-ing APR/MAY 2013

Hello My Precious Earthling Babies! (Okay, that does sound weird but hey! It's me.)

Another -ing. I feel like I haven'e done one in ages and I really haven't. I have been doing so much lately and here's my attempt to tell you what I am doing at the moment that's not school-related. Or exam-related. Or revision-related.

Joining: GOODREADS! and Pulseit

Reading: --------> Goodreads sidebar

Listening (Audio Book): Seriously... I'm Kidding - Ellen DeGeneres

Watching (TV series): The Mentalist

Watching (Anime): Post coming soon! ^_^ 

Magazine-ing: 

• Ray - Jan 2013
• Vivi - August 2012
• Company - February & April 2013

Searching: Artsy/Drawing Materials

Love... Then Let It Go Theory

Theory: Love... Then Let It Go

Thought by: ME~  

Ever heard of the saying: 

"If you love it, let it go. If it loves you, it will come back to you" 

Well, here is my version: 

"If you love it, then let it go. If it loves you enough (or more), it will come flying, smashing or crashing back to you. In some cases, it might even hit you in the face." 

~ Ka-Ching (My logic)

I guess this is a philosophical theory? 

This is both difficult and easy to explain. Let's take the world for example (this was inspired by my awesome friend) and if you love it, you should let it go. Or in his case, it just abandoned him. Not the point. Anyway, if the world loves you enough, it will come back smashing into your face. No, don't take a punch as it loves you. You get my drift? If you don't, I don't know how else to explain it.

P.S. Please don't take this too seriously. However, it might still smash into your face.

Last Day @ School and Developing a Habit?

Annyeong! How are you?

I had my last official day of Year 11 today! I finished at 12:30 today and from now on, I am on study leave and no more school. I should miss Year 11 but I am just happy at the moment. I have had my last Biology, English, Geography and French lessons! (I probably am dropping more subjects but those came to mind first.) It sort of feel strange saying goodbye to another school year. However, since I still have exams so it is technically not over yet. Year 11 probably deserve another goodbye when all my exams are over. 

I had an interesting (last) History lesson today. My so-called strict teacher bought the entire class cake! A chocolate cake! Okay, it's my second chocolate cake of the week since my Biology teacher baked us a cake but still, we had chocolate cake and went outside to play cricket. Cricket was...... FUN! (That's me being sarcastic.) The weather was not great today. Like seriously, yesterday was so hot that it was suffocating. Today was like: Hello! HAVE SOME RAIN! MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~ It wasn't raining that bad, but compared to yesterday, it's like we got hit by a storm. The ground just went Blargh -dies- and got super slippery. I was already pretty terrible at cricket, it's been nearly 5 years since I last played, and wearing full school uniform with a skirt DID NOT HELP! I was destined to fail. Because: Failure = Awful skills + Skirt + Slippery. Being the last person to bat was totally no pressure. NO PRESSURE AT ALL. I was terrible but I had a friend who just slipped over, so I feel much better (because I am evil like that) and claimed that he did worse than me because he totally did. What made my failure even more apparent was the fact that all the boys on the other team took like 10 steps towards me when I bat. That made my awful batting looks more apparent than the word apparent. 

Discovery: I think I am developing a habit. Do people even develop habits yet my age? Wow, that made me sound old. I am seriously just 16. Anyway, I am developing a habit of clapping. Sort of like this:

My face sometimes does that. But I look 70% less pretty.

Example 1: Oh really? That's great! -clap-

Example 2: Haha (laughs) -clap-

Example 3: Woo~ Fighting! -clap-

Example 4: YAY~ -clap- 

Am I weird?

Laugh of the day: (If you are not laughing, you no know music!)

                    

Sweet 16 With Awesome Pressies!

Hey! Yes, I am 16 now. Not that it makes a difference because I pretty much look the same and just about everything else is the same. Life doesn't stop or get better as you officially get a year older. The day before my birthday, because my lovely English teacher was making us do an extra 40 minutes of English in the morning of my birthday, I just went full on depressing mode. It was not pretty. But English didn't turn out so bad and I had an amazing birthday. So you don't just get a year older, you also have a hell of a time while changing a number. I am not going to go SUPER SWEET 16! BUT I am going to go -insert GIF-

This is a tiny bit over the top. You get my drift!

