Sinfully Addicted

My bad

2010-03-28T00:41:00.000+11:00

I am at unimaginable high level of stress with my works, therefore browsing awesome cosplayers' photos and came across with bad cosplay pages. I picked the photo with the largest size available (because it's easier to modify) and start working on the picha.

I picked this:

And turned it into this:

It's too fake, I know. I'm not some great photoshopper FYI. I do this just for fun and release tension.

Here is a comparison picha:

The skin-beautifier function does wonders.

The hip and legs part is the most difficult to adjust.

I am sorry, Miss Pink Felicia, from Vampire Hunter/Slayer of CAPCOM.

ミクの日感謝祭2010

2010-03-27T01:52:00.004+11:00

ミクの日感謝祭2010

Miku's Day Thanksgiving 2010

初音ミク (Hatsune Miku)
Our DIVA!

Watching this concert feeling uber touched (丌▽丌) Download the whole concert HERE.
I really don't mind paying 4390 or 5000 yen for this concert T_T I envy those 2500 people!!!
Although some people had blogged about this concert here and here, I feel compelled to blog about it because I snapped more pichas, muahaha.
Since the first concert, there are many improvements in the concert organization, the hologram (more solid and not see-through; compared with last year HERE) and also the stage arrangement vis-a-vis the vocaloids, which I'll show in the following:

Miku on the stage and the die hard fans welding Negi (leek, her character item) neon sticks.

I think I'd like to see in her next concert next year, miku herself holding a leek (≧▽≦)y

Unlike the previous concert, Miku changed lots of stage costumes, some originated from the PSP Project Diva, and some are the newly designed costumes for the latest version of the PSP game.

When saw this, I was like: "No~~~ Miku, please don't show your panty~~~!!!!"

I was relieved afterward as she shows up in her bikini from Dear Cocoa Girls. Phew. At least she's not flinging her skirt exposing panties (▔﹏▔)

Watch the opening for this song HERE (ignore the annoying Japanese TV program commentators)

Dear Cocoa Girl's dance routine

Next up, the costume party! Each to different songs, certain costumes performed for 2 songs but not more than that.

Cyber Miku

Cute Pirate Miku

Neko Mimi Miku (>^ω^<)

Devil Peachy Miku

Not sure what costume is this, but it's seems to me a lovely lady costume and I love to see miku in it. Look at the effect of the hair when her arm flipped through the hair during the dance, A W E S O M E !

Fans go crazy. Miku is singing Sayonara.Goodbye, one of my favorite songs from her.

This reminds me of Britney Spear's Circus ~(￣▽￣)~ and Miku looks great in her single ponytail too!

The thin bright line on the right is the frame of the hologram on stage.

This is a new outfit from her and she looks lovely and ladylike in her new dress and new hairstyle, everyone goes crazy \(≧▽≦)/

Adorable...

Right after the Good girl style, here comes a Miku gone bad style.

Note the drum set on the right. This concert is not only about displaying the virtual idol and playing her voice from MP3. The music comes from human musicians: the drummer, the bass, the guitar, the DJ, the violinists, etc; they are all presented on the stage and are famous musicians. Some of them are professional Vocaloid users/composers. Miku's size on stage is of human size.

Here comes another super star----guest performer, Megurine Luka 巡音ルカ!!!

The fans immediately flashed out their prepared neon pink sticks---Luka's signature color(/≧▽≦)/

She is so sexy with her left skirt split (☆＿☆) and a smile that kills!

Her hologram details are fascinating as well.

Every vocaloid has their drummer-together moment

The DJ at the back. And Luka's Golden boots \(≧3≦)/

Run Luka~~~

Miku's giant leek from the courtesy of a die hard fan, LOL

Our superstar, yo! o(≧o≦)o

Her ending posture for the hit song "Just be Friends"

Another performance that drives the fans crazy, the famous duet from Luka and Miku, "Magnet". This is a song about the forbidden love between the same sex or other kinds of forbidden couples.

Dance coordination during the Miku solo part. Here, Luka's position is at the back of Miku. They switched position as song proceeded.

Die, all vocaloids fans DIE!!!!

They should kiss to make some fans down there nosebleed \(≧3≦)/

Luka's solo

Song's ending posture, 1, 2...

...and 3!

(All fans die happy with no regret)

In the middle of the performance, they suddenly use a different hologram model for Miku, which is quite rough (not as detailed) as compared to the latest model. I dunno why, but... luckily it's only used for 1 or 2 performances, so it's OK. However you can see the quality is starkly different. It's great to see the fans were still cheering hard :)

OMG all the leeks LOL

And yeah, the mother of all neon leeks in the audience \(≧▽≦)/ the one that almost hit (cross-reflected) on Luka. Because hologram is like a mirror that is consisted of lights, so....

Another nosebleed performance, Kagamine Rin 鏡音リン!!!!
And all yellow neon sticks are out!!!

Lovely Rin with her Big sky blue eyes! I'm not sure of it's because of the camera timing or what, in her first performance I didn't notice any eye-closure... it's like she never clips her eyes >_<

Small girl made it BIG on stage.

When the melody of Purple Butterfly on Your Right Shoulder came out, little did I (or perhaps the fans down the stage too) expect that...

Kagamine Len 鏡音レン, the mirrored self of Rin, came out from her behind and immediately sang the song out loud!

I do hear some fan girls scream, I believe Len had killed lots of Shota fanatics...

Though I'm no Shota lunatic, I love him too! He is a great Vocaloid beatboxer in this song, it's VERY addictive!

Too bad Len only sang one song...

The final duet performance for the concert: Rin x Miku

Go go vocaloids and conquer the world!!!

Ending of the song performance...

Miku ended the performance with this song, From Y to Y (after that, there were 2 more encore songs). The only song that is lucky enough not detected by youtube and still survive from the deleted fate:

Time to promote Vocaloids:

For the classic hit songs from their debut since 2007/2008: Youtube Playlist Link
For the vocaloid hit songs in year 2009: Youtube Playlist 2
And my most recent favorites in 2010: Youtube Playlist 3 (will be updated until the end of this year).

All lists are created by me based on my top favorites from them :)

11 vocaloids in the family!

2009-12-10T19:03:00.005+11:00

Identity colour: Dark/Bright/Peach Pink Identity item: Cherry

Finally a teacher in the vocaloid family. I would say I can see an anime based on Vocaloids and UTAUs is coming! !

Identity colour: Dark Grey
Identity item: unidentified/yet to be created by fans (is it the black notebook in his hand? Hmmm)

I was so shocked to see this new vocaloid. Oh well, what can I say, aiming for the pedophile-market? Sigh. Indeed, lots of "adult-themed" songs sang by her can be found already. Which makes me very uncomfortable.
Identity colour: Red (overlap with Sister Meiko, LOL)
Identity item: unidentified (I believe there is more than her red school bag)

4 December 2009 the vocaloid family welcome 3 new members: Miki, Yuki, and Teacher Vocaloid Hiyama sensei.

So now there are 11 official vocaloids on the block! YAY!

My favourite song by Miki:

Latest song release sang by the teacher which I find very hilarious:

No favourite song by the elementary school student Yuki yet. She is far too "moe" 萌え, not my type.

Hatsune Miku and Vocaloids Love

2009-12-06T19:25:00.003+11:00

My sinful addiction for months... I am poisoned by them to the extent whenever I am free i will listen to their music, damn! LOL^^

Hatsune Miku 初音ミク

First voice (初音) of the future (ミク or 未来, which is supposedly to be pronounced as mirai)
Her series number 01 is embroided (or tattooed? LOL) on her upper left arm.
Her primary colour is cyan, which many mistaken for light blue. When she is placed alongside Kaito, she will become light green XD
Her identity item is the leek, some kind of onion in which she can eat it raw (LOL).

My first favourite song from her that made me drown into the Vocaloid world: World is Mine

The brown hair fella in the video is the "Master" or the vocaloid user. This is created in the way that all vocaloids falls in love with their Master who happens to be the opposite sex. But later the pairing of Hatsune Miku and Shion Kaito is getting more popular than the pairing with their respective masters^^

Fanmade image of her that is one of my many favourites.

Her recent new song that instantly becomes my favourite upon first hearing: Lovergazer (ラヴゲイザー) I Love the image in the PV! *Another one: I love this song so much that I request my bro to do a mandarin translation and I do the English translation*

World is Mine
kyaaaaaaaaaaa

Shion Kaito or カイト(Kaito) or 始音海人

海人 means people of the sea, that is why his primary outfit and colour is blue :-)
始音or Shion means the earliest voice.
Therefore other vocaloids refer him as the Big Brother お兄さん(oniisan)^^
His identity item is the blue shawl and Häagen-Dazs ice cream^^
His supposed-number should be 00, after the introduction of Miku as 01.

Kaito with his ice-cream, uber cute!

I love him as his reply to Miku's World is Mine is very popular^^ They often portray him as a perv (T_T) but I like him no matter what^^
My best favourite version of Kaito's World is Mine (which somewhat tarnish his image) is at the below. Second best is this one which is featured in the PSP game where Miku reached a certain level and Kaito's version of the song is unlocked, and dance and sing to Miku's style, which makes him look gay in it^^).

