Eileenie

I missed Instagram Wednesday...

2012-02-09T22:05:00.002-05:00

...because I had a shit load of stuff to do this week. I'll skip this week and save some of it for next Wednesday...but I do have some photos to share today!

To start off, the product of retail therapy after Sunday's Superbowl! I swear this is not gonna be a beauty-product-only post! I swear! Skip the photos to go to non-makeup section!!!!! I bought this Coastal Scents Go Palette London on Amazon and I received it yesterday. I first heard of Coastal Scents through my friend Pri and then I saw the reviews Allison from Amarixe did and I was so impressed! The Go Palette series is especially created for traveling and all the palettes are named after and inspired by these cities. All of them are pretty much amazing. I thought London would be the first choice for me because it combines colors and dark neutrals.

These colors are so wearable on a daily basis and are very pigmented. I adore them! They look great on my skin tone and go with the outfits that I wear. Plus, they retails for just under 9 dollars! You can get them on Amazon with free shipping if you have Amazon Prime. I have a feeling that this is gonna last a long time. :) Yay.

Here are some iPhone photos I took with that purple shade that I wore today! (Well of course I used a couple of colors but you get the idea.) This is just plain awesome...:) I'll show some packing stuff on my Instagram Wednesday post next week.....

I won a giveaway at my beauty friend Eugenia's Ommorphia a few weeks ago! My prize was a Konad nail art kit! At first I wasn't really impressed by checking out their website and stuff. Cuz I'm all about using one polish (or two..) each time and get it done fast. But I'm thoroughly impressed with this kit after I experimented on it yesterday right after I received it in the mail from Canada! (LOL) In the kit, it gives you two plates of different designs, a stamp, a scraper, and some "special" polishes that are opaque (opaque ones work best in these situations..). So pretty much you cover the design you want on the plate with a polish, scrape off the excess so you only leave the polish in the grooves, stamp it to get it transferred to the "stamp", and then stamp your nail with it. It's actually quite simple and easy to learn. You just have to do it really fast because otherwise the polish dries and you don't get the design transferred well or at all. So here's a V Day nail art I did this afternoon!

The is not perfectly clear because my nails look gross using a high def picture. But you can see how cute the little hearts are! Even though I didn't level all of them evenly...but they are still cute! Love it! It does not take long to do if you just want to go with a simple design like this. I wouldn't have purchased something like this if I didn't win it, but I'm so excited about what I could do with it in the future!

So, you probably have known if you read my blog, I have had a hectic week. All these due dates and first exams in all classes...and worst of all, sickness. It makes me want to do nothing but lie in bed. :\ But I'm finally almost through with it. I only have a history paper and some readings due tomorrow which I'm gonna start after I'm done with this post. And then I get to go home this weekend and eat real Chinese food and be silly and do free laundry and do all these random crap. And most importantly, I get to download tons of shows/movies/music!!!!! =D Told you I needed to catch up with all the Oscar nominated movies before the awards come out! I also need to catch up with my favorite TV shows like TVD and White Collar. I will also experiment (lol I use this word too often now) on Game of Thrones! I saw some featurettes (<-- apparently this word is very American...random) on my iPod while working out. Looks awesome and intense! You know how I love the intense shows! I also need to catch up with the last SNL episode w/ Channing Tatum (yum)! Gotta love this weekend. :)

Randoms:

For a laugh, here's a post I reblogged on Tumblr that proves that Ryan Gosling is God himself.
NYFW officially kicked off today. AKA this whole month is gonna be fashion month. Who's excited?! I promise I won't post too many fashion posts!!!! Hahaha. :P
Gaga posted the first tour dates out of a total of 110 of Born This Way Ball!!! Except all of them are in Asia and Australia/NZ. :\ Pray she comes here over the summer!
Oh and I'll finally have time to update my playlist this weekend! I have some amazing music to share. Stay tuned. =]

All photos taken by me.

2012-02-08T00:20:00.003-05:00

First Official BTW Ball poster!!!! She's gonna release the first tour dates tomorrow! AHHHH!!!

Image taken from Lady Gaga's Twitter.

Monster Pit

2012-02-07T00:21:00.000-05:00

Image from Gaga's Twitter...Can I go?

2012-02-07T00:17:00.005-05:00

Shit.
I'm sick again.
Does this have to happen every two months?
Retail therapy last night did not help with either making me feel better about Pats losing
or my sickness, in that matter.
And now there's this chem lab report due that no one understands,
math exam,
psych exam which I have zero clue about,
and this sappy one page history paper that would probably only take 15 minutes to do
but I haven't caught up on my reading.
(Oops. I'm still stuck at French monarchy...)
At least I like math.
It's like something that I can do while watching Jimmy Fallon.
Entertainment and productivity combined.
I like that.
But seriously.
I just wanna go home and download all these movies and shows,
and crawl into my bed at home which is ginormous and NOT shaky,
and watch all of them.
Instead I have to run to CVS tomorrow to get more meds.
Plus,
none of my recent purchases have shipped.
What.
It's like not seeing your retail therapy coming to life,
while your bank account is drained.
The ring, the eyeshadows, or the nail art kit.
Oh well.
Life.

Random crap I know.
My thoughts jump around and stuff.

At the end of the day, I just think,
Wow, there are so many stupid people in this world.
Nothing happened today that inspired me to say this,
but this is pretty much my outlook of the world.
The end.

