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2013-06-26T00:59:00.001+08:00

I am such a messed up person.

Common, Simple, Beautiful

2013-04-02T00:54:00.002+08:00

Describe exactly how I feel. I can't wait to get back.. back to the common simple beautiful way.

I wish...

2013-03-25T19:57:00.002+08:00

I wish Zara carries size 35 shoes. I feel I am missing out a lot !!! =(

My silver linings playbook

2013-03-15T23:19:00.003+08:00

alright. I am back to blogging. I feel like I should stop hiding and do what I used to enjoy doing. I had been in misery for the past year. I started hating, criticising, nagging, complaining. I did all the negative things. I cried a lot. And even lately, I get into a mood swing really easily. I know that my work and my whole idea of planning the future are bringing me down a lot. I feel discouraged and vulnerable at times. My body aches all the time and my shoulders felt like they have thousand pounds of weight on them. I had a little angry monster inside me all these times.

Tonight I came home. Suddenly, the light in my room is a lot brighter. I asked if someone changed the lightbulb for me, and it was a "no". Maybe I have reached the end of the tunnel. I am beginning to see things in a brighter perspective. Who knows.

However, I do realize I cannot plan too far ahead and get paranoid when I am uncertain about things. I will take everything step by step. So right now, I need to get back in shape. Find an exercise buddy and work my ass off. Shake those body aches off. By then, I will probably feel way better about myself.

So, this blog won't be much a review blog of beauty / fashion anymore. Fashion is still a big passion of mine. I will never give that up. It's just there are so much more to life than just clothes and handbags. And I want to see myself change; stop being dependent on material things and be happy about making achievements.

I hope the little angry monster can go away forever. I want to be that happy carefree girl again. I want to smile big for him.

Printstagram

2013-03-14T16:31:00.000+08:00

so so so so.. I just got my delivery!! The goodies inside have made me forgotten about my horrible experience with FedEx. As you already know by the title, PRINTSTAGRAM TIME - photo printing service from instagram pictures. I went for the most basic 4X4 square prints. They are 12 USD per pack in which they print 24 pictures. Basically you can choose 24 pictures out of your instagram account.

Lets talk about the goodies. They are printed on very high quality hard matte paper. The prints are very precise and colour is crisp. I just love them.. YES I LOVE THEM!!!!!! best bought ever. best bought for the whole 2013. It doesn't take that much money to buy happiness afterall. By the way, it only took them like 12 hours to ship out my prints! Crazy speedy service!

They do not only print photos, they do make photo frames, tiny books and a lot more. So there are plenty of products for you to choose from!

Do check them out. They are currently getting started as a company. Let's show our support!!
Link >> http://printstagr.am/

Fcuk this world

2013-02-20T01:30:00.002+08:00

This world is making me really angry.
Some people are just plain stupid but they think they know the world. I just pity them.

2012-11-03T00:05:00.000+08:00

happy & CONTENT

Photo Post

2012-01-18T00:31:00.002+08:00

Love,

Christy

Update

2011-12-14T23:10:00.000+08:00

Hi guys, Just want to give a quick update since I have been away for a very long time. I recently started on my new job and have been super busy since. I totally want to give props to those who are fully commited to their blog and with a fulltime job to attend to~~~ I can't do that at all. So I will only be updating here and there randomly when I have the time and energy. Thanks.

Love,
Christy

modelsown Xmas Gift Box

2011-11-22T23:25:00.001+08:00

Hi gals,

As you can see, models own's xmas store is open. I got myself a very early xmas present: ultimate polish set for 50 pounds. I get to choose 15 different (or same) nail polishes from the models own nail polish collection.

This is what I got; I'll let the pictures talk.

Top Row: Pink Fizz, Blooboo, Nude Beige, Cherry Pie, Red n Black

Middle Row: Blue Lagoon, Beth's Blue, Purple Grey, Magenta Divine, Magenta Pearl

Bottom Row: Base & Top Gloss, Lilac Dream, Emerald Black Beetle Juice, Betty Blue, Raseberry Crush

Until Next Time.

Love,

Christy

Gmarket shopping guidelines

2011-11-17T14:35:00.001+08:00

FROM TAOBAO to GMARKET

Yesterday, I have made my first purchase from gmarket. Before turning to gmarket, I was a very loyal customer to taobao.com. From time to time, I would order from stores that sell "made in korea" clothing and/or accessories because the quality of the products are so much better. However, I realized that these stores could be selling a lot more than the original price of the products. Also, it usually takes a month for the product to reach my hands which means I always have to order ahead because what could fit the weather now will not fit for the weather in one month. You might ask why it would take so long for the products to be shipped out. Usually in korea, the suppliers would take care of the domestic orders first and deal with the oversea orders later. The chinese merchants usually have to wait awhile before the korean suppliers ship out their orders from Korea. Sometimes, you are unlucky, some styles will go out of stock for the chinese merchants because stocks have been all sold to local merchants.