Sakine Meiko 咲音メイコ
Sakine 咲音 is blooming or preceding sound, as early as or earlier than Kaito (in my opinion Kaito is earlier because of the word 始 which means earliest or ancient). I cannot find kanji for Meiko because it can have many kanji in Japanese.
Meiko is considered as sibling or sister (it is not clear either younger or older) to Kaito as they are released at the same period as first generation Vocaloid.
This is a fanmade picture that embroided 00 on her left arm.

She is portrayed as a sexy (in some PVs Miku is ridiculed because she is a flat chest as compared to Meiko) and mature female singer and her voice range is the widest among all vocaloids therefore she can sing any music genre. Her output is very much depends on the ability of song writer to produce a good song.
Her identity item is tomato and stand-mic.

Some of her songs like Crimson, Colour, Sad Song, are good but without a good or animated PV. Her famous duet with Kaito is 番凩, a very strong Japanese traditional culture-song. Another favourite from her would be a "younger version Meiko" singing Honey, an original song "Honey Honey" by Taiwan singer Cindy Wang.
This is her Piano x Forte x Scandal:

Kagamine Rin (left) and Len (right) 鏡音リン・レン

Many regards them as twin but they are actually mirrorred images and this topic is still highly debated. Their vocaloid software is in one pack and sold together. Rin means left and Len means right.
Their borrowed human voice (seiyu) is 下田麻美 Shimoda Asami.
Their identity item is roadroller and banana (this gives perverts-song-writers lots of reasons to write perv songs and whatnot) and individually Rin is mic and yellow onion 玉葱 (symbol as to she is the younger sister to miku who is represented by bigger onion which is green in colour) and Len is guitar-style-handled keyboard.

Mirrored image Kagamine 鏡音.
鏡音 means mirrored voice. Some fans us this to argue therefore they are not twins and hence are permissible to be portrayed as lovers/couple.
Their series number tattoo are both 02.

My top favourite of Kagamine Rin's song: Meltdown (The melting of a jealousy heart)

My top favourite of Kagamine Len's song: SPICE (where he posed as a womanizer who sees his twin sister as a woman but trying to flirt around in order to forget her; but upon realising his twin sister has a lover he cannot control himself and raped her and feel guilty in the end. I hate the incest element but oh well the author of the PV is my favourite author who also made Megurine Luka's Just be Friends T_T)

巡音ルカ Megurine Luka

Also known as 巡音流歌 or 巡音流香, which means lingering scent or song that circulates around (the world). Her seiyu voice sample is 浅川悠 Asakawa Yū to create a "moody but husky female voice".
She is the only Vocaloid who can sing English songs. If you input English songs to other Vocaloids, they will sing funny English^^
Her identity item is Tuna, her favourite food. She can eat them raw too (it is normal in Japan? -_-").
Her series number is 03.

Top recommendation that is well-received within overseas community: Just Be Friends.

Gackpoid がくっぽいどor 神威がくぽ Kamui Gakupo

He is the only one I introduced here who comes from a different production company but is very popular among the first 2 generations of vocaloid users. Other vocaloids above are produced by Crypton under YAMAHA while Gackupo is by INTERNET Co. Ltd.
His voice is borrowed from a famous talented singer, Gackt, whose stage name is Kamui Gakuto 神威楽斗 LOL!
His identity item is brinjal -_-"
I don't know if he has a series number (LOL).

Sadly, I am yet to have a favourite song from him because his voice reminds me too much of the real person, so my only favourite song featuring him in a duet with Luka, where they are portaryed as having a crush to each other but whenever Gakupo wants to know more about Luka, Luka tells him "Go Google It".
As a result, a hilarious "Go google it" (ググれカス-GGRKS-)song:

Gumi Megpoid, a Vocaloid I didn't notice until very recently -_-"

She is very "foreign" in appearance so I suppose she is not very Japanese... hence only romanized Japanese name for her official name Megpoid: メグッポイド

Like Kamui, her voice is sampled from famous singer/seiyu who voiced one of the Macross main heroine. Therefore Gumi's design is inspired from that character as well. Her character item is carrot

3D version of Vocaloid family from a PSP game Project Diva Hatsune Miku.
There are some songs sang by the "Vocaloid family", such as Little Mermaid, in which Miku and Luka are lead singers.

Fujita Saki 藤田咲 Miku's seiyu

Fujita and Kaganami Rin Len's Seiyu appeared in an interview.

【Miku特集01s】Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, the worlds virtual diva:

【Miku特集02】作曲家・津久井箇人さんインタビュー:

【Miku特集03】映像作家・Tripshots～「Nebula」

Links for their discography:

Hatsune Miku (VOCALOID2-Crypton-YAMAHA)
Meiko (VOCALOID)
Kaito (VOCALOID)
Kagamine Rin/Len (VOCALOID2)
Megurine Luka (VOCALOID2)
Kamui Gakupo (VOCALOID2-International Co.)
Gumi Megpoid (VOCALOID2-International Co.)
Others: Miki, Yuki, Vocaloid teacher Sensei Hiyama (VOCALOID2-AH Software)

Eyeing them~~

2009-10-16T21:29:00.003+11:00

My current eBay watch list

(click on it to enlarge)

I'm watching:

A lovely tartan skirt
A DSLR (although it's an old style but I don't mind)
Ankle boots
Anti-cellulite oil (LOL!)
A long white skirt
A huge Pashmina shawl

But I'm telling myself to hands-off eBay this month, urgh.

Looking at those lowly-priced items is killing me!

SHISEIDO Mud Mask: Real and fake

2009-10-14T21:54:00.002+11:00

Thank you dear for posting this up because I never thought such simple thing could have been faked.

The back

The pack that I bought from Aussie eBayer. It's for auction and I cant remember exactly how much I paid for 2 packs of it, may be $2?

Everything looks fine EXCEPT the direction of the open mouth. Er... don't know if it's fake T_T

If according to the description, I think the "mud" of the mask is very dark in colour, as the blogger said that for counterfeit item,"The cream is 50% more transparent black than real stock. It is very sticky and smell like gum." Well the smell is not horrible to me though, so can I safely say mine is the authentic one? LOL.

Natural toner and cream

2009-10-03T17:29:00.006+10:00

I was inspired by Bubzbeauty to make my own toner with natural ingredients, and also because my toner was running dry at the time >_<

This video from Bubz shows how to make mask and toner by ourselves. I have all the ingredients for masks as well but I will save them for later as I still have lots of face-masks.

Tune to 4:25 for how to make the toner.

I bought the Apple Cider Vinegar (750ml) for $2.60.

A box of green tea with 20 teabags for $1.20.

From the land where my Great-greatgrandpa and grandfather from :)

First, make a mug of green tea with boiled water and set it aside to be cooled down.

Pour into a clean empty bottle, as instructed by Bubz, 2/3 of the bottle to be filled with green tea.

And then 1/3 of it with apple cider vinegar.

Here's my toner! Big bottle at that (500ml) and only costs me a fraction of $3.80! Damn cheap! I've tried it and my face feels cold and smooth, love it! Hopefully it can reduce my acne and acne scars after a month or so :)

As you can see in Bubz's video, she uses Egyptian magic cream after using the toner... I actually found out about this cream through a Melbourne blogger and am surprised to know Bubz is also using it! And apparently, it caused a rave in Hollywood and the world (as claimed) and every celebrities and non-celebrities are using it. I surveyed various comments and feedback before I decide to buy it on eBay because it costs $35 + $7.65 shipping fee! There are mixed responses, some (or I can say many) claim it works magic and wonders, and some don't find it "magic" (because they already have good skin, DUH), and some abandon using it because it is too oily or does not work.

This is how the cream looks like, with a free sample in tube.

It is made of 100% natural ingredients (as claimed by Mr. LordPharaoh ImHotepAmonRa. Geez, I doubted for a moment when I read this name on the label. This Mr. Howard put the powerful Egyptian Gods' names together to become his Egyptian name!) such as Olive oil, Beeswax, Honey, Pollen, Royal Jelly, and Propolis Extract.

But it smells like wax to me though.

I finally decided to buy it because I noticed over 2 days only, its listings on eBay are selling out fast and also The New York's Times had interviewed the founder, so I made the biggest decision to buy the most expensive product ever from eBay.

And because of that I am officially broke. Haha!

Am surprised again because just found out Bubz actually did a video on the cream!

And oh yeah, check out the list below from a Singapore eBay listing, I chuckled when I read some of them, LOL^^

Egyptian Magic Skin Creme and Hair Cream more ways people have found it beneficial:

skin moisturizer,
makeup remover,
diaper rash,
skin rash,
clear up foot odor
chicken pox,
stretch marks,
athletes foot,
sun and wind moisture protection
Note: NOT A SUNSCREEN,
aromatherapy,
essential oils,
fungus,
hemorrhoids,
vaginal moisturizer,
vaginal cream,
cold sores,
chapped lips,
dry skin,

itchy skin,
cracked skin,
ashy skin,
massage lotion,
massage oil,
shaving cream for legs and face,
after-shave cream for legs and face,
relief from razor bumps,
dry scalp,
itchy scalp,
"hair tamer",
hot oil hair treatment,
surgical incisions,
skin irritations,
eczema,
scars,
tattoo,
Pets/animals: dogs cats horses,
Help to prevent pregnancy stretch marks

Craving for shoes T_T

2009-10-02T00:14:00.003+10:00

White Canvas Flower wedges by Les P'tites Bombes

Starting bid and END BID $0.99 + $12.00 (Express post)

Can you believe I am watching it until it ends?