Losers.

2012-02-06T14:57:00.000-05:00

Yeah right. Everyone's hating on Gisele Bundchen for cursing after the game at the airport and blaming the receivers for their loss. What else could she have done? Just walk away? She couldn't have done anything to make her or her husband look better in that position. It's never about so-called "class" or anything. And who the hell goes to the airport and especially targets the wife with words like that anyway? Probably some loser who is not good at anything. She's the richest model in the world and she earned her money and social status through her hard work.

It's not easy being a celebrity if you have a personality with all these haters everywhere. People do crazy things when they are obsessed.

2012-02-05T16:13:00.002-05:00

I apologize for people who follow my blog but are not into fashion/beauty...I hope that I have not driven you away.

Sorry for making the flag/hair/top part look awfully large. This was the best I could do in 10 minutes. Go Patriots!

Lips

2012-02-01T22:42:00.001-05:00

Oh god. Here is the awkward lipstick swatch post. To my best friends, I've been a lipstick junkie recently because of my inability to stop checking out lipsticks in every makeup shop that I see in person or online and to accept the possibility of using lip gloss for more natural looks. Anyway. I don't like lip gloss because of its sticky factor. If it's a lip gloss, it MUST be sticky. If it's not sticky, it is probably not a lip gloss any more. Even though I am addicted to viewing/buying lipsticks, I really don't have all that many because of my excellent ability of restraining myself from unnecessary purchases. But I do have three essential colors - nude, pink, and red.

Of course, the first picture is of my natural lips & their colors. I'm Asian and I have been eating so my lips have a natural light red-ish pink color.

The lipstick is Lancome's Color Design lipstick in Natural Beauty. I don't remember when I acquired this lipstick but it's been a while. It's the nude lipstick that I currently use on a daily basis. The lipstick itself looks quite dark but I think that's why it works on people with naturally very much colored lips.

LOL random grin. Anyway. The formulation is quite creamy and I would say it's semi-full coverage. You can see it tones down the pinkness in my lips and adds a hint of beige. It is definitely a cream finish. However, because cream/matte nude lipsticks make me look sick, I added a little bit of clear lip gloss (OMG!) here. It goes quite well with my daily soft smokey eye looks and slightly tanned complexion. Maybe it's because the lipstick is so old, sometimes it doesn't apply very evenly. But I use the applicator for lip gloss to even it out a bit. I also reapply after eating because the lip gloss brings down the colors all together when eating. But itself has an OK staying power. Since it's so old, they probably have a better formula now anyway.

Next up, I have my pink lipstick - Covergirl LipPerfection in Enchantress (365). It's a very pink pink. Haha. You can(not) also see that it has many shimmering particles in the lipsticks that adds a lot of brightness during application.

See! It's quite bright & adds a lot of color to my lips comparing to the first picture. It is also semi-sheer I'd say, and it's not completely cream because of the shimmer it has in this particular one. But in the same line there are many others that doesn't have shimmers in it and may apply more smoothly, I don't know. I also think I really need lip liner because my lips look like they don't really have a definite shape in this picture...Oh well. The best thing about this particular lipstick is that the color lasts forever and is very hard to clean off! Because I always eat at random times during a day in college, I nearly have to reapply during the day.

Yay! This is my newest acquisition in my little lipstick collection - Rimmel London The Kate Collection in 12. This is my favorite lipstick by far! It has a cute packaging that has Kate's signature on it! The ultimate fashion must-have hahaha. I was missing a classic red lipstick so I chose this one. This also happens to be the cheapest out of all three! (What?! Yes I bought it for 5$!) But I think #1 (the one Kate wears in the campaign) is too dark/mature looking for me. But this brighter one that has a coral-y tone works better for me. It's actually not as orange as the picture...but every time I try to take a picture of a red thing..it turns out orange.

Isn't the color lovely? It makes me look healthy and it is very moisturizing and creamy! My lips aren't dry at all by the time I take it off. However, the staying power isn't as good as the pink LipPerfection. But it is enough for me because I like to fix up every now and then. Like, I can go to three classes in the morning and it will still look great at lunch. But I reapply after lunch just in case. But what beats a well pigmented moisturizing lipstick?! Nothing! This is a must buy for everyone who needs lipsticks. After my nude one runs out, I will go get another one of these. :))

Now for some packing photos!

Once again, my favorite -

Annnndd I have this psych paper due tomorrow and I haven't even started...you know the drill.

Instagram Tuesday

2012-01-31T22:53:00.001-05:00

He can only hold her

2012-01-28T22:29:00.001-05:00

Only if anyone designed this when she was alive so she could wear it.

Yesterday, I finally hopped over and checked out all the couture shows for this season. I wasn't really going to do a post about it because I never do posts on shows. Among all the ingenuity and fascinating collections coming from super talented couture designers, I quickly identified Jean-Paul Gaultier's designs as my favorite. If you know me, I used to be a huge fan of Hermes when Gaultier was the creative director. His puts on a show with a vibe every time. I love other super creative designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney etc, but Gaultier's designs stand out in their unique ways every time. This time, Gaultier pays tribute to Amy Winehouse, one of my favorite singers ever, and takes her style as an inspiration. I also want to praise newcomer Giambattista Valli's (his second couture show) almost surprising showing, Karl Lagerfeld's (pretty much expected) outstanding collection, and Tisci's (the guy who I never click with) strange but haunting collection.

