Girls Talk: Beauty Chemistry

Peplums, bohemians, one piece, crochets are mostly eye catching when it comes to girls. We just can't resist buying something girly when we enter a make-up shop or a boutique. Yup, I want to focus more on the fashion part. I guess it's just normal for a girl to be interested in these stuff, especially the part when a prom night pops up or an event going on in their lives. So, eventually, it turns up that I too, get caught up in these girly talks.

I love to wear a random blouse, shirt or singlet with short jeans when I go out shopping or a day out with friends. I would definitely want to try wearing long skirts or dresses as a usual get up some day. I'm still trying to adapt myself with the fashion world as you can see, I'm not as fashionable as all the other girlfriends I have out there, but soon going to be I guess. Doing certain improvisations on my look. I always look through my favourite magazine where it features the latest Japanese fashion trends which I would love to put on myself. Here's an example of my magazines and the outfits that I really want to look good in-

Mina Megazines

Vivi

With

Next are the clothes that I would love to try:

Pastel coloured blouse with khakis

Love to try the high waist short jeans and also that blouse :p

Do you believe me if I say I have this at home? (winks)

Next are hair styles : 

Make-up that I'm still practice in the making right now: 

So, if anyone dares to interrupt your sense of style, tell yourself that fashion defines who you are and makes you the person your'e comfortable with. :) 

Inspire Chapter

Inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes. It may be a bird flying high in the sky, or a cat licking its kitten, or even bees and the flowers in a garden. These surroundings can give multiple people multiple ways of upbringing their emotions or how they feel at that time into these significant features. People love to see wonderful things happen each and getting inspiration by the things around them. 

How do I get inspired? Well, I get inspired through anything, especially my surroundings. It may be a general answer, but I bet you do too right? Through the people around me, through nature or even through books and quotes that made a wide-eye-opening effect. 

The people around me-especially family and friends. I get inspired when a few of my friends started to blog, especially to my bloggie buddies that I have in my Teslian batch. I want to thank them cause they inspire me to create this blog and yes, now you can see me posting stuff here. Without my family, I wouldn't have been here sitting in my dorm room, studying under Teacher Training Tesl Degree program. I really need those wise words to get me through my hard times here studying. See, inspiration does happen in every single way. For cats and butterflies, I think nature inspired me the most. Without 'them' as inspirations, I wouldn't have a single idea on how to draw a landscape painting. I really love art and seeing how people can create or produce fine artworks has given me hope and made me open up to expressing oneself through artistic impressions. 

You can say that even a butterfly or an upside-down beetle may inspire me. Butterflies may be small, but they could flutter over meadows and fly far-far away like there's no limit to tomorrow. For the beetle may be a bit struggling to get its body upright again, but after all the hard work, it can manage to flip over and turn its body back to normal. It teaches me to not giving up and fight till the very end until you succeeded. 

So, live up towards finding a great inspiration to get your inspiration going. Remember, every single day you could find something that may caress your heart's delight. So... 

Overcoming FEAR~

FEAR has been a word that's been with me throughout my whole life. I had all types of fears buckled up deep inside and I always remind myself to stay put and not move or change a single thing in me. Most of my fears comes from scared of talking to people. I also have this fear of losing myself and also losing my friends... 

I still am not sure how I am to overcome this fear welling up deep inside, but, I guess there's always a way to make someone realize their own and make a stance to change the part of having fear to having confidence. It's quite hard though... But, I guess being able to use my smile technique towards people have made me a better person today. I guess being positive is one way. If we always think negatively, our lives won't change for the better, right? 

A little bit of sharing here... I'm not those kind of people who are great at socializing. I like to keep quiet but if and only if a person starts opening up a conversation with me, then I'll try my best to say something that doesn't sound awkward. I fear of people judging me and saying that I'm a bore. I'm scared that because I'm not beautiful like the other girls out there, people won't like to talk to me. But, after having friends that I trust, it changes me from deep within and with God's help and guidance, I get to meet more great people who are actually, praising me at times. I was glad and happy that I had overcome this fear myself and some help from others. It was great to overcome it and now I can confidently open up a conversation with anyone that I don't know of. 

Amazing right how positiveness gets you through? So, people who are holding up fears in their hearts, try to find courage and be positive about yourself and always think of the good outcome it brings. Not only to yourself, but also towards your surroundings. Adieu! 

From Google :p 

A place I withheld deep inside

People always say, there's no place like home. I do agree with that fact though. We always go back to a certain place gradually after a long day and we always find peace when were siting in the living room or just simply enjoying the night breeze outside the house. I love my home. It is situated at a small district in my hometown- Kota Kinabalu. It may be a big city, but, my home is a little further and it escapes from the noises and the hustle and bustle of a busy city. I admit I do envy people who live in small towns or countryside. They find a lot of peace and tranquility that one couldn't hope for in the city. But, I'm grateful for the being able to live in a small terrace house with my family. I love to lie down on my comfy bed in my room and just savour the moment at home. It is not as big as those affordable houses out there, but it is just right for me. It is a place we share our laughter, our joy, sorrows and love together and wherever we go, we'll always miss going back. Just name it, just let your heart take you to wherever it leads you to and that place can also be called home. 

