Maybe Next Year

21:23 Cyndi 0 Comments


It's once again the last day of the year again. I feel like this year didn't go by as quickly as the other years since it seems like a lot of things occurred this year and it was probably one of the most interesting and eventful years. I learned a lot of life lessons this year and I feel like I'm content being me and accepting that my teenage years will soon be behind me. I'll be 20 in two months. I don't feel 20 though and I guess even when I'm 40 I'll feel like I don't feel 40. I still feel like a teenager trying to take in everything all at once but processing it one piece at a time. 


Can you figure out how I'm feeling right now with all these depressing songs? I'm spending New Years Eve by myself again! I'll probably also be spending New Years Day and Valentines Day by myself again this year too. I hope next year I'll be able to blog more, meet (more) people and dress more fashionably and hopefully get a retailing part time job that I likeeee! 

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One Month Left

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Have you ever felt like everyone's lives around you is progressing, yet your life is just at a halt or a crossroad and you don't know which direction to take next?

I feel like this right now. It's such a horrible feeling. I feel so unproductive, I didn't even do anything in the second half of this year after I came back from Melbourne. Whether it be through career aspects, social life, love life, fitness goals, diet goals or educational subjects etc. Especially my poor, sad love life.

I was never really in a rush to get into a relationship ever since high school finished. It's university life right? These are the times to make connections with other students and tutors and also just go YOLO and party hard. That was until the second semester started and all my friends started getting involved in relationships whether that be the opposite or same gender.

It all happened so rapidly as well. I think I'm getting too old for this single shit anymore hahahaha. Getting a bit too desperate now which is so uncool. You know what I did today? Which was so out of character that it was like some teenage fangirl was writing a fan fiction and decided to stuff up her character's personality and change her character 180 degrees of WTF. Okay - so I watched flipping Disney Princess videos like Cinderella and sang 'So This is Love' with the lyrics video on my phone. Then I cried watching the Cinderella 2015 video because I realised how romantic it was. (In general these past few weeks, my emotions have been unstable). I NEVER THINK THINGS ARE ROMANTIC unless they're romantic comedy type. So there's full serious cheesey, serious romantic movies like The Notebook but then there are romantic comedy types that are my forte such as 'Silver Linings Playbook.' Do you understand? It's like it's romantic but in a hilarious way???

Like Silver Linings Playbook does not even showcase PDA (I don't think?). PDA is like a big huge WTF NO GET AWAY FROM ME type of deal. I hate skinship in general. Then I was discussing this with my friend and it got me thinking - maybe it's because I'm too damn hilarious??? Maybe that's why nobody approaches me. Maybe I'm too tall and intimidating (but then it's the bitchface, stinkeye intimidating not the I'm gorgeous~ intimidating). Seriously? I need a guy's perspective on why nobody ever approaches to chat me up on Facebook (or in real life) except girls. Do I attract girls? Is it because I'm like average Asian male height that they approach me and be like 'so this is what it feels like to have a boyfriend?' Do I freaking look like a guy?! I'm trying to grow out my hair already - it's a slow process but it's getting there!

k i went off topic. but there's only one month left. lol

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Rebound Friends

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Friends eventually ALL come and go...but some bounce back into your life.

If there's one thing I've learnt from my sister - it's that no matter how long you've known a person they will always change, they'll leave, be distant, you'll lose contact but sometimes you'll meet that person again and become friends and pick up right where you left off.

I've encountered this myself - plenty of times in fact! - Destiny and fate play such a big part in friendship. It's all about the right place at the right time.

I've known this lady since I was six years old and although we've gone our separate ways plenty of times ~ during primary school, middle school and high school - We always end up becoming close friends in the end!

She's started being in a relationship again and I just treasure every single moment she's been telling me about it. I miss the times when friends would just tell me about their love lives without annoying me. When it was genuine, lovely, and made me feel excitable. Whereas when other people would tell me about their relationships which made me feel uncomfortable as I knew that it was unethical and wrong to do.

She still continues to contact me and hangs out with me even though she could be busy with all her friends and her boyfriend. She could be busy with work or university. Her parents might not allow her to hang out with us. I just don't get why other friends of mine couldn't do it. It's like they didn't even put any effort at all.