So, shall we begin? (I'm only showing a few staple items and my favorites, of course.)

Details

Backstage

the hair

the exaggerated cateye and mole

the colors

the man behind all this

And lastly but not least, the bridal veil

Yes. There are haters saying that this so-called homage is insensitive. But these famous fashion designers are not politicians. They design what they like, especially in these couture shows where the show and clothes are more like spectacles to most people. Couture shows provides a stage for creativity to blossom. And I believe this is just another admirer grieving the death of a style (and singing, of course) icon in his own way. It is very sensitive. Sure he makes money off of selling these clothes to the richest people, but this show also carries on her reminiscence to other Amy fans like me who are fashion lovers but can't afford these clothes. It is sensitive, delicate, yet radiant and iconic. Most importantly, it is a perfect combination of two of my favorite people - Jean-Paul Gaultier and Amy Winehouse.

I also feel sorry for papa Winehouse for bashing this collection. I see where he comes from. But if I were him, I would appreciate what everyone does to pay tribute to her, even though they might not do it the same way. Fashion is a strange thing that unites people and keeps others away. But I can't really say anything because it's her dad after all.

He Can Only Hold Her - Amy Winehouse

All fashion photos taken from style.com. Amy Winehouse' photos found on tumblr.

New shirt & other shit

2012-01-27T22:06:00.001-05:00

Please excuse my super dirty mirror (and my awkward hand placement). I didn't realize until after a couple of photographs the fact that I can clean it myself instead of waiting for the cleaning lady next week. I know this picture is slightly photoshop-ed (I actually used Picasa...but who says "I picasa-ed my photo"???), but I only did it to the color/contrast settings instead of fixing little details like dots of dirt on the mirror as I still have no clue about how to use Photoshop. Anyway. I really like this shirt I recently bought from StyleMint, one of those Mint-stores online created by MK+A Olsen.

The awkward side photo. The shirt's brightness is pretty accurately seen in this one instead of that first photo. But I like how the pop of color shows up in the first picture.

The hipster back photo. Hehe. Shooting this picture was pretty fun. I love how this shirt has a tight fit in the sleeves and until the bust, and a relatively loose fit on the tummy + back. No food babies can be seen.

The strange tuck-in photo. I just wanted to show that it looks great tucking into the pants if you feel like to. But I can't find a perfect bottom to go with it yet. So I guess...more shopping? :D I need like a leather/black mini skirt or something. Not bodycon. But like, not flared either.

The final front picture. Don't you just love the hem???

And then, I remembered I also had photos taken on my iPod. Lulz. Time to show those as well.

The envelope.

The inner envelope!

A pop of color.

So, enough of those amazing colors. I also took some pictures of my nails (don't I always???). Oh, and my fingers look worse on this photo than I noticed...maybe it's just me. Haha. The ones I used here are OPI Dulce De Leche and Nicole by OPI Brrr Brrr Burgundy (lol!). The burgundy color is a gift from Pri.

I really love both of the colors as I put lots of considerations before purchasing each time. But one thing I have to say is that I don't know what's with the nude color but the formula seems to be thicker than my other OPI polishes. My other pink-ish nude and blue ones are both much thinner than this (not a bad thing) and easier to apply. Even though it's relatively easy to apply this one as well, it doesn't try very fast. After a while it looks dried and everything, and I go to sleep (here I'm talking about going to sleep an hour later after I see it has dried.) But I would wake up with marks on it, like patterns imprinted from my blanket or something. Anyway. It's not very visible from a distance since it's nude. But you can see it on the index finger in the second photo.

Anyway. What's up?

All kinds of beauty

2012-01-26T01:21:00.004-05:00

Feelin' artsy.

I don't think anyone can pull this off without having the dramatic hairdo or some other crazy ass makeup stuffs. But this is just plain beauty. I'll probably try this out one day when I wake up feelin' like a fucking unicorn.

Orange eyes. This is a look spotted on Donna Karan runway. You are probably like, seriously? Orange??? YES. I hate the color orange. But this totally worths a try. Quite unique clean makeup look. :) Dunno if I can pull off the light brows though. As you can see, I'm clearly a defined if not over-dramatic brow lover.

Focus on the top picture here. I've been experimenting the "under lid" shadows recently and it's been paying off great. I definitely cannot do under-eye liners because those always end up making my eyes looking even smaller. But a bit color there would be fantastic. The second one is obviously something I do because that person is Asian.

So, why did I have these random eye makeup inspiration photos? There're usually no obvious answers but today, I really want to show yall Maybelline's new addition to their Eye Studio family - Color Tattoo Eyeshadows. They are a bunch of really amazing cream eye shadows and you can see the swatches here. (right click and choose "open link in new tab") The following are the most interesting shades showing in Allison's swatches.

Fierce & Tangy, Pomegranate Punk, Painted Purple, Tenacious Teal, Edgy Emerald

Isn't that the perfect orange??? Maybe that one will actually work (if blended) in the above orange trend that I discussed. But buying a whole orange jar is a bit too much I think. I will see. I'm pretty determined to get the Pomegranate Punk because it's a color that I always use on my lids and THESE DON'T CREASE. The Painted Purple would be ideal for that last one that I talked about - colorful under lids. I don't know about the teal/emerald colors because I already have a cream shadow in baby blue. I tend to not get too many similar colors but to create a diverse collection. But that so called emerald color may be perfect to do a minty lid if blended! So many choices. I believe these are retailed at $6.99 at Ulta. Even better: you can also use their coupons! They might be cheaper at places like Walmart but I haven't checked...