SHIPPING

So I figured why do I have to wait and go thru all those annoying procedures to get something from korea through taobao if I could order straight from the supplier on gmarket. Even if you are an oversea customer from gmarket, korean suppliers will see your order as a domestic buyer because they only have to ship to the gmarket warehouse. They will give your order priority over the ordes made from the taobao merchants. Gmarket, after receiving all your goods in the order, will combine all your products and ship out to your oversea address. Of course you will need to pay a little shipping fee, but it won't cost a fortune, and it's usually a little amount comparing to the amount you are paying for the products you are buying.

NEED TO LEARN KOREAN?

Some people might worry abt shopping on gmarket because everything's in korean. You need not to worry because there is an English version of gmarket now. However, one thing that you should all be aware of is that some promotions or sales are only available for the korean version of gmarket and not available for the english version. Their server recognizes you as a foreigner if you choose to browse around the english version of gmarket. AND just like all other countries, Korea wants to provide the best deal to their locals; so this is understandable. If you really want the deals and can't understand korean, I advice you to use google translator. Also, make sure that there is a little "blue airplane" icon on the product viewing page to make sure that the seller are willing to ship oversea.

FIRST EXPERIENCE

My first experience with gmarket was quite pleasant. I used the english version because I wanted to save the hassle of loading google translator and the webpage at the same time because gmarket is already quite slow at loading. Since I have tried buying clothes from korea numerous times already, I don't worry about their quality. Regarding their shipping time, I made an order last night around 9pm and 1 product out of 9 items has been shipping out already (it's now 2:55pm the next day); 3 products are expected to be shipped out tomorrow. I suspect the whole order to be shipped out from gmarket warehouse next week. I have to say I am impressed with how fast Korean ppl work.

I will later on do a post and show you guys some pieces I have bought from gmarket and comment on its overall service. Stay tuned.

Love,

Christy

the saem - Gem Miracle W Pearl Beam Cream

2011-11-06T20:35:00.001+08:00

Hi Lovelies, thanks for dropping by again. This time, I am doing a review on a moisturizer that I've bought recently. I have used this cream for about a week already, and I have seen great improvement on the condition of my skin.

Two weeks ago, my skin was breaking out severely. I got a lot of acne scar around the nose area and on my chin. I was soo frustrated because none of my moisturizers did any good at removing those scars. On top of that, they were causing my skin to break out even more.

The acne cream I used is clean start 'hit the spot'. It does a great job in calming the acne and controlling it. However, my skin was in such a horrible condition that other unusual places start getting break out also. I guess my skin was getting very sensitive to whatever I was using. So I stopped any moisturizers or serum for a week. Then my skin started cracking because it was soo dry. Then I had to go back to using my usual hydrating cream, but my break out came back. AHH~ I literally went crazy.

Then I remember how my skin is always better with korean skincare. So I went to a place in Causeway Bay and asked the sales lady to recommend me a moisturizer. I wanted one that could help me eliminate my scars and at the same time does not irritate my skin. She recommended me this Beam cream from the saem. She told me that this brand has been selling in Korea for years. She gave me a little to try on the back of my hands.. I immediately fell in love because the texture and formula is exactly the same as the EGF cream that was carried by Dr. G (however unfortunately has been discontinued). So I decided to give it a try since it's not expensive (HKD 260 for 50ml).

As you can see, the packaging is super clean, and the container is sooooo prettty!!! The cream is lightly scented. I have been using it for a week already, and my skin no longer goes out of control. The scars are slowly fading. I am so glad I have found it since my skin has become very sensitive to US or euro branded skincare, and God knows the reason why.

That's it for my review. I hope this will help those who are currently in the same situation as me. See u'all nxt time. Also, if you have tried other the saem products, please share with me and tell me how it goes....

Love,

Christy

November 4: Lookbook

2011-11-05T00:28:00.001+08:00

Headbands

2011-11-01T23:59:00.000+08:00

Headbands are really growing on me..

I know these are some crazy looking headbands..

BUT aren't they sooo cute~

EXAGGERATION is my belief.

Love,

Christy

Tablo - Bad(나쁘다)

2011-10-28T23:51:00.001+08:00

I am sooooo addicted to this song right now~

I could listen to it all day long!

However, I don't really get the meaning of the MV.

If someone could enlighten me a little, that would be great.

PS. I am experiencing a very bad breakout right now. Won't be doing any beauty product reviews for awhile since I can't use anything on my face because it's too effin' sensitive for anything.