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Fast Fashion: Zara Perth

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I'm sure many people are aware that recently ZARA - the Spanish brand has opened up in Perth, Garden City, which a lot of people have been happy about. The reason why it's such a substantial factor for us Perthies is just because it's a step forward to more diverse international fashion brands.

Just recently coming back from Melbourne, which is the fashion capital of Australia, being exposed to all these international brands such as ZARA, Topshop, H&M, American Apparel and all these small boutiques have been completely overwhelming. Especially when you're from a developing city such as Perth!

Perth will always be my home - no matter where else I travel and choose to stay. Seeing it develop and become more 21st century while living here makes me so proud. I'm really happy ZARA came over to Perth because I find that it is such a lovely brand and holds such a strong marketing strategy. A video was recently shown in one of my lectures at university which I thought I would love to share.

 

I hope this is the first of many fast fashion stores yet to come to Perth! Hopefully they can open up plenty of major retail stores such as my favourite UNIQLO! But at the same time, I hope Australians can take the initiative to open up many Australian-owned/brands stores which are affordable and unique from other countries.

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Teeth

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I am slowly, but steadily, earning all my money back through working my ass off!

To be honest - not really, I only work two nights a week and I'm broke as ever than before. Other major news which occurred this month is that I finished my Invisalign treatment but I am not happy with my results! Like they look a lot straighter and everything looks good but I just want them to be straighter! I didn't pay (well, technically my parents did) $6000 just to get almost-straight teeth! The dentist keeps insisting that they are fine and it will mess up with my bottom teeth but my bottom teeth have always been fine! I just want to fix my top teeth once and for all! When I speak, my bottom teeth don't even show so people can't even see it but everyone can see my top teeth. I really pray to God that everything will be over and done with after my consultation with my dentist and that I will be able to get refinements to just tweak these two annoying top teeth.

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Melbourne Trip 2014 DAY 1

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I have been super lazy and been meaning to blog about my Melbourne trip but just been putting it off. I think I'll just blog about each day seperately instead of bundling it all into one post! 



Last week on a Tuesday (22nd of July), my best friend Yun, my sister and I took on Melbourne! We arrived there at 5 am in the morning and hardly had any sleep because we had a child sitting behind us and she talked the whole 3 hours on the way to Melbourne - we hardly had any sleep and I arrived in Melbourne feeling exhausted.











We lounged around the airport and had breakfast. It was freezing when we arrived in Melbourne. The fact that we arrived there before the sun even came out was possibly the main reason why but it was Winter there also. Anyways, as we ate our first meal in Melbourne, we planned out how the day was supposed to go. We couldn't check into the hotel until 2 pm but we didn't want to carry our luggages around while we explored Melbourne. We called up the hotel - which was the Albany motel - and they were super friendly and let us know we could leave our luggages at the motel and they could even let us check in earlier than 2pm! So we caught a taxi (the taxis are yellow!) and the taxi driver was also really helpful and friendly and let us know about all the tourist destinations which we were planning to go. He helped us cross a lot of destinations off our list as he told us which ones we should go and which ones were not as good.





The ride to the motel was so exciting and fascinating. Melbourne is truly, so awesomely, beautiful. Every single one of the buildings there are so pretty and I love how fashionable people are there.




 We arrived at the motel, it was pretty nice and very homey (?). We checked in at 10am and asked about public transport. We decided to go to the Botanic Gardens first since it was nearby and walking distance. It was so pretty. We didn't fully explore the gardens though and we only just realised when we were on the way back.



Since we didn't have our myki cards for the trams, we couldn't take the tram to the CBD to get our myki cards haha. So we asked some locals and one man told us we could walk to CBD. So on our way there we passed the National Gallery of Victoria and went in.







After the art gallery, we walked to Federation square and finally bought our myki cards! They were $41 and were unlimited fares lasting for a week which was a pretty good deal. So we finally got our myki cards and we continued to explore the CBD area and found Krispy Kremes! Starbucks! (We don't have these in Perth) We also dropped by Coles to get some toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner and other toiletries and snacks just in case. We then went back to the motel by tram! and on our first ever tram ride ~ the tram crashed into a turning car!!!!! The tram actually thought the car would go so the tram driver slowed down but then the car didn't turn so the tram driver went but then the car turned right into the tram! So they collided and we were in shock as it was our first tram ride ever!