Because I am broke now T_T

Next allowance instalment is at the end of this month. Why lah T_T

I LOVE BILLY ladies ballet flats

$0.99 + $7.30 (Prepaid Express post)

Now has 1 bid T_T

Canvas Flower wedges by NEXT peep toe shoes

Buy It Now price $5.00 + $6.00 (Registered post)

OMG!

Can I buy this? It's Spring~~~

Country Road Silver Ballet flats RRP$99 (with originally attached bows)

starting bid $0.99 + $10.00

Now has 2 bids that makes it $1.04

Should I? It's Country Road T_T

Basically I am broke so I should restrain myself from browsing eBay this month, uhuk uhuk T_T

Boots + Wedges = Wedge Boots

2009-09-08T19:43:00.003+10:00

I want a pair of wedges and at the same time I want a pair of new ankle boots. While I could not make a decision which pair to buy because I want both, I came across with this: Wedge boots.

So I was like, why not? It looks new! So I bid on it and surprisingly nobody's bidding on it, I got myself something I never thought I would buy!

Even the soles are damn clean, LOL

US designer Charles David brown wedge boots size 7

The starting bid is $15 and it is a free postage item.

Are you kidding me?

At first I thought the seller would not wrap the item properly because I won it with the starting bid with no extra cost to cover the postage and handling costs.

But when it came, I was deeply touched and surprised:

A 3kg regular prepaid parcel is $9.90.

The bubble wrap may cost her around under $1, and she wrapped the boots in lots of papers... inside and outside of the boots! I am so impressed!

Imagine most of the time I received my items simply NAKED inside the parcel bag you see above, without bubble wrap and paper and whatnot.

So basically, the postage and handling had already cost the seller $10.90, which means the boot cost only $4.10! ZOMG

So this buy deserves one whole post dedicated to it XD

Awesome

My takes are blurred, LOL

It does not come with its original box so how the heck I'm supposed to know if it's really from Charles David? After checking I'm very satisfied :))

Loike it^^

It's actually quite high but luckily I can take it^^

I was wearing this and walking in the campus and also around Swanston Street LOL

Match it with my little black dress and off we go to shopping! XD

Just to show off a maxi dress I tried on during another shopping trip. My friend discouraged me by saying "why wearing batik in Australia" immediately I took it off and say goodbye LOL

Btw it costs near $40. Nah.

But then I spotted a vest in the same boutique shop, it costs around $30 I think but I hold my purse and thinking why not looking for it on eBay first? So, stay tune for the next post! XD

Abracadabra by Brown Eyed Girls

2009-08-30T23:20:00.004+10:00

This is dubbed as the most sexual explicit themed music video from South Korea, beating all Lee Hyori's controversial sexy music videos. When I first watch it I don't get the message and think: "Geeez, it's over publicized". But when I start to watch it for the second and third time, including the Live performance, I GET it.

So here it is, Abracadabra by Brown Eyed Girls

What do you think of the Brown Eyed Girls? Because of this video, the Wonder Girls news are faded away in the forum and Korean-related internet forums and blogs, because everyone is talking about this banned music video which portrayed too many obscene sex messages (and explicit postures!) even to the Western standard.

But what makes this phenomenon so interesting is the Boy Bands in South Korea start making lots of parody on this music video. And one such ridiculous example is as shown below:

Soooo effing hilarious isn't it? I laughed until my heart aches, oh my.

Wonder girls are cute even though their dance moves sometimes are sexy, but when parodies are made they are not as disgusting as this one.

this reminds me of Joe of Jonas Brothers doing parody on Beyonce's Single Lady. Ewww, that is gross! guys please don't wear leotard-like outfit, it's just gross. Period.

Anywho, I have to admit that the dance moves are very interesting and everybody is doing it, LOL

Fail bids T_T

2009-08-29T02:25:00.003+10:00

Country Road Black Belt $0.99 + $8.00

Authentic T_T

and.....

.....

...

I let it slipped by... $0.25!!!!

End bid $1.80 and my maximum bid is $1.55.

Why lah >_<

WITCHERY Black Leather Belt Size S $0.99 + $6.00

The same fate T_T

Ended $5.50, my final bid amount is $3 T_T

Leather belt ah~~~~

Womens RUSTY belt VINTAGE look $2.00 + $3.50

I want this the most and it ended higher....

It is also authentic so the price soared up to $20 something T_T

so I gave up watching it LOL

The damn cheap ones terlepas gitu.

When be able to sit there to watch its final moment the bids were incredibly high for that particular item.

ish ish ish

Miss Universe 2009

2009-08-24T18:04:00.004+10:00

Click on the image to enlarge

The quality of top 10 pageants this year are pretty good. Even Donald trump says : "This is the prettiest bunch of girls I've ever seen.". I agree.

It's all left up to the Q&A sessions to decide the winner, and Miss Venezuela proved that she has brain. Well done.

My personal favourites:

Miss Czech---Coolness, and I like evrything Czech LOL

Miss France---Gotta love her smile, c'est belle!

Miss Switzerland---Love her petite face

Miss Dominican---Sexy!

Why not the others:

They look boring to me LOL

Esp Miss USA always has that typical Miss USA look, LOL

but thumbs up for Miss Venezuela for having brain lah^^

The Fallen Princesses

2009-08-08T03:38:00.000+10:00

Dina Goldstein is a much acclaimed photographer whose create works never fail to aspire and inspire others. I love this particular mini project of hers, Fallen Princesses :)

Face the realities, even the princesses are not living a "happily ever after" life.

Re-post from here: JPGMAG

These works place Fairy Tale characters in modern day scenarios. In all of the images the Princess is placed in an environment that articulates her conflict. The '...happily ever after' is replaced with a realistic outcome and addresses current issues.

The project was inspired by my observation of three-year-old girls, who were developing an interest in Disney's Fairy tales. As a new mother I have been able to get a close up look at the phenomenon of young girls fascinated with Princesses and their desire to dress up like them. The Disney versions almost always have sad beginning, with an overbearing female villain, and the end is predictably a happy one. The Prince usually saves the day and makes the victimized young beauty into a Princess.

As a young girl, growing up abroad, I was not exposed to Fairy tales. These new discoveries lead to my fascination with the origins of Fairy tales. I explored the original brothers Grimm's stories and found that they have very dark and sometimes gruesome aspects, many of which were changed by Disney. I began to imagine Disney's perfect Princesses juxtaposed with real issues that were affecting women around me, such as illness, addiction and self-image issues.

There are 2 more to be shot for this series which is going on exhibit on Oct. 15/09

I was attracted by the Snow White's shot so I began to search for its series :)

Married Snow White's life

Our typical imagination on reality faced by the princess after married: the Prince is lazy at home, a messy house with pets roaming around, and lots of children or babies to look after. Bingo!

The Sleeping Beauty and her prince in the Old Folk's home, so unfair because she still retains her youth by sleeping, LOL

Little Red Riding Hood gets fat with McD food XD

Rapunzel has cancer that made her proud long hair fall off.

Jasmine goes to war (because she's froma Middle East-setting story, LOL)

Cinderella gets wasted at a dive

Belle needs plastic surgery to keep her beauty and youth.... I somewhat disagree with this because Belle is my favourite princess who comes from a poor condition but does not dreamed to go to Prince's party like Cinderella yet willing to risk herself to be with the Beast. So I think she has the most beautiful heart among the princesses so I don't think she will go for plastic surgery, LOL

Ariel is caught and displayed in an Aquarium

*Scheduled Post*

Things that caught my eyes, again

2009-08-07T19:13:00.006+10:00

SASS BLACK KNITTED CARDI/JACKET BUTTON UP SZ XS $0.99 + $5.80

Shoobiz Ankle Boots womens size 7 $0.99 + $7.50

OMG look at the bedazzled side of the boots and also the ridiculous low starting bid and postage!

TIGHTROPE Black Open Long Cardigan Throw Brand New $0.99 + $7.50

OMG brand new some more! I've wanted this since this post! Also known as th waterfall cardi, argh!

UPDATE: I let this waterfall cardigan slipped away by 50 cents! Argh! I bidded $7.50 and read news until forgot to look out the ending time and it was won away with $8 T_T

Internet-fasting would be a way to prevent me from buying all those stuffs, oh, can I resist the seduction? Wait and see T_T

*Scheduled Post*

Internet-fasting

2009-08-07T11:41:00.003+10:00

Human-friendly Kingfisher at Kennet River, Victoria

Will remain offline until the end of this month. So no more updates until September.

Wish me luck on my study!

Muacks!

Leopard print for Spring! How about Giraffe?

2009-08-07T01:42:00.001+10:00

David Jones Spring/Summer Fashion just launched in Sydney and I guess something really inspires me:

Leopard print skirt and the same motif slouch-sleeves dress at the back.