Love,

Christy

Blog Sale

2011-10-24T00:42:00.001+08:00

I will not be doing individual blog sale posts anymore. What I will do now is keep adding new items to a separate page for blog sale. You guys can go to this link or click on the "blog sale button" at the top of this site.

http://www.whycow.net/p/blog-sale.html

xoxo, Christy

Movie Downloads

2011-10-20T23:53:00.000+08:00

A lot of my friends have been asking me where I download high quality movies if I've missed it when they were airing in theatre. I usually "get" them from urgrove.

http://www.urgrove.com

They have a huge selection of movies that are BRrip @ 800MB. The new ones that have just been released in blueray or DVD are most likely on that site already. What I love about urgrove is that they upload their split files on mediafire. If one is a regular downloader, they will know that only mediafire allows multiple files download occurring at the same time. A whole movie download will take about 30 - 45 minutes depending on your internet's speed. It's so much faster than BT download.

So, take a look there if you want. However, download at your own risk.

Love,
Christy

Dermalogica Clean Start

2011-10-17T00:43:00.000+08:00

I was talking to my friend and she said I haven't been posting anything regarding beauty products or skincare. Today, I might as well do one because I just ordered myself three products under Dermalogica Clean Start Line.

Clean Start is targeted for teenagers who have acne prone skin. Some products out there which claim to cure acne usually aim for adult and matured skins. Since the oil glands are much more active for teenagers due to their unstable hormone change, teenagers are prone to having acne than adults. Moreover, teenagers are more likely to jump from products to product, in search of the perfect acne remedy; they often forget that some products might irritate their skin more causing severe skin problems. Clean Start is a separate line designed by Dermalogica, a very well known brand developed by international dermal institues. Clean Start is guaranteed to give best results in curing teenage acnes.

The slogan of Clean start is 1. get skin clean 2. take on issue 3. protect skin. There are 3 products that have received a lot of good reviews online in people's blogs or reviews in online skincare product stores: "wash off" cleanser, "hit the spot" acne spot treatment, and "brighten up" daily moisturizer.

Enough about what clean start is. I want to tell you guys about my painful shopping experience for clean start products. I was sent from skincarerx with some samples of "hit the spot" and "brighten up"; I immediately fell in love because of how fast my pimple decreases in size/dries up after I tried the samples. So I quickly went online to see where I can get these products. I found out that sasa in Hong Kong carries them. Then I went to at least 5 sasa in HongKong and found out that clean start has been discontinued in HongKong. *frown* I felt so defeated thinking that my acne problem will never be cured. Then it striked me that I totally forgot to look online. It took me days to find a store that would ship to HongKong with reasonable shipping fee!!!! I was so tempted to grab the ones on ebay, but unfortunately, most of them don't ship to HongKong as well. (So don't bother looking if you are in Asia.) Today, I landed on Dailygrooming Ltd. Their shipping fee seem to be the most reasonable out of all the online stores I've looked. ALSO!!! they are having a little sale with their Clean Start product. So, the rest you know. I couldn't resist buying from them. Now, all I need to do is wait for the products to arrive. Try out for a week and get back to you guys with a thorough review. I promise.

Anyways, this has been a long post.

EDIT 2011-10-17 11:47PM : (^___^)

Love,
Christy

KIVA

2011-10-13T01:07:00.000+08:00

I would like to take a minutes of your time and talk about a very meaningful project.

I have recently came across this website called kiva.com. This website gathers a community of kind-hearted people and gets them to loan to the entrepreneurs in the developing countries so they could start their own business and begin to live their new lives. Kiva - Loans that change lives - promotes a loan as little as USD 25 can empower the lives of a single individual or even his/her family.

I have gathered a few friends to look into the project. We stumbled upon a guy named Davit Davtyan. He is doctor in Armenia. Unfortunately, his salary as a doctor is too low to cover all the expenses needed for his family. Thus, he needs to start his business as a farmer; he needs to cultivate the land and keep livestocks around his home. He is now asking for a loan of USD3000 from Kiva so that he can purchase forages and fertilizers for his crops. You can view his detailed portfolio here >>> http://www.kiva.org/lend/333785 .

If you have decided to help Davit by donating USD 25.00, please leave a message in the comment section below and telling me that you will donate and how much you will be donating. The donation procedure is fairly simple. You only need to sign up with kiva with your facebook account and donate through paypal.

Thank you so much for your attention.
Remember, it is always more blessed to give than to receive.
Please help Davit.

YOU CAN also visit our youtube channel to see our group of friends who joined this donation activity!
http://www.youtube.com/user/CheerfulPost80s?feature=mhsn

Love,
Christy

Blog Sale

2011-10-06T01:17:00.004+08:00

I am thinking I should do a blog sale since there are a lot of stuff that I won't be wearing anymore and are sitting in my closet prob because I don't fit into them anymore or I have grown out of that style.
I have practically a lot of shoes that have been worn once and are still in perfect conditions. However, they are all in size5. I will probably put them up on ebay as well. I have a few pairs of Dr. Martens I want to sell. If you are interested, you can comment below.