Here's some Wikipedia facts on 16:

• 16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 
• 16 is a composite number and a square number, being the square number of 4.
• It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, them being 1, 2, 4 and 8. 
• The atomic number of sulfur.
• Group 16 of the periodic table are the chalcogens. 

My day:

School was pretty much the same. Lesson, break, more lessons, lunch then sport. I should have done yoga in Games but not enough people showed up and my teacher was awesome so we just all chilled. I got home and guess what movie I watched? Guess. You probably got it wrong. I watched Silver Linings Playbook!

Yes, that was my reaction at the end of the movie. It was so cute. Actually to be fair, that's my reaction to quality rom-coms (Not The Notebook). I have been told by so many people how good the movie was and I finally got a chance to to watch it and OHMYGOSH! It's such a good movie. I have now turned into one of those people who will recommend this movie to anyone I know. 

I have to talk about my pressies! I am not bragging or anything. I just want to share my love and excitement and that little bit of awesomeness with everyone. :)

Dr Martens 1460 W in Red a.k.a. FAVOURITE PRESENT!

Dr Martens 1460 W Boots in Red, a.k.a. FAVOURITE PRESENT! I have been talking about getting a pair of red Dr Martens boots since Christmas and I am so happy I finally got it. They look so awesome. I need to give 4 years old mini-Ching a highfive! -self-five!-

Ignore the orange socks. I love those orange socks but they clearly doesn't match with the blue, either blues. Shoes seems to be a recurring theme in my present but apart from me loving shoes and getting two pairs for my birthday, I don't have that big a thing for shoes. I must say... I LOVE CREEPERS! They are so much more comfy than I thought. They also look awesome because I have been complimented a few times.  -cheeky grin-

Two very thoughtful presents from my parents. The lovely Paddington Bear bag is for my school next year because I am going to get so many folders and books and my mother is always the most awesome person in the world when it comes to getting things I actually need. Also my mother knows how much I FREAKING LOVE NOTEBOOKS! I have declare my love for pretty notebooks on this blog before, so I won't go into it again. So Thanks Mummy! 

The present from my little sister, and father (sort of). Everything about my little sister is food related. EVERYTHING. I can guarantee it. I am quite sure the cupcake maker is 30% mine and 60% hers. 

L: Little Sister's Card. R: Parent's Card.

My parents give me a numbered age card every year since I was 13. So I have 4 in my yearly increasing collection.

Presents from Beth. The sketch book is g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s! The paper has amazing quality. But what is with me and flower this year?! I have no idea either. Those are 3 bookmarks on the right there. Plus she gave me a little string devil keyring this. Apparently it's me wrapped up in a little keyring. Cheers Beth! She knows I LOVE FOOD~ Those chocolate are going to last me like... 2 days? Probably less.

I love this card! Because WITH GREAT HAIR ALWAYS COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. 

Conclusion: I love my birthday!

I Can't Speak French

Bonjour! (That is just about how much French I know.) 

My reaction to NO MORE FRENCH SPEAKING!
(Well, apart from if I want to go to France. But I can speak English there.)

I'm just being a little silly because I am super relived right now. I am so glad all my French speaking control assessments is over. That thing was scary and I swear it's designed torture kids. Yup, I basically walked out of French and was like YAAAAAAY! NO MORE FRENCH SPEAKING!!! A little bit quieter but you get the just. Okay, I am a little TOO relived but it's understandable. I truly suck at French. But I pulled through both the speaking control assessment and now I am free. Sort of. I have Art exam tomorrow. Blargh. I am just going to enjoy tonight with some victory dancing? -randomly waving my arms around and not sure if that's called dancing-

A Little Bit of Awesome Goes a Long Way

Hey! 

Want to know how "bubbly" and "lively" I am? Well, here it is.

Erin and I were sort of late to afternoon registration. We were about 2 minutes late. So we walked in and Beth told us to tell our form supervisor we were here so he would mark us present. Then I went and did something "hilarious" (according to my entire class). I went up to my teacher and spread my arms out and went: Hi Sir! Like seriously a bit too cheerful for a Thursday afternoon. The entire class burst into laughter and I was sent out by my teacher.

