Collective Hauls: Spa & Beauty Expo + Jewellery

So on Sunday I was invited by Katrina from Symbol PR to the Sydney International Spa & Beauty Expo at the Sydney Convention Centre at Darling Harbour with my sister. Originally, my friend Shela was suppose to be there to accompany me but she couldn't make it.

We had some sister time (which we never really do) at the city. We had Pepper Lunch... for lunch! To those who don't know what Pepper Lunch is... it's freaking amazing (I'll explain briefly down below). I know they're only avaliable in Sydney so far but hopefully they will franchise out to the rest of Australia. It's my favourite spot to eat at the city.

We then headed towards Darling Harbour with the guidance of my stupid iPhone GPS leading us to a weird direction. Long story short, we had a wonderful time and also I snagged up some goodies (not only from the expo but also our trip to the city) to bring home only to hurt my poor credit card once again. Anywho here are some pictures to do most of the talking...

My Media Pass to the Spa & Beauty Expo!

My Salmon & Cut Steak at Pepper Lunch with my sister. 

Basically, for those who don't know what Pepper Lunch is... it is japanese orientated 'fast food' that is 'healthy'. You get a dish (meat or fish) along with rice and vegetables (whatever, according to the menu) and basically they're placed on a hot plate and you cook it to the way you like it! 

CitiSuper Macaroons for $1 - $10 for 10 + 2 free Macaroons. 

Their range isn't that great with a few limited flavours but their macaroons are pretty mediocre. Obviously they're more homemade and petite and hence why they're so cheap. 

Now...

Here are the goooooodies! 

Domokun Slippers - $5 - My sister & I snagged at the Morning Glory Stand at Market City

Make Up Forever HD Foundation - $42 (Normally $58AU) at PM Studio (On the day of the Expo) - Unfortunately I have to exchange this shade as it's too dark on my NC25 skin (will do a review on it once I get my right shade)

OPI Nail Polish in The 'IT' Color - $10 (from the Expo), Normally $19.95 RRP in Aus. 

Magnetix's Nail Polishes in Blue & Pink - $10 (from the Expo), Not 100% sure how much they would usually be here with AU RRP's. 

Real Technique's Blush Brush - $13 (from the Expo), $22.99 AU RRP 

Secret Star Girl False Lashes (Korean Branded) - $4  (from the Expo) - comes with two glue tubes and inexpensive for a pack of good quality natural looking lashes for going out. 

Various Free Samples from Pelactiv from the Expo. 

Overall I'll be doing reviews on the nail polishes, the RT brush & obviously the MUFE Foundation! Stay Tuned!

For some odd reason when I tried this shade at the expo it was alright. I went to a friends house who happened to have the same shade as well as other similar shades and found that N128 made me look like I had a really bad tan. I emailed PM Studio today and they said they will allow me to exchange it :) 

This shade was in N128, I need to get something between 120-123 :( Since I haven't really opened the physical packaging I'm going to exchange it for another shade.

Daiso Clear Lash Glue & Bobbi Pins from CitiSuper 

Also, these came in the mail today. Jewellery that I bought from eBay as well as (not pictured) my Ksubi Brenda Blue Jeans (here) which I've been lusting since my trip to Melbourne. Right now I'm loving my new pair of Ksubi's!!!

Here I bought a collar pin for my collared Mink Pink top. Can't wait to try it out! As well as a 4 Coloured Triangle Bracelet & braided pink bracelet to accessorise with my Michael Kors watch (sadly it looks weird as a combination so I might set it aside and wear it separately another day). Also a collared gold choker which I've been wanting for a while, so glad I got it for real cheap on eBay :)

Also, due to my busy schedule my posts will be a bit more scarce cause I'm still catching up with heaps of Uni work. You understand right? I miss my beloved blog and blogging occasionally. Please bare with me.

Have you got any good buys lately?

Love, J 

Saturday Therapy.

So yesterday, I went to Parramatta Westfields with the boyfriend just to get my new jeans and also for him to get new shoes! I needed some retail therapy after a long week of studiousness from Uni. And also... since my two pairs of jeans decided to make holes in them and decided to ruin themselves LOL - I needed new ones asap. 