Floaty skirts and bold patterns were the look for spring/summer in the Gorman collection. Photo by Getty.

Even Miranda Kerr is flaunting in leopard motif dress!

Miranda Kerr is flirty in a Lisa Ho number on the catwalk at the David Jones Spring/Summer 2009 Collection Launch themed 'A Great Southern Summer 2009'. Photo by AAP.

OK, so I can't sell this off YET, not after Spring, LOL.

Though it is not fully leopard, the Giraffe motif is also good lah, haha.

May be I will just keep it simple~

*Scheduled post*

wtf

2009-08-04T03:51:00.000+10:00

Sometimes I cannot stand my students doing nonesense on the FB, teasing each other, emo-ing about their love problems, etc. But I have to blog about THIS one because it does not seem right to some people's mind:

*click to enlarge to read the comment*

So this stupid quiz machine tells my beloved student A that she will have 2 babies in the future. My student B got a 5 and she said it's not enough she wants more. A student C got 3 and said how come so sikit? A student D got 7 and she thanked the God and not the retard quiz master for the rezeki.

So the student A's response may be deemed as a rare one as she says "sudah cukop" for a 2. And her friend is trying to impose some @#$% thought on others life by saying "cukup ke 2? Nabi suruh meramaikan umat".

It was like (OK, it's actually "I feel like bashing..."), don't you know your friend is also a muslim? Do you think she's so stupid that she does not know this particular teaching of Nabi? And do you think she is not giving a thought of what she want in life? And what are you trying to do by leaving that comment? To tease her by not wanting more children and giving response like "2 jer? nak 8!" like you?

This does not mean she does not want more children because she wants to care less (like me, haha). She is my A-list student who is capable of becoming a diplomat or at least working for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which I highly anticipate she will. She is good and excellent not only academically but also in her attitude.

So for those who has no ambition in high profile carrer and whatnot, just godamn shaddap and look after your 8 or may be 12 children back home and worrying if your husband is seeing other women while your friend travelling and working around the world serving the country and raising her 2 children overseas, godammit.

Cosplay and cosplayers

2009-08-03T02:12:00.005+10:00

Cosplay is a highly professional part-time job. but those involved in it won't earn any money, yet need to invest large amount of money in making or buying costumes and accessories, unless you participate in a cosplay competition and win it. or, in some rare cases, your cosplay is so successful that by popular demand you hold a musical theatre for the anime/game you cosplayed and profit from selling tickets.

Introducing one of the cosplayers and the cosplay character that I LOVE: Papercut and Cloud Strife (/≧▽≦)/

I come across with her cosplay while browsing Deviantart. Her profile link HERE.

She is from England definitely my favourite UK cosplayer :)

I love her as a person personally. From her writings and her way of cracking jokes and even captioning her photos you know she's a humorous person^^

Obviously at her home, LOL. Her mum took pichas for her, how cool is that huh^^

She actually has facial features that is very suitable to cosplay any character.

At an Expo. This is her amateur cosplay experience! Now she's a professional one, ahaks! I'm glad I can follow her journey this long^^ (for nearly half year if not mistaken)

Emo-ing^^

This is her first first first ever cosplay appearance!

If you notice, the only thing she cannot copy from Cloud is the muscular arms XD

This is her cosplay photo that attracted my attention to her.

Her cosplay as Crisis Core's Cloud Strife.

Cloud Strife is the love of my life but I resent the fact that I am now a grown up with social responsibilities that prohibit me from indulging in my favourite passion, including gaming. My bro has the Crisis Core on his PSP and I don't have time to play it! ARRRGGHHHHH

Good thing about the "West" is that they don't mind girls kissing girls mouth-to-mouth. And this is perfect for cosplay events where most of the female cosplayers who cosplay male characters can kiss the female cosplayers who cosplay the male's counterpart's female characters!

Her another cosplay character which i also like. Papercut has a face suitable for Final Fantasy's characters! Jealous!

*Please click to enlarge*

Very funny cameo by her and her best friend, cosplaying Kingdom Hearts' Roxas and Axel.

Burning hot Axel

This is the picha that got her some troubles in Deviantart that draws insulting and aggressive comments like her playing porn etc. But Seriously I don't see any problem with it, it's awesome and funny! Because of the "Got it memorized?" painting on her red pant which is done by herself!

Btw it's just a joke she played with her girl friend while dressing up, not like she's going to do that out in the public, LOL.

OK, Internet is public, so what? Bleh :p

I heart Chocobo! I want a Chocobo plushie~

I know I'm heading to late twenties but so what?

I want!

Her Crisis Core cosplay with her ex-boyfriend who cosplay Zack. Lovely!

Yaoi love!!!!!!!!!!! This is very popular among anime and cosplay fanatics because of the increasing support towards gay love. I have to say some are sick like the Son Goku and Bezita Yaoi (Geli!). You can imagine how the crowd soaring when they kissed! This is also an advantage or a not-so geli version of Yaoi performance when the pair is couple^^

Too bad this lovely couple split and her ex is now more into rockband and cosplay (they are still friends so she linked him in her profile still)

You can find some Yaoi cosplay kiss in youtube, I think the Naruto and Sasuke-Yaoi kiss is somewhat geli... er, may be not, heh XD

A funny scene at Expo when the Sephiroth came out and approve of the Yaoi relationship XD

For people who don't know Cloud is cosplayed by PapercutPerfect who is a girl, they lauded "you are so brave!". but nah, there is nothing to be shy with your boyfriend especially with a photographer at the scene and wearing bandages over your body XD

You see, Cloud cannot be cosplayed by Macho males XD Only androgyn and feminine male can do him justice XD

But this fella here got some muscle on his arms, so... pass lah, LOL

BTW, I'd love to beg Asians, i mean, yeah Asians, don't cosplay characters who are very caucasians!

And also to caucasions, don't cosplay very Asian characters!!!!

For the sake of characters' image LOL

Imagine: all costumes are hand made and hand-tailored.... Σ(￣□￣")

Will show some of her non-Cloud Strife cosplay! She's awesome^^

*Ssssshhhhhhhhhh.... I think she is a good male character cosplayer partly because on top of her pretty face, she is............. a flat chest XD* (So do I! LOL)

Her website: http://papercutperfect.webs.com/

It changed a lot since my last visit^^

My next post on cosplay would be very long (!) introducing the cosplay couple I heart the most, and the quality of their cosplay is awesome awesome that make me teared (丌^丌)

But gotta wait until September like that, LOL

*Scheduled post*

LOL

2009-08-03T02:01:00.001+10:00

I googled for cosplay pichas once in a while and one day I stumbled upon this:

Nice costumes, nice wigs, nice heels, and nice legs (wooot!). But somehow I feel something is amiss. So I edited the picha in order to make them more dreamlike (and put smiles on their face), so it becomes like this:
Ok, I only blurred their face and used not-too-strong colour for their lips. Epic failure.

Next time I am going to use a higher resolution picha rather than a small pix like this T_T

I did this out of boredom a long time ago but only blog about it now, LOL.

*Scheduled post*

Wah

2009-07-31T11:40:00.003+10:00

Saw this Cleopatra Boots on eBay. Though I am NOT allowed to buy it, I put it in my watching list just to see what would be the final bid be.

I love the design, it's so difficult to find this kind of style elsewhere. So it's considered a gem and the starting bid is 99 cents while the postage is $10.

And today I checked, the end bid is:

A whooping $125.45!

I believe owning this boots will give the maximum satisfication to its owner. Way to go Miss 6***k^^

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson

2009-07-20T03:53:00.000+10:00

Do you love Emma Watson?

From Italian Vogue.

I prefer Vogue than Vanity Fair and whatnot, the style and idea of this magazine are my cup of tea regardless who grace the cover.

Also from Italian Vogue, she looks lovely with the harp

She looks so not her age here!

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson. That is the full name of Emma Watson, sounds french and she was born in Paris indeed (and her grandma is a french) :)

I like this girl more and more as she grows up. Not only she is a straight-A student in real life, she has a personality which I like.

She looks thin in this photo

From her official website: http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/

I love the thing on the left side :) I believe it's a bunch of things that she likes or related to her: Eiffel Towel of Paris, iPod/MP3 player, rose, sunglasses, butterfly, ice hockey bate, shoes, and Матрёшка doll (I wish to have this doll one day, being amused by it since little ^^)

I love her Burberry ad very much!

She looks awesome in Burberry ads

Gawd! Look at this gorgeous trench coat! T_T

Emma and her brother Alex who is 3 years junior than her

For Harper's Bazaar

Her typical teenage look for Harry Potter movie premier

But in the latest installment's premiers she looks gorgeous in gowns :)

For Cosmo girl magazine

Reminds me of Swan Lake's princess^^

For Demi magazine

She looks smoking hot!

I really want to see her more in modelling careers

I have lots of her pichas in my hard disc XD

I support her to go ahead with her plan to go to college, despite the fact that her career in acting and modelling is already a young superstar achievement. Kudos to her ambition as a beauty with brain :)

Daniel Radcliffe

2009-07-19T09:24:00.001+10:00

Out of all of his shootings, photos, castings, posters, and whatnot, I love this portrait of Daniel Radcliffe the most :)

I love Emma Watson! Will blog about some of my favourite pichas of her, yeah!