The best bit is yet to come. 

So I was standing outside having no idea what he is going to say to me and the entire class laughing. I have to admit, it's not the proudest moment of my life. About a minute later, my form supervisor came out and wait-for-it... he said: Hi Ka-Ching! and gave me the jazz hands. Well, sort of just putting his hands up. His expression was so defeated. Defeated is the only word you can really use in that situation. It was seriously funny, especially after just about every person in the class asked me what happened and I told them and they laughed really hard. It was hilarious because my form supervisor usually appears really strict but is actually secretly awesome. Like ninja awesome with the ninja bit. He has an interesting sense of humour. Apparently the randomness and hilariousness of that made people's day. 

Anyway the important thing is, that's exactly how you become the class clown. I guarantee it will work, because I am pretty sure I am labelled that now. I am still being laughed at. I am not even going to go into my previous incident with the door. That was sheer embarrassment.  

Here's Erin and I's daily dose of randomness! 

Erin: I need one of those coffee shots.
Me: I smell carrots. 

-thumbs up to us for being weird as hell-

My conclusion of the "incident" and lesson of the day: A little bit of awesome/laughter goes a long way.

Talking Nonsense When I Should Be Revising

Hey! 

I am just watching videos on Youtube and reading when really I should be revising. But revising is no fun. 

Anyway, I just want to talk about something really weird that happened today. It's been snowing and hailing on and off all day. Seriously, it's mid-March and snowing. -insert scientific reasoning- But it's insane! Apart from that, I received a letter from my GP's medical centre wishing me a Happy Birthday (my birthday is two weeks away). No, it doesn't stop there. It gets weirder. They also attached two A4 posters on "Improving your self esteem". I mean: really... WHAT?! -weirdly shocked face- I really don't see what turning 16 has to do with your self esteem of anything. Apparently according to my mum, it's cute. I mean, it is quite funny. BUT WEIRD! 

Oh oh OH! I watched Cloud Atlas during the weekend! It's such a good movie! It is also very weird and disturbing at the same time. Nonetheless, the story about Frobisher was so touching and heartbreaking at the same time. It sort of tore my heart out at the end. Ben Whishaw was amazing, such a great actor. Seriously, I recommend watching the film. It's good, but beware it's rated 15 and there are disturbing bits. Cloud Atlas Sextet is a beautiful piece of music. It's stunningly beautiful. I learnt how to play it on the piano and I love it. Now go and Youtube it. Listen to it and you will see how beautiful it is. 

Confessions!

Hey!

I am sort of bored, so here's something kind of interesting!

School Confessions

[x] Talked back to a teacher.
[x] Been kicked out of a class.

[x] Worn your pyjamas to school. It was pyjamas' day! You would wear pyjamas, duh! 
[ ] Had your tooth fall out during school.
[x] Gotten yourself lost in your school.
[x] Broken the dress code in your school. About all girls break the dress code. 
[ ] Completely and utterly failed a test. I guess 33% doesn't count? 
[x] Left your class without asking anybody.
[ ] Missed a whole week of school for something stupid.
[x] Throw up your lunch in school.

Home Life Confessions

[x] Argue with your parents a lot. Not seriously, just things really pointless.  
[ ] Argue with your brother(s) a lot. I don't have a brother.
[x] Argue with your sister(s) a lot. I have one rather antagonising little sister.
[ ] Do your own laundry.
[x] Cook dinner once in a while. My 'while' is quite long. 
[ ] Are loud and obnoxious at home.

[x] Wear pyjamas when you are not going to go anywhere. That or sweatpants and a t-shirt. 

[x] You sleep in very long. 
[x] All you do is watch television/go on the internet. Internet = YES. TV = No. 
[ ] Your parents are divorced.
[ ] Your family makes you cry a lot.
[ ] One or both of your grandparents live with you.
[ ] You can't stand being with your parents. 

