December '16

IT'S THE LAST DAY OF 2016!!!

How had this year gone by so quickly??? Like really, I remember my convo was just a few months ago?

Sigh anyway December has been good! ^^


1. CLP re-sit results.

I passed the CLP examination. I thank God in my heart everyday for this miracle. Now I need to land myself a job.

I've been doing mostly nothing but watching dramas online and slacking and rotting around. It's too jolly a month for me to start my engine and look for a chambering position. T_T


2. 11/11 Taobao parcel!

My Taobao stuffs were finally here! They were purchases made on 11/11 through Ezbuy so I get to enjoy the first kg of shipping free plus free agent fee and 30% off economy air shipping! Took them long enough to finally send me an SMS informing me to go pick it up.

The hair bun thingy was only RM0.25 each can you believe it hahahaha. Card holder was only RM3++ each! Ladle pair was only RM3.20 wtf. Plushies were RM27 for 3 including delivery, a stall in Gurney is selling them each at RM20 wtf hahaha.

Awwww look at them!!!

3. Christmas came early!

Received a Christmas pressie from Ivy! :D :D The whole thing smells so super heavenly - the paper bag, the plastic holder, the little booklet. Mummy started aiming at them. =_____=


4. BABY BLUE ICE CREAM!!!

Finally tried Rabbit's Softserve for the first time!!! BABY BLUE softserve to be more specific. *hearts in eyes* They were having promotion cos it's their first anniversary so B1F1 hahahaha. RM12 for 2 so why not! Purposely drove down to town with Fei just to get the ice cream. Hahaha.


5. Christmas is coming!

Yippie got my Christmas pressie from Fei too! :D :D So pretty the wrapper. It would've been better if it was in white or black with gold accents with minimalistic designs..

Bow N Arrow! So so so pretty.. :*

6. Short fam trip down to KL!

Everytime I go down to KL I only visit city center cos I can't find the need to go other places other than the city. Hahaha. Pavilion and KLCC were super super merry and crowded! That's why I love Christmas! So happy and jolly.

Oh yes we went down to Mid Valley though cos mummy hasn't been there before. And then went through the connecting bridge over to Gardens. And I didn't forget to go visit FamilyMart!!!! Nearly forgotten about the matcha ice cream though, luckily I saw the menu board and remembered hahaha.

And guess what!! NEW OPENING PROMOTION ONLY RM1.45 EACH OMG. So cheap + so good! Even if it's not on promo it's still only RM2.90 wtf. Legend of Tea now sells it at RM4 for half of FamilyMart's size! Hmph.

Also visited the Aquaria! Not super impressive but still nice to spend time in there with family! But they really need to improve their air cond system though. It was fucking warm inside unlike SG's SEA World.


And that's my December! Super boring hahaha but happy nonetheless. And tonight off we go to Straits Quay just like any other year for the NY count down and fireworks! Also I don't think I'll be making any NYR anymore.. I never keep to them anyway. Hahahahaha.

Happy New Year everyone (whoever's reading this) and may the new year brings us lots of joy and harmony!

My 2016

2016 is coming to its end can you believe it? Sigh how time flies.

I remember our Langkawi trip was just a few months ago...

Anyway my 2016 went quite ok, totally unexpected lol.

1. Started my 2016 with a dinner by the beach for my birthday.

Of course it was freaking hot, El Nino was attacking earlier this year, but we got to watch the sunset!! :D And it's a nice place with lots of greens and blues!!


2. My degree's atas (expensive) convocation at KLCC's.

My everyone came! :D

3. Went on road trips with Fei.

We went to Genting twice, KL twice, Ipoh many times. :D

I think we spent a lot of time together out of Penang this year! :D Is this considered a milestone? :B


4. Baked mummy cake for Mother's Day and her birthday!

This was the failed cake sigh but it didn't taste that bad la. Mother's Day was in May so I had more time to waste and make the deco lol. Mummy's birthday cake tasted much better but it didn't look as good hahaha the deco was very simple cos it was July and I had not much time to waste hahaha.


5. Promise ring!

❤

6. CLP exams.

Stressed. Very very much stressed, always crying to myself thinking how much of mummy's money was burnt. Never been this stressed in my 24 years of life.

In my 24 years of life, I've never studied this hard. (Altho it would seem that my effort pales in comparison with other people who really really worked hard.)


7. Singapore trip with mummy and bro!

Our first time to SG together! I managed to bring mummy and bro to tour around SG using their MRT without losing our way. :D

Also visited USS and had fun!

And smart-ass-ly took this Cyclone on. *slaps forehead*


8. Por Por's birthday.

My first time (and never have I thought it'd be the last time) baking a cake for Por Por.