Dresses

2009-07-18T08:42:00.003+10:00

Because I have legs so big that do not match me (I admit I have a pear-shaped body so starting from me pelvis none and below all the bones are at least two times bigger than my upper body's bones), I seldom wear skirts/dresses and I dislike to wear them.

But somehow I can appreciate the beauty in them, and I love to see girls in skirts and dresses. Too bad I cant wear them and I am very well-aware that I would never look good in any skirt or dress, no matter how hard I try T_T

So pretty dresses and skirts are somehow served as my eye candy only, hehe.

*All bids were ended for items shown below.*

Blue Maxi Dress with Black and white zebra print, Size 8, rrp$70, $0.99 + $5.50

Maxi dress never crosses my mind as one of my wardrobe choice. May be I should try one day >_<

Black & Red Flowing Swing 50s Style Skirt, $44.99 + $6.20

I only have one long black skirt and I bought it because I need to attend some courses that have very strict dress codes. There was a 5-day course and I wore that one black skirt everyday until I was given the nickname "That Skirt", duh -_- I didn't buy more than one because I know I wont wear the skirts again.

Well, I should consider buying another long skirt^^

JAY JAYS Cute White Black Polka Dot Skirt with Bow, Size 6-8, $0.99 + $5.99

This skirt will show my lobaks, LOL

But I love the bow and the black lace at the end! D*mn.

ESPRIT KHAKI LINEN SKIRT, size 6, rrp$89.95, $19.95 + $8.00

I have a secret liking to everything khakis^^

Portmans Pink Tweed High Waisted Skirt With Bow, Sz 6, acrylic, $3.00 + $7.00

Looks very warm~~~ But not practical lah. I rather wear jeans during Winter -_- Unless I'm in Europe, I will not consider wearing skirts for a promenade. Why? Europe is more romantic and thus more suitable for feminine thingy~ ahaks^^

Handmade stuffs 2

2009-07-11T17:44:00.001+10:00

I stumble upon Agnes Sim's Dream Land Station while reading SnowxWhite's blog where she left some interesting comments.

To my surprise it is not a common personal blog, but a handmade stuffs blogshop.

Agnes describes herself as: 從小生長在一個樸素的鄉村，這就造就了一個平凡的鄰家女孩，過著平平凡凡的日子。喜歡無憂無慮的日子，寧靜的生活，偶爾也喜歡富有色彩的生活... 這就是矛盾的女孩。很多人都會說-處女座

的人很愛乾淨，整齊...是個喜歡追求完美的人。可是，我並不是一個百分百的處女座。希望這將會是個許多旅客停留的客棧。

"Growing up in a simple village has made me an ordinary girl-next-door, living an ordinary life. Liking a care-free, tranquille life, sometimes I like a rich-colourful lifestyle... this is a girl's paradox. Many people say Virgo is a clean-freak and yearns for perfection. But I am not a 100% Virgo. Hopefully this is a place where lots of travllers will stop by."

She actually blogs about her life too at Dream Land. I would like to review some of her products here, picking out my favourites month by month, I have not browsed her 2008 posts so all reviewed below are 2009 products.

Start with the latest:

July 2009 production

Link to July archives

"Purity", the necklace is priced at RM20 and still available. Its materials include black ribbon, fresh water pearl, clay rose, and brass petal based.

"Cheery", a necklace with a longer lenght (30cm), still available at RM22.

Material: butterfly pewter charm, swarovski pearl, fresh water pearl,
clay rose, brass petal based.

I love the key^^ It is sold at RM25.

These blue buttons caught my eyes the first time I visit her blogshop^^ They were sold at RM8.

Flower hair clip. Clay "Sweet Flower" sold at RM6.

A rare production from Agnes, "Red Doggy", still available at RM10.

"Small Pinky Rose" hair clip, still available for grab at RM6.

"Universal Love" really steals my hearts with its swarkovski pearls, still available at RM15. Isn't it a wonder if guys know how to browse these lovely blogshop and buy something like THIS to make their girls happy? Awwwwwwwwwwww

June productions

Link to June Archives

The white roses, sold at RM12.

The yellow roses, made of clay roses and swarovski pearls, still available at RM15.

I suppose this is a bracelet or a necklace? Still available at RM22.

Made of fresh water pear, lace, clay rose, flower based, and fancy bow connector. Beautiful.

Pearl Earring, still available at RM9.

May production

Link to May archives

Agnes produced lots of artworks in May. These are some that I picked: Lace and button brooch, using fabric, lace and the decoration, still available, priced at RM15. It's a 7cm x 7cm dimension brooch.

"Freedom" earrings. Made up of butterfly pewter charm, 6mm swarovski crystal pearl. Priced at RM10, still available.

Another style with butterfly pewter is the "In the Garden", paired with fresh water pearl and small red decor, priced at RM8, still available.

Another butterfly pewter earring which is also available is "Fly Away", paired with flower glass bead (morning glory shaped), priced at RM8 as well.

Agnes makes lovely notepads as well. This is "My secret Garden", sold at RM8. While "My Dreamland" is sold at RM10, and "My Story" is sold at RM8.

April production

Link to April archives

Vintage rose necklace, made from Clay rose, Japanese bead, Glass bead. Sold, price unclear. The only artwork produced in April 2009.

March production

Link to March achives

The mushroom made from clay, the customer can choose to pair it with a ribbon (as shown) or a charm. Priced at RM5, still availble.

February Production

Link to February archives

Made using flower pewter and pearl, sold at only RM8 in February 2009

January production

Link to January archives

Resembles that of black pearl :) Sold at RM6 in January 2009

If I am still at Malaysia, I am very much tempted to buy some of these for myself, or hinting and winking at my hubby with a *wink *wink, huhu.

o(≧ω≦)o

Handmade stuffs 1

2009-07-10T19:06:00.001+10:00

Because I have no talent in sewing, I hate sewing. I am amazed at how people can sew something so carefully and neatly that you won't see a thread plucking out, HAH.

I love plushies. Seems like a lot of cosplayers can make plushies themselves too. This is because the professional cosplayers made costumes by themselves! Although there are anime costumes for sale in Japan and Hong Kong, most cosplayers would prefer to custom made their own to suit their own body, and trying to make the costumes as closely match as to the real anime characters. I love cosplays and cosplayers so I will blog about these some other day^^

When I was reading blog posts on KLue, I came across with Evangelione's Handmade as she set up a stall at KLue as well. I had been to KLPac, I love the place very much and it is the first art gallery I visited. I wrote a post about it in my old blog, but oh well, some stupid jealousy factor caused the blog to be deleted. I don't feel like wanna write about it anymore, so sad (丌^丌) (I put lots of heart and soul in writing it, Goddammit).

Anyway, Evangelione makes dollhouse miniature (GOD I don't know how to spend hours sitting there just to build something a thousand times smaller than the real thing T_T), plushies (me like!), handmade accessories, paper crafts, drawings, and much more. Something worth mention is that all her works are licensed underCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Malaysia License.

Introducing her plushies:

Plushies archives

Cherry twins

Black cat or small devil

Elephant

Froggie

bear bear

Mascots for a book-publisher

Fire-head is able to stand up on its own

Live-size! The white one cannot stand up coz the head is too heavy, stuffed with lots of cottons

Mek mek the sheep

Audrey, Evangelione's trademark doll

For sale, RM15 each.

Order from a couple who celebrated ?? anniversary, requested big sized dolls

Treebarkman

An online order for a couple as well

Long leg Audreys, from 18cm to 35cm.

Palm-size doll

Christmas tree

3 best friends, order from a friend, making the dolls according to the photo provided, based on the real person's characteristics.

I heart this^^ Tako the alien

So cute! I mean both the tako and miss Evangelione^^

Evangelione's Clay works:

Clay archives

Tutorial How to make clay rose

Clay Cream ring

The tool that is used to create "chocolate"

Good Lord!

Jesus

Creamy rings

Cream with pearl necklace

Cream with strawberry necklace

Excellent clay work: The tailor's store

These are not real buttons

They are made of clays as well!

Clay work: Kitchen

Evangelione's handmade accessories:

Handmade accessories archives

vintage camera

She used the glasses to make the TV screen (T_T), so the spec frame was wrapped up in ledt-over frabics to become this (recycled stuffs).

Mini top hats for decor or dolls.

Lace necklace

Hair pin

Hair pin for sales for a market/event

She created this out of "boredom"

Mini crown

Button necklace

Roses on suede straps

As short necklace

Bambi and the rose

"Bambi in the woods"

Rings

Made of felt.

I would have to say Evangelione's custom made work is AWESOME! After viewing this section, Evangelione is already an Evangelion or God-like in my heart.

She can turn this

Into this!

The lolita hat for lolita dolls. Custom made for her friend.

Custom made ring box.

Custom made from an online order, for a sister's birthday present.

Here comes the awesomeness of miniature by Evangelione.

The water is like REAL! It's a misture of EPOXY glue mixed with colour.

Audrey, her birthday-girl friend, whom she created this especially for her birthday present (her friends are so lucky to have a friend like her!)

