timeless story of greed, deception, betrayal and the rising of success.

The Social Network is a tad bit confusing with too much details to comprehend in the beginning but once you stop trying so hard to grasp its intricateness and look at the bigger picture they are trying to convey, you'ld be impressed with how brilliant the movie really is.

it is not my usual comedy/romance/simple kind of movie which makes me laugh. this movie makes me laugh, but from a different approach. the humor is dry, witty yet funny nevertheless if you grasp it. it is clever, articulate and smart.

the kind of psychology movie which completely fucks me up.

but keeps me wanting more.

Brazilian waxing @ Fabulous Tan Midvalley

2010-12-01T00:41:00.016+08:00

ya i know its an indoor tanning place, but really. they got do waxing wan!

one fine day, few months back i was clicking on MyDeal as usual to see what new deals they have and they had a promotion for Brazillian/Full Legs Waxing at Fabulous Tan, Midvalley @ 50% off. basically it was rm100 for 2 Brazillian sessions/ Full Legs session / one of each. which i thought was quite a deal since i'm a sucker for sales/promotions/discounts. besides, Brazillian are pricey, usually around rm100-170 depending on where you go.

i should have known better that this deal was too good to be true. FML.

i dropped by midvalley a couple of days before and decided to check out the place. made an appointment for 6pm last tuesday. i went early to shop a bit and reached the place slightly before six. and boy, was i annoyed when they said that there was NO APPOINTMENT made for that day! i personally dropped by the other day to make the appointment, wtf do you mean no appointment?!

she asked if i could wait a bit because the therapist would only be available around 6.30pm. okay fine. i was not impressed but since i was there already, i thought what-the-heck. i'll just waste another 30minutes.

i went back again at 6.30pm, but the therapist was not available yet. apparently her colleague went out and was stuck in a traffic jam and she needs to watch the counter blablabla. fine. i waited till 7 and started to get very annoyed. i am not a very patient person. especially when i have already made an appointment. whats the point of making an appointment if you're made to wait anyway? gah!

anyway, i finally got to do it around 7.15pm. the nice part was that they actually provide this nice lil shower room (prolly intended for the tanning purposes though) where you get to freshen up before the session. they had nice little room for waxing and played some good music and my therapist, Gin, was a nice girl, friendly and sweet girl.

but that was as far as the nice part goes.

i thought that she, as a therapist, was rather unprofessional and unhygienic as well. she wore gloves of course, but i was unimpressed that she double/triple/dont know how many times dipped the spatula for the hot wax. i did not notice at first because i was busy talking to her but when i noticed, i asked her politely why does she not change it. she just laughed it off.

i asked her politely again and told her that its unhygienic. she replaced it with a new one for me but insisted that she changes the spatulas for every different customer and its still clean anyway wtf.

and then i saw that she would re-use the wax strip (used to rip out your hair) double/triple times and i asked her again why doesnt she use a fresh one every time, or at least use the other end of the wax strip. she just giggle and said that because there were still stray hairs blablabla. but quickly replaced it with a fresh one.

since she was sweet and polite, i just brushed the matter aside and forgotten about it. but she did it again. and i had to tell her off EVERY SINGLE FREAKIN TIME!

seriously loh. i think it's really unprofessional to laugh it off when you should have apologized. it is your professionalism here you're laughing about!!

so if any of you want to go there for Brazilian waxing, please. don't.

it didnt hurt though. but then again. i think it has nothing to do with the therapist lah. i just have really high tolerance of pain, even in private regions from all the plucking, waxing, and epilating through the years.

i'll probably go back there for full legs waxing (since i still got another session under the deal), but not for the Brazilian. private areas are far too delicate to deal with lack of hygiene and unprofessional-ism. luckily i did not develop some kind of rash or irritation or whatever.

*rolls eyes*

moral of the story, dont fall for deals which are too good to be true.

on a happier note, i watch Megamind at Signature Gardens afterwards.

it was HILARIOUS. really. i am not quite a cartoon person, i've got no childhood wtf.

but since i was introduced to Open Season, Happy Feet, Ratatouille, Shrek, Toy Story, UP and and the recent Despicable Me, and some other cartoons which i cannot think of right now, i have a growing fondness for animations. at least the ones in movies. their sense of humour. simply hilarious.

its not the usual superhero-predictable-storyline-cliched kind of movie. it's funny, original and heartwarming. watch it! =)

on a side note, i kind of think that rm19 for Premier Class isnt worth it. dont even talk about Gold Class. simply ridiculous. honestly, for rm38, i'ld rather get an original copy and have extra money to buy treats and sit home comfortably and watch it over and over again. maybe i'm just 'kiam' like that. (if only i am 'kiam' like that when it comes to my shoes, and bags, and clothes, and aiya but thats a completely different story)

but really.

if you think about it. assuming an average movie ticket is rm10, and you go for a movie every week.

your movie ticket - rm10
your date's/gf/bf - rm10
tidbits/popcorn/drinks - rm8
a total of rm28 every movie session

4 times a month makes it rm112. in a year, you'ld spend a whooping rm1344!!

honestly i'ld spend the money buying DVDs (or just downloading them) and invest in a good home teater system and HD player for the tv. it's so much more comfortable to snuggle up in your own couch, wearing your comfy PJs and furry slippers, hugging your soft pillows, and have a cup of hot chocolate and whatever junkfood you enjoy.

no need for putting on make up and fancy dress and heels for movie dates. i dont get girls who do that really, whats the point? no one sees it anyway since its so dark and everyone is more interested in their own date/movie wtf.

no need to get annoyed with stupid front/side seats or when someone really tall sits in front of you and blocks your view. or be so pissed over the person behind who kicks your seat over and over again, or the person in your row which shakes his legs and munches on his popcorn really really loudly. or get angry when there are kids in the cinema and they start wailing or crying or making noise wtf. or be distracted by the person who laughs too loud, or keep having to 'shhhh' the nearby people who keep whispering to each other throughout the movie. oh, and movie-spoilers who keep asking questions or telling their friends whats gonna happen next because they have seen it before. and not having to deal with the uncomfortable seats and extra cold halls.

ah. bliss.

but then again, you will be boring-stay-home-lazy-person (like me!) and there'll be no reason to doll up anymore or go for nice little dates and be mushy and romantic and crap like that and THEN, you'ld start complaining how dull and meaningless your life is becoming and wail over it (like me!) because you stay home most of the time.

oh well. life.

and i watched Rapunzel, A Tangled Tale yesterday at MBO cineplex, Kepong Village Mall.

i think MBO is far better than overrated GSC and lousy TGV. the seats are really comfy, the surround system is good, tickets are cheaper (if i'm not mistaken), no pre-movie advertisements/sneak previews, no queue and no crowd.

oh, on a side note, if you think Kepong Village Mall is anything like Bangsar's one, ie high classed/shopping destination/hip place to be seen, be prepared to be very disappointed because it is a Tesco joint and you know how Tesco places are. middle-classed, cheap boutiques, minimal stores, family-oriented and dead. it does have a small Celebrity Fitness gym though. the place is perfect for grocery shopping and movie trips since its relatively empty. =)

back to Rapunzel. it is a good musical animation based on Disney's Rapunzel, but with a funny twist. honestly other than the fact that i (vaguely) remember Rapunzel as a girl with really long hair stuck in tower and rescued by a prince, i cant really remember how the story goes.

the beginning was REALLY REALLY FUNNY. Flynn's (male lead) humor and silly things Rapunzel says, hilarious. cute animations and exaggerated expressions of Maximus, the horse and Pascal, the pet chameleon was just ingenious. but there were moments which made me cry. like when the King teared thinking of his lost princess, it was heart wrenching.

and the lantern moment.

it was so beautiful it made me cry. i felt exactly how i felt when i was at Disneyland some years ago watching amazing fireworks with the backdrop of Disney castle. it was magical.

for that moment, i felt like i was a child, full of hopes and dreams again =)

on a side note horr, i satisfied my maggi craving today. i know maggi is fat food and a big sin for diet but sigh. sometimes have to give in to 'treats' to help in a long run and avoid binging.

relatively more expensive though, rm5.49 for 4 packets.
maybe cause it is made of wheat instead of flour and baked instead of fried. when you boil the noodles, the water doesnt turn yellow, like how it happens to usual instant noodles due to all the oil.