9. First out-of-country trip with Fei!

We went to Bangkok! Spent 5 days 4 nights there together. :D

We had the best time together and also experienced the worst together. =____= I will never ever forget the flood experience... T_____T


10. Por Por's passing.

I have pictures but I don't think I wanna put it up here.

She'll forever be in my heart.


11. CLP results...

I ACTUALLY GOT CONDITIONAL PASS??!?!

... I didn't expect that. At all. I thought I flunked it.

Thank you God, thank you Por Por, thank you mummy, thank you Fei, Wen, Ivy, Yi Min, thank you for always believing in me and having the faith in me.

I wouldn't make it without all these blessings and faith.


12. Re-sit paper...

However, getting a conditional pass means I flunked 1 paper. Flunking 1 paper means I had to re-sit for that paper in less than 14 days after the results were out.

I went down to KL alone, stayed in the hotel alone and survived. Of course Fei and mummy were worried like cray (I'm 24 already ok?) but I made it home safe and sound!

But I was super super tired. zzz...


13. Re-sit results...

I was so stressed for the re-sit results again. =_____= Cos I didn't want to go for another round of re-sit. And waste mummy's money again.

I couldn't sleep for 2 weeks wtf kept waking up in the middle of the night for a few times. Felt like shit most of the time...

BUT I MADE IT AGAIN!!!!!!! T_________T With God's and Por Por's blessings.. Thank you.


And so that's how my 2016 is going to end.

I passed CLP. Like what Yeema said, it's the best Christmas gift. I totally didn't expect this, but it happened.

And with Por Por's passing, I realised that people can be super super horrible when it comes to money, even if they're family. And this also confirmed my sixth sense was never wrong. I'd never not believe my sixth sense.

I hope everyone had a good year. 2017 is coming! I'm turning 25 soon! ... a quarter of a century. =_=

Kioda's XIMISO Lipstick Lover - Virgin Kiss Tension Lip Review!

HELLO DECEMBER! :D It's that time of the year again! Joyous, happy December where Christmas carols are being blasted on speakers and radio stations! :D

Haven't been feeling motivated to blog, but I'm back today to write about this XIMISO brand lipstick that I got from Kioda at RM10... I regretted getting it 5 minutes after payment and started Googling about it in the car when Fei was driving. I couldn't find any review at all. :| And obviously I started feeling bad lol cos it says it's from Korea but it's made in China??? I didn't get it. I still don't get it.

So 7 months after I bought it (ya we went to the Butterworth Kioda in May when it first opened lol) I finally decided to try and use it. And I decided to write about it since there's no real review available.

The product has a long name lolol. Lipstick Lover Virgin Kiss Tension Lip Dangerous? Not sure if Dangerous is the name of the color. I only know it's color #01 lol. No idea if the color has a name or not.

And here's how it looks like. Plastic container - light in weight, not flimsy, considered quite good for a RM10 'Korean' lipstick.


And in case you're wondering what are the ingredients, click to enlarge:

Made in China?

Ximiso is a Korean company I think.

And I suppose it's a Korean brand with all the Korean words printed on the box like that?

You'd understand I was feeling quite troubled then. No reviews came up, no results came up on Google...

And here's how the lipstick looks like. It looks just like any other normal lipstick, but maybe cheaper cos of the plastic and its color lolol. I quite liked the color when I first swatched it on my hand when we were in the shop, that's why I bought it.

And then I tried putting it on my lips a few days ago. =____= BIG MISTAKE.

The color turned out neon, it was drying, it didn't glide on smoothly, I just didn't like it!! T_____T It's not that I didn't know not to expect a lot but I didn't expect it to be that patchy la omg. Totally wasted RM10. :(

Top swatch = 1 layer; bottom swatch = 2 layers.

Color pay off is ok. But the patchiness!! I tried focusing on the patchiness in the 3rd photo of the swatches. Please look closely. T_T So disappointed. I already put on lip balm before I glide the lipstick on. And it was so super patchy and drying. :( This lipstick is a no no for me.

And if you'd like to know, yes the lipstick did stain my hand a bit after I washed it off with makeup remover and body wash even though the swatch was only there for a max 5 minutes while I took these photos. :|

The stain is very slight, but still a stain nonetheless.

Sigh. I guess the RM10 taught me a lesson: think twice before spending money on unknown cheap makeups. T_T I just thought it'd be okay cos it's not face/eye product maaaa. Sigh. I don't simply buy face/eye makeups if they're not properly established/known. I really thought lip products would be okay. :(((

So please be careful ladies out there!

Some people might find this lipstick ok I think? But I just don't find it good to use la since it emphasized the dry patches on my lips even after I put on lip balm before gliding this lipstick on.

If you think it's ok and wanna get it, you can find it in any of the Kioda shops though at only RM10!