Lastly but not least...May I present this beautiful picture from Keiko's blog. To complete the perfect spring looks, you must need an awesome lip color.

Even though I AM thinking about investing in a very unique opaque Lime Crime lipstick, like D'LILAC, Keiko's picture got me wanting this Urban Decay Super-Saturated High Gloss Lip Color once again. Her lips in Lovechild is perfection! So soft looking and youthful. Love it! Revlon Lip Butters would also be a less color-intense alternative. I recommend Gumdrop and Strawberry Shortcake for soft lavender/pink colors.

You like?

Photos taken from thebeautydepartment.com, minkette.rebeccaminkoff.com, amarixe.com, and keikolynn.com.

A Day That Deserves A Post

2012-01-24T21:32:00.004-05:00

Finally. Story time.

This eventful day all started last night when I decided to watch Haley Reinhart's AI performances again on Youtubes. She's so amazing. <3 I'm not going to say that "I don't understand how she didn't win." Because I do. But now, I don't watch that show just to see who wins. To me, it's about seeing new singers and pick out the ones that I like and maybe start listening to them post-Idol. Country music has become the genre for all singers on AI who can't sing other genres. It's sad. I would love to see some diversities in the singer's genres. But sadly, I KNOW why Haley didn't win even though she received the most standing ovations from the judges and celebrity support from likes of Lady Gaga, Led Zeppelin, former Idols Kris Allen & Adam Lambert. From what I've heard and seen (of their live performances and albums), Haley, James, and Scotty should've been the ones who made the cut for top 3. Lauren is just another country girl who is very generic and has tons of other singers on the show just like her. I love Haley and I'm looking forward to her debut album on March 1.

I also found out that the Napoleon Dynamite (animated series) episodes were on iTunes for free. I downloaded them but the process took FOREVER. USC's Internet fail #1. Only after 1 AM, the downloading speed increased and it was finally NOT "4 hours remaining" per episode. Each episode is pretty short so it's great for some fun at workouts on the days that I ride bikes.

And then this morning, I specifically woke up early just to see the Oscar nomination live. Not really. I woke up at regular time. But I did see the streaming of the announcement and I've got to admit, Oscars always get me excited every year even though I know there will be disappointments. So today, I WILL talk about my disappointments and happiness, AND perhaps my hopeful predictions that usually don't come true.

Snubs first.

Snub #1 | Snub #2 | Snub #3

These three snubs, my favorite people, probably got bird poop the night before to signal their bad luck this morning. Well, honestly, not all of them are my favorite people...not Leo, even though I love his always-oh-so-serious face. I love Ryan Gosling though. He's my favorite. Michael Fassbender has also been pretty hot and showing off his sexy self recently (for some reason I really like his name..). But sadly, there's always a group of snubbed people that deserve some silent (or perhaps major) weeping on their side. Leo in J Edgar, Gosling in The Ides of March/Drive/Crazy Stupid Love (AHHHHHH!!!!), and Fassbender in Shame. They all delivered excellent performances in these perspective movies and they all deserved a little something.

Also, another disappointment is that Harry Potter only got the "tech" nominations once again. But this is the last and obviously BEST Harry Potter movie ever! I would've been happy if it was nominated for best picture or at least some other important awards unlike, Best Makeup (wait what makeup? I thought they just smeared mud on their faces...especially Harry). This random Jonah Hill guy on Moneyball got nom-ed for Best Supporting Actor but NOT Alan Rickman for Severus Snape? What is this madness? Snape has been awesome for all 8 movies...

Third weird thing: Tintin won at GG but didn't get nominated for Best Animated Film...-.- WTH? But now I put my faith in Kung Fu Panda 2...

Move on to happy things. I was pretty happy with Best Actress noms. All of them are the ones that I had in mind. I'm very excited that Rooney Mara got nom-ed for her role in Dragon Tattoo! I loved her performance. So intense but with a touch of tenderness. I was also happy for these three good ol' guys to get nom-ed for Best Actor - George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Gary Oldman! Props to Oldman because this is his first Oscar nom everrrr after all these years. He's the best.

Anyway. Now I would like to say my picks for the "important" awards.

Best Picture - I honestly can't tell because I haven't seen any of these films (WHAT). LMAO. Yeah I know.

Best Director - same as above. But I think it's Martin's year again, not that Hugo will win Best Picture...but this old man is awesome.

Best Actor - Gary Oldman. I think you've heard that in my tone above. He's the most snubbed guy in the history of the universe. He deserves one after all these amazing performances in Leon The Professional, Dracula, Batman movies, Harry Potter movies, and all the old roles he had.

Best Actress - I wanted to say Rooney, but she's so new. She was amazing but so were these other actresses. Meryl Streep has way too many Oscars. So I think it's Michelle's year. Her performance as Marilyn Monroe was fantastic. She's also one of my favorite actresses in dramatic movies as I have mentioned before in my posts. She has had two Oscar nominations before this one and I think this is her year. It's kinda like Natalie Portman in Black Swan last year, don't you think?

Best Supporting Actor - LOL I've never heard of these people except maybe Kenneth Branagh. But it's probably not him. So, no clue.