I grabbed these new Dr Denim Arlene High Waisted Skinnies from General Pants Co. just for everyday wear to Uni / Outings and whatnot. After trying on many Wrangler, Lee's, Levi's and other miscellaneous jeans I resulted to this! Happy I got a decent pair of jeans and hopefully these will last a very long time considering I paid $149 for this pair. To be honest, I think it's the most expensive piece of clothing (Yes, I guess you can say I'm a savvy shopper... LOL) I have besides my dress from Seduce and my Nike Sneakers. But I'm one happy camper now! 

Also I grabbed some goodies from Sportsgirl in which I will do a seperate post about the two! So excited to share with you guys about Sportsgirl's Beauty Products! 

So today, wasn't all just shopping and as usual. I didn't come home with heaps and heaps of bags. Just two, the jeans and the beauty goods from Sportsgirl. Though Lorenzo & I went through so many clothing stores and also grabbed some new Lacoste shoes for him as well. We went through various shops just browsing through clothes (for myself) to find everything disappointing and everything in my size is gone. 

We also popped into Toys R Us (ew my old place of work) and just had a browse around at Toys and immaturely played with Toys and also found some interesting things in there as well... 

I couldn't help but laugh at this boy in whatever suit he is wearing... I think it looks pretty ridiculous LOL. Oh poor kid... and guys!!! Look what I found! Sea Monkeys!!! Yeah, probably I just found out they still sell these but when I was working at Toys R Us last year, these were nowhere to be found! It was only $19.99 at Toys R Us and Lorenzo was considering of getting them - I told him not to. HAHAHA I'm sucha pooper. So after browsing around and all we had lunch at Sushi Bay and it was pretty mediocre. I love the Sushi Train (Takumi) at Market City - That place has Agedashi Tofu and Okonomiyaki!! When Sushi Bay doesn't and to be anymore asian, they're a bit pricey... Okay various prices... but the one at Takumi is only $2.50 a dish (with a student card, $3 without) and they have a better variety!!! Anywho, I ordered Tempura Udon which was $8.50... I mean I didn't expect a WOW from the Udon but meh, I think I would've settled off with a bowl of Pho from Cabramatta instead but whatever! I still liked it. 

Lorenzo and I just gave in to various Sushi Dishes on the conveyer belt and you know the typical. 

After we treated ourselves to Mother's Crepe Green Tea Smoothies!

The best Green Tea Smoothie in Western Sydney! Hahaha! Only because it's the only one I can find in Western Sydney (besides the city of course!) but there's also Mothers Crepe in George St at the City as well. 

It's soooooo good! I even got my Uni friend into it as well! 

Be back soon!

Love, J. 

Half Way There!

So last Friday was my half a year anniversary with my boyfriend! We didn't do much and I don't think we actually planned anything extravagant because we're lazy people. Yet I decided to get him a little something since I was at the city the day before for work and popped by some shops earlier.

Some goodies which I got from Happy Lab!

My boyfriend is obsessed with mangoes and if you can imagine, it's his favourite fruit. When i made my second trip to the city on Friday Morning, I grabbed more Jellybeans for the boyfriend (not pictured) because I felt that it wasn't enough LOL. I also had to go sell my textbooks at the city that day and I'm glad I got rid of my annoying Business textbooks from 1st year because they we're so useless and I managed to get a decent return on selling them - So hurray! 

I didn't like going to the city two days in a row but my textbooks won't get rid of themselves! When at Happy Lab, I got some goodies for my sister.

So later that day, in the evening. Lorenzo & I headed out to Dinner at ThaiNamic for some local Thai/Lao's hospitality. At the restaurant saw some familiar faces who work at ThaiNamic and also served us. Hahaha! Thanks Bui & Tony for serving us! As well as occasionally seeing Andrew serving out the drinks!

Nomnomnom! 

Thai Milk Tea - I freaking love this!