It is high in fibre (about 3g) and low in fat (only 1g), thus, not FAT food. *delusional and trying to cheat self wtf*

bomb you with pictures of sad toytoy few days ago while i was busy studying for yesterday's exam.

okay. abrupt end of post.

excuse the bare face and big-small eyes. it was 7 in the morning, i had not slept yet and was craving for dimsum. =)

my tshirt is cooler than yours =)

2010-11-26T09:44:00.001+08:00

i'm not a perfect girl.
my hair doesnt always stay in place and i spill things a lot.
i'm pretty clumsy and sometimes i have a broken heart.
my friends and i sometimes fight and somedays nothing goes right.
but when i think about it and take a step back, i remember how amazing life truly is. and that maybe. just maybe.
i like being imperfect. <3

three days till exam. i really need to start studying already =) goodluck ya'all.

konnyaku and toytoy

2010-11-25T13:03:00.007+08:00

something is very wrong with my Satio. lately whenever i take a picture, i just cannot find it in any of the camera albums wtf. so i'ld have to make do with ipod camera at the time being until i figure out what is wrong/ throw it away and get a better phone fml.

i sprung awake at 8am today in a good mood.

until i remembered that i needed to go to uni to get a few pieces of paper which i wanted to photostat yesterday because the worker was too lazy/sick/just wanted to make my life difficult, i had to go there again today to get it.

driving there itself took me 1 hour n 30minutes. toll was rm3.20. petrol dont know how much. and i was there for barely even ten minutes. thanks to her selfishness. i dont even want to talk about how annoyed and dulan i was for that two hours.

so i came home in a foul mood and decided to make dessert to make myself happy.

KONNYAKU JELLY it was. =)

in case you dont know what it is, it is a type of candy/treat originated from japan which is really chewy and gummy with fruits and nata de coco inside. oh, and did i mention really easy to make?

i made kiwi flavored one so most of my ingredients will be 'kiwi-based'. if you're not so much of a kiwi fan, you can change the ingredients with any other fruit. lychee is a popular choice =)

Ingredients:
Konnyaku Jelly powder
4 kiwis (or more)
Nata de Coco (optional but highly recommended)

you're supposed to use moulds but i substituted it with plastic containers instead. hee =)

1) cut kiwi into small pieces and scoop nata de coco into the containers.

2) boil a 500ml of water in a pot and once it boils, SLOWLY pour the powder in and stir. make sure you stir while it boils, for around 3minutes. because if you dont, you'll have a happy time scrubbing your pot later as it hardens easily due to its gel texture.

3) off fire and set to cool for about 15 minutes.

4) then pour into the containers filled with fruits and nata de coco.

5) refrigerate for about 3hours and you'll be a happy person like i am =)

oh, did i mention that toytoy is back =) and botak. really cute. so ugly but so adorable!
awwww~

toytoy wants some too *makes puppy eyes*

i gave him a chewy mint treat instead. i laid on the floor watching him chew for 5minutes.

it made my day =)

''mummy wanna share?"

"no? you sure? it's really yummy you know"

yums =)

"you made my day mummy"
"you made mine too darling" *hugs*

i hope it made yours too <3

morning ramblings

2010-11-24T08:47:00.006+08:00

i've been sleeping early lately and would actually jump awake before nine. for no reason at all. if you all dont already know, i'm the kind of person whose biological clock is upset, sleeps at 4am and wakes up late afternoon. fml. so sleeping before midnight and waking in the morning is quite a step =)

although i generally do nothing other than spending my mornings stalking other people's blogs and rummaging their archives over my morning cereals, i suppose its my first step to a healthy lifestyle?

oh, and i went shopping alone again yesterday. like how other people enjoy jogging alone, reading or writing, i enjoy shopping alone, especially when the malls are generally empty and there is no need for pushing and shoving through annoying aunties, groups of students and noisy kids =)

where i can actually take my own sweet time strolling pass window displays and slowly go through new arrivals without worrying that my shopping partner would be impatient/bored/sick/irritated. i love watching other people shop and their little moves, to take time to notice and admire the intricate details of items on display. i enjoy letting my thoughts run wild as i channel my emotions into shopping bags.

its amazing how comforting walking around aimlessly is and surprising how much wonder it actually does to your soul. they dont call shopping retail therapy for no reason do they? retail therapy sort of calms my rages and soothes my mind and tremendously improves my mood.

i hope it does for you guys too =) have a happy week all you all.

20th birthday @Home

2010-11-21T09:56:00.016+08:00

after four years of blowing birthday candles away from home, i actually went back home for the weekends to celebrate my Big2 with my parents and sister. reminded me a lot of my childhood because it felt exactly the same.

simple yet very warm, heartfelt and blissful <3>

Fruitcake from Aunty Lee
(in case you were wondering who she is, it's actually a rather famous bakery in Ipoh which bakes very yummy cakes and pastries)

we went for dinner at Unique Seafood, Tambun which is located just at Sunway City Ipoh, right next to Lost World of Tambun. although it is rather far from town, apparently it is quite famous among Ipoh folks for their fresh seafood and all.

sister love and i =)

there was this on-going promotion for their "Buy1 Free1" Abalone Set Dinner @ rm68. we thought it was quite a deal, so we decided to give it a go.

WORST DECISION EVER!
seriously. dont ever go for it. you'ld be very much disappointed.

first up was,

Abalone with mushroom and broccoli.
the abalone was TINY. and of very very low quality. hell, it wasnt even chewy.

goofy picture =) but i like how my eye makeup that night. *grins*

Next was,

'Shark Fin soup'
low quality shit. but there were a bit of crab meat thrown in though.

Third was,

Thai-style Fish Fillet
fish was not exceptionally fresh but i suppose since it was fried, it covered it's flaws. sauce tangy and sour, not to my liking.

Next,

Tiger Prawn on a bed of spring onions
prawn was rather fresh but tad too oily for me.

Fried rice to fill you up.
i'm still on no-carb diet, so i dont know how it was.

'Dessert' was a lousy bowl of canned lychees and ice. i didnt even bother to take a picture of it. wtf.

Although i pictured the meal it as 'course dinner set ala wedding dinner style', it really isnt like that. food was cold and bland. service was horrible. they dont even bother to wait till you ALMOST finish your plate before serving the next dish.

while i was still at the abalone, dishes were served up to the prawn already!

imagine the whole table filled with 4 plates of abalone, soup, fish and prawn at one go. that's a total of 16 plates on the table at one time. ftl!

seriously, dont ever go for it. i cant be bothered to explain how bad it was, cause it was simply awful. for approximately rm150, the four of us could have had nicer seafood dinner or anything other than this shit. urgh.

so we had better dinner to make up for it on Saturday night. Jap food it was =)

Kizuna
Jalan Medan Ipoh 8, Ipoh Garden East, 31400 Ipoh
Tel. +605-542880

As usual, salmon sashimi. it was quite fresh. =)

Beef Sukiyaki
beef was very limited and rather tasteless due to the watered down soup base. it's funny that it is categorized under 'Soup' in their menu. isnt sukiyaki's base supposed to be stew gravy instead of soup? funnily sukiyaki in most japanese restaurants throw in beef to enhance the 'soup' taste instead of using the gravy to enhance the taste of the meat like it's supposed to be. ah well.

