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[Sunday
25.5.08 @ 8:47pm] |
Info for Muslims out there... Referring to the recipe from Ikea's Real Swedish Food Book, their Swedish meatballs has PORK as part of its ingredients. Reference here.
So it's better to stay away from this dish unless they change their recipe and get a certified Halal cert.
I think a good alternative would be Pizza Hut's baked beefballs with white sauce =)
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| I Need A New Phone! |
[Sunday
25.5.08 @ 8:02pm] |
My phone's being a BITCH lately. Juz because she know's she pretty. Oh well...
Below: Well this is not a phone but the BeDazzling idea is there ;)
I found More Grreat Bedazzled Pics! Click Here.
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| Bunny Hair & Make-Up |
[Monday
19.5.08 @ 2:05am] |
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My Smokey-Eye Attempt
 
Another attempt at smokey eye-shadow after viewing a really helpful tutorial at Youtube =) Note the word ATTEMPT cos i'm still not good at it.
The video is by Pursebuzz, the Tila Tequila look-alike! Well that's what many people say. The way she talk's really cute and she puts on make-up like a pro. I like her hair-curling tutorial and i tried it out. Lol... Really good tips from her.
It really beats looking at make-up tips in magazines cos the video brings you throughout the WHOLE process and u can see every single stroke done. Good rite?
I used Bourjois shimmery eyeshadow in triple tones... white, silvery-grey and greyish-black. Somehow the pearly white looks slightly purplish. I wonder why... Was it meant to be like that? Or was it because i never clean my eyeshadow brush and the pigments came from my previous applications? Unlikely leh... But doesn't matter much anyway.
Then on goes the falsies and some eye-liner for the bottom lid.
(Gosh this is such a girly entry.) Anyways... moving on...
Try not to laugh please!
The curling things makes me look like i'm from a bygone era. Lol... I doubt many people use those things anymore.
Hair Curling Attempt
 
I did use an electric curling thong prior to snapping on the plastic curlers. They're my mom's actually and i've always thought that they were useless until recently. In fact, i had thrown away a couple of them before cos i thought they they occupied too much space in the drawers =P
I also used some Wella hair mousse before curling so that the curl would last longer but too much and the hair would sorta be stiff. Hair mousse really looks like whipped cream and is fun to use. I've started using it in primary school and played with it by putting a lot of it on a lock of hair to see how hard and pokey-sharp the hair turns out. I must've been a really weird kid then. Lol...
Well i took off the curlers after like 20min later and started camwhoring with the cute bunny ears. It seems to match my dress too. I had a lot of time since i had to wait til 7pm to use the weekend car.
Had a nice dinner at Ichiban Boshi at Great World City cos i wanted to introduce him to that restaurant. He likes the place too! There are many reasons why it is wayyy nicer than Sakae Sushi.
Firstly, the service is more professional and you can see the chef at work.
Secondly, bigger sofa seating! And there are partitions separating the other seats so there is some sense of coziness and privacy. Hence, their ambience is nicer.
Halim also said that their soft-shell crab is not as oily as Sakae's. They also serve the dishes with unfamiliar sauces so those were interesting to try as well.
We also tried the fried smelt fish. I thought they were large straight prawns but actually they were smaller fishes full of fish roe in them. The spicy fried chicken picture in the menu looks nice and i almost ordered it until he reminded me that the place is not Halal =S
However i still prefer sushi as compared to all those tempura dishes. Better yet, teppanyaki is still nicer to me but i've only tried it once and i'm not sure which places would have that other than the one in Sentosa.
I'm probably going to edit the rest of the pics next time... wanna find out how to make photos look painted just like those of pin-up posters.
I've started liking vintage stuff after the 20th Century Fashion subject especially the Jazzy 1920's where they had the Flapper style. My project reserach was on that era and it must be one of the most glamorous and care-free times ever. It was when women started being daring to express themselves in public like smoking, partying the night away and even touching up their makeup in full public view using compacts which was never done previously. So that era was probably the start of liberation and empowerment for women.
Other than that, I'm hooked on jazz songs these days like Michael Buble's album and i'm about to transfer some Frank Sinatra's songs to my MP3 player. Lol... Frank Sinatra's movies were nice too. It's really the musical sort with a mix of humour and romance.