Thai Sausages

 Pad See Ew with Beef (Stir Fried Rice Noodles with Beef)

&

Chicken Pad Thai 

ThaiNamic's Chocolate Fondant with Vanilla Ice Cream 

The Ice Cream was soooo nice! I think they made this Ice Cream from Scratch or probably bought a really high quality one because it didn't taste so milky and gluggy like supermarket bought Vanilla. So i really enjoyed it! 

Love, J.

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day peoples! I just got back home and I spent my Valentines Day today having dinner at Doo Ri (Korean BBQ Restaurant) at Strathfield and also following up with long awaited (craving satisfied) Moochi - Frozen Yoghurt! 

I'm not really into Valentines Day that much but since it's a coupley thing and all Lorenzo & I just went out to eat! Anywho, before i move on... last night i was playing around with my CS 88 Palette again to see if i can perfect my eyeshadow look to tonight. I was being a bit spontaneous as i never have ever worn eyeshadow out (well only to work once) but i was a bit iffy into getting creative and heading out hoping it won't look like someone punched in my eye. Last night i tried it and i loved the look but i hate how it doesn't really show up on photos... Hence you have to look really closely and identify that i've did the outer corners with a bit of brown (shown here below) 

Anywho, this morning i registered for one of my tutorials on my timetable so thats 1/4 subjects that i've enrolled at Uni. It was scary as this was a completely different timetabling system and UWS is just... urgh at their timetable set up (If you're a UWS Student you would know why) anywho i was so glad to get my desired time for my subject and as soon as it was 1.30 (I camped on the website for half an hour prior to registration) as soon as it was 1.30 i refreshed and it was soooooo laggy and 5 spots were taken already. LUCKY I GOT IN!!!!  After that i quickly headed to Big W to get some miscellaneous things for myself (like makeup wipes, antibacterial wipes etc... LOL) Anyways, i also went to get my last minute valentines day gift. Trust me i'm a horrible girlfriend, i got my boyfriend Guylian Chocolate because when i asked him what chocolates he likes he said he liked the one with the shells (so it's this one) and also he likes Bueno so i bought these two. I wanted to get 1 rose at least cause i seriously don't know what to get my guy so it's the least i could do LOL. 

I tend gift wrapped them both and was planning to give him the Bueno as a joke so he thinks i'm a pretty crappy girlfriend getting him ONLY a Bueno but then i started cracking up while giving him the Bueno that i horribly wrapped i quickly followed up with the Guylian Box of Chocolate (which was nicely wrapped) and he was happy and kinda laughed with me! I kept telling him that i wanted to give him the Guylian Box after we had dinner so then it would give him the impression that i gave him such a crappy Valentines gift... I seriously didn't know. Guys are like... not so picky and i don't know! So two types of chocolates should be a good thing. Or even so, are you suppose to give your guy something? LOL 

For myself, i got a box of Ferrero Rocher's Collection Chocolates. Lorenzo didn't want to get me chocolates and he really wanted to get me flowers (but i insisted not - and reason why... if you keep reading on) 

So... I specifically asked not to get any flowers because i don't like red roses (because i dislike the colour red and yes i maybe weird - i don't mind receiving them but i don't really like red, i like White roses even though they signify death... LOL I'm no goth or emo okay! I think White Roses are pretty and elegant!!! ), also because flowers die and they only look pretty when you get them and also i can't be bothered telling or making excuses to my asian dad (because he doesn't know i have a boyfriend) and my mum will probably tease me and say all these corny things to me which is awkward and all. Overall, i didn't want flowers for Valentines and i'm not bummed or superly fussed about them OR jealous of anyone who gets roses. I'll embrace it! And I bet you probably think i'm so pessmistic about the whole materialistic idea of Valentines Day but really... i'm not TOO fussed about it, honestly. It's just another day but just a day for me as an excuse to treat it as a special occasion to spend time with a loved one :)

Anywho here's the make up and what i wore... i hope you can make out the eyeshadow as i've been trying to hard to perfect this neutral look but finally i wore it out (since it was some sort of a special occasion)

OOTD: Top: Black frilly singlet from Cotton On, Bottom: Tula Scallop Shorts (Paperbag?) Shorts i recently bought from Forcast with Rubi Plated Thongs along with my Tiffany & Co Necklace and Turquoise YSL Replica Ring (Not Pictured) 

FOTD: 

Eyes: 

MAC Prep & Prime in Radiant Rose - To prime my eyelids

Used the browns & golds on my Coastal Scents 88 Original Palette - Also used a bit of my Australis Bronzer as a base to my brown.