Deep Fried Prawns with Breadcrumbs
did not try it, but it smelled damn good. =)

Yaki Udon
did not try. *sorry* no-carb diet.

Ika Sugata
lousy. the meat was dry, tough and very salty.

mummy and daddy <3

my usual chawanmushi which was quite smooth despite how average their food are.

End post with camwhore pictures. again. because i got leopard printed top from sister <3

excuse the low quality of all the pictures though. iphones. *smacks forehead and rolls eyes*

have a great monday all =)

happiest birthday girl

2010-11-19T04:14:00.002+08:00

yes. happy birthday to me. i'm 20.

thanks darling for everything.
the dinner, the gift and the love <3

for making me the happiest twenty year old birthday girl in the world. =)

with and without flash. fml. i could not capture the real color but i dont care lah! the color somewhere in between both pictures.

oh, and thanks for making me hunt the whole house for it for 2 hours till i gave up! LOL!

now you all know that you should never ever make me your team member if you were to join treasure hunts, fml! but i dont care cause:

imma proud owner of Louis Vuitton speedy 35!

*hops twirls skips and jumps around*

20th birthday @ SAGE, KL

2010-11-19T02:37:00.003+08:00

so i'm finally 20. happy birthday to me!

2006 was birthday bash with Ciara love and high school mates at Halo Cafe.

2007 was simple birthday celebration with asshole ex-bf and college mates. who made me EIGHT gorgeous fruit platters as substitute for a birthday cake because i was on a diet then, but i chose to sulk in the room. how can i forget?

2008, i planned birthday bash at CocoBanana. 18 is always special, so they say. most people plan their 18th birthday because it signifies their blossoming into adulthood, so did i.

2009, i had several celebrations with different groups of friends but spent my birthday in Penang.

2010, i decided to stop planning and go with the flow.

cant believe that years past by so quickly. it seems like it was just yesterday that i was wishing upon my few candles on the cake that i would quickly grow up. suddenly, i'm 20! can you believe that?!

just before i start raving about my 6-course gourmet birthday dinner at Sage,

let me just bomb you people with some camwhore pictures. excuse me, but i was so excited today that i actually woke up at 9am after having only 2hours of sleep prior, so i had WAY lot of time in my hands to groom and put on make up and try on tons of clothes and camwhore.

ended up we only went out at 3pm T___T

reached midvalley around 4pm, wanted to shop but ended up window shopping only since nothing seemed to be of my fancy. so L and i went for tea at Delicious.

nothing fancy though. i had a cup of Moroccan mint tea and wild mushroom soup(which was tad bit salty), while he had black forest dessert and iced chocolate(weird smelling though).

little did i know that he had planned an amazing birthday dinner ahead! i honestly thought that we were just going to have simple dinner. oh boy, was i surprised to see timber flooring, wine cellars, 7-piece eating utensils and wine classes on the nicely set tables, courteous well-mannered service crew and dim lightings.

Sage Restaurant
The Gardens Residences
6th Floor, The Gardens
Mid Valley City

Tel No: 03- 2268 1188

Sage is an elegant fine dining place for French, Japanese and Australian nouvelle cuisine. it is actually tucked in a corner behind Gsix and is accessible through the lift at Isetan side. i've walked past it gazillion times but it was my first time dining there and it was one hell of an experience!

i still hate myself for not wearing something grand-er, i didnt know we were going for gourmet fine dining ma! if not i would have worn something more elegant instead of a casual denim tube dress. darn. it would be nice if i knew ahead, at least i could have brushed up my etiquette and fine dining manners wtf. but then again, it would have ruined the whole surprise wouldnt it?

do note though that my review is not comprehensive and might not be all accurate because we did not order from menu but ordered chef specialties. Chef Daniel actually took the courtesy to come to our table and recommend his own specialties which were off menu.

i'm not sure of the exact food names but i did a bit of research here and there, based on what i barely grasped from the fast-talking chef, to give you guys a rough idea of the awesomeness of Sage!

oh and by the way, drinks were all recommended by the team and i didnt bother to ask since i'm not quite a wine person, so i've got completely no idea of what brand of wine/champagne we had. *sorry*

watching Chef Daniel K and his awesome team at work!

we started off with champagne to warm up our tummy(s). and complimentary bread with kickass seaweed butter and basil sauce on the sides. i skipped the bread, but L said it was pretty good.

L sipping red wine (which came later) and me with the champagne. =)

Starters

asparagus mousse with cuttlefish with roe
tasted a bit weird at first but once you grasp the taste, it really is AWESOME!

Appetizer 1

Kampachi Carpaccio with Caviar
the fish was kick ass!! it was REAL fresh, apparently flown in from Japan this morning. i LOVED it!

Appetizer 2

(his)

Smoked eel (if i'm not mistaken)
not bad. but i prefered my own appetizer (below)

(Mine)

Wagyu beef clear soup
this was orgasmic really. the whole bowl was FULL with lightly cooked beef slices and wild mushrooms, was perfect with the clear soup. just PERFECT.

Side Dish

Japanese tomato salad.
we shared this one. the tomatoes were real juicy but i didnt quite like the weird tasting raw imported veges. so much for salads =.=

Entree

(mine)

tenderloin beef wellington with mushroom served with foie gras, blended potatoes and asparagus
i skipped the foie gras since it just fats anyway. my entree tasted a lot like my soup, so fml really, i regret ordering beef when i should have went with lamb, because i conveniently forgotten that i ordered beef soup already! and the chef probably overcooked mine though i specifically requested for it to be medium rare, but it came as medium well. it was quite good despite the mistake

(his)

beef with red wine sauce served with long bean and potatoes
his came medium rare as he requested. it was good but i think my taste buds were a bit spoiled since we drank red wine with the entrees, so it sort of overwhelmed the redwine in the beef. dont know if i make any sense though.fml.

my drinks.

champagne to go with the starters.
it was quite smooth and sparkly but tad dry to my liking.

rose wine to go with the appetizers.
this was just nice. pretty smooth and less dry.

red wine to go with the entrees.
this was kick-ass! despite me not being a fan of red wines, i thought it was really smooth, smelled and tasted great. even L who doesnt drink much said it was good. =)

me nom-ing my beef. =)

Dessert platter

sweet cubed rock melon with cold sorbet in the glass, which wasnt to my liking though.
chocolate truffle. which was AMAZING! the melted chocolate fillings were fabulous. =)
vanilla ice cream with wild berries. ice cream was creamy but it was nothing special though.
flan custard with flamed topping (if i'm not mistaken). was a bit too gingerish but very smooth nevertheless.

my handsome date. and me with the dessert platter. i LOOK drunk despite the mere 3 glasses which i did not even finish.

L was telling me that he skipped the cake part because he completely forgotten and since i'm on a diet he didnt want to spoil it bla bla bla bla bla bla bla....

next thing i knew was that the service crew came up with a lighted cake and started singing me a birthday song. awwww~

my cute custom made cake!

i quickly made a wish and blew off the candle right after they sang me my song. T___T so i went and light it again for picture purposes. fml!

to be fair, i should have two candles, but since i only have one, it's justifiable that i can light mine twice okay! =)

i know i look awesome here. thankyou awesome photographer/waiter for making me look this fab. =)

we were too full by the end of the desserts, did not even order our hot drinks to end our meal. so the cake went right back into its box. i still have not tasted it yet though.

and by the way, the custom-made cake was from Delectable Treats by Su

anyway,

cheers. to making me feel like a princess tonight and for everything <3

me posing outside Sage, and another picture of us in the wine cellar.

okay. more camwhore pictures to end post.

i hope you all are drooling by now. from the food i mean. if there is an occasion you want to celebrate and are willing to splurge, do check out Sage.

amazing food, impeccable service and wonderful ambience. imma happy girl. *grins*

anyway,i'll be going back to ipoh to celebrate with my family tomorrow. so goodnight ya'all. oh, it's 6.14am already. darn, i freaking took 4hours for this post? i'm proud of myself wtf. T___T

Liese Bubble Hair Color fun!

