As some of you may already know, I will be traveling with MR + Cait for two months so will not be blogging .. here :-b I will be blogging ..
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Go check it out. Hopefully I will actually have the opportunity to post some pics up every now and again as well as give the lowdown on what’s happening but who knows .. ! I will you all a merry Christmas and happy new year in advance ! Will miss you guys heaps !
Love,
Mookxi.
No one ever guesses where I’m from. Well barely ever. I say, don’t try. Especially as Iceland is probably going to be the last place you’d guess. Nonetheless, people try and guess, and fail. Emphasis on fail. Joking. That sounded harsh. Mostly it’s Japanese or Korean or Eurasian. But it’s barely (again with the barely’s) ever Chinese. Which seriously confuses me to no end especially considering how many Chinese people there are in the world. Hence my tip is, if you’re trying to work out where an Asian person’s from — ALWAYS start with “are you Chinese ?” because there’s a 50% chance you’ll get it right — no matter what nationality that person looks like X-D.
However, the above paragraph is besides the point (so technically you could have skipped reading it :-P).
Has anyone noticed the absolute OBSESSION with asians trying to look Japanese/Korean ? Perhaps not in an obvious way but people seem to always like being guessed Jap/Kor. Like we ultimately want to be who we are (Chinese) but look something else. It frustrates me because it implies that there’s some sort of hierachy of asian beauty which goes European / Japanese > Korean > Chinese. I should note that I don’t believe it’s a racist thing because people still embrace their culture & roots. And I know some of you may be unaware of this or disagree with me and I can understand that because it’s not the sort of thing a lot of people would admit !
Well, there I said it.
I’m making a conscious effort to post today, just before I sleep cause’ I know Nicole checks my blog out every day because she’s just got so much time on her hands :-P Anyhow, I’m leaving tomorrow night and the excitement hasn’t REALLY set in yet. I hopefully will still be blogging some where cause’ I’m going to bring my mini EEE laptop and will give you the link to my travel blog in the next post ;-)
By the way, got a hair cut today ! Very happy with it. Tried out a new hair salon today (Heading Out) and a guy called Bach cut it. And an interesting guy. Told me he wanted to work with children cause’ he gets along with em’ really well but no one would hire a guy with tatts all up his arm X-D I wish him luck.
Unedited picture is below. I couldn’t part with my brown (looks different in natural light). I don’t think I’ll go back to black any time soon but I may dye it a totally different colour in future. We’ll just have to see how much moula I have by the time I come back ;-O.
14. Participate in Project 365 ; 1 photo a day for 365 days (65/365)
September 21st 2009
MASTA MICKEY WONG TAI’S (say it really fast, it sounds funny X-D) unique sandwich combo which consists of tuna, what looks like mayo, and chips with, let’s not forget, tomato sauce ! Appetising or what ?!
52. Write twenty new poems (12/20)
It’s hard to rhyme well. Especially as I used to hate rhyming poems until him. I actually love reading poetry online now a days (I have a whole folder of bookmarked sites X-D) ! Poetry just by regular people living irregular lives. Anyway, I know you’re supposed to have intent by rhyming since so I suppose my intent it to be ironic. Also, I’m in a some what playful mood.
Day to night
Night to day
There’s no delight
In the game you play
The mask you wear
Is a facade
To hide the fact
There’s nothing there.
51. Write 30 essays or articles about something I’m interested in and post it online (3/30)
I don’t really know how I’m getting all these hits after the skin post (besides visits from my loved ones ~ Eevonn, Nicole ^^) but I just want to thank everyone who’s taken their precious exam-study time to read my goo goo blah blah of a blog. I suppose it’s because skin concerns us all since I haven’t met anyone yet that doesn’t have any skin on em’. I mean, I’m no homicide detective or nuthin’ and seeing what they see would probably scar me for life despite all the horror movies I can stomach.
Anyway, onto make up talk since that’s what I promise y’all (it still amuses me that English classes in France teach this phrase). So yah. I never used to wear make up until before and around France when Nicole lured me to the dark side. Slowly I learnt about foundation, application, and beauty tools and now, apprentice has become master ! X-D JK. I still only wear the basics so here’s explaining what these ‘basics’ are. By the way, I apply in this order:
14. Participate in Project 365 ; 1 photo a day for 365 days (62/365)
Thanks for all your (my adored readers) comments & sympathy & love. I hope your exams are going excellent. :-D
September 16th 2009
Movida Next Door which < Movida. A slightly-but-hardly-noticeably cheaper alternative. Personally it doesn’t make my top 20 especially as this Spanish bar/restaurant doesn’t serve sangria amongst other things you can only find in Movida (habit, habit, habit) which I was in the mood for ! Sho shad.
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Living in the city, in THIS apartment is great. Aesthetically speaking that is. The community spirit is lacking but slowly I’m getting to know the other residents who live in this building. However, what I ABSOLUTELY cannot stand is the fact that Quest is illegally carrying business in this officially ‘residential’ building aka allowing guests to stay in the Quest apartments here.