Anyways, the car driver,luckily, was safe and we arrived at our motel in time. I immediately fell asleep as I was so tired and hardly had any sleep during the night. After I and everybody else woke up from their nap - they also fell asleep after me haha - We went to Chapel Street for dinner. However, when we got off the tram we realised we got off way too early and we were so lost. We had no idea where we were until we got out our trusty paper map out. All the shops were already all closed by the time we arrived at chapel street though - except for Topshop! Topshop was so expensive though?? And I didn't really like anything there. Throughout the whole trip no one bought anything from Topshop. 


After walking around, we were getting pretty hungry and I decided on having dumplings for dinner! It was so yummy and cheap. I paid and it was only $24 for the whole meal. So cheap! It would usually be more than $50 at least to feed 3 people! 


That was pretty much our first day in Melbourne! This should be the longest post as we actually did a lot the first day. 






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Sheltered

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Some people are so sheltered away from the reality of the world because their parents protect them so much. I pity them a bit. I feel like they're so pure and innocent and so protected from the world and living in their fantasy land. I don't think I can become friends with these kinds of people - just because we won't have anything in common. Even when I hang out with my friends who have to ask their parents permission to go out and parents who worry over being out too late. I feel like they have no freedom even when they're already the legal age. You're of age to drive, you're of age to drink, you're of age to get married yet you still need to ask your parents for permission to go out late at night with your friends and you can't be by yourself out in the city at night time. The city isn't that dangerous! There are so many people in the city - it's much more dangerous when you're in a place where there's not that many people.

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Ao Haru Ride

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There are so many anime shows to watch this season! The ones I'm currently following are:


  • Free! Eternal Summer
  • Glasslip
  • Sailor Moon Crystal
  • Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
  • Ao Haru Ride



Kou: I…loved you.
Kou: But we can’t go back there again.

I've been reading Ao Haru Ride since it started being uploaded/scanlated onto manga sites and I'm super excited about it being adapted into an anime and ALSO a live action! I loved Strobe Edge so much! It was basically my high school shoujo manga and had a huge crush on Ren-kun and I adored Ninako so much. I'm really looking forward to all these anime shows this season and hopefully they get extended into second seasons so I can continue watching it!

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[Review] REVLON Colorstay Balm Stain + Cream Blush

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Not sure if you've noticed but I live in Australia, where we receive everything last (or after the USA has already gone through with them) but I wanted to do this review on Revlon's balm stain and cream blush I recently purchased through Priceline!


I bought these three items and took a photo of them before I even started using them but I'm only going to be doing a review on the Balm Stain and the Cream Blush because I've only used the foundation once so I don't think I'm qualified to review it. Besides, there are loads of other reviews on the ColorStay Foundation which will do a much better job :)

Colorstay Balm Stain in Adore - 055


Backstory: I previously bought the Revlon Lip Butter in Tutti Frutti for Summer and liked it a lot but I stopped wearing it when Winter arrived. I was trying to look for a darker lip colour that matched the mood (apparently the Grunge look is in?) and it just so happened that Priceline/Revlon was having a 40% sale! So I took the chance and bought three Revlon products. It is honestly the perfect shade and I always end up grabbing this lip stain instead of my Etude House Cherry Tint now! 


Breakdown: The above photo shows you how it looks applied on and the colour. 

It smells very minty and honestly, I first liked it but now I find it off putting and I'm not really liking the smell of it. 

The product glides on your lips and stains them. I tried blotting them with tissues and I find that I like the look when it is matte and stained a lot more but it looks like my lips are dry. I assure you, when it says BALM STAIN - it literally means a balm + a stain. 

I adore the packaging. The pencil-like packaging makes it easy for me to glide on with the flat side and fill in the corners with the tip of the product. You can twist it to have more product and also its easy to carry around - just like a pen. 


Result: I would so purchase this again if it wasn't so expensive here in Australia. I think it's usually valued at $25+ and I grabbed it for $10 or something. I can't wait to try out the other colours and the other collections such as the Matte one!