Best Supporting Actress - I wanted to say Octavia Spencer from The Help. But Oscars is not gonna be the same in every category as GG. So I'll say Jessica Chastain for the same movie. She could've also gotten nominated for The Tree Of Life. So I hope it's her year. :)

Best Animated Feature - Kung Fu Panda 2. But Rango is coming strong as well.

Additionally, I wish good luck to Transformers to win Best Visual Effects. I know the movie is so crappy. But the visual effects are so good. I wish I had seen it in 3D. LOL And Harry Potter for Best mud-smeared face aka Makeup. Albert Nobbs will probably win though because they made Glenn Close a man. (It's not like she's not already manly enough...) And Jane Eyre for Costume Design. Art Direction's probably between The Artist or Midnight in Paris. Cinematography, Best Writing (original/adapted), and Film Editing are all tough ones that require my further examination. Oh, and I hope Woody Allen win something.

BUT. I will, I promise, see The Artist, The Descendents, Moneyball, The Help, Midnight In Paris, and Hugo before the award show if they become available online, and write a better prediction.

So then the day started...Econ was the same. But I HATE whenever people don't pass on the roll or pass it in the wrong direction and then a majority of people don't get to sign the roll before class ends. Then everyone has to go and sign at the same time and it takes forever. Who does that??? How high does your IQ have to be to pass on the roll in the correct direction? I wonder how these people get into college...

I went to the gym as usual after econ. The Napoleon Dynamite pilot was pretty funny. I enjoyed it. I believe its the same people voicing the roles? You should try them out since they are free on iTunes now! I chose the "weightloss" option as the program on the bike but it wasn't even as intense as what I would manually do normally. Next time I think I'll try "performance".

I went to psych with my sugar free small Red Bull as usual. I honestly can't survive that class without an energy drink. The soothing voice of the professor...*Sigh* But we actually did legit stuff today, not like some crazy philosophy or mindboggling stuff that we had...

Then come the crazy part of the day. So I got back to my dorm and was calling my mom on gmail. It went well and all at first. And then, my Internet disconnected. I thought it was just another bad connection. But NOPE. It just went off forever. Just like that. Bamm. I couldn't get on so I was thinking, maybe I could actually not get distracted and finish my math homework, while try restarting my computer to see if that helps. Again, NOPPPPE. This time it doesn't even show the USC student/guest wifi at all. USC Internet fail #2. After like half an hour, with no Internet connection or cell reception in my room. I survived the Internet apocalypse. Internet went back up again later I guess. But USC gotta stop doing this to freak me out. My day was pretty much ruined at that point. First world problems.

I went to the housing thing at Patterson before dinner to ask if my application was submitted correctly because it's been acting weird online. Yep. That guy told me that mine was submitted successfully at 3:55 PM yesterday. WHEN I WAS TAKING A NAP. And, I actually submitted it on like, the 9th. Both Jennifer and I also got this Kung Pao chicken pasta for dinner at Pandini's! It's not real Chinese food and is not the best fake Chinese food that I've had but, it's some healthy decent food!

Yup. That's my day.

PS. Couture show stuffs coming up!

Inspirations

2012-01-22T23:27:00.001-05:00

I'm majorly lacking inspirations recently, as you have probably observed from my lack of thought-provoking posts. Reasons? I've been watching TV shows and movies all day and sit here and paint my nails over and over with the limited amount of polishes that I have. Here are some mostly (or, all) beauty/fashion inspirations. Oddly, I see lots of greens in here that I normally don't like so much. & I see this 2012 spring will be kind of a combination of feminine yet tough, sexy but subtle, playful and classic black&white. But I'm sure all outfits and looks will be "powerful" and definitely make a statement.

Christian Dior Pre-Fall 2012

Camilla Alibrandi

Christian Louboutin Marquise clutch

Rooney Mara for Dazed and Confused magazine in Balenciaga

Willem Dafoe at Prada Fall 2012 Menswear

A-England nail polish in Saint George

Leandra's Lessons in Layering

Hermes Fall 2012 Menswear

StyleMint Venice tee in mint stripe

Photo taken from various sources: runway photos from Style.com, The Sartorialist, Louboutin clutch from Christian Louboutin Facebook page, Dazed and Confused online, Ommorphia beauty bar, Leandra Medine of The Man Repeller, StyleMint.com,

Beauty obsessions: primary colors & Rooney Mara

2012-01-19T21:38:00.002-05:00

Not that they are related.

After all the "bling" and fuss about the holidays and sparkly nail polishes, I have officially departed from that phase into the cream world. Yes, the plain ol' cream color polishes. And today, I want to introduce the three polishes that I'm currently wishing for: Deborah Lippmann's Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Yellow Brick Road, and I Know What Boys Like:

These colors are perfect for spring and for you to light up your looks. Some new polishes that popped up recently include Chanel's April, May, June, and Dior's Garden Party Collections. Chanel's Riva from last year's Cruise collection and OPI's Pirate collection also have some great pastel color choices for the up&coming pastel trend! But remember, as unique as Chanel and Dior can be, their polishes are way over-priced, as I consider Deborah Lippmann is already over-priced.

My recent favorite red carpet beauty is Rooney Mara after her Lisbeth Salander transformation. Her complexion goes really well with the black hair and dark brown brows. Her looks also made me want to purchase more timeless black&white pieces of clothing.

