The Avengers & Family Gatherings

May 6th, 2012 by Meg in Blog, Events, Relationships

SO.  I have quite a bit to blog about, but no photos for this particular occasion.

Anyway, yesterday I went to see The Avengers with the guys ’cause the girls couldn’t make it.  Out of the Marvel movies, I’ve only seen Captain America.  But even then, The Avengers was prettttty awesome.  Definitely the best super hero movie I’ve ever seen… not that I’ve really seen, well, any others really LOL.

We had a quick lunch at Maccas and ended up getting to the movie like 10 minutes late.  Afterwards, we went shopping nearby to search for Mothers’ Day gifts :D  I bought my mum an eyeliner because she had told me she wanted a new one, and Bryan bought his mum a cheesy mug which was very sweet haha.

Bryan’s mum invited me to dinner with their family, included some extended family who I hadn’t met before.  To be honest, I was kind of nervous about it.  I knew they would be nice and stuff, but still nervous.  Turns out I didn’t really have to much to worry about though, by the end of the night I really felt like a part of the family :)

It was a sort of Mothers’ Day celebration kind of thing, even though Mothers’ Day is next week.  They had a barbecue, with mussels, crab, prawn & lamb kebabs, steak, potato salad & chilli crab (which I learned is like, Singapore’s specialty from Xiaxue LOL)  Then there was fruit, cake & tiramisu for dessert.  It was really delicious.

They also purchased a mahjong table, and Bryan somehow convinced me to play even though I was scared of looking really silly because a) I don’t know how to play and b) I was at a disadvantage not being able to read or speak Chinese.  But anyway, his grandma helped me play and I ended up winning both games that I played, LOL.  Definitely through his grandma’s guidance though.

I’ve been looking for an online multiplayer mahjong game ever since hahah.

Later we played some karaoke which was pretty fun.  Bryan and I sung Hero by Mariah Carey.  LOOOOL.  I love his dramatics.

Anyway that’s it for tonight.  I’m too tired to post any more, uni tomorrow D:

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16°C: Dressing for rainy days

May 3rd, 2012 by Meg in Blog, Fashion, Photos

I finally got an outfit picture. I’ve been pretty reluctant about taking out the camera recently because it’s been RAINING! Plus, it feels SO awks taking photos randomly in uni, LOL. But Bryan took a quick shot for me, only one wasn’t blurry:



What I’m Wearing:
- Caramel coat from some asian brand, gift from my Aunty
- Black knit dress, Valleygirl, $10
- Thermalish top (not visible), Abercrombie & Fitch, gift
- Leopard print textured belt, Katies, $5
- Tights with Zipper, Sportsgirl, gift from Bryan’s mum
-  Patent faux leather lace-up boots, Famous Footwear, $10
- Patterned scarf, origins unknown LOL.  I think my aunty got it from overseas?
-  And of course, my backpack from previous posts.

This outfit began looking very plain.  I wanted to wear the coat, so I built it around that.  I put on the knit dress and then I tried on a couple of scarves.  I ended up with this one because it has a pretty, intricate pattern which is reminiscent of persian rugs, haha.  It contrasts with the plain black dress and solid coloured coat making the outfit more interesting.  The patterned belt also dresses it up a bit more, and gives shape to the dress.

Since I only got one picture, I camwhored a little on my macbook so you can take a closer look at the patterned scarf:

I like how it has earthy colours, and also those teal accents which pop a little with the browns and reds.

So basically, the weather report told me it would be freaking cold today, LOL.  I wanted to wear my various coats since I used to have so few chances to wear them, what with school uniform instead.  Plus, I used to be a lot more conservative with my outfits, I love experimenting now though :D

Two things that I had to factor into the outfit was warmth, and waterproof shoes.  Imo, boots are the way to go in the rain because they are able to keep your feet dry, and they allow you to wear socks for warmth!

Underneath the knit dress I have an extremely warm (almost thermal?) top from Abercrombie & Fitch on.  And of course, for the rain & for warmth, a hooded coat just made sense.

I didn’t feel cold, nor too warm at any point in the day, so…

16 degrees celcius:  Coat + Patterned Scarf = success.

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In retrospect,

May 3rd, 2012 by Meg in Blog

LOL, I know the previous post makes me sound so emo and dodge but I’m okay.
Sometimes I get these bouts of “WHAT IS THE POINT OF WORKING?”

I just woke up, its 10AM. Trying to finish my accounting hw.

Have to go to uni soon. If I have time in the morning, sometimes I like to go through different outfits in my head. LOL. Like, today is raining. So I’m going to wear this caramel coloured coat. What part of my wardrobe would suit it? Then I just go through in my head what could possibly match.

I did surprisingly well on my ILR multiple choice test. I don’t eveeeen know how.

Today is cold.

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What are we working for?