Cream Blush in Charmed Enchantement - 150



Backstory: I have wanted to try cream blushes in forever! All we have here in Australia are all powder blushes and is it just me or are they all shimmery powder blushes?! What is with that! That's why when I was choosing for a lip colour (note above) I was in awe when I saw that Revlon offered cream blushes as well. It took me forever to decide which shade to choose. All of the shades were extremely nice and I wish I had more money with me to buy them all! (Maybe next time) This shade is a deeper rose colour and I don't think I specifically have this colour - in powder version. 

The stain lasts for a long time, and the blush still has a faint colour

Breakdown: So, it doesn't have a scent! That's a plus, or at least not one that's really noticeable. 

The texture is so creamy and soft and it like melts in your fingers like chocolate. It's not exactly as blendable as I would have liked (make up gurus make it look so easy!!) - or maybe that's just me not being skilled in 'blending' - but it is my first time trying out cream blushes so perhaps I'm not doing it right. 

Packaging wise, I understand why it's twist and turn, but please make it easier to open up!! I'm either really scared that the cream blush will harden or that I won't be able to open up the product itself! Though other than that I'm content with how I can just swirl my fingers in and already grab a lot of product. 


This is actually me with the Revlon foundation, blush and stain on. As you can see (well, at least I can see it), the blush is actually visible and looks au natural if I do say so myself. I love the colour it gives you and I know it can look like it's really dark by itself but when you apply it and blend it away - it gives off a nice natural blush. 



Result: Like I stated before, I can't wait to try out more of the other colours that Revlon had to offer. I had swatched on all of the colours and even the super bright neon pink one? Yeah, I'd buy that too! They're all super pigmented and lovely colours. 

I'm sure there are a lot of other cream blushes out there waiting for me to try though so perhaps I'll give them a go first though before deciding whether I actually LOVE the Revlon cream blush or if it's just me being infatuated with cream blushes in general. 


Thanks so much for reading! :)

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Eyes, Nose, Lips

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I am SO in love with TABLO X TAEYANG's Eyes, Nose, Lips' cover right now! I actually like it way more than the original. 
"they say that time flies, but you keep breaking its wings"

 Anyways, it's the 1st of July already! How fast did time pass?! So far this year I've just been completing my second year, semester one of university. I managed to finally get my driver's license which is a major achievement on my part haha even though I should have achieved it like 2 years ago! Actually, nothing has even changed that much from last year and I'm wondering if it should. I should probably get another job to get some marketing work experience. I should also aim to finish 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami - I've only just started the second book of the trilogy :( and then I suddenly stopped and it's been piling dust somewhere in my room. I also want to earn a lot more money this year and hopefully travel to places like Singapore and Japan by the end of this year!

People keep asking me why I'm not dating - actually my co-workers have been asking me that since last year!! I just tell them I'm not currently looking for a relationship and I really haven't! I just don't put any effort into seeking a relationship as I like being cooped up in my room (especially in Winter where I'm perfectly fine under my warm blanket) and playing Sims 3 (or blogging like I am doing right now). I think my mum has been hinting at me to be in a relationship as well haha because every time it's just me and her together she always ends up talking/giving me advice about love relationship stuff which I still find to be awkward coming from her. Yiiikkkeess!

Today (Tuesday) is usually my parent's day off - so we decided to go all the way to South Perth, Bull Creek specifically, to this Hong Kong styled restaurant which I've forgotten the name of. It was so cute and unique! It was upstairs and the restaurant was nicely decorated. Definitely a mix of coffee shop style and Hong Kong tea cafe style.















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Much Ramblings About Nothing Really...

23:24 Cyndi 0 Comments

Currently sneezing non-stop (I think I've caught the flu?) and listening to Lisa Mitchell's 'Coin Laundry' whilst freezing to death over Perth's winter weather. I thought I would blog for the night, but I honestly haven't got a topic to add!

My life has actually been quite boring since exams finished - apart from working 4 nights a week, I've done nothing new. Oh! Except I'm getting new eye glasses and sunglasses in the upcoming weeks. The thing is, when I originally set off to get the frames I chose these two pairs:





Then as I went back for my appointment, the sales lady told me that she would not recommend these pairs to me as the frames didn't have nose pads (Asian flat nose syndrome) so they would sit on my cheeks and they would be too heavy and whatnot. The thing is - I've been wearing my current two eye glasses and both frames don't have nose pads and they both sit on my cheeks. I've had no problems with them and I don't mind at all. It's all really personal preference.