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Out of topic writing:
The Graduation ceremony is in 3 days time! I wonder if having curly hair on that day would be too over? But i wanna look good that day =S And i'll most probably pay to get the stage photos! So must look nice for the last time on that stage. Lol! All my previous stage photos have sucked. Year 1: I looked chubbier and it doesn't help that the photographer took the shot from an unflattering low angle. Plus i wore flat shoes so i was way shorter than the director. Yr 2: Still chubby and the camera angle was still the same so it makes me look fatter. I looked scared in both photos. I have yet to try on my long-sleeve business shirt with the grad gown. And i need to scour my packed cupboard to find my black skirt too. Formal wear is such a PITA.
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Below: A shy shot...Hehe.
Below: Emotive Portrait style.
Below: Last one i'm sharing for now.
Everyone should wear bunny ears that day. The guys can wear red devil horns instead.
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| Cartoon Story |
[Sunday
18.5.08 @ 9:31pm] |
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I hope everyone's not sick of my drawings being posted here =P
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THE STORY
(// I can't be bothered with grammers //)
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Her dad has a crocodile farm and she grew up with 3 older brothers there. She has a tough-babe kind of look which is influenced by the testosterone filled environment she grew up in, always dressing up in boy-shirts and getting her hands on her brothers' clothes, belts and caps. She is, however, blessed with a natural exotic beauty mainly due to her mix of Caucasian and Asian parentage which gives her piercing blue eyes, tanned skin and full lips.
Her parents met in Thailand when he went there for a research trip on ideal habitats for crocodiles and it was love at first sight when he met her. Her mom passed away when she was still young. Hence, she had no memory of her mother which left a major void in her heart. Within a rough looking exterior is actually a girl longing for love... a gentle love which she had never experienced and never given. Once her daddy's business began to take off when it began giving supplies of crocodile skin to high-end fashion establishments, she feels that the time is ready for her to start her own life away from the farm and familiarity of life in the outbacks.
"The grass is always greener on the other side," she thought quietly to herself as she contemplated her future. Leaving with nothing more than a suitcase of clothes and some money, she was set on finding a new life in the city. Au revoir!
Will she be able to handle living in the city or would she realised that home is where she really ought to be? Her brothers were strongly against the idea of their little sister going off on her own, but nothing they say can stop her from her mission. Her dad recognised the flame burning within her heart to pursue her dreams. Oh how it reminded him of his late wife. Wanting to help her, he gave her the address of her Thai grandmother who happens to live in the fine city of SINGAPORE, a city full of promises (ooohhh la la! LOL...) Her grandmother owns a reputable restaurant serving Thai cuisines.
She was not well-received at first as her arrival invoked her grandmother's memories of how her only daughter's heart was 'robbed' by a strange foreigner. However, fondness grew as her grandmother saw similar traits of her daughter within her. Both of them were stubborn and very very driven, she noticed.
She helped her grandmother managing the business and would soon learn the ways of trade with much guidance from her grandmother. After all, she did do most of the paperwork and handling of clients for her dad while at the farm. Much was also discovered about her late mother as her grandmother showed her photos of her mother and talked about her every now and then. Somehow, those stories made her feel.....complete? It was as though a missing jigsaw puzzle of her life is finally filled. Her life began to look even brighter as she began falling for a guy. She always looks forward to see him every few days as he sends the restaurant its supplies of fresh fish (LOL!). He is just a delivery boy but his charming personality and good looks got her hooked. Her grandmother approves of their relationship knowing that if she marries him, not only will she be with true love, but it will keep her near as well.
However, there would be a major barrier to their love when her brothers come to visit her and found out that she was dating a delivery boy, or rather, a fish-smelling-nobody, in their eyes. And it doesn't help that they got into a brawl when one of her brother got drunk and began taunting him and pushing him and they got into a fight. Amidst all this mayhem, she received a phone call informing her that her dad back at home was seriously ill. Alarmed and worried for her dad, she took the next available flight back home leaving her new found life.
Would she be able to return? Would LOVE prevail?
(You continue the story...Yes YOU if you're reading this. Post it in the comment :>)
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