2010-11-18T03:01:00.008+08:00

as i mentioned, i am in desperate need of a new hair colour since my tri-colour hair tone is just downright hideous. just look at how dull and dead and limp my hair looks! urgh.

i've got overgrown black hair inside and at the top of my head, darker shade of brown at the middle, and bleached ends. not a good combination. so i took matters to my own hands, literally.

i have had dyed hair ever since high school because i just dont look good in black hair. i think the only people who look good are those kawaii fair girls and i dont fit in that category. so i'ld jolly well stick to dyed hair fml.

i think by now, everyone has heard/read/know of Liese Bubble Hair Color. it is widely commercialized permanent hair color from japan which is innovative and simply ingenious to use foam concept!

yes, foam instead of the conventional and overly troublesome DIY hair dye whereby you have to cautiously paint hair dye onto carefully foiled/sectioned hair, and have stained sideburns/shoulder/clothes if you are clumsy or unlucky. so goddamn troublesome and almost impossible to have nice evenly colored hair, that's why i'd rather have salon colored hair.

but with Liese, it's a completely different world!

hair coloring becomes so easy, fun and turns out great! this is my 8-step guide to gorgeous hair.

Step 1:
go and buy liese hair color.you can find it at most Watsons and Guardians or major supermarkets. it's retailed for around rm34.90, which is more expensive than other DIY hair color packages, but definitely worth it!

i played safe and chose Milk Tea Brown which is more of a warm medium brown shade, just in case things dont turn out well, i wouldnt have overly light/too dark hair.
(now that it turned out very well, i kind of regret not going for the new Sweet Apricot color or lighter shade of Ash Brown or Chiffon Beige

Step 2:

go home and unbox it.

inside, is a foam pump. gloves. Solution bottle. Color bottle. Hair Conditioner/Treatment pack and lots of manuals in all languages.

Step 3
comb your hair to make hair coloring easier.

Step 4
uncap the Color bottle and pour it into the Solution bottle. cover it back and GENTLY shake the mixture well.

Step 5
put on gloves and change the cap of the Solution bottle with the foam pump. press the middle of the bottle to dispense foam.

Step 6
simply rub foam onto hair. start with the roots on top of your head and work it down. massage gently to avoid tangles and lather it up. gather all your hair at the top of your head to avoid getting hair color on your clothes.

it is obvious here in the picture that my hair is fucked up with black insides and light colored ends. fml.

Step 7
leave on for 20-30 minutes and utilize your time fully by plucking your eyebrows, epilate your legs or whatever it is. just dont use that extra time to make dinner in case the foam drips into your food.

Step 8
step into shower and wash off thoroughly with shampoo. oh, and use the given hair conditioner. blow dry your hair and .......

TADAHHH!!!!

comparison of AFTER ------------- BEFORE

check out how evenly colored my hair is! just look at the difference!

even the bleached ends which usually turn out to be a shade lighter than the top of my head are of same shade now!

and the color is just so warm and vibrant and lively! i have happy hair =)

*twirls around*

contrary to popular belief that hair coloring makes your hair dry and ugly and limp, my hair actually turned out to be soft, touchable and smooth!!

*twirls around again*

despite how easy the process is and how great the output turned out, i still think that the ammonia content in the package is very high that it stinks(badly) and stings (your eyes). so do make sure you blink alot and move about while you're at it or do it in a well ventilated room instead of stuffy/air conditioned room.

now you know my secret, go and have fun coloring your hair with Liese!
cheers to gorgeous hair =)

second post in a day

2010-11-16T23:32:00.012+08:00

pathetic much i know.

i had a long talk with daddy today which made me cry. i came to realize that i have became a daughter he no longer knew. i distanced myself, build high walls to hide my vulnerability and insecurities and i have gotten so used to lying and keeping secrets that almost everything i do or say is not trustworthy. and i dont seem to know how to tell the truth anymore because all i've became this defensive, secretive and distant person.

it's almost like my whole life is a lie, an imagination i made-believe.

as much as i disapproved of his ways of digging out my well-kept white lies of the life i keep secret from him and mum, it brought me to realize that it was all driven by pure care and love of a father who wants to protect his daughter. i came to see that no matter how old i grow to become, i'm still his babygirl and all he wants is to be part of it. i was touched to know of little things he has done for me, for mum, even for my brother whom he disowned, for the family.

sometimes it is the little things which matters the most.

i will take baby steps to unfold the untold side of story, own up to the lies through the years, admit to mistakes i've made, reveal bits of my life which he might not approve of, unveil the truth about my imaginary 'perfect' life, and break down the walls of silence and fortress of secrets i built. it might not undo the tangled mess i've created, but i'll try. try to stop lying, stop pushing my family away and stop pretending to be someone i'm not.

baby steps. towards becoming a truthful person. towards becoming a daughter they can be proud of. towards blossoming gracefully into an adulthood and towards maturity, i hope.

oh, enough with the reflections already.

on a lighter note, i finally brought toytoy home after almost a month apart. a hole in my pocket, but a big smile on my face, and on his =)

his fur is getting very long that he sheds alot. quite annoying that i have to vacuum the floor three times a day and still have lint on my clothes. he desperately needs a hair cut. which reminds me that I need to colour my hair. gawd i hate seeing myself in black hair. T___T

ghastly picture of me taken some time ago, in the car while waiting at the traffic lights, with lighting from the brake lights of the car in front. T___T

end post with decent picture. good night peeps!

kuantan roadtrip

2010-11-16T09:14:00.001+08:00

i slept around 5am and i actually woke up at 8.30am for no apparent reason and cant seem to fall back asleep. so yeah. here i am to update on my weekend in kuantan.

from Hyatt Regency Kuantan on Telok Cempedak.

most of the time we just stayed in and watch tv/rest/eat/catch some sleep, which explains the lack of pictures. the beach was probably the best part of the trip except that it rained. A LOT.

i didnt even get to walk on the beach and get sand in between my toes. =(

town was pretty dead though. the beach was not phenomenal, but i suppose it satisfied my need/desire to watch and hear the waves crash in and to look out to the serene blue sea to calm my rages wtf.

yes i am that desperate. T____T

pictures taken in the morning, before it rained.

end post with usual camwhore pictures. =)

well at least i've got white dahlia in my hair which made my day despite the rain which ruined it all.

have a great monday everyone.

insomnia

2010-11-13T05:13:00.005+08:00

it's past five. and i still cant sleep.

been having insomnia at its worst. had been rolling in bed since 3am trying to force myself to fall asleep and yet, sigh. and all these thoughts start coming to me. you know what loneliness and insomnia does to me. it fucks me up.

i think too much,
i cry for no reason,
i talk to myself,
i count whatever i can,
i get upset over nothing
and become a completely different depressed, emotional person
out of nowhere!

so i distract myself with games on ipod. these shit are seriously addictive i tell you. i would stay up whole night, WHOLE FREAKING NIGHT just to play them and the more i play, the more awake i become. fml. who knew that stupid simple games like CoinDozer and Sneezies can hook you for hours and hours!

gah. sorry this is a completely meaningless post of nonsense from lack of sleep, and too much of Absolut. which reminds me that you guys should really try Absolut Raspberry with Sprite. one of my fav! really smooth, tastes awesome and you would be left with a trail of sweet smelling raspberry scent afterwards =)

leave you peeps with a couple of songs i play on replay these few nights. slow sad songs, but surprisingly comforting. hopefully i'll fall asleep soon?

waiting outside the lines

2010-11-12T01:10:00.006+08:00

is a song i've been hearing on replay a ton of times on the radio. go and listen to it. it's good. until just now that i found out that it's sung but a kid. this kid.