Zoom in. Genius.

Zoom. Zoom. Zoom.

Another super duper awesomeness that left me in awe. My stomache is literally drumming while looking at this work, I am speechless and hungry!

OMG how can a person duplicate chips with such similarity including the yummy-ness!!?

Quoted from her blog (I don wan to write anything here): this is a special birthday gift from yisuen(da tou gui) to her very special fren sy yun. she wants a victorian style room, and a little party scene. so i made this. some said it look a bit like NANA's scene. (Her friends truly know where her capability is T_T)

Using resin clay to create cream-like texture (￣□￣")

There is no way I can do this... (丌^丌)

Good Lord

breathtaking... for a miniature, and as a birthday present.

Jesus Christ (sorry for using God's name in vain).

Custom made Bride and groom dolls for her best friend Fion, who dated this guy for 11 years and finally walking down the aisle.

Angelic Pony, a swings order (?)

Evangelione's drawing:

Hand-painted box

Lavender field, background painting + handmade work

She joked that her painting is like a child's work, hence making fun of the picture by adding up "Evan-Kelas 1B" on top of it.

She has a separate blog for selling her stuffs HERE.

It's not cheap^^

Contact her for custom made order:

evantakoyaki at gmail dot com

There will be another review on another handmade blogshop^^

Books on my My Wish List II

2009-07-09T06:48:00.000+10:00

I have not got my hands on my first wish list but now I have more titles to add (丌^丌)

I love books by Malcome Gladwell. I first read his Blink (shown below), and I read the book twice. Now I feel like wanna read it again.

I wanna get his first book that brought him to hall of fame: The Tipping Point. I believe it wouldn't disappoint me.

And also he released another new book: Outliers. Have no idea about what it is but definitely a must read^^

Read all about this author and introductions to his books at GLADWELL DOT COM.

In God, Distrust.

Hitchens is an old-fashioned village atheist, standing in the square trying to pick arguments with the good citizens on their way to church. The book is full of logical flourishes and conundrums, many of them entertaining to the nonbeliever.--->an attraction to a non-believer believer like moi.

Two interesting questions ignite my reading desire:

How could Christ have died for our sins, when supposedly he also did not die at all?
Did the Jews not know that murder and adultery were wrong before they received the Ten Commandments, and if they did know, why was this such a wonderful gift?

GOD IS NOT GREAT

How Religion Poisons Everything.

By Christopher Hitchens

“Thirteen Reasons Why,” by Jay Asher, is made up of the transcripts of audiotapes that 16-year-old Hannah Baker recorded before committing suicide, interspersed with the reactions of a high school classmate who listens to them. Each tape reveals an anecdote about another classmatewhose actions the girl blames for her death.

Vintage stuffs 2

2009-07-08T02:40:00.001+10:00

Continue from the previous post, some items here are either sold, near ending bid or still active for bidding.

6 LIGHT BLUE CLEAR SHANK BUTTONS WITH GOLD CENTRE NEW

$2.99 + $1.50 (postage)

If you have some light blue or white tops with button, sew this on ur top to get a WOW effect on your vintage work top^^

8 VINTAGE MAROON BUTTONS ROUND FLAT with PATTERN

$3 + $1.50

34 pieces lot VINTAGE EARRINGS~SOME ARE SIGNED CORO, LISNER, GERMANY, or JAPAN

From California, sold US$24 or Rm50 something to a Malaysian bidder.

Do you recognise any of these appear in any Malaysian blogshop? :)

Beautiful vintage purple glass pendant necklace

$1.30 + $5.50

Beautiful vintage rhinestone & blue glass bead necklace

$0.99 + $5.50

EGYPTIAN ISIS GOLD TONE GODDESS PENDANT NECKLACE

Buy It Now Price $4.50 + $1.90

BULK 4 X 18KGP 'STARBURST' RING 16-18 MM SZ 6-9

Buy It Now $3.75 + $2.20

GENUINE 9ct SOLID GOLD DIAMOND PLATINUM VINTAGE RING 9k

Starting bid $0.99, current bid $20.50 + $10

You can't imagine how people from USA, UK, Australia... selling genuine diamonds and golds on eBay.

GENUINE VINTAGE DRESS Circa 70s

$2.65 + $6.50

Belongs to the seller's mum.

Gorgeous vintage KRAMER green glass pendant necklace

Buy It Now $295 + $7.80

Kramer is a jewelry design brand, I think.

If not there is no ther reason why a "green glass" (not emerald!) pendant necklace could be priced as such.

Love the details :)

the back of the pendant

50 pieces BULK LOT CHARMS, PENDANT, BEADS, BUTTONS

$7 free postage

I like the keys thingy, the black rabbit, and green grapes, and the painted pendant :)

KOOKY OWLS kilt pin brooch + kitsch cute retro

$15 + $1.10

There's no way I would buy a brooch for $15, even with 3 owls on it.

LOVELY VINTAGE PORC FLORAL PINS MADE IN ENGLAND

US$15

Very lovely indeed.

ORIGINAL VINTAGE 70'S RETRO CHROME OSLO LAMP

Starting bid $50, current bid $102.50 + $15.90

A lamp of 40 years, given by the seller's aunty. It's claimed to be still working very well.

Quick go ask your parents if they still keep their lamps! It's so highly demanded and it's pricey!

Original vintage lamp without the lights on. Knowing its value make me look at it at a different way. "Wah~~~"

VINTAGE POCKETWATCH with DRAGON CERAMIC LID

GBP0.49 + GBP4.99

I would say this is a good deal. Nice!

Antique Style Floral Cluster Sapphire Silver Ring sz 8

$15.84 free postage

Pink Vintage Style Sapphire Silver Ring size 7

$15.06 free postage

ROSE huge purple statement ring + glam vintage retro

$12 + $4

Fie i know you're a big fan of this (≧▽≦)y

ROSE huge white statement ring + glam vintage retro

$12 + $4

There are other colours like red, yellow, black, orange (may be), etc. I'm lazy to take all the pichas >_<

Signed West Germany pale blue Vintage Screw Clip On Earrings

$3 + $3

Rings and Earrings which are signed, whether by its country of origins or by the designer, are highly valued if not highly priced.

This German descendant is selling off his grandma's earring. This pair of earring is very old, even discolored and now it's a mix of grey and pale blue. And it is signed "West Germany".

Last but not least....

Tada!

SINGAPORE MALAYA - VINTAGE SOUVENIR LADIES SCARF

$6 + $1.10

So vintage that it is still called "Malaya" T_T

That's all for now for the vintage series^^

Vintage stuffs 1

2009-07-07T01:17:00.000+10:00

For a comprehensive definition of what is vintage, I recommend to read here.

Before this I only have a little preference over vintage lady working top with ruffles and ribbons and seldom pay attention to other vintage stuffs.

So I am so not knowing whatelse to do (and don't want to do my work) but googling things around and thought of do an eBay search on vintage stuffs, and also to enrich my knowledge in vintage thingy.

May be fashion is something started by the westerners, so it's quite common to have sellers in Oz selling the authentic vintage stuffs that have survived for 20 to 50 years. Nowadays we can also buy brand new vintage clothing but most of them are "vintage-inspired" rather than the real things from the past, this case is more applicable in clothes.

As a result of google search, some items shown here were already sold and some are still in active bidding:

JUICY APPLE hot pink ring + kitsch fruits rockabilly

$8 + $1.10 postage

STRAWBERRY red ring + kitsch fruits rockabilly

$8 + $1.10 postage

Truly genuine full Fox Fur Stole

This is distunsting I know. This Stole is made up using 2 full foxes, with 2 heads, 2 bodies, 2 tails, and 8 feet---clinging over your shoulder godammit.

The seller claims the eyes are still on.

This truly genuine full Fox Fur Stole or Wrap was crafted by J. Jackson and Son Furriers in Brisbane, Australia.

The bid start at $79.99 and as I know someone has bid on it, plus a $18 postage.

The seller says: "My mother wore this beautiful garment as in this photo circa 1950".

He further explains that each fox's front leg were somewhat turned into a hook thingy (I forgot the exact description) so that the Stole could be hung steadily with the front feet holding in front of the neck or chest and the back feet and tails lay at the back of your body.

GELI!

Unopened box of Vintage Brown Box Baritone Saxophone Reeds, strength 4

$31 + $5

They often emphasize unopened merchandise from 20 years ago and longer to indicate the authencity of the items and hopefully there are true experts and collectors who recognized the value would bid and buy at a very high price.

I love the idea actually.

VINTAGE CIGARETTE SILKS X 6 AUST.UNIVERSITIES & SCHOOLS

$5.99 + $1

When I saw this I feel like call my mum and ask: "mummy, do you still keep my primary school's logo stitch?"

I think we only had it until... primary 4 or 5? After that we started to use the "modernised" name tags :)

VINTAGE ANTIQUE LOOK CAMEO EARRINGS FLORAL

$9.99 + $4.20

Looks heavy~ my ears sure cannot tahan.

Vintage black handbag made by Cartner of London/Melbourne

$10 + $8

Still in excellent condition with the unfaded diamantele.