Friend Confessions

[ ] You currently dislike one or more of your friends. If I don't like them, I don't call them my 'friend'. 
[ ] You are jealous of one or more of your friends. Jealousy makes a friendship falls apart, we shouldn't be jealous of our friends in any way. 
[x] You have known a friend your whole life. 
[ ] Your friends are all taller than you. Thanks Erin! You are shorter than me :P But you know I love you really. 
[x] You have been ditched by a friend.
[x] You have memorized a friend’s phone number.
[x] You have lost/forgotten a friend’s phone number.
[x] You have been to most of your friend’s houses.
[x] You love most of your friends. As I have said, if I don't like them, then they are not my friend.

Habit Confessions

[x] You bite your nails.

[x] You have an odd obsession with knives. Yes, but more so with fire. I love fire. Ask any of my friends and they will tell you how much I am obsessed with fire. 

[ ] You cannot sleep with the door closed.
[x] You cannot sleep with the door open.
[x] There is at least one sound you cannot stand.
[ ] You write stories about mad cannibalistic serial killers.
[x] You are good at telling lies. Sort of? You can't really tell that yourself.  

Love Confessions

[ ] You currently like/love someone. 
[ ] You want to kill one of your Ex. 
[ ] You can't stay committed for an unusually long time.
[ ] You get bored of your crush/BF/GF easily.
[ ] A crush/BF/GF has called you self-centered before.
[ ] Your Ex has dumped you for another person. 
[x] You don't want a bf/gf at the moment. Yes, I am a boring person. Nothing close to romantic happens in my life.

Personal Opinion Confessions

[ ] You hate George Bush. Maybe?  
[ ] Gay marriage is fine by you. Don't really have an opinion on gay marriage. So maybe?  
[ ] Boys make better friends than girls do. My best friends are girls... So I guess not. But in some areas, boys are easier to talk to. 
[ ] Pink is an ugly colour. Pink generally is not ugly, some shades are worst than others, but I think it's fine. 
[x] Needles aren't so horrible.
[ ] Human flesh tastes like fine aged veal. I will be shocked if anyone have had human flesh and is admitting it. I will never eat human flesh, even the thought of it is disgusting. 
[ ] You have plenty of secrets. SHHH! I am not going tell you, because then it would be ruined.

"Have You Ever" Confessions

[x] Fallen up the stairs. Of course you fall up stairs! That's how normal people do it! 
[x] Had your shoelaces tied together.
[x] Had a nail fall off. 
[x] Captured, Manipulated, or Destroyed a soul. It's fun. 
[x] Slapped someone across the face. Slapping people is fun! Sort of. 
[ ] Killed someone. In my head, many people have died many times. Not in reality.  
[x] Worn something inside out for a whole day.

Anyone interested, totally do it about yourself. It's quite fun.  

Roller coaster of Life

Hey! 

I am just chilling here with delicious apple pie and vanilla ice-cream and my awesome blog. I haven't wrote anything here for 2 weeks, give or take a day or two. I have just been so busy lately and I really wish I have time to blog more often. I found time now so I am going to spend some quality time with my buddy.  

I think life can often be described as a roller coaster. It has it's up and down. Some times in a different order to how you think it will happen. Life is a series of unexpected events. Or moments. It makes you reflect on your life and how you have made the most of it or ruined and wasted it. 

It's 18 days until my birthday. 18 days until I turn 16. I want to reflect on what I have done with my life and what I can do better or differently. Reality basically smashed into my face when I got my exam time table yesterday. I am not the smartest student. Nor do I have the most exam papers in the summer. I will do the best I can but exam seriously takes like 3 years off our lives. It's still 2 months until I have to start my first exam, but pressure is definitely on. School, teachers, peers and parents give you an overwhelming amount of stress and pressure that you don't really realise. It is hard to handle and it can drain and slowly kill you. Don't keep it all in. It's not good for you. Let it all out. All of it. Cry, scream, punch. Do whatever you want to let it out. It will make you feel better and you deserve to feel better. I think it's best in life to stay positive and think about the beauty of the world you are in and your life, but still be sort of realistic about it. I am not a person who let myself feel emotions easily, so I don't get stressed or pressured as easily as other people. But I hope all of you out there who are pressured or upset as exams and revision is coming up to feel better. You need to relax and think about all the things you have achieved and what a great person you are. As a person who recently dealt with a part failure, I understand life is not easy. However, you have to make the most it. Take time out for yourself so you can think back in like 30 years time and still remember life was not all that bad back when you though it's all doom and hell. 