13 year old greyson chance. fml.

and i was thinking who is this amazing new singer? his voice is fantastic but enough with kid singers already. first it was miley, then justin. now greyson. shouldnt they all be in school and wait till they are 18 or till their voices mature before recording grown up songs? great. soon we'll all be pumping in grown up clubs playing kids songs. *rolls eyes*

oh. and yesterday was the launch of much-talked-about-waja-replacement Proton Inspira which was ''inspired'' by Mitsubitshi Lancer.

am not a car fanatic, but it just saddens me that our country's ''proud'' production is really an imitation. whether or not it is an authorised imitation or an 'improved version' of the original, it doesnt matter. it still is a fake. soon enough we'll see all these local cars modified with extra spoilers and rims and stick-on Mitsubitshi logos. *rolls eyes*

excuse me. but i just hate fakes, and the cheapos who buy fakes and try to pass it off as the original. if proton had just produced a good car with equivalent specs without the 'glamourous cover', i really would be proud of malaysia. now we're the mockery of the world for producing imitation of a super car. if want to use lancer's specifications, engine at all, cant you at least have the decency to come up with an original design for it?

i feel sad for real Lancer owners, especially the Evo owners who forked out some 300k for their cars. now everyone can afford 'Evo-look-alike' at 80k. how sad is that?

malaysia boleh. yay!

the thing about fakes and why manufacturers are so proud about it is because of the demand of fakes from cheap sad little upperclass-wannabe's who support the imitation industry. dont even get me started on imitation of designer items. clothings. glasses. shoes. bags. oh the bags.

every girl on the street seems to have luxury designer bags of Gucci, Chanel, Burberry and all. the funny thing about it is that they parade their imitated bags proudly without even knowing how to pronounce Louis Vuitton properly *rolls eyes*. imitation industry is getting so damn good, it is almost impossible to tell a fake from an original at first glance.

seriously. why? why would people buy imitations? apart from the fact that it says 'hi-i'm-a-cheapskate/poor-person-who-wants-to-be-seen-with-luxury-things'. why?

i do not own any fake items and will NEVER buy fake items. why would people feel proud parading their fake goods when they really should be ashamed of themselves?

if i had a friend who loves buying imitations of bags, sunglasses, apparels or whatever it is, and enjoys showing off her fake possessions horr, i would walk far far away from her whenever we are in public together. or maybe i should cut her bag like how luxury brands would do when they see people carrying fakes into their high-end shops.

if cannot afford dont buy la. really. stick to whatever middle-class brands or local brands you can afford. if not, just stick to rm20 pasar malam bags. at least people wont call you a cheapskate. if you really like the design of a designer bag but can never afford it, like the gorgeous Chanel bag :

at least have the courtesy to rip off the fake Chanel logo from your bag. at least you'll be a proud owner of a 'chanel-inspired' bag instead of a disgusting cheapskate owner of a fake.

in the first place, who started this whole culture of "chasing-luxury-brands-you-cannot-afford-then-supporting-the imitation-industry"? fakes have became so common in our daily lives that even when we can afford real designer items, we think twice. i wont want to be proudly parading an original thousand(s) dollar designer item when some asshole comes along and insults it by accusing it as a fake.

so the next time before you buy a fake product. note this.

designer brands represent class and elegance which fakes cannot. and can never be.

so can you all stop supporting fakes and let designer brands/luxury cars be the symbol of awesomeness, instead of a mockery already?

viv.

layout change

2010-11-10T04:47:00.002+08:00

gah. i actually spent 4hours trying to edit the layout. five frustrating long hours and i'm still not done yet.

bear with the retarded layout for awhile. i'll work on it. but for a complete noob when it comes to computers and IT design and web hosting whatever it is, i am damn proud of myself =) i actually worked on this whole layout myself. i downloaded a skin which i later found out was amateur stuff and painstakingly edited almost the WHOLE thing except the very basics.

when i said painstaking, i meant reading HTML codes and figuring out how to de-code it and which is the right one by try-and-error. try it and see how patient you can be or how talented you are at these stuffs.

check out the original here! a world different right? rightrightright?

still got a long way to go. still havent figured out how to do the header or how to insert the comment link at the end of posts. if only i'm half as enthusiastic/hardworking/passionate about my priorities like my assignment due on friday which i still have not started on. *rolls eyes* fml.

end post with two pictures taken recently. excuse the grainy quality. as i said, apple gadgets, be it iphones or ipods, are completely hopeless when it comes to pictures.

xoxo, viv.

love-hate relationship

2010-10-30T17:09:00.004+08:00

love is when you seem to adore someone so much that you would be so broken apart to see him sad and would do everything in the world to make him happy. it is when being apart for a day seems like a million years and you miss him so bad it hurts. it is when you know that no one else can make you feel the way you do with him.

it is when he is the reason you wake up every morning with a smile and come home to with this warm fuzzy feeling inside =)

and yet hate is when you just cannot stand his overwhelming affections and display of emotions and bad temper when you dont have enough time or not in a mood. hate is when you are forced to be responsible when you are not ready to have someone who is dependent on you. it is when you know every lil action of yours affects him deeply.

it is when loneliness stings and you know that only he can cure it.

i miss you babyboy.

love-hate relationship is when you hate him and yet love him so much at the same time and know that no matter what happens, he'll love you the same. <3

mummy will bring you home soon and take you for long walks, shower you with love and affection, fatten you with loads of treats and cuddle you in bed =) promise!

<3>

girly wed nite

2010-10-28T15:09:00.015+08:00

outfit of the night. simple white satin-like dress with see-through lace back.

date for the night. darl

venue: 7atenine, The Ascott KL.
Event: Temptations party by Encore.

gorgeous gorgeous place but sadly we were given a table upstairs which was relatively empty since upstairs catered more for fine dining than drinking.

vouchers courtesy of Cheesie

list of their special cocktails

JACK OF HEARTS (ICECREAM)
specially frozen cubes of solidified fresh raspberry, Amaretto, port and JackDaniels, crusted with almond flakes. served on skewers.

Rating: 4/10
tasted more like some weird pudding pieces splashed with some strong raspberry liqueur and almost flakes. blehh.

SPEAK PEACHEY
a helping of fresh white peach and pear liqueur complimented by a dash of citrus and rounded of with Finlandia vodka.

Rating: 8/10
a very smooth blend which tasted of peach and pear with vodka. if rimmed with salt/sugar, would have been perfect margarita. =)

ONE NIGHT STAND (ICE CREAM)
a sensual bowl of Haagen Daz icecream, doused with Finlandia vodka and fresh strawberry sauce, crowned with flamed strawberry and basil meringue, climaxed with olive oil.

Rating: 9/10
very good. probably Haagen Daz afterall. olive oil and basil tasted pretty weird with ice cream, nevertheless, vodka, strawberry and Haagen Daz blend together very well. the crowd definitely thought the same since it was sold out pretty early.

SPIRIT of PASSION
a fresh concoction of watermelon, passion fruit zested with fresh lemon, a subtle topping of citrus and topped off with Pepe Lopez tequila.

Rating: 7/10
reminded me a lot of Sex on The Beach cocktail minus the pineapple zest. was pretty strong at the beginning but once you get the taste, it actually is quite good. very refreshing.