As for the clothing, I will only sell the ones that are still in style and in good condition. Some are starting to break apart and look worn out, those I will just dump them into garbage or send them to charity.

However, don't anticipate that the sale will be up within a week or two because I will be super busy in October. Sorting out items for sale and taking pictures, writing descriptions for them will take a super long time. Also, I need to figure out the shipping costs and if I will be shipping internationally. But, I will try to post some before 2011 ends.

Love,
Christy

Late Night Thoughts

2011-09-30T03:10:00.000+08:00

I feel that I have been growing apart from people around me. Probably it's because I don't know what I want anymore. I feel like I have been living in my own world for too long, I have lost touched to the real world outside. I was once a girl who was sure of what she wants and how she wants things to turn out; then she's determined to get them or get them done. I was very ambitious and clear-headed. I just feel like I am not doing the right thing at the moment. That's why I need a job. I need to get in touch with new people, new ideas and new environment. My social network needs to expand. Having a Masters degree or learning a new language don't seem to satisfy me enough now because knowledge seems to be like something that I can buy. However, life experience and crisis management are something that I can only learn from meeting more people and accepting new challenges. This is exactly what I need in my life right now.

You see, blogging can help me clear my thoughts a lot. I first started saying I don't know what I want anymore, now, just at the end of one paragraph, I have a solution to my problem. What can I do without blogging. C'mon to people who stopped blogging or thought blogging's a bad idea. I mean, if you are scared that people read your stuff, you can just blog privately to yourself, ie. keep a diary.

I guess I have been watching too much Gossip Girl lately. Even if Chuck Bass can change, better himself and move on from his "lack of focus in life" old self, I am sure I can do that too. YES, tv shows can be inspirational sometimes. It always depends on which angle you look at things.

Time to hit the sack.

Love,

Christy

LNA - Potions

2011-09-24T01:50:00.000+08:00

I know this song is a little dark

but it's one of my favourites from LNA

Do Enjoy

Love, Christy

feather t a t t o o.

2011-09-22T01:15:00.003+08:00

A tattoo is something I have always wanted since high school, but I've never really brought myself into having one. Recently, I have came across this really pretty feather print, and I thought it would be a perfect pattern for an inner wrist tattoo. Now that I have a preliminary pattern, I worry abt having something so permanent on my body. I guess I need a lot of thorough thinking, and I feel like I need approval from my family at least. I wouldn't want to do something to my body and not have my family support me. But, look at the beautiful feather, it will look super good.

Anyhow, even if I've set my mind on having one, it will be a 12 months wait because the tattoo guru is so popular that the waiting time is at least 1 year. She is definitely worth the wait though. Her works are amazingly nice. You got to see it yourself.

Just a little blabble I want to make. Ciao.

Love, Christy

Je ne sais pas ...

2011-09-21T00:43:00.001+08:00

feeel like listening to something light

I love love love Joyce Jonathan's tune

It's so cute and bubbly

♥

August Shoes Purchase

2011-09-19T21:13:00.003+08:00

Hi guys,

Here are the most recent shoe purchases I have made.

I have to say they are probably the best purchases in 2011.

These shoes can be worn all year round and are super super easy to mix-n-match with anything.

1. Taoma F. Black Stretchy "Flat" - the whole shoe is made from lamb leather and is stretchy; therefore, it fits your feet like a glove. This pair also has a hidden 1 inch heel; it makes you look taller without ppl knowing you are wearing heels. I was wearing this all day long on saturday, and my feet didn't hurt a bit. Great purchase!!

2. Fabio Rusconi Black Peeptoe Ankle Boot - I just figured that I have became Fabio Rusconi's biggest fan this season. I have already bought two shoes from their collection this August. This pair is a 3 inches peep toe ankle boot. It's somewhat similar to the A.Wang ankle boot from last season. However, this pair is about 1.5 inches shorter than the A.Wang one which makes it so much easier to walk in. This pair goes well with basically anything since it's so stylish yet subtle. I also got this at an outlet, and it was 70% off. Such a great deal~

3. Fabio Rusconi Buckle Creeper - This pair of creeper from Fabio Rusconi isn't that high and couldn't possibly be considered as a flatform. This could be paired with knits, skirts, dresses (mini or maxi) if you are the girly type. I always figure that it is best to match some gothic items (creepers or skull patterns) with lace, mesh or knits. If one pairs this creeper with a mesh top with maxi skirt, the girly factor of the mesh can soften up the rocker side of the creeper making the whole outfit more wearable for girls who are not very rocker-ish or gothic.

So.. here is a brief description of the shoes I have bought recently. The nxt post would be about the famous Clarisonic Mia.

Love,
Christy