Vintage cream glomesh shoulder bag or evening bag

$5 + $6

Vintage Dents gloves from early 60s, still in original package unworn

$4 + $6

VINTAGE DESIGN celtic key, tibetan silver made charm necklace

Buy It Now price (no bid) $2.50 + $2

Reminds me of the day when a bunch of us who have some artistic instinct and creativity dynamics, designing patterns for logo, personal symbol, manga character (that was me^^), and text book work book decoration^^

Vintage Florenza fire opal rhinestone brooch & earrings

Buy It Now price $150 + $5

I love this one, though I wont wear them^^

Vintage Italian french provincial style SILK PRINT BRASS FRAME Made In Italy

$9.99 + $7.20

The portrait inside was painted on a silk cloth, nice.

Must be some Italian descendants here auctioning all their grandparents' belongings for money.

VINTAGE METAL HANDPAINTED BUTTON CZECHOSLOVAKIA

$1.99 + $2

I love everything Czech.

The colours on the metal were painted manually and still vivid.

Vintage PENTAX P30 Film Camera + Lens

Starting bid $1.10, current bid $15.50 + $10

Although I don't know much about cameras, I hope one day I can own one of those old school camera on top of owning myself a DSLR :)

VINTAGE ANTIQUED BLACKENED GOLD BLUE CAMEO NECKLACE

Buy It Now price $5 + $1.90

So damn cheap.

VINTAGE POLISHED GOLD TONE LOCKET WITH FLOWER CAMEO

Buy It Now price $7 + $1.90

Vintage Swing Dress from the 50s

$15 + $5

Old fashion still looks great.

I'd love to wear it to Melbourne Cup Day, haha!

Vintage white/cream enamel stud earrings

$4 + $1

Simply adorable.

WOMENS 80's VINTAGE SUMMER FLORAL VALENTINO DRESS size8-10

Starting bid $7, current bid $9.50 + $5.50

To be continue, I saved lots of pichas^^

Honey Honey Sinfully Pure Honey

2009-07-03T18:12:00.003+10:00

Mum keep pesan me to drink Australian pure honey because it costs RM35 per 500g in Malaysia. Honey's good for your skin, well being, and your BRAIN (!).

I bought 1 'bucket' of pure honey which is 1kg in weight at the fresh market where the farmers, ranch owners and perhaps bee breeders sell their fresh products. $7. Good deal. This vendor sells beautiful large ranch eggs too, 12 eggs for only $3, some more he claimed the hens are fed on a diet of grains and legumes, good, healthy, so I bought the eggs too.

I should drink the honey everyday but sometims I forgot (even though I place it next to my study desk everyday). Duh, no wonder my face is still full with pimples and my brain is not working well, padan muka.

In Malaysia I bought pure honey from Vietnam, available in supermarkets, only RM8 or so. I prefer honey with an alcoholic taste, like the one me and darling bought from indegenous people at Cameron Highlands. Darling dislikes the taste, huhu. And it costed us RM30 per bottle. Wah, massacred.

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Candy Rain 花吃了那女孩

2009-06-29T22:23:00.014+10:00

This movie is SUPERB! Watch it here (this links to the first section, it's cut into 15 sections). And also click on the title of this post to go to its website--- it's quite addictive to listen to the cropped songs from the movie, played non-stop^^

The name of the movie is derived from its forth story : The flower has eaten that girl. Another name is the direct translation from Candy Rain: 愛情糖果雨(this is actually a romanticalized version that add "love" into it so more appropriately translated as Love-Candy rain).

It's a LBGT love movie, especially about Lesbian love. Uber cool!

I don't watch love story or romantic movies but I was hooked by the storyline (stronger than the Brokeback Mountain!)

There are 4 lesbian couples, and are presented in 4 sections separatedly:

1. <<如果南國冰封了>> (If the Southern country was frozen)-- Happily together;

2. <<看不見攻擊的城市>> (The city under invisible attack)-- Unhappily together;

3. <<夢見相反的夢>> (Dreamt of the opposite dream) -- Happily together but cannot be together;

4. <<花吃了那女孩>> (The flower has eaten that girl) -- Happy and unhappy either being together not.

The review:

The first couple in the first story <<如果南國冰封了>>

辛佳穎 Jiayi as Jessie and 陳泱瑾 Yingjie as Pon

I actually dislike this pair of couple because I personally think they are childish, while the fact is they are adults. Jessie is a soft and introvert girl from Southern Taiwan who broke up with her boyfriend, and decided to seek refuge at Pon's place in Taipei upon Pon's invitation who heard of the story. Pon had a crush on Jessie since high school.

First illogical point: on the first day's moved in, the two of them kissed and played intimate. To make it logic we had to assume that Jessie was very disappointed with her ex-boyfriend and hence accepted her girl friend's love (but why so fast? no warming up at all!). The best part of this story is when it ends. They have a small argument over a small matter so Jessie cried, walked out of the house and took a train to some rural areas to cool her head down. She bought some candies at a old and small grocery shop and chatted with the old shop owner about his life and his family. When Jessie went back home and found Pon was sitting on the floor crying, they hugged each other and rekindled their love. Happily ever after (assumed).

So this story is an example of the two who will suffer if they are not together, and of course happy when they're together.

The second couple in <<看不見攻擊的城市>>

魏如萱 Ruxuan as Lin (left), and 張榕容 Yung-yung as U

The couple in this story, as one of the youtube commentator dubbed: "I found their characters the most intriguing". U is an Aries girl who has Obsessive-Compulsive disorder. Starred by Chang Yung-Yung, I believe she is a very talented rising star (or already a big star I dunno, I don't follow Chinese entertainment -_-). U met a rich successful lady Miss Lin through online social network who is a mild-control freak (sort-of). Miss U eventually met a random girl at the commuter sttaion whom she think is the ideal lover for her. She then sent an sms to Lin to end their relationship (what the...). One of the most explosive sexual performance in this movie comes from her masturbation.

Kissing is a very small matter in this movie.

As claimed by all actresses.

Aussie regards all acting professionals as actors---no gender differences or what they call gender discrimination ╮(╯3╰)╭

One thing I cannot tahan about her apartment setting is that it's full of bright light bulbs. Her bed is even transparent (!) and you can see through the metal springs of the bed (but the bed sheet seems like a piecve of glass to me!) AND when you lay on the bed it lights up! --- comfortable to sleep meh? And when you face up laying on the bed, 4 freaking white light tubes are on top of the ceiling shining right in your face! Cannot tahan ler, haiz.

The implicit (actually it's quite explicit) symbolization of the two same species who cannot live with each other, using Siamese fighting fish.

The third couple in <<夢見相反的夢>>

Spancer (吴立琪) and Summer (高伊玲)

The absurd opening of the story is the obscene moaning (or screaming?) of Summer (the femme lover). Illogic point number two: when the camera drew closer to the bed, both of them are fully clothed, though Summer was only in lingerie. This is the story with most favors from the audience, as Summer and Spancer (the androgyn female---I hope the director or script writer can check the spelling of Christian names before they write it or print it on the screen... it's Spencer lah!) are truly loving each other, no arguments, loves each other from the heart and enjoy the company. But Summer made a stupid decision of fulfil her social responsibility---married a guy, having a family and giving birth to children. They made a promise to reunite after Summer's 10 years' of marriage. Why are you getting married knowing that you'll divorce one day? People says it's because of the social responsibility... SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY is a lifetime commitment and not a ten-year game, idiots! So they got themselves into troubles (padan muka), only after the third year Summer frequently came back to Spancer, prompted her husband to come over and had a "discussion" among the 3 of them. The husband asked Spancer to move into their house so that she can make Summer stayed at home and live happily there. EXTREME mental retardation. Divorce lah! Marry a new lady lah! What the fuss? The child belongs to whom the 3 of you decide lah! Haiyo!

I like this couple but I cannot accept the fact that Spancer is also approval of Summer getting married to fulfil a 10 year social duty. DUH.

The most popular androgyn actress in Taiwan.

I really thought she is a guy when she made her first appearence.

The controversial naked poster of the two.

They have the most sex scenes in the movie, but not as exposed as this poster.

The forth couple and the ex-es in <<花吃了那女孩>>

Second ex (许安安), Ricky (林嘉欣), Cindy the current gf (王心凌)

Ricky's first ex (played by 路嘉欣).

The story is lame and crazy at first but it turned sad and sombre after Ricky's first ex committed suicide (not dead) at the entrance of her apartment.

This is the stupidest part of the whole movie. It also spoils the good feeling of the whole movie. I recommend people who watch this movie to pause at the end of the 3rd story. Take a break, be mentally prepared that you are watching a short film that is directed by another person which aims to portray the Lesbian story in a lame way.

I can't imagine there are praises for this part of story, and guess what? The stars who play these two lesbian lovers are hailed as leading actors of the movie and all the promoting posters are mostly featured ONLY the two of them! DUH, BIG time.

This couple has the most publicity before its release.

And also the most disappointing pair of all time. People still love them so forget what I said.

And oh yeah Cindy has Neon orange, pink, and light blue hair interchanging throughout the story number 4.