Skin Food Waterproof Eyeliner in Black - To Tightline my eyes

Tarte Lights Camera Lashes Mascara

Maybelline Line Stiletto Liquid Eyeliner - Even though i hated this eyeliner i had to use it, it sticks on pretty well

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack - To keep the eyeliner all in place and not running and to fix up any eyeliner mistakes

Model 21 Lashes - Cut to Demi Lashes just to add a little accent to my eyes

Dior Extase Mascara - For Extra Length to my little lashes 

Face:

MAC Face and Body Foundation - Base of my foundation and even out any my skintone and redness on my face

MAC Studio Fix Powder - To mattify/touch up my face and even out any unevenness from the thin liquid foundation

Australis Ready Set Go Translucent Powder - To set the foundation

Australis Bronzer in Sunkissed for Contouring and adding a flush of colour

Lips: 

NYX Pumpkin Pie Lipstick

NYX Lip Cream in Stockholm

and also finishing off was the Katy Perry's Purr perfume that my boyfriend gave me for my birthday!

After, at 5.30ish i got picked up and we literally got to Strathfield at 7... due to heaps of traffic on the M4 and also making a wrong detour from my house to The Horsley drive which kinda wasted 20-30 minutes of out trip. Overall it took us and hour and a half when really it should only take 40 minutes. But despite driving in peak hour traffic and it is Valentines Day... parking got so much more fun... we spent half an hour looking for parking and it was just pissing me off. So instead of parking right next to Doo Ri, we parked in Strathfield Plaza and despite walking a bit i was happy we could get out of the car from the stupid carpark which we circled 3 times... argh!! Went to this Korean Supermarket to check out anything superly unique and cool (cause Korean's have hectic things like Japanese people)! I bought a Pocky like thing for my sister and Water Crackers which i saw which also had a cute packaging all over for my grandma (she's sick and she loves Water Crackers so i bought them for her!) and the packaging on the Water Crackers is superly cute even though you can only see the front (and you probably think... why the hell is did she take a picture of Water Crackers...) Whatever!

Anywho, after headed to Doo Ri and managed to get a seat right on entry! Since the restaurant was full. We ordered this BBQ Platter for two ($46?) with sidedishes and it was the first time Lorenzo ate Korean BBQ where he actually gets to use the BBQ LOL. This was my second time eating Korean BBQ and also Second time at Doo Ri! It was packed and service was horridous due to the busyness of the restaurant. I had to ring the bell like at least 7 times until Lorenzo started spamming the bell (pictured on the top right corner of the table) until someone gave us plates and sidedishes... I was pissed off that it took them so long but it was acceptable as the place was heaps busy so i didn't tell them off (usually i would've) but meh! Still got our food!

Then finally... 

Right after i saved my stomach for Moochi!!!!! OMG BEEN DYING TO HAVE SOME!

This is my second time having Moochi too!

Lorenzo's: 

Regular Sized Green Tea Yoghurt with Mango & Oreos

Mine: 

Regular Sized Original & Green Tea Yoghurt with Strawberries and Mochi

After that we headed home and that was my Valentines Day! 

I'm pretty tired after typing up this post and i think i strained my neck a bit LOL! But hope you enjoy reading this post!

Love, J

A Week Of Just Random Food

Just a showcase of all the food and places i went to last week :) Nothing too special. I had some photos on my phone and i thought i would blog it and add something different once in a while besides make up and probably the second best thing in my life is food. I mean it's food... who doesn't like looking and eating food? LOL. I never take enough photos when i'm out eating because i tend to forget cause i'm way too hungry. 