Evelyn and Sue

washroom was gorgeous. rose petals and candles. except that it smelled of some really strong disgusting incense. would have been perfect if candles were passion scented or something sweet.

decided to leave early since the place was rather dead. the girls did not even redeem all the drinks though each of us were given two cocktail vouchers worth rm40 for coming under the guestlist. ah well.

went downstairs to see if we could bump into our fav bloggers. and we did!!! spotted Cheesie

she was dressed down in sweater and short pants, i actually expected her to stand out in the crowd dressed to impress since her blog is all about Japanese fashion and stuff. she was casual yet very pretty nevertheless. rather tanned and relatively petite since she looked tall in her blog. spoke good English with a slight accent.

and Audrey who was really petite but very very pretty. didnt speak much and she was quite shy but still obliged to pictures. =)

despite going all the way to a rather disappointing party, also probably since it was still rather early, at least we got to meet the bloggers in person. its funny how we all enjoy stalking strangers' lives whom we have never met. =)

went for midnight foot massage with Ma later on at

Zouk Spa SS2.

(N&Z Healthcare Centre Sdn. Bhd.)

No. 4, Jalan SS 2/67,

68000 Petaling Jaya,Selangor Darul Ehsan

Tel: 03-78742118

right beside ss2 Subway, few shops away from WongKok.

feet soaked in warm water to ease up tired feet.

my masseur was a local lady who was very kind and friendly. at least she did not keep pestering us to purchase add on services like foot bath, head massage, foot scrub, blablabla... massage felt really good since she really knew the points on my feet to emphasize on. i loved how she massaged my tired calves and knees which most masseurs often neglect. she was not half hearted in massaging and made sure that i felt good about it =)

which i did.

definitely going back!

dropped by gsix after that.

picture courtesy of Nokia N8 =)

xoxo, viv.

Jcard day. sunday at sunway.

2010-10-28T13:46:00.000+08:00

cant believe a year had actually passed since the last Jcard day where i went with Will right after class where i braved the thousands of people and bought some shirts and stuff at great discounts.

this year around, Jcard Day was on a Wednesday and Thursday. they offered rm10 vouchers for every rm100 spent. which meant additional 10% off the existing discounts. i went on tuesday night to try on swimwear and clothes which i would wanna buy since this time around, i knew that it was impossible to try on anything at on on Jcard day considering the ridiculous amount of people.

dropped by on Wednesday night before heading to Library for drinks and bought a couple of Ogival bikinis dunno for what wtf since i wont wear anyway but they are just too pretty to pass. 10% off the original rm159 per piece. which came up to almost rm290. got myself two rm10 vouchers.

went the next day with L, and bought luxury hotel standard bedsheets for the new house, which cost a BOMB! the price for comfort. ah. and a handy Philips steamer for healthy cooking. more like convenient cooking since i'm always so lazy to cook up a proper meal wtf.

and we got ourselves NINE freaking rm10 vouchers! madness.

and people say we save money during sales?

i am hopeless when it comes to controlling my impulsive buying. thus keep me away from mega sales, warehouse sales, year end sales, whatever it is to do with discounts and crap like that cause i tend to spend gazillion times more on things i dont need and will never use or wear just because i am too 'kiasu' to miss out or pass on a good offer. fml.

went to Sunway Lagoon again on Sunday with colleagues.

awesome despite tiring day since most of us only slept for a couple of hours after work on Saturday night and reached at 10am. wtf. so happened it was Sunway Family day and there were some odd 13k people inside by the time we went in past 12pm. wtf. talk about mad crowd of families and tons of kids running around and crazy long queues on everything!

*pulls hair out of frustration*

at least i got on the Flying fox this time around. =)

have not gotten the pictures, so the only pictures to be posted are 'post-fun' pictures taken at the Surf Beach while waiting for the rest to be done with shower.

pictures taken with my SonyEricsson Satio 12mp.

Pictures taken with Nokia N8 12mp

so clear and much better quality wtf. but Cheat One cause use flash. hmph.

we all went for foot massage at Zouk Spa Sunway afterwards.

(R&G Tours And Travel Sdn. Bhd.)

No. 15, Ground Floor,Jalan PJS 11/28B,Sunway Metro,Bandar Sunway,

46510, Petaling Jaya,Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Tel: 03-56380369

(opposite Sunway Resort.)

the concept was theater-like where there were huge ass really uncomfortable chairs in front of a projector screen.

masseurs were Chinese. not Malaysian chinese, but authentic China people which was REALLY FRUSTRATING cause i couldnt understand shit they were talking. if only their massages were as good as the authentic ones i had in China. wtf.

i was soooo wrong.

massage was half hearted. the girl was simply just pressing her knuckles along my feet and rolling them back and forth repeatedly. it was horrible. there was no effort on her part, no strength no nothing. it was even reflexology cause she did not massage the vital points on my feet and crap like that.

and they kept pestering us to add this add that. if you dont want to add, then they will make faces and make you feel like you are this horrible person who would not fork out more than the basic rm40 for a massage.

i did an rm30 foot scrub to exfoliate my dead skin and smoothen my cracked heels. and i was given a deep cut on my toe which hurt like mad when i walked or when it was wet. she did not even apologize or made effort to not hurt it further, instead rubbed more lotion on it which stung like mad. wtf.

damn it. and and they seriously cheat you of your massage time. i know all massages dont give you full massages of exactly 60mins or 90mins. i started at 7.10pm by the time the foot soak and everything, it was 7.15. foot scrub took some time until around 7.45pm. massage started soon enough and by 7.25, i was done. wtf? fucking paid for 1hour massage and all i got was shitty 40mins of half hearted crap.

)*&@*&%)#%$!@*$^!!@#$%

definitely not going back. and please dont patronize that branch. ever.

nerd in the making

2010-10-18T20:56:00.012+08:00

(sorry i cropped you off, ahma. only a quarter of you was in the picture anyway. heh.)

i actually sat down since 8pm till now (1am) and prepared(really!) for International Law tutorial tomorrow morning at 10am. read articles and case law summaries and painstakingly WROTE down six full a4 pages of answer *gasp* *pats self on back*

i know other people and coursemates alike spend even more hours EVERYDAY studying and prepare much much more for ALL the tutorials, i dont care. i still feel proud of myself. let me syok sendiri awhile can?

usually i just CheatOne, simply read (fragments) and highlight some materials, jot down bits of pieces in a small notebook of nonsense to pretend like i prepared wtf, then go to tutorials and simply nod to approve of fellow coursemate's answers as if i understand (when i really dont), and once in awhile ask a question or chip in a sentence of two out of spontaneous quick thinking, restating things they have already said and using bit of common sense to draw conclusions.

perfect art of cheating through tutorials wtf. i know i am really cheating myself most of the time, so please dont give me a lecture on it.

and despite preparing so much, i highly doubt if i would actually participate in the 'intellectual discussion' nor present my answer tomorrow anyway. i will just sit in my corner, perfect my art of CheatingThruTutorials. nevermind. at least if Prof asks me, i'll not make a fool out of myself =)

anyway, i feel really contended that i actually feel like a law student for awhile tonight. maybe so motivated thanks to the company of water cress soup i boiled tonight =)

damn i love water cress soups! taste so good! i can have them every friggin day really.

and i'm moving into my third week of 'diet' already. i know i'm far from being 'thin', i get fat very easily and love eating too much. i got disheartened a couple of times previously and broke down from giving in to temptation, my biggest temptation was actually MaggiMee wtf.

first week was tough because i dealt with so much hunger and temptation. i actually needed to munch on at least three apples and a yogurt everyday to curb my hunger, and yet still crave for food. i used to eat so much for no reason even when i was not hungry because i enjoy stuffing my face wtf. so now its getting back on me. but i'm not going back to old bulimic ways of stuffing myself to the brim with comfort eating then forcing myself to vomit and crap like that.