I was super annoyed when she suggested other frames to buy and she chose all these super ugly frames which made me look unflattering. Especially the sunglasses - all of them were super ugly. She chose these metal ones which weren't stylish at all. When I finally told her that I would be keeping the sunglass frames she kept on asking me if I was really sure I wanted these - it got super annoying and made me mad. I just don't get it, I think I would know what I like and I've been wearing glasses for the majority of my life - I think I understand what I like and dislike. I've had those nose pad pieces before and they didn't even help - they made my eyes and nose hurt and they ended up sliding down anyways. They also get dirty quickly and they turn into a really disgusting shade if they're not cleaned properly. I'm so low maintenance! Then you end up getting pimples on your nose area. 

Anyways, I ended up getting these frames in the end:

Yah, they do have nose pads.


Also, there's only 21 days left until I set off for my Melbourne Trip with my sister and my best friend! We're horrible at planning so we're just going to do stuff and plan along the way when we arrive haha. I hope we don't run out of money soon! I'm super excited because this is the first time I'm traveling with a friend and first time not with my parents. Maybe next time I'll actually travel with just my friend and I or JUST BY MYSELF!

It's also 39 days until I get my Invisalign braces off which I'm pretty stoked about and I feel like I've been smiling and laughing more freely now. It's funny how my self-confidence has improved along with my teeth. It's the little things that help my confidence grow. My teeth used to be so horrible that I would only just smile with my mouth closed.

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The Paper Kites

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If you didn't know already, it's currently exam week/s in Australia and I had a total of three exams with two of them on the same day! I had Accounting, Economics and Business Information Systems! It has been an extremely stressful week and I wanted to end it by going to The Paper Kites concert here in Perth at the Western Australian Art Gallery. This was on the 19th of June.

After I had finished my last exam at 4:30pm, I went back home to get changed/charge my phone and switch my bag so I didn't need to bring all of my study notes. Then I went to the train station to catch the train at 6:30pm and was just about to reach the Perth train station when it suddenly stopped! The doors wouln't open for a good solid one minute and everyone was just crowding and standing around the train doors. The driver announced that something had happened and that it would take some time to solve it. So, there I was - trapped in a train - so close to my destination and the concert was starting at 8pm!


I swear I was on the train for a good half an hour before they announced they were going back to the last train station! It was already 7:30 around this time and the train was supposed to arrive at Perth at 6:53pm! I was honestly getting claustrophobic and worried that I would miss the concert. My friend, Paige, was already inside the Artbar and she was all by herself and I hungry and thirsty all by myself with these strangers. 

As we were dropped off at the train station, we got off, and they didn't tell us whether there would be a train replacement bus so everyone was extremely confused over where to go. I just followed this lady and waited at the bus stop. 10 minutes already passed and there were more people waiting but no train replacement bus so I called my sister (mind you, my phone was running on 15% battery) and she came to pick me up at 8pm!!! 

I arrived at the artbar at 8:10pm and I managed to make it on time???!! WHAT THE FUCK. I am extremely shocked at how I managed to make it on time! 

Sam Bentley looked right into my camera

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[REVIEW] FAULT IN OUR STARS MOVIE REVIEW

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Blogged about the novel here. Review is down below - click here

I had the utmost pleasure of seeing an advanced screening of 'The Fault in Our Stars' yesterday as my friend won two tickets through a student competition. She had already watched it once and I was so excited and extremely overwhelmed that my friend chose me out of all of her 900 Facebook friends to go watch it with!

We got to the Belmont Reading Cinema by bus after uni at 5pm and decided to get popcorn. Then we decided to buy drinks as well but then there was a line already forming so I waited in line while my friend bought the drinks and by the time she got the drinks a line had formed from all the way to the outside of the building!!! We also had to give our phones to the crew as we weren't allowed to have any cameras/phones in the building but the two men with the metal detectors couldn't even detect the huge ass laptop and my small iPod we were carrying in our bags haha (Fake metal detectors)

The screen was huge and there were so many people. Luckily we got in early and grabbed great setas! These are the only two photos I have of yesterday as we weren't allowed photos inside the cinema.



This was the before and after photos of watching the film. Need I say more? 

Now onto my short review (may include spoilers):

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