That's enough of my rambling and "You just sound so mysterious whenever you try to sound philosophical" quoted from my dear friend Beth. I have an art exam in like 2 weeks and I have a ridiculous amount of art coursework I still have to do. So I should get going to do that. I am actually quite motivated in art as my art teacher complimented me and called me an "artist" for doing things that she wouldn't have thought of. I think it's nice get motivated sometimes, it cheers me up. To all you artists, you are all very talented. Art is about expressing yourself in the way you want. Like words. Don't let anyone or anything get you down.  

I wish all of you out there, stressed or not, good luck with whatever you are doing! ^_^

P.S. Erin and Beth, this one is for you guys. You know I love you guys to bits so cheer up! Be happy :)  

Ingredients For Happy Syrup

Happy Forever Alone Day!

If you are all by yourself and being anything but grumpy, then my friend, you are doing it right.

Yes, Valentine's Day is really overrated. Everyone know that you should treasure the special someone you love every minute of every day. Not just on the 14th of February. I was stuck in school for all day today, so most of you are probably having a better day than moi.

So let's talk about... HAPPY SYRUP! 

To understand what Happy Syrup is, you must know that IT'S NOT REAL! I made it up a while ago because I can. The aim of Happy Syrup is to make you more happy when you are not. It's that simple and self-explanatory.  

Ingredients:

• Chocolate. A lot of chocolate. I don't care which form is comes it, either it's hot chocolate, chocolate ice-cream or even chocolate cake. It doesn't matter.
• Rainbows! Seriously. Rainbows makes the world go round and it has pretty colours! 
• You need a combination of depressingly sad music and super romantic happy music. You need the same amount of each and alternate it on a playlist. One sad then one happy then one sad again. You get my drift. Farewell Sakura by Violence is Savanna (Japanese) is one of my favourite song because it's super sad. The music video says it all.
• The Notebook. I don't find it sad or romantic or anything but a lot of girls do. Cry while eating doughnuts  Apparently it helps. What is helps with, I have no idea.
• A soft, squishy pillow. To hug, to cry into or to punch is up to you. Do whatever you want. 
• Have a girlie night. Maybe? Those are good for cheering up.

Yeah, there probably are more ingredients but I can't really remember them. So there will do.

Side effects: Hyperness. Fatigue. 

You basically can't over doze it because you just get more happy. That's how it works. 

Because it's Valentine's Day, here are things you shouldn't do:

• Kiss the guy your BFF has a thing for. Seriously, it doesn't go down well.
• Eat 3 tonnes of sugar. 
• Revision. I mean who the guy would want to do that?!
• Play too much video games and forget about the world around you. You shouldn't be doing that anyway.
• Cry for no reason.

Just a cute thing to cheer people up. :)

Seriously, it's Valentine's Day, so you MUST listen to LOVE by Nat King Cole.

Hope everyone had a lovely day regardless of whether you have that special someone or  alone. 

Can't Think of A Title So... Equilibrium?

Hey! 

Don't ask about the title. I have no idea either. 

It feels like it has been forever since I have done a half decent post with words. School needs to be less stressful and give us time to do things we want. Blargh.

It's been so cold recently and it snowed today. I feel like half of my posts is about snow. I can't help it. The weather has just been like that. But I think it's just slush now. I think I am starting to get bored of the snow, like people in Canada. 

So... what have I been up to for the past week?... -put on thinking cap-

-put on a thinking top hat on top of the cap- I have no memory. I don't remember anything.  (I know I look ridiculous.)

I had like 3 tests and quite a few homeworks. I sort of tidied my room. I got lots chocolates and sweets because I am a snack junkie. I had parents' evening yesterday. (I am not even going to get into that.) I have been doing things that required using my brain, and all the jazz.  (Hence the thinking cap and top hat.) 