second week was better because i actually got used to the temptation and stopped my mind from playing games with my appetite. i got even more motivated from parents and friends alike who said that i will not be able to give up food, because i want to prove them wrong! and i will. not shockingly fast, but gradually.

i keep hope that in few months from now, or maybe by my 20th bday, i'll not be that fatso.

for the first time in my life. =)

wish me luck. and please dont invite me for buffet dinners, good food, suppers, desserts or things like that please. leave me alone with my cereals, veges and fruits. <3

xoxo, viv.

saturday night with family

2010-10-17T00:13:00.008+08:00

disclaimer: this picture is stolen from motormouth as i completely forgotten about taking pictures then.

this was where we went for dinner tonight.
TENGOOD JAPANESE RESTAURANT
No. 6, Persiaran Green Town 6,
Greentown Business Centre,
30450 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
Tel: 605-242 8332

everybody knows am a huge fan of jap food =) the place is pretty quaint, dimly lit with separate seating areas for diners. quite an impression it made on me cause i love nice comfortable diners. two thumbs up.

since i am still on a 'strict' diet, i ordered salmon sashimi and chawanmushi for myself.

salmon sashimi. rm 25.80

although they serve it really prettily in a lil boat with lots of zucchini and raw white carrots, i still think it's overpriced wtf. rm25.80/7pieces! pricey much if compared to other japanese restaurants and relatively ipoh standard of food. damn it. especially the chawanmushi. ridiculous i tell you. rm6 for super small serving without much meat, didnt taste exceptionally good anyway. T__T

Yaki Udon or fried udon which mum ordered. rm 13.80
dont understand why their Yaki Udon is so wet and soggy. hm. not to my liking.

daddy and mummy
Mixed Tempura with prawns, veges and fish served with sweet soup base. rm 19.90. *gasp* expensive much! didnt taste it but mum loved it still.
dad ordered some japanese fried rice for rm13.80, did not taste it also cause it really looked like rm4 fried rice from coffee shop T___T

me with the skewers (which tasted rather bland) and loads of colourful foods on the table
quail eggs rm 2.50, gyu (beef) rm 5.30, buta (pork) rm 4.90

excuse the low quality of the pictures. iPhone is completely hopeless when it comes to taking decent pictures. iphone 4 is as bad despite having 5mp with flash capability which was impossible to work with. aih.

might not go back to the place, but i suppose it fulfilled my cravings for jap food. at least for now.

on a side note, i was really disappointed because one of my reasons of coming back to ipoh was to get my nails done. just to refresh your memory, manicures/nail art/ pedicures in ipoh are really cheap. remember my last rm18 nail art? dang. i went there after dinner but apparently they were not going to take anymore clients tonight since they had their hands full.

sigh. tough luck.

end post with a picture of myself lifted off facebook. taken by hyee =)

xoxo, viv

the longest yard

2010-10-16T00:58:00.003+08:00

i ran today. very very very fast. the fastest run i ever ran for as long as i can remember.

no its not part of my diet plan wtf. i was actually chasing a train. literally.

i was supposed to take the 2pm train from kl sentral back to ipoh. this was chronogically what happened.

12. 00pm : finally woke up after snoozing for an hour
12. 32pm : dilly dally waste time and made 'breakfast'
12. 47 pm : try to make toytoy get into his bag
01. 03 pm : left the house
01. 07pm : got into the car
01. 12 pm : dropped toytoy off at the pet hotel
01. 35 pm : slow traffic at federal highway
01. 40 pm : stuck in jam along brickfields
01. 47 pm: stuck behind slow driver
01. 50 pm : reached kl sentral compound
01. 52 pm : heart pounding crazy fast while drove around building
01. 54 pm : reached kl sentral's main door and RAN to ticket counter
01. 55 pm : reached ticketing counter, jumped queue and begged the girl to sell 2pm ticket to me
01. 56 pm : girl over counter refused to sell. telling me that i would not be able to make it for the train. i insisted in buying and she told me about the risk i was taking which was if i could not make it, i would not be able to refund my ticket or change it.
01. 57 pm : contemplated and thought about it. insisted in buying. girl quickly printed me a ticket as announcements making last call for the train were made. grab my ticket and change, and RAN. seriously one hell of a run. trying to push through a thousand people, and rushing down two flights of slippery steps in my flip flops trying to be real fast without falling on my face.
01. 58 pm : reached the bottom of the stairs and realized that it was F coach end. mine was A. fml. RAN from one end of the train to another. while i reached B, train whistle was blowed. i quickly jumped in.
01. 59 pm : found my seat. sat down with a heave of relive and wiped off cold sweat. COULD NOT FIND PHONE. frantically searched bag and contemplated off jumping off train already cause i cannot possibly go back without my phone. stood up from seat
02. 00 pm : last whistle was blown. train departed. start to panic and prayed hard phone is in my bag
02. 02 pm : found phone tucked in a deep corner of bag.

FML REALLY. it was the most KAN CHEONG 5mins in my entire life.

seriously taught me a lesson to not do things last minute anymore. but i bet i'd be back with my procrastinating last minute ways in no time. T____T

it's all good now though. back safely in ipoh for the weekends. in fact, right now as i am typing this, i'm waiting for Apps to be downloaded into iTunes and helping DAD to syncronize his iPhone 4. who said dads are outdated? mine definitely isnt.

oh, and

yesterday in the car after work, L was telling me to help him burn some songs into some CDs listen to. i was tired already and complaining why he could not wait till the next day and had to do it in the wee hours (it was almost 2am already). i complained and complained and whined and whined until the cows came home, sulked and reluctantly said i would do it.

he told me to grab his bag and take the "empty Cds" out from them. no empty Cds,

but this was what i found.

i was REALLY SUPRISED. and felt like a complete asshole. ( i know i am). but in my defense, why cannot just give me like that and make it real simple suprise? must make up story and annoy me then kaokao suprise me =.= okay i should not have whined over little things so much cause now i sound like a spoilt brat.

dont know what i did in my previous life to deserve good karma. i'm a pain in the ass and a horrible person but got many people tolerate me and treat me nicely and still so patient with me somemore T____T *so touched wtf*

but anyways,

awww... thanks~
xoxo, viv

another tuesday

2010-10-13T01:19:00.002+08:00

this was what caught my eye the first thing i arrived at the faculty today. a huge-ass giant Body Shop booth rooted right at our faculty's parking lot.

how cool is that?!

definitely the first 'cool thing' other than boring ol Nescafe booths or law-related booths coming in. they usually have all these booths at the uni main building (which is really far away from my faculty), so to have booths right at the doorstep, that i've got somewhere to waste my time at, in between classes, was perfect.

i wish they would bring in different different amazing booths every now and then. that way i'ld be more motivated to go to uni. hah!

i know, i'm such a sucker for convenience. i really dont mind paying extra or 'convenience fees' to get things the easy way, ie delivery food, 7-11s, you get the idea. yes, i am THAT lazy.

and although i really did not need anything from Bodyshop since i've stocked up on my stuff the last time they had a sale mid of the year, i bought some stuff anyway.

i just LOVE smelling so damn good after shower! i use their Cocoa Scrub hor, after shower, smell like a walking box of chocolates! make me so hungry wanna bite myself wtfwtfwtf.

but honestly, their stuffs are really nothing but pleasant smelling colourful bottles which sit prettily on your bathroom shelves. their shower gels, imho, are really drying. fml.

ah well. there's nothing perfect i suppose? hm.

by the way, just picked toytoy from pet hotel after his lonely 2 weeks there. just a quick picture to remind you peeps how cute he has grown to be, and to remind myself how much i really love and miss him =)

awwww.

its true what they say about absence makes the heart fonder =)

back to catch desperate housewives's s7 e3. hope you peeps have a great week ahead!

love, viv.

K time!