Instagram week

2012-01-19T21:13:00.003-05:00

May I also present to you, my favorite song of all time:

You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse (Spotify)

One word

2012-01-14T19:38:00.001-05:00

Nails!

Left hand

Right hand

I didn't take home my camera so these are low quality iPod pictures. These two are some gorgeous Sephora by OPI minis Steph gave me! You can see the first one is a muted+light lavender color. And the second one is a super shimmery/shiny platinum silver. I actually have both of these on my nails right now! :D I had these fingernails painted 6 days ago and it's still going strong (ish)! You can kinda see how my pointy finger's tips are kinda worn. So I'm thinking about repainting this hand today or tomorrow with some other color. I painted my left hand 4 days ago and they still look perfect!!! :O But be noted that I did a top coat for this hand. So I guess I should expect it to last longer.

I would do a polish post for Priya's Christmas gifts too, except the glitter polish is too hard to clean off that I don't wanna paint all five nails completely in that polish. LOL. Those burgundy colors that I have on my toes right now are absolutely gorgeous. BUT, I'm not gonna take a picture of my feet cuz that's disgusting.

I'm thinking about buying some styling products because my hair usually falls flat and ugly. Because of my awesome Asian gene, it is always shiny and all, but I don't want it to be stuck on my scalp all the time. And winter time makes it SPAZZZZZzzzzZZZ like crazy and becomes superginormously static after half a day. So I'm looking for a hair mask that fixes this and a spray/gel/whateverproductittakesformyhairtoleavemyface to put on before blow-drying. But all the good products are kinda expensive. Any suggestions?

Today's song!

Blue Jeans - Lana Del Rey

This new girl definitely has a beautiful voice. I love how she switches between her two voices. It's great. Can't wait until her new album comes out later this month!

Last Glimpse Of Day

2012-01-08T23:36:00.002-05:00

Classes start tomorrow.

photo by me

Today's Song:

I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz (Spotify)

Not his best. But it's Jason Mraz's new single since forever ago. Must get?

Newly acquainted

2012-01-07T22:10:00.004-05:00

The new colors that I acquired over winter break are all from the amazing OPI family. Words can't describe how much I adore these polishes! I haven't tried the OPI minis but CAN'T WAIT! Silver+lavender = <3. I should do design with those!

Talking about designs...I did this with Sparrow Me The Drama and that glittery Nicole by OPI polish:

Yay for weird French nails :P

A New (Layering) Year

2012-01-05T23:03:00.001-05:00

Outfit pictures! This first one is inspired by Leandra's Man Repeller layering techniques. She is my favorite fashion blogger I'd say. :) She's really inspiring and seems to be the most enthusiastic. Anyway. So I layered my poka-dot dress with a purple cardigan and a plaid shirt. I thought it looked pretty hip and shows my Harry-Potter-obsessed self *again* with my Hermione's time turner. :)

When I went to ATL on New Year's, I got this new tank top that has some puffy details. Today I was bored and decided to see what differently-styled outfits I can make out of it. :)

Outfit #1: Sportsmanship.

The tank top is paired with a bright pink cardigan, Nike running tights, and a casual light-pink scarf.

Outfit #2: Pastel Palette.

The key in this outfit is the new "in" palette colors for Spring 2012. I picked a pastel pink cardigan and blue pants to go with the tank top.

Outfit #3: Laid-back Chic

To go for a very "chill" look, I put on another plaid shirt that act as a cardigan/outerwear this time and some muted white pants.

You like?

A Year Of Growth

2011-12-31T23:27:00.000-05:00

Even though I find no additional values in days like today or tomorrow comparing to any other days in my life, I am still going to try to make a gesture - write a blog post - to sum up what I've done and what I'm hoping to achieve in the future.

2011 is best described as a year of growth for me. I try to be creative here because everyone, referring to people in my year, pretty much has the same blog post about graduating from high school and entering the exciting life of college. I have to say: me too! Right now, my thought is, I'm so glad high school is over. Whenever anything reminds me to look back in my high school years, I would find them ridiculous and wasteful. I sometimes do see the worst of things/people, don't I? I love my friends in high school, but whenever I think about high school, the images of wasted time of doing nothing that benefit me, ridiculous drama, stupid rules among other things that I extremely dislike flourish in my head. And then I would eventually get to the good part about friends. So, I always try to avoid the topic of high school. And that's yet another reason I don't do Facebook as much because it is usually filled with stuff related to high school. But I did grow out of high school into college this year. And that's the most exciting part. Even though I may not be at the best college ever in the whole world, but I am very confident to say that I am happy with my own unique experience of college. Of course there are things that I dislike about it, but overall, it is far better than high school. Because I, myself, is much more free than I was back then. A set of rules that constrain the experience in the small society of high school no longer exists in college. You do not need to follow dress codes; you do not have to be in classrooms the whole day when you pretty much accomplish nothing in all those hours; you are not exhausted from sitting there and trying to pay attention at the end of the day; you get to manage your own time and experience with different ways of doing it; and most importantly, the overall flexibility of college. I as an individual is gradually transitioning into a more contributing part of the society instead of a useless part in a pseudo-prison, aka high school. Even though in college, what I do still pretty much only benefits me only. But the college environment is much more similar to a fully functional society, where you are responsible for many things other than following the rules. I am not a control freak. But people in general like the sense of being able to control what is going on around you, right? And I believe that is what I've gained in this past year - being able to learn to control the world around me and take responsibilities. Things like, researching and deciding what classes to take next semester, going to work, find internship opportunities and forming a amicable relationship with a professor so he would allow me to work at his lab are all my own responsibilities. There is no one forcing me to do any of these. But they are all something that I want and I'm glad I've done them.