Ricky (林嘉欣) punched by Cindy (王心凌) while bumped into her ex (许安安) at a bookstore

I'm lazy to comment about the self-assumed funnily animated actings and bitch/lovers fights. The end.

Good girl gone bad 许安安 and 房思瑜

For the sake of the movie.

One thing I don't like about the setting of the story is (sorry for being too critical, it's actually a really good movie but I can't help critiqueing, being moi T_T), ACTUALLY the four couples are leaving in the same apartment building. Yet they never meet each other (as the movie portrays). Some of them had been filmed on the roof top of the building but they never bumped into each other. There's no complaxity in intertwining the characters... which can be fun. And one unexplained scenario is that, each of the apartment unit received a box of candies, addressed to "Candy Rain", but none of them bare the name "Candy". While I watched the third story, I thought Cindy Wang played a neon-bimbo girl named Candy (so the story can be fitted as the sender or the postman passed on the box to the wrong recipient. But, NO. All 4 units of apartment received the box, and all of them open it up and start eating the candies (after a minor questioning on "who's Candy Rain?" to their lovers).

OK, if the script writers want to make these 4 couples not related at all... make them live in totally different places lah! Since they have very different room decor because of their different personalities: the first one is dirty and untidy and the unit looks very old, the second is very artistic, the third one is super tidy an clean, and the fouth one is mssy but urbane. One answer could explain why: sav cost on filming at different locations! DUH.

Anyway, this is good LBGT film that is worth watching (suddenly become soft and friendly ^^).

All casts

A Sinfully Good Breakfast

2009-06-28T01:04:00.001+10:00

A mug of fresh milk, 2 omelettes, 2 pieces of ham, a peach, and a book to read.

The book is <> by Sister Helen Prejean. It's controversial, I know. I only realised the book mark that I used is a Gospel bookmark given by my cousin who's a devoted Christian. Wonder how she thinks about Dead Man Walking.

Sinful Wish list---nothing to do with Winter^^

2009-06-25T01:47:00.000+10:00

This has nothing to do with my attempted impulse-shopping spree as well >_< (WHAT A BIG FAT LIE!)

I want one of those knitted caps T_T

$5-$8

Beanies don't look good on me. May be because of my flat forehead T_T I really thoughts beanies are more YEAH and hippy...may be that's just not my style, uhuhuhu

Cute White Ugg Boots!!!

starting bid ONLY 99cents T_T

I want I want I want I want I want I want I want I want I want I want

99cent boots!

Australia e-Bay is now having massive 99cents sales.

For international buyers it's only good if you think the international shipping is worth it AFTER converting it into local currency T_T

White flats slingbacks with diamante ribbon as detail.

RM165

From Apple to My Eye

No, I'm not gonna get this unless it's under RM15, haha!

Go hunting at the City I may get this under AUD 12!

RM52

I can match this with leggings or jeans^^

From WHITE LABEL CLOSET

*Well, my darling will sure bar me from getting of these, sebab dah over belanja the last few months, uhuhuhu*

>>Rayuan: but it's really cheap, please~~~~~<<

I wanna buy these great books but not now

2009-06-24T21:01:00.000+10:00

The Trial by Franz Kafka

We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland

2009-06-21T19:26:00.001+10:00

Johnny Depp - Mad Hatter

Helena Bonham Carter - Red Queen

White Queen

The appearance of the White Queen means this is not the usual version of the Alice in the Wonderland that is popularly known. Lewis Carrol wrote a sequel for AITWL: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There---and that is where the White Queen is one of the protagonists of the story.

Although I am a now a grown-up, I still love children literature. American and Scandinavian universities even offer bachelor and master of education/literature degree majoring in children's literature. Though I love to read, I cannot write---because of one discouragement I encountered when I was in Primary 1 or 2 (you can Malaysian education is not doing good to young children of my generation, and I believe will not do any good for our future generation either T_T). I will blog about the traumatised story later, LOL.

Back to the topic, I can't wait for Tim Burton's Alice in the Wonderland!

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I want ニコニコべんとう (smiling bento)

2009-06-21T11:49:00.000+10:00

I need smiles. I need them to lift my spirit up.

And they use the niko niko punch (smiley face punch) to extract the dried seaweed out and stamp the extracted seaweed-niko face on the food.

Niko niko Punch Three ^o^

Price: ¥2,100 (JPY)
~ $22 (USD)
~ €15 (EUR)

Mahal lah sayang.

Miss Student UK 2009/2010

2009-06-20T08:53:00.001+10:00

Miss Student UK

One day I was checking out my facebook and got a message from my fellow high school friend. I clicked on the link and guess what it is about:

Miss Student UK 2009/2010 contest Facebook group

OK, fine. A bunch of pretty girls, smart or not, as long as you are studying in one of the universities in UK, and whether of not you are a Brit, you can partipate. I'm fine with that too.

So in order to stand out, these contestants have to set up facebook groups and to invite as many as supporters as they can to join their group. With one additional person joined the group, they get points.

Self introduction (sounds like any secondary school girl's self-blog) and below it is "Please support me now" links. Different kinds of help, varying points they get.

They also have to get sponsors (!) to donate money to them. The one who get the most pointers gathered through any means abide by the contest regulations, she is the winner.

"Please help me win Miss Student UK"

This sounds like the Miss Student UK is judged from popularity and has to use her brain (?) to garnered the most supports in order to win.

I'm fine with this too.

Now, take a look at THESE contestants:

Holy cow. She is bakal jururawat! She will get all the male patients in her interning hospital high blood pressure.

Is she entering the stripper's competition or a student's? She studies drama. Dramatic indeed.

The type of hot girl the guys like in college. OK, and she studies advertising, good for her.

The grand final is this month. Good luck lingerie girls T_T

Now comparing my friend and another contestant with my favourite stripper/nurse:

Who would you vote and support?

ROTFLOL \(^▽^)/

Have a look at the 2008 Grand Finalist HERE

Is it really more than just a pretty face? ;-)

NOVO Shoes

2009-04-27T04:24:00.000+10:00

Purple is the in colour of the season.
Every fashion outlets, boutiques, displays, even their websites, are purple-black themed

Seriously I think NOVO is overrated.

Ok their shoes are kinda cute. But definitely not comfortable to wear.

Nearly 100% of the shoes are manufactured in China. I don't hold any grudge against China product. In fact I love some of them because of their high quality, like Nike. But definitely not NOVO Shoes.

The shoes are hard as rock that I think you can use it as a weapon to attack people, i.e. knock on people's head, seriously.

But Australians are so heaped about NOVO Shoes. Especially the middle class.

Heck they are the sponsor of Miss Universe Australia!

All pictures courtesy of Novo Shoes

May be their boots is a different story. I think no one would make a pair of hard boots, right? If it exists, it would be the ultimate torture from the ankle to the calf, LOL.

eBay is a Godsend!

2009-04-27T02:58:00.000+10:00

I used to think that eBay is something useless, if not evil. Partly because Malaysian eBay makes me feel so. The item is not any cheaper than the boutiques on the streets, and yet the buyers have to pay for the extra postage cost, whadda hell?!

But in ebay.com.au and ebay.com or ebay.co.uk, the authentic branded items (used or second hand or even brand new) are sold at much much cheaper price and it's still damn cheap even one takes into account of the postage, it's heaven!

Australia has a different clothing size than other countries. I had a difficult time to figure out what size do I fit in. One of the first items I bid on is a jacket from CROSSROADS, an Australian local designer brand.

Guess how much I paid for this item? A freaking AUD 5.50 !!!

The lenght and the waist fits. But I hav no idea why the shoulder is too wide for me! look at the picture, it does not seems to be broad shoulder right? Anyhow, when I accidently get this kind of problem, there are two plans:

Plan A: Ask my friend to try the item(s) on. If they like it and it fits them, yay, I will sell the item to them. Wakaka.

Plan B: If Plan B does not work, resell them on eBay! Isn't that simple? So far I resold 2 pairs of NOVO shoes and one black wrap dress, hehe.

I am a 'kiam siap' type of person as my friends know me. But entering the world of eBay seriously push my shopping-addiction to another level. As if the attractive fashion boutiques in the City is not enough to toxify me. Uhuk, uhuk!

I am now struggling to control my buying urge every month. Strictly limiting my buying 'power' under certain amount. T_T

Will blog more about my online and offline shopping experience, hohoho ^o^

My sinful addictions

2009-04-27T01:35:00.000+10:00

At Yarra River, overlooking Melbourne CBD at night

Living in the one of the fashionable city in Oz, Melbourne has a profound impact on my sense of fashion. It's not only me, my friends who are fashion-conscious are head-over-heels with the fashion boutiques here and we constantly follow the fashion magazines (even their newspapers!) to catch up the latest trends of the season.

One practically way is to observe what other people are wearing at the moment, get an idea of the type of sweater, jumper, boots, scarves, hats/caps, etc that we will be looking for while shopping :)

Unlike in Malaysia, we cannot have one style wearing throughout the whole year. We basically need to ransack our closet every 3 months. And yes you can guess that our clothes are going doubling and tripling!

This blog will be dedicated for my online-impulse-shopping experiences, cute clothes, some accessories, and may be some other hobbies of mine.

Get that blog rollin' babe!