-Home sweet home- 

Oishi Desu-ne~

Today's challenge: Favourite foods! It's been great knowing that people all over the world loved their food. You can see food enthusiast everywhere nowadays as food has become a part of our daily lives and also one of people's most common hobbies, I think. So, let's get down to business shall we?

1. This food has been my favourite since my mom first taught me how to make it. It originally comes from Japan and it is their traditional food ever since centuries ago. It is made simply with rice rolled into small rolls with their main course taste rolled inside of em'. There all still other types where it does not involve rolling. That's right. Sushi has been my fav. and I just love Japanese cuisine as it is a healthy recipe meal. ( I have to take care of those weights too you know).

Cha Soba
( Green Tea buckwheat noodles served with hot soup and raw quail egg)

Tempura 

Chawan Mushi
( Savoury egg custard with shitake and prawn)

2. One of the busiest fast food chain in the world. It happens to be one of my favourite as I stumble upon this Happy Meal when I was still 5. I'll have it whenever I get back home or just when I really, really want to have it. I love their double cheese burger and also their famous french fries. Yup, I guess you liked them too, huh? Welcome to McDonald's. 

3. Then, of course, eating asian food has also been one of my hobbies nowadays as I go on an adventure looking for food that I haven't tasted yet. Especially here in Sabah, I tend to find most of the food here appetizing and also during this fasting season, bazaar stalls may tempt my cravings to the very edge. It always has been my favourite to sample foods, especially the traditional ones. Love me country, love asia food! 

From the left: Bambangan, Tuhau
Down: Hinava, Snake Skin fruit( Right)

4. I have chinese blood running in my veins. So, don't be surprise if I have the cravings to eat, you know- THE MAGIC MEAT. In every typical chinese cuisine, you will find that in almost every dish. It has been a great tradition that each time a person prepares a meal, he or she must include vegetables, chicken, 'magic meat', rice and soup. They are essentials in the everyday life of a chinese family. Let me introduce to you guys some of my favourites. Don't worry guys, I won't show you explicit images. These are some of my favourites: 

Sang Nyuk Mien 

Chinese deep fried dumplings (Jiao Zi)
with Garlic soy sauce

These are called Dim Sum
Mainly eaten in Hong Kong as breakfast

Zhu Chang Fen ( Rice flour rolls with spicy sauce and sesame seeds)

5. Okay, we've come to the final favourite food of the day. These types of dishes are always a great way to end your meal after all courses. Normally sweet and savoury, these dishes gives us a little pleasure after having a heavy course meal. Desserts. That's what I'm talking about. I love desserts and just simply because I'm a girl who loves her sweets. Here are some of my favs. 

Green Tea ice cream

                                                     Green Tea Mochi ( Rice Flour sweets)

Gulab Jamun

(  I've eaten it once and instantly fell in love with it)

Onde-onde

So, basically, that's almost all of it. There are more of it but I rather let them surprise me. Alright, here's my advice- when you saw something delicious, don't hesitate to eat it, you'll regret it someday if you do. Oh, and sorry about these pictures. Took them all from Google image. hehe. Have a scrumptious day! 

Favourite Blogs???

Err... I don't think I have one yet since I've just started my way through blogging. So, I'm very sorry for this short post. But, I do think that a few of my friends had nice blogs themselves which I like to browse through when I have the time to do so. I haven't really explored all the other interesting blogs out there. If I do find one, I'll post it right here. It's a promise. Hoho~ 

Lalalala~ favourite songs...

Songs inspire me most of the time. I can't imagine life without a little bit of melody to spice things up a bit. Mostly, I'm into R&B, pop, country, jazz, j-pop and rock. Actually, I like all songs that makes my ears feel soothing and easy for me to catch up and sing along with it. If the music's good, then listen to it. Make your day brighter by adding a little touch of music for an extra boost of inspiration. 

These are the selected ones:

1. Looking through your eyes- Leann Rimes

2. The way I love you- Taylor Swift

3. You're not sorry- Taylor Swift

4. I want Crazy- Hunter Hayes

5. Birthday Sex- Jeremiah

6. Just give me a reason- Pink ft. Nate Russ 

7. Come and get it- Selena Gomez

8. Heart Attack- Demi Lovato

9. Standing in the Dark- Lawson

10. Gorilla- Bruno Mars

11. Mirrors- Justin Timberlake

12. Mad- Ne-Yo

13. Dear God- Avenged Sevenfold

14. Angels- Within Temptation

15. Little Things- One Direction

16. International love- Pitbull ft. Chris Brown

17. Make love- Chris Brown ft. Tyga

18. Hosanna- Hillsong

19. Walks like Rihanna- The Wanted

20. Insomnia- Craig David

21. Penghujung Cintaku- Pasha Ungu ft. Adelia

22. The Ballad of Mona Lisa- Panic! at the Disco

23. Lullaby- Daichi Miura

24. Gloria- YUI

25. Yuki no Hana- Mika Nakashima

There's more. But, I can't list them all out. So, let's appreciate music and listen to the songs that had been great to yourself and let yourself feel good at all times~ 