I did get incredibly bored last Friday night (No, I am not going to break into the Katy Perry song because I don't like it) and I couldn't really be asked to do homeworks or read or play the piano and stuff so I ended up making cookies. By which I actually mean just making the cookie dough, not baking it all.  I have baked about 1/4 of it? I think I made too much cookie dough, considering I have made like 14 cookies already. The first batch was burnt, pretty badly because I set the temperature too high at the beginning. The second batch, which turned out okay was for my cousins and stuff and they liked it. I am going to make a batch for my friends tomorrow because I said I would for today, but I haven't. No, it's not for Valentine's Day, just no. They were Chocolate Sugar Cookies which didn't turn out very sweet, so everyone liked it. Yay for cookies not being ridiculously sweet. Yeah, mine weren't heart-shaped because 1. I am not making them for Valentine's Day and 2. I just couldn't shape them. They turned out like a very, very bad oval-shaped... thing. 

 

My uncle, aunt and 2 cousins came to visit my family and I. I haven't seen them since the summer of 2011. So I guess it's been a while. They stayed with us on Monday and Tuesday (Yesterday) night. My uncle and aunt are really nice people and have an... interesting sense of humour. My sister and I got on really well with my cousins even though we haven't really talked in ages. We did have a lot of food. Like seriously A LOT. I talked a lot about films with my uncle because he is into film and knows most of the awesome films. We did talk about Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy because it's a great movie and... it's a great movie. They also gave us lots of awesome presents from Hong Kong. I am really enjoying my magazines and food and all the other jazz. 

OH MY GOSH! It's been 3 weeks since I have done a music post. I feel so bad and like a lazy ass. Okay, I am lazy but not an ass and I should have done one. Considering I put like 420-something songs on my iPod on Saturday, I should do a post on some (definitely not all) music that I added. It will be a stupidly long post. Probably. Or not. That will be up on Friday. I think. Because it's the LOVELY Valentine's Day tomorrow. Yes, the LOVELY is me being sarcastic. 

25 Facts About Moi

1. I can sing whenever, wherever. You can say a random word and I can and will break into a song.

2. I am an incredibly fussy eater. 

3. The sun makes me sleepy.

4. I get paper cuts on my hands easily. I currently have 3 small cuts on each hand. It's probably because I have quite thin skin on my hand or I just attract sharp objects. 

5. When I am cold, hungry, wet and tired, I am a ticking time bomb.

6. I have awful selective hearing and really short attention span.

7. Music is my happy place. I need music in my life.

8. I fell off a stage once when I was in year 3. I was completely unharmed. *touch wood*

9. I don't like gum, polo or anything even vaguely minty. 

10. I love the smell of old books. I can stay in an old book store forever. Plus they always have great books. 

11. I love corners of a room. I like sitting in a corner, alone, and think.

12. I am not ticklish at all. Yes, I have no soul.

13. I bite my nails a lot, despite being a girl. It's a habit I picked up when I got nervous. That is also how I became a nail polish junkie.

14. I have a 2 mm permanent black bruised stripe on the right of my 4th finger on my left hand. I have had it since I got my finger trapped between a metal door when I was 3.

15. I am the person whose laugh is funnier than the joke. Everyone will laugh at my laugh.

16. I want to burn things, but many people ban me from it. Especially my friends since the time I accidently set some paper on fire in the middle of a biology practical. 

17. I hate mushrooms. The smell, taste, texture and everything. This is because my mum once fed me mushrooms everyday for an entire month. It's a nightmare. I have refused to eat mushrooms since then.

18. I can just drink green tea or lemon iced tea for the rest of my life. Okay, they may break my stomach. But you get my drift that I love them.

19. I have probably the worst travel/motion sickness ever. Except roller coasters. I love roller coasters, hence I can go on them 3 times before I vomit. 

20. I hate and refuse to wear a skirt or dress. They are really impractical. But I do wear a skirt to school because the school trousers are so hideous that it breaks my fashion meter. 

21. I don't get the chance very often but I love counting stars. 

22. I have the messiest room ever. I worship chaos in my room. Even when my mum is shouting my head off.

23. I am terrible at knitting and sewing. I can't do either to save my life.  

24. Belle was and still is my favourite Disney princess in terms of personality and looks.

25. I have a little obsession with cute notebooks. I have a collection of them. Whenever I see an affordable cute notebook, I will buy it. But I will never use it because I am scared of ruining the pretty pages. I have a similar obsession with cute stickers. I guess it's something I got from my mum.