I don't believe in new year's resolutions. Because nothing ever happens according to plans. But I do like to write out a few things that I wish I could accomplish in the near future. It's totally OK if I don't do them. Like, many people never fulfill their new year's resolution either. But I thought these would be cool.

keep writing and blogging. I'm never a writer, but trying to improve my writing skill by constant blogging meaningful things and stuff on my thoughts has been a great idea this past year. I wrote a lot for two classes this past semester and I believe my writing ability has increased tons because of those. I want to thank Dr. V for pointing out to me the flaws in my writing and allowing me time to find how I can improve those. And I'm glad that you think that I've improved a lot. That most definitely gave me strength and confidence.
find a summer internship that has something to do with my future dental career. I know it's pretty late to say this because the deadlines are probably really close. But It'd be great if I find one. I know it's hard to do so in freshman year. But also, keep the job.
work out more in college. Free gym!! Since I'm going to buy these running tights and all the gears, I should feel motivated right? Finding the motivation is always the key for me in advancement in anything that I want to do.
get a Gamecock sweatshirt. Haha. I know this totally sounds funny. Because pretty much everyone at USC has one. But I don't. I feel I lack school-spirit. Blah. On that note, I also need to attend tons of baseball games.

So those were the things that I've wanted in a while...and are all pretty much based on last year. I was also going to mention things like do more fashion blogs and such, but I've been doing them already. So...new things?

attend a Lady Gaga concert. ANYWHERE! Please. I hope wherever I'm traveling, please be there, Gaga, It will be great.
start my own research project. ANYWHERE! Probably at school. But if I find any better opportunities elsewhere during breaks, it would be awesome. But most importantly, where the idea is going to come from?
travel to somewhere chill like California or Florida. Lol. Not like literally chill. But like, cool beachy places. But please. I need to get my bikini body worked out, learn swimming, and buy bathing suits first.
become an officer at some school club. This is probably not going to happen because I'm too laid back. But, I will try. However, first thing first: become involved.
take fashion pictures around campus. I wanted to do it, but I never had the time to do it last semester. NO. Let's face it, I didn't have the courage to do it. It must be pretty embarrassing to ask a stranger to pose for you right? But let's do it!
score above a 20 on a practice DAT. I know all of these are going the direction of one word - school. But future is important. And school definitely is an important part of the future. But I need to work on DAT shit man. (No) pun intended. At the end of 2012, I will have be done with Orgo chem I and thus, should be able to score above a 20. (My current score - 16.)

Rise & Grind, people, Rise & Grind.

Music player

2011-12-28T00:40:00.000-05:00

New music update! There hasn't been too many great songs that were released this month and I assume everyone's taking a vacation. But I managed to go through my iTunes and pick out a few songs that I never put on playlists and loved.

Do not click any of the links. Music will automatically appear in the music player on the bottom of the screen. Feel free to open the playlist and choose whatever you want to listen to.

January Playlist!

Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley

The Kids Don't Stand A Chance (Chromeo Remix) - Vampire Weekend

Goin' Home - Dan Auerbach

Set Fire To The Rain - Adele

Some Unholy War - Amy Winehouse

Poison & Wine - The Civil Wars

Born This Way - Lady Gaga

Holocene - Bon Iver

Lonely Boy - The Black Keys

Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire

Waiting For The World To Change - John Mayer

Previously on music player:

December 2011 playlist
November 2011 playlist
October 2011 playlist
September 2011 playlist
Amy Winehouse tribute

2011-12-27T22:41:00.002-05:00

What's up with NOT blogging for what, 10 days??? What is this??

Anyway. I think this is the first time I blog on my new laptop that I got on black Friday. And I finally did the file transferring during my no-blogging time. So I'll tell you about what I've been doing. No secrets. :)

So, after I came home I got a job at Abercrombie&Fitch and I've been working hard ever since. :) Well I admit I did text my friends from time to time at work, but only at the boring hours when there's no customer. I've worked 7 days and of course, am excited about my first paycheck soon! I also went shopping a couple of times by myself. :D I bought my working outfit of course at A&F and some nail polish and other makeup stuff at Ulta. :) I got gifts for friends & family using my money that I'm earning! At home, I did some housework so I wouldn't look like I did nothing all day. Hehe. And I've been trying to catch up with Bones. Since it's already at its 7th season. Haha. But I'm progressing pretty fast. :) Almost done with season 5. And after this I will have tons of other shows to catch up. *hint hint VAMPIRE DIARIES* And for Christmas, my dad got my a pair of jeans at A&F, mom got me a USC blanket she made me from fabrics she bought (it has Cocky on it! :D), and my brother got me a iPod speaker! :D This one is so much better than my old one since this is actually legit. Because I got the last one on sale on blackfriday a few years ago for 30 bucks.....And also, dearest Priya got me nail polish. Haha. My collection expanded with 3 more polishes last week! This is so exciting. And it just happened that I also got her nail polish. Hahahaha. And Steph and I haven't exchanged out gifts yet. I'm excited. :) I also have a bunch of books to read. LOL how surprising. Eileen reading? What??