Tuesday: 

Holy Basil at Canley Heights

Had a catch up dinner with Stefanie, Steph and also Michael who joined Lorenzo & I as well. We waited like more than half an hour outside Holy Basil and decided to roam around Canley Heights in search for somewhere else to eat considering the line was waaaaaaay too long but we decided to go back since nothing else was really appealing then Holy Basil. Hahaha, we were offered Curry Puff and Lychee & Watermelon Shakes in Small Vintage Tea Cups. 

After around 40 minutes or so we got a table and ordered :) Our little tradition is that we always order Lychee & Strawberry Shakes but this time, Lorenzo ordered a Jackfruit shake and I ordered a Mango shake. Let's just say i'll rather stick to our tradition, they we're mediocre though. Anyways, here's just some snaps. 

Stef & Steph's Lychee and Strawberry Shakes

Chicken Pad Thai and Chicken 'Holy Basil' Fried Rice 

Lorenzo & I's Famous 'Holy Basil' Fried Ice Cream

Wednesday:

Pho Tau Bay at Cabramatta 

That morning i ate at Pho 76 at Green Valley, I was way too hungry and did not take a photo (was it necessary? LOL) Anywho, after going to places with my mum i finally settled down at Cabra and had Pho for an semi early dinner. 

I believe this is Pho Bo in a small size, It was my first time at Pho Tau Bay 

Apparently it's the best Pho in Fairfield District and it was reaaaaally nice! 

The broth wasn't over flavoured, the beef was perfectly tender and the amount of noodle was average. 

Friday:  

Brunch at Home

I made myself Pasta Carbonara with Mushrooms, Sliced Danish Salami and Diced Onions

It was reaaaaally nice and i could only finish half of that. :( 

Pretty mediocre for my home made pasta :) I wish i added more cream cheese the sauce would've been more thicker but that meant it would be more fatty LOL hehe

Saturday:

Fortune8 & iyoghurt at Cabramatta

&

'Banh Hoi' for Dinner at Home 

Lorenzo and I was very very excited to go to Yum Cha because we've been putting it off for a while and today we satisfied our cravings! I only took this photo because (I was hungry...) But nothing to miss really, typical yumcha! Anywho, I love Chicken Feet at Yum Cha (of course) and Lorenzo is hugely grossed out at the idea that i love eating them. If you're a typical asian you'll like them! LOL

An all time favourite at Yumcha is the Long Rice Noodles Rolls with Prawns inside. I don't eat the prawns i really dislike prawns but if they're disguised with other filling like in Prawn Dumplings (Hawgaw) then i'll eat it... (Weird, I know) - I would also eat prawns if they were deep fried like in Prawn Tempura though. 

We also had is Seafood Rolls (pictured), Plain Rice Noodle Rolls (I believe Fortune8 only offers them - from what i've seen so far), Deep Fried Taro & Pork Balls, Chicken Feet and i think that was it? We didn't eat much and i would usually order Prawn Dumplings (Hargaw) but i didn't feel like stuffing my face with so much prawn... so yeah. 

Afterwards we wanted to check out the new Frozen Yoghurt place, iyoghurt

Since Lorenzo & I were both full we decided to share this little cup LOL. 

It was delicious but the portion you get was such a rip off, I could do better at Yogolicious at Parramatta.

But we wanted to suss out how good 'iyoghurt' was

I honestly did not like this place, in my opinion i felt like this cup of frozen yoghurt was not worth $5 - for this.... I was disappointed. For the toppings, we had Oreos, Mochi & Sour Strips. 

The amount of toppings was a tad little, the frozen yoghurt was not sufficient for a 'large' size and also 2 OREOS, REALLY?! The yoghurt was mediocre but it would've win me over if they actually filled the cup with more yoghurt than i wouldn't really complain... 

Lorenzo said Moochi was way better, i would agree (though i never been) he said they fill your cups entirely and you get heaps for $6.20 (which i believe is a Large?) Anywho, i don't think i would go to iyoghurt again. It was super quiet in there and the lady that served me seems pretty unwelcoming (asians in Cabramatta LOL) 

Anywho, later that day i had Banh Hoi

 Rice Vermicelli Noodles topped with Spring Onions infused with Vegetable Oil and Sliced BBQ Pork with selection of vegetables and a tangy fish sauce. (I'm not vietnamese but that my so called interpretation LOL)

 - I suppose this isn't as traditional as it is, but we made do. 