I can’t emphasise how FRUSTRATING it is to live alongside with these rude, often drunk, horrible, selfish, inconsiderate visitors and their obnoxious, plastic staff who smile and are nice to their guests but when it comes to the residents who aren’t on their payroll, their true horrid nature comes out. Recently, I mentioned that my parents have moved out from the suburbs to the city which meant that I got my piano back ! So everyday for at least one hour I’ve been practising and practising. However, I got a note from some Alex-guy (manager) saying that I was causing a nuisance and to have some consideration for the guests staying next door (for like a weekend — dude.. I have to LIVE here under your contradictory rules). Of course, I did happen to play at 3am but at the time I didn’t actually realise that the walls *are not sound proof*. So the next night I played before 12am as I assumed I would be allowed to play before that time (like last year during house warming) and again someone had the nerve to knock on my door (I don’t answer to strangers). Since when did the rules change ? Honestly, if you have some rules and policies you want us to graciously obey, could you at least advise us in advance ? Because this is total bull. I mean — DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE RESIDENTS PUT UP WITH ? I’ll give you a list !
1. Quest’s lack of accountability on their part
They complain all they like but when we complain about something to them, they totally push it aside and belittle it.
2. Drunk people on Thursday night
It’s not uncommon to see drunk people around the entrance. Worse is when they make advances. In this way, I wouldn’t recommend any families with small children staying here. There is absolutely no security around to prevent anything that could happen! It’s like an accident waiting to happen..
3. Drunk people on Friday night
4. Drunk people on Saturday night
5. People performing sexual acts in the stair well
One of the residents here walked into a couple having sex in the stair well. It’s happened more than once.
6. Babies screaming and children kicking walls
In my opinion, this is worse than listening to Claire de Lune.
7. Annoying guests
Some European guy banged on my door and actually stormed into my apartment when I opened it asking for a cork screw. This is why I never EVER open the door to strangers. EVER.
8. Being mistaken as a Quest staff
In the elevator some Russian dudes asked about room service and other amities. Besides that little tiff, they seemed nice.
9. Getting stuck the lift with 4 rowdy (fat) bogans (they even admitted to it)
The lift kept getting stuck in basement level. Scariest 10 minutes of my life. They kept trying to force the door open too. This is why the lifts look so dilapidated and old — because Quest visitors keep battering up the lifts which need CONSTANT repair (money that probably comes out of the body corporate fees). THANKS AGAIN QUEST FOR YOUR LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY !
10. Guests smoking when it is clearly not allowed
The lifts smell like smoke from time to time and people leave their cigarette buds near and around the entrance. Disgusting. Yes, these are the kinds of people that stay here.
11. Guests making racist remarks at us
Again associated with drunk people. Racism shouldn’t be tolerated in any situation.
12. Listening to guests making inappropriate conversation
Some high teenagers were celebrating one of their friend’s 18th and having a party on level 5 or 6. I hate small talking with people who add “f—” or “s—” or “c—” to every sentence.
13. Shouting and screaming from the next door
.. amongst other inappropriate sounds.
Seriously, the list could go ON and ON. And that’s why the residents have officially submitted a complaint document to the Body Corporate so they can stop this illegal practice. If you saw you you’d be BEWILDERED by its shocking R-rated content. Conclusion: They disgust me. And I’m not going to shy away about it (that’s what they’d want me to do).
Unfortunately all I can do now is hope is that karma bites them in the butt (hard).
51. Write 30 essays or articles about something I’m interested in and post it online (2/30)
Over the past few months I’ve had REALLY bad acne. And the funny thing is, it never used to be a problem — not even in high school aka the ‘raging hormones’ period. I know some would be appalled by the fact that I used to only wash my face and put a bit of Olay (my dad’s “Holy Grail” product) moisturiser on it but I confess, that was my two-step skincare routine from about ages 15 to 19. I don’t think I even washed my face before age 15 ! It was only after I turned 20 that I actually started to use more products than moisturiser. Makeup too. I never used to touch any of that stuff except for special occasions like formals. Not for fear of my face becoming a dried prune one day (all those icky chemicals !), but more like due to laziness and probably ignorance too. I mean, I never had any pressure at school or anything to “pretty up”. There were no boys to impress and I didn’t really want to impress anyone. Still don’t.
But now I have succumb to this other realm (have you noticed how many skincare/beauty blogs there ARE out there ?!) and have started taking proper care of my skin. After some heafty research about what I’m ’supposed’ to be doing and carrying out trial & error with different products to use , I’ve actually got myself my own skincare routine because trust me, everyone who has excellent skin out there is using SOMETHING other than water. I only wish I had had more guidance from the start. So if you’re a newbie to it all, I hope this helps ! Here’s detailing my “5 step skincare regime“:
I wish I could take longer showers. I really wish I could. Don’t you find your mind is much clearer when you’re just standing there letting the water drip all over your naked body ? Don’t have a dirty mind ! I mean it ! And all my best thinking is done in the shower. Pity that water is so scarce.