OMG, how did I forget this? I hung out with Priya! We went movie hopping as planned. :P Saw The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo & New Year's Eve. TGWTDT was so awesome! The plot maybe better if read, but I thought the acting and directing was amazingly creepy. But I loved it. Rooney definitely worked hard on this. Girl deserves some recognition. New Year's Eve was another heart-warming cute movie and has its funny and cute sides. And then I went to see Sherlock Holmes 2 the other night with parents. Love Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as always. Great action scenes. It's gonna be a great franchise.

I don't really have any thought-provoking stuff to write today. I apologize. I think all those came from when I don't have anything legit to do or when I have too much to do. But now it's holiday season. Just the right amount. :) But I'll leave you with

Today's song:

Better Than I Know Myself - Adam Lambert (Spotify)

Adam is always brilliant. Heard him the other day at Sephora.

More updates on life? How-to: happiness

2011-12-17T00:34:00.001-05:00

I'm not getting on Facebook as often recently. Reason? Everyone's posting the same statuses as my life stories - applying for/(not) getting into colleges, or finals week/getting grades back. And seeing those statuses just reminds me of the somewhat complicated experiences that I've had in the past. I wanna say congrats to people who have been doing well, and comment on their posts and stuff, but then I realize I would get tons of notifications that I don't really need. I haven't been too attached to Facebook recently which is quite great in my opinion. I would from time to time get on and kinda get to know what's going on with people, but I don't comment as much any more. It's great to know what's up, but I feel that I'm becoming more of a not-trying-hard-to-become-involved-in-other-people's-life kind of person. Trying to do things that you maybe want to (mostly because other people do it), but wouldn't naturally do is really tiring. And doing what you like, like blogging on here and checking out fashion/make up stuff, make you feel, well, happier in general.

I'd like to keep a small friend circle because I feel that there are only a few people who truly share similar personalities with me and who I would get along perfectly. And there are the people who I want to hang out with and get to know better, but I always end up feeling that trying to hang out with those people makes me literally tired. And after a day, I would feel that I haven't really accomplished anything, while even spamming my friends make me feel happy (LOL that just sounded funny). I very much believe that life is all about doing what you want, not what society forces you to, even though most of the time, a non-conformer would not live the most "successful" life. But I believe that people who purposefully conform and become successful live a much less happy life than the former. Well, you can maybe be perfectly "normal" and don't have to "conform", but I don't think such person exists. Individuality is very important and it's most definitely NOT about trying to be different, but about being who you are. It's like, many people in college drink a lot. I think it's OK if that's what you want from the beginning. But if it's something that other people persuaded you to do, or you are trying to fit in with a group, it will most likely make you feel unhappy at the end of a day. You may be happy for a while, hanging with friends, but nothing that is "forced" on you can make you happy. I'm not advertising for under-age drinking here, and I'm not a drinker at all. But I guess I'm using it as an example of what one should or should not do. And it's quite simple.

I say follow your heart for what you like and what you want to do. You might think that I'm conflicting with how I'm usually like, super analytical when I blog seriously? But this is what I like. I feel like being super analytical with these serious blog posts and talk about life and stuff this way. I am not trying to be someone that I'm not. And that's what I call following one's heart. I honestly don't care if someone with conflicting views sees this and gets really angry or anything. Hate me all you want. Note: I started to read Got Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens who passed away recently. I'm never really into non-fictions. But since he was such a great writer, I wanna try it, considering the fact that I'm an atheist like him. There are people who try to convert me. But if you know me, you know how I am, really, not looking for anything/anyone to "save" me. But this is a whole different story.

But then one must notice, that no one can truly be "free". I can say that I cannot NOT conform at all. I have to do it sometimes, like, I would love to try really different makeup and outfit and walk out of my dorm looking real scary. Because that will scare everyone away. And I don't know if my friends will still love me. (LOL) But I feel that I can be free to some extent. I sometimes wear real thick brows or somewhat creative makeup and outfits in public. I can curse at my professors when no one hears me. I can give a hate-speech on people that I really really disrespect. I can have scary makeup at home when no one sees me. But I do all of them in a sorta conforming way. I mean, its also a myth to be truly free, just like to be truly "normal" - none of these exist.

I guess there isn't really a purpose for this post. But I just wanted to say, don't worry about being accepted by other people. Push the limit of "free"-ness. It will make you so much happier.

Recent photos.

2011-12-14T17:29:00.000-05:00

During exam week and afterwards, I took some photos on my iPod and I feel like posting them on here. They kinda define my life.

I started going to the library.

I swear I prolly had one of these a day during exam week. So good. So much sugar.

Me in bed with dear pillow pet who gives me emotional support.

And the Red Bull that gives me physical support.

This was from a gas station in VA. "Car has FOB?" Sure. There were three in here. -.-

The beautiful sky in Gvegas...

Giambattista Valli for Macy's. I thought this dress was actually one of the best in the collection after I tried them on...

Karl tank top for holidays.

And the giant leopard Giambattista Valli for Macy's coat. Makes me look fat.

For the Giambattista Valli for Macy's collection, few actually really stands out to me once I try them on. It's weird. I thought they all looked gorgeous in the catalog . Maybe the good ones have sold out already...since the collection came out in October. But if I really wanted to, I would only get that first flowery dress that I tried on. But no.

Updates on life

2011-12-13T23:23:00.000-05:00

Life