May 2nd, 2012 by Meg in Blog, Unbottling, University Life

I still have a photo blog which I need to write up about the other day. I haven’t been bothered to put the photos on my macbook yet. The good thing about my new bag is that I can actually fit my camera in it! The bad news is, despite the wider straps it still kills my back when it has weighty things inside. Sigh.

Today I was in a bad mood in the morning. Something is super wrong with me, when I get a particular kind of stressed I get this horrible feeling in my stomach and I can barely eat. I’m fine when I’m stressed about ONE thing. Like an essay. No problem. I’ll be stressed but I can handle it. But when I have a lot of things piling up or coming up, that I am very unsure of, I feel ill.

Or when theres a pressure on me. Actually I am more stressed now than I have ever been- even in VCE. You know how VCE… you work hard so you get in the path to the career you want, basically. Well since I didn’t know what I really wanted, I just studied but I relaxed as well.

University feels so much WORSE. I have this constant pressure on me to try to keep my scholarship (I know, people just think boo-hoo, first world problems) LOL but even so, when an opportunity is RIGHT THERE, in your reach and all you have to do is work to keep it- you have this WEIGHT on you. Relaxing feels terrible. It’s like you’re just wasting away your time which could be used to study. Besides this, accounting and microeconomics are two subjects which LOVE to constantly give you work. And EVERYTHING counts. You’d think it would be ok after suffering though SAC’s, but no.

Heres the big difference:
Everything is brand new in uni. VCE has units 1&2 as a preparation, which I feel, helps you to gage what they are expecting from you when you tackle assignments and tests. University has no preparation units, it all counts and you don’t even know what you’re doing.

Also the other day when I was depressed about my scores, Brandon said to me, “Don’t worry, just work harder next time.”
At that point in time, I felt like saying “I WORKED MY HARDEST ALREADY.”

But you know what? Thats never the case. You can always push yourself more.
Maybe my “best” right now isn’t cutting it. So I should try to get better than my old “best”.
WHY CAN’T I JUST WORK HARDER. I know how lucky I am and whats on the line and I still can’t seem to get myself to DO it.

I sort of know why. Unlike school, where there’s a finishing point- the end of VCE, I have come to the realisation after entering university.

That it never ends.

You don’t get to relax after school. You don’t get to relax after university.
The finishing point… there is none. There are milestones which seem like a finishing point.
But it never ends.

And I find that fact extremely demotivating. Makes me feel like, WHATS THE POINT?
What is the point of studying and studying.

Striving to get the wealthy so we can stop one day?
Striving to do well do we can do what we want?
To get what we want?

How many people actually get to a point like that? Your life is almost over by the time you get there.

Even if we do well, it doesn’t mean we’ll enjoy whatever we’re doing in the future.

The whole thought of how the future will be, working all the damn time, just makes me sigh a billion times over.
If someone knows what we are working for, please tell me.

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The Face Shop – Nail Polishes

May 1st, 2012 by Meg in Blog, Fashion, Photos, Shopping

So as aforementioned, I purchased two nail polishes from Eco Skin, a supplier of asian (I think South Korean?) beauty products from brands such as Skin Food, Etude House, and of course, The Face Shop.

The two polishes I purchased were “2 for $10″ from their “Nail Pleasure” series. It sounds so wrong. When I got home I realised the lid looks a little wrong too. Whatevs, LOL. Actually, the packaging is quite unique and pretty. It looks like my VCD bottle designs ROFL.

Anyway, I’ve been looking for a nice glittery nail polish for a while. I bought Rimmel’s 239 Your Majesty silver polish (as seen in this post), however the fragments of glitter are miniscule- which is fine too, for a very metallic look- but I was looking for a less intense look. Something a little more opaque, more layerable.

This is what I got with the two polishes I bought.


From left: SL211, BK901

Let me begin with SL211- it is a beautiful colour. Bryan described it as “Snow Fairy”, haha. It seems to fit it well. It’s a very understated, layerable colour:

One coat will give you a hint of glitter, two will give you a slightly more intense glitter closer to that of Your Majesty, however it is much less intense. I think this could be layered above most colours.

It has this texture that feels very strange. Likeee… a gentle nail file? LOOOL.
I kind of like it, different from the usual sleek kind of texture of most polishes.



Above: 2 Layers of SL211

Now onto BK901. This is the polish I fell in love with at first sight:

If you look carefully at the picture, you’ll notice the specks in this polish reflect a rainbow-ish colour in the light. It’s SO pretty. It looks like the base is black in the bottle- however, it’s pretty translucent.

I like how the glitter is difference sizes, so I can do that andreaschoice galaxy nail thing (haha Jenn) :D

Anyway, I don’t know if you can layer it many times to get it to look black because I’ve only used it as a top coat so far, over SL211:

Overall, both are very nice but I’m loving SL211 right now for normal wear. ^__^

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