Just at home with my mum and i since the rest of my family will be back from overseas this week. Also, my family eats a lot of vietnamese and chinese food even though we aren't vietnamese. I'm barely Chinese... well a tiny bit and i think we're more vietnamese orientated when it comes to home cooking :) The other day my mum made Bun Xeo (I think that's right - which is Vietnamese Pancake) 

Sunday:

Another trip to Pho Tau Bay at Cabramatta 

I forgot what this was but it was had Pork and the rice noodles were nice :) 

Later that day, at my cousins house we made Chocolate Macaroons from scratch

I seriously don't care what they are called... Macaroons or Macarons. Whatever. Everybody still knows what they are. But they were pretty sweet and we didn't made a pretty awesome ganache, instead we just got melted chocolate LOL. It was too sweet and pretty good for Macaroons from scratch. 

Monday: 

Ironchef at Cabramatta

Mud Crab stir fried with Rice Vermicelli

Ironchef Seafood Fried Rice with Salmon Roe

I thought i'll throw this in to complete the whole week of food! Hahaha! I wasn't particular happy with the service yesterday, it literally took half an hour for our dish to come out and considering we did order Mud Crab - that was reasonable. But the fact that we ordered a whole Mud Crab and only got half (to our observation) that was definitely a rip off. Cause at asian restaurants when you order seafood you tell them which one you want and they will fish it out from their tank and show you. I swear, we only got half a crab but i told my mum to complain cause i seriously cbfed and she's like... 'Nah that's what we get when we order the special on Monday Evening' because they have specials on Monday & Wednesday evenings..... *facepalm* 

Anyways, The worse thing is, it was only my mum & i eating dinner so we didn't order much besides those 2 dishes. Overall, the food didn't taste as good as the last times we ate here. I walked out disappointed overall at the food and the service. Big let down. 

Well i hope this covered my whole week with all the wonderful food i've had recently hehehe! Definitely feeling fat after looking at all these photos! 

Love, J. 

An array of events!

Hey there! Soooooooo where have i been?! Merry Christmas! I know it's ad tad late but i've been HEAPS busy with family, work - being awfully tired and drained from so many hours (which i recently quit - i'll get to that) and also celebrating my anniversary with Lorenzo :)

So where do i begin this time? Let me remind you, this is PHOTO HEAVY! 

Soooooooo, last Tuesday i went to DFO with Lorenzo and we manage to buy some clothes for him... okay more like shirts and for me, i got some new CK underwear. (I made Lorenzo wait outside CK Underwear for half an hour... I think LOL - sorry!)

Before heading in, we headed to G Star Raw - which had a sale and i could NEVER find any good G Star Raw shirts for girls nor any good skinny jeans, there's always better looking guys clothes there and we managed to get there shirts up to 80% off. Which was awesome! But i came out of G Star Raw with nothing. 

I chose these shirts with Lorenzo and he happily agreed with me so we bought these for him :)

I think they were $25 each or something, i know they were both under $50! Bargain :D

After shopping at DFO for probably 2 hours i think? 

We went to Parra to get presents for his parents as well get my Dior Mascara AND our long awaiting Frozen Yoghurt at Yogolicious :) 

I got a small with 2 toppings - Rainbow Jelly & White Tim Tams with Plain Yoghurt for $4.50 (Mines on the Left)

Lorenzo got a large with Mango Yoghurt (Since he loves Mangos) with 3 toppings - Rainbow Jelly, Honeycomb and White Tim Tams as well?!  and that was $5.50? (His one's on the right)

It was better than GEMS, which was my first experience on Frozen Yoghurt LOL :F

~

Fast forwarding to the next few days after Tuesday...

Kicking off was training for my new job. I had my second round interview on Wednesday, Officially got the job on Thursday and started working on Friday.