2010-10-09T16:38:00.007+08:00

i really dont know why this photo's lighting seems a bit too bright though i did not edit it at all. must be due to using flash light despite standing right under a bright spotlight. ah well.

just a quick pic of loot from quick Nichii shopping on thursday after renewing my driving license at Maju Junction.
(L-R)
oversized red sweater with floral linings rm79
knitted see-through pullover rm59
casual black dress rm29
tailored beige rugged jacket rm99

on a side note, i am really itching for some real retail therapy. its funny how despite how much clothes and shoes i have, and how many pieces of clothings i bought which have never been worn sitting sitting nicely in my closet, i never seem to have ANYTHING to wear =.=

girls and their issues with never having any clothes to wear nor enough shoes.

camwhoring before thursday night k-session with the loves at Neway One Utama. my second k session in a week. first was on sunday with colleagues and friends, 6hour k marathon. thus, its no secret now why i'm having such a sore throat. T___T

will let the pictures do the talking =)

me. Suang. Ma. Hyee

Ma and i. love how 'feminine' i look in this pic. HAH!

three years plus and still counting.

its amazing how a year together in matriculation can bond us girls so strongly. despite how different we all are in terms of our personalities and everything, and how rarely we actually meet up, we always know that no matter what happens, even if the whole world falls apart and turns its back to us, we always have each other.

its amazing how much we have gone through together and how much we cherish this friendship, i guess this is the power of true friendship?

this K session was exceptionally memorable though it was really a simple getaway in the middle of the night. because all of us put our lives on pause, leave our worries, thoughts, tasks, work and boyfriends behind to reignite that friendship spark wtf.

we really should do this more often. cheers to girls' night out =)

until my next post.

xoxo, viv.

quickie

2010-10-04T20:53:00.004+08:00

saturday night LBD =)

just a quick shoutout before watching Desperate Housewives season7's 2nd episode and preparing for tomorrow morning's tutorials.

''thanks for the lovely surprise. and for remembering random things i like =) i really like it despite how indifferent i seem to be.''

latest addition to the Guess family from 2010 fall collection. <3

''i was just skeptical about the color because it seemed to be a bit too striking to my liking. nevertheless, i still love it. thankyou for the effort =)''

the gorgeous charms <3

xoxo, viv

narcissism and ezbeau

2010-09-30T22:06:00.006+08:00

picture from last night =)

just done watching amazing race asia season4 on axn, and completely did not expect a Ivan and Hilda who were at last place to end up winning that leg of the race. got a ton of tutorials to prepare for tomorrow. gosh i hate friday classes. 10am to 3pm some more. *faints*

anyway, yeap. after being MIA for almost a month, i actually went back to work yesterday after quick gathering cum dinner cum huiyee's belated bday celebration with The DS Gang at Italiannies. (which reminds me that i have yet to do a birthday post for you).

sadly no pictures of dinner nor work. only self shots of yours truly. excuse the narcissism, i haven't taken shots of myself in proper makeup for some time. because most of the time i'm just too lazy to put on make up in the first place T___T.

right. coming from a girl who used to refuse going out without eyeliner and powder. but then again, that was some N years ago.

i almost forgotten how to blend my eyeshadow properly and stick on fake lashes. took like 20mins fumbling with it when it's really a 2min job. talk about rusty skills. *rolls eyes*

=)

by the way, many people have been telling me that my face condition is much much better than before. because i have horrible skin, my face is horrible. no, not acne, just dry, dull skin with blemishes, red spots and crap like that. probably cause my face is really prone to breakouts and really sensitive to a lot of products. of course it isnt that obvious in pictures, but people who have seen me in real life would know how bad my skin condition was.

i will not brag and say that my face is as smooth as an hardboiled egg now, but it has definitely improved tremendously. this is my secret.

EZBeau Skin Bio Essence to

Eliminate Freckles and Open Pores
Prevent Wrinkles and Aging
Decrease and Cure Acne
Rejuvenate Dead Skin Cell
Prevent Sensitive Skin Itchiness

EZBeau skin bio essence is amazing much. you just have to trust my word on it.

when my colleagues started selling it, i was skeptical because my face is really immune to 101 products i use. and i thought that the product wasnt suitable for me since i wasnt dealing with acnes, freckles, wrinkles nor aging(choy!).

plus, i thought it was really EXPENSIVE since its selling for rm98 for a MERE 10ML!! SK2 essence, or miracle water is selling at rm328 for 150ml, which means that 10ml of miracle water would only cost like rm22 or so. this shit is 5 times more expensive! ftl.

i was brought up where mum was a paranoid, overprotective and ALWAYS cautious and doesnt trust anything or anybody. mum is the kind of woman who clutches her handbag like dear life whenever she goes out and does not talk to strangers even if they are just asking for directions because she is paranoid that people will snatch her bag, cheat her or rape her. T___T she always tells me to be careful with men because of her 'philosophy' that ALL men are evil want to take advantage of ALL girls. where she doesnt believe that there are such thing in the world as Freebies, not even those talktime rewards, because she thinks that everybody is out to scam her.

of course, i'm pretty much the opposite of mum but my point is, her skepticism rubbed off onto me and i was cautious and did feel that if this EZbeau shit is that good, why isnt it as famous as sk2 or proactiv? sounded too good to be true.

i did not buy it then but one of my colleague who had lots of acne scars and massive breakouts problems bought it. and gradually after two months or so, i was amazed because her redness, scars and breakouts were soooo minimal already. it was almost as if she never had acne before while has actually struggled with her whole life! you really have to see it for yourself to know i'm not just exaggerating.

one fine day, L bought it for me (right, because i'm too kiamsiap to buy it for myself T___T) and right after my first application. i could feel the difference. my skin instantly became moist, supple and smooth. by the first week itself, i noticed that my blemishes occur less, those little bumps on my cheeks slowly disappeared, my pimple scars diminished, my pores became much much finer than before, and my face werent as red or as sensitive as before. it is that amazing.

i'm moving on to my second bottle already and this is how good it is.

my personal accomplishment after first bottle of Ezbeau Skin bio essence

skin tone is much balanced
less blemishes,
less redness,
fine pores,
less, only rare breakouts
no pimple scars,
less obvious blackheads and
smoother skin!

(excuse the eyebags)

if you're thinking:

"cheh, viv sure edit her pictures kaokao and edit away her blemishes wan la"
" hmph, sure got wear a bit of powder or foundation"
"diu, picture sure low resolution and blur to not be able to capture her ugliness"

i'ld reassure you that pictures are taken with high resolution of 12mp, completely unedited. and i am not wearing ANY makeup.

close up!

just 3-4 drops for every application. i drip one drop each on my forehead, cheeks and nose. you are recommended to use it in the morning and evening, but because i'm always in such a hurry in the mornings, i only apply it once every night. that is, if i remember =.= so my first bottle lasted me almost a month.

just so happy with the results that i think this ezbeau essence is really my most effective and worthwhile investment. =)

#UPDATE
FML. RIGHT AFTER TAKING THE PICTURES, I LEFT THE BOTTLE AT THE EDGE OF MY TABLE AND REMINDED MYSELF TO TAKE IT INSIDE MY ROOM LATER. AND BEING SUCH A KLUTZ I AM, I KNOCKED THE FULL, BRAND NEW BOTTLE ONTO THE FLOOR AND IT SHATTERED INTO PIECES. FMLFMLFML.

SO MUCH FOR SHARING MY SECRET AND GIVING EZBEAU CHEAP PUBLICITY. FUCK YOU KARMA. I WAS DOING SOMETHING NICE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GIVE ME. FML.

okay la. not really karma's fault. its my own clumsiness and stupidity but now if any ezbeau people ever read this, please feel free to contact and sponsor me T___T