Love turns the world around

To me, LOVE is contagious. Don't you feel like everywhere you go, you find love? Even while walking down the streets with your friends or family, love has always been the word to describe them. Love can be called a disease as it spreads its virus all over the world. I just love the word 'Love'. Don't you? 

Love for God- The first and foremost love that I experience at all times is God's love. I love Him so much because he had given me the chance to live on this world and to survive up till this very day. He gave me everything I need and a chance to experience His true love for me and all the people of this world. Without His love and guidance, where would I be? Where would I go? So, I really want to say that God is love. 

Love for someone special- This type of love has been one of the most popular love and is commonly seen. All of us, will someday, somehow, in this vast world will find someone which they will cherish throughout their life. I'm not stating that I'm an expert in this topic, but I'm just trying to state my opinion. Since I did not have a long lasting relationship with any of my exes, so, I'll just say that love is an adventure.  Love is sweet, romantic, heartbreaks, blind, crazy, meeting expectations and many more. You just got to find someone you're comfortable with and who you truly want to keep at heart. As from my previous experiences, I simply love the moments where I went on dates, holding hands, knowing that he is happy around me, eating our favourite meal together, being crazy and comfortable with each other, laughing at 'the not so funny jokes' that he likes to joke about. I just love it when they express their inner thoughts and feelings to me cause it gives me the assurance  and trust that I need from them. Most of all, I love the part where they go all sweet and romantic on me cause it makes me feel appreciated, don't you think so?

Friendship- In a friendship, we can find love when we are just being close with our friends. When there are problems, friends find a way to fix things, to help each other, never letting go, memories and togetherness brings forth warmth and smiles. Being able to say hi to a friend and protect them when they are in danger means that deep down in the core of your heart, love exists for them cause you never turn them down and they are part of you. Love me buddies :) 

Family- Love for the family is essential in every part of life. Of course, who doesn't love their family right? even friends or pets can be family as long as your heart keeps burning on the flames of love and it only takes a spark to get the fire going. So, cherish your family always. Keeps you comfy and feel the love and bond between them. 

Okay, I think I have blabbered enough. (hehe). To sum it up, love can be anything that you wish it would be and here are some useful quotes that I think might give a little inspiration~ 

Capture of the day~

Sorry again for the late post. I went on a three days two nights Catholic Student gathering at St. Dominic, Lahad Datu. Well, I'm not trying to say that I'm well versed with religious and stuff, but, it was a great camp and I enjoyed my time over there learning about my religion and my God. 

For day 13's blog challenge, that is pictures of the day. I'm not those type of people who loves to take pictures, kind of a lazy bug actually. So, I only got this 3 pictures that I want to share here and I'll tell you about the moments when this picture was taken. Not all are current pics., but, I sure hope you guys might like it... 

Each and every one of us that joined in the camp had a prayer session called the Taize prayer. This prayer had given me new meanings and to deepen my faith more by making me at peace and one with God. During the session, we are to voice out our thoughts to God through our own self-prayer, then we were to pick any one of these cards scattered around the altar. I was born with Wisdom and I got another new gift from God that is faithfulness. I was really happy and glad as each of us were blessed with such wonderful gifts. It was amazing how God can work through all of us. 

This is my bookshelf in my room at home. Not all of my novels are here, but, these are a few of them. The pirate ship model is not mine, but, it's my sister's. She cared for each of her toys and that explains why it is on a display in my room. 

Lastly, a picture of my mom's cooking. There's potato salad, fresh carrots, chicken with oyster gravy and fresh salad with lime dressing. Yummy right? Told ya she is a good cook. 

If I am Brave enough...

If I'm brave enough,
I would try bungee jumping at Macau's Tower,
If I'm brave enough,
I would shout around in the campus stating how I feel today,
If I'm brave enough,
I would like to go someplace alone and be independent,
If I'm brave enough,
I would state how I truly feel about him,
If I'm brave enough,
I would face those who despise me and make things right.

If I'm brave enough,
I want to kiss my friends and tell them I love them very much,
If I'm brave enough,
I would drive a car illegally,
If I'm brave enough,
I would skip classes and go someplace else,
If I'm brave enough,
I would book a plane ticket to Japan myself,
If I'm brave enough,
I would fall on my knees on the one I love and ask him to forgive me for everything. 

So, these are all the stuff that I really wanted to do if I have a little more courage. Believe, trust and a little hope goes a long way~ peace ya'll!