Overall, i wanted a new experience and also better pay. But this job was not worth it and therefore - I quit. (Yes call me a quitter but i quit for a very good reason)

1. Pay was based on Commission (25% on the sales you make - I only made like 3) 
2. Working for this Marketing Agency meant being one of those annoying people at shopping centres who forces you to buy their product 
3. I have to wake up at 5am get to North Parramatta by 7.15am - grab my merchandise and then get told where i am working and the hours are not even flexible - so misleading. Basically, when i got there i find out where i was working (which was Stocklands Wetherill) and then i don't get told i work there for how long. They wanted me to work from 9am - 9.30pm that day. UM YEAH NOT HAPPENING. I'm not even getting an hourly rate. 
4. When you pick up the merchandise you have to return it back to the office so imagine going back to North Parramatta at 9.30 at night and returning it... Um yeah... 
5. My first day i wanted to leave at 3pm. Considering how they said it was 'flexible hours' i call up the manager and he was like not happy. Yeah whatever, don't give a shit - if one of my family members were in hospital and it was an emergency you wouldn't let me go? Fuck off. 

Overall there was much more worse things about this - and i'm not going to get into that.

But the highlight of those days was having lunch everyday at Cafe Lipari, it's a cute Italian Cafe which had the most delicious salad i have ever eaten in my whole life. I'm not kidding.

I know it may not look that appealing but oh my god it was delicious as!

Cashew Chicken Salad with Tabouli on the side - $14 at Cafe Lipari North Parramatta. 

I must say, the Italian's know how to make their salad! :)

Anywho, moving on! Up until Christmas Eve, I managed to get a day off and thats when i decided that i wanted to quit this labour intensive, shitty paid job. To make the day a bit more brighter and better - Lorenzo & I spent the afternoon together as it was our anniversary! Hehehe time goes by really fast and it's almost been half a year! Definitely a good pick me up from the stressful job i recently quit as well as enjoying Christmas with the family and friends. :)


Anywho! I got my Xmas present that day as well as i was not going to see Lorenzo on Christmas Day. THIS IS WHAT I GOT!!!!!!!!

Inside....

Excuse my asian bedsheets LOL 

BUT YES I FINALLY GOT MY HOLY GRAIL MASCARA. 

(And talking about Holy Grail things, i think i should made a post of my holy grail things!)

So in love with it - Lorenzo would know, cause i play with it like every 5 minutes!

Thanks Lorenzo!!! 

I already knew i was getting it (refer to last Tuesday - mentioned earlier!) but the excitement of waiting for it was all goooooood! Also that day, i got a $50 Myer Gift Card from his mummy, so thanks for that :) And gave out presents to his mummy and mine :) 

~

Moving on.... as for Christmas Day! My mum and I made this breakfast LOL - and considering we're the only ones at home for Christmas this is probably i suppose... our 'feast' :P

After that we spent mostly the whole afternoon & evening at my cousins and had heaps of Viet food and ate heaps of chocolate :$

These were pretty mediocre :D 

Later that night, Lorenzo & I along with the boys & girls (John, David, Kevin, Phong, Terry, Jason, Tom, Danny) and (Loma, Cathy, John's little sisters, Jason's little sister) + anyone else i forgotten, there was like 4 cars and each car was filled so yeah... we went to see Xmas Lights! 

Basically cruising around West Hoxton and also Cecil Hills and then Chipping Norton but there was many, i just took two pictures LOL. After that we resulted to a KK's but it was closed, then to a Kebab (at Orange Grove) but then finally deciding to go to Bonny Maccas for a late night kebab. Hanged out talked, and went home at around 1.30am. That was my Christmas Day!

Boxing Day was just... a dinner with my cousins at Cabra Vale 

Their steak was soooooo nice and less greasier than Cooks Hill but their portions are a bit smaller!

Those Nachos we're sooooooooo yum. 

And now i'm back home from DFO and just got MORE new CK Underwear and all and i'm so happy along with Lana's birthday present, can't wait to hand it to her!

Hope ya'll had an awesome christmas and also have a happy new year! Be back soon!!!!  

Love, J.