A Random Epiphany

Narwhale, Narwhale swimming in the ocean causing a commotion...

OH MY GOSH!

Narwhale is secretly a jellyfish in disguise!!!

# Me and Erin's awesome crack in the middle of PE while counting fluff. (We are just that awesome.)
Was it the pun? I feel like it was the pun!

Pressies!

Happy 12.01.2013! 

I know it's already January, but it is never too late for Christmas presents! My lovely Aunt Phoebe, who lives in Hong Kong sent my family adorable Christmas presents again. She send us presents for Christmas every year, with awesome stuff she usually gets from City'super. So it means that they are awesome Japanese goodies. For 2010, she sent us cozy shoulder "cardigans" (I have no idea what you call those things) and for 2011, she got us cool travel mugs which we can decorate ourselves. But what she got me this year is just AWESOME. It's legend---wait for it---dary! (Quoting Barney Stinson any day.)

-Drum roll- They are fingerless gloves! 

Original Packaging

I received the gloves a few days ago, but I haven't gotten the chance to wear them until today. And Oh My Gosh, they are incredibly warm. They keep my hands surprisingly warm and look stylish at the same time. What more could I have ask for in gloves?! They are by a Japanese brand called Stream (everyday nice socks). Not sure if they are new or not, but I think they are awesome. My little sister chose the light brown ones while my mother got the darker brown ones. I am special with blue. -cheesy grin-

Yes, that is my hand. And Yes, I did do my nails awesomely. I got sort of bored last night and decided to go crazy with crackles. I love those at the moment. I just went with a dark navy base colour and put white, gold or silver crackles on top. I think they turned out quite well. I wear the ring all the time. My mum gave it to me for Christmas 2 years back, and she had brought it ages ago (when she was way younger). I love it, it's really pretty. 

And this is me. Cheerio! I don't think I have posted a picture of myself before, but here it is. The gloves just go well with anything. I was trying out a middle parting today. I usually have my hair parted far right. I wanted to know if I would suit a middle parting so I was like: "Why not I just try it?". So that's that. My conclusion (with the help of Beth and my family) is that I do suit a middle parting. Well, I don't look bad anyway. What do you think? 

I spent most of my day today with Beth and we exchanged Christmas presents, watched a great movie which I probably will talk about at some point on my blog and we played The Sims 3 (I made a fairy!). It's a belated Christmas gift exchange but 1. It's better late than never and 2. We haven't had time earlier. 

So she got me a few things and they are all amazing. She knows me too so well. She got me candles! I love candles. I wanted to get some during winter sale but my parents were afraid I would burn the house down so they refused to let me buy any. Since Beth got me some, they have no excuse. (So HA! In parent's faces!)  

L to R: Cinnamon Sticks. Ginger Cookies.Snowcapped Pine. Vanilla Creme

They all smell delicious! I just want to eat them. Not literally. But the ginger cookies and the cinnamon sticks are gorgeous. I didn't think I would like spices smells so much. So yay! for having candles now.

Knowing that I am a bit of an art fanatic, she got me arty stuff. She got me a new A4 sketchbook and a 12" wooden manikin. The manikin is going to come in so handy, since I have a semi-realistic style of drawing. I am going to make good use of both of those as I have recently finished my last A4 sketchbook. She also got me a nice blue A5 notebook which I am not sure what I will use it for yet, but I will make good use of it. 

Last but definitely not least... -more drum roll- The Sims 3! I am not a gaming nerd, unlike most of my friends, I hardly play games because 1. My dad doesn't really let me and 2. I prefer doing other things. However, there were two games that I have really wanted for a while now. They are Portal and The Sims 3. Beth gave me her extra copy of Sims 3! (I did threw a big hug at her) So now I can play The Sims 3 when I get bored. And I will have all the expansion packs. I am actually doing my "Oh Yeah!" dance right now. I am sure I look hilarious.

Hope you guys had a lovely 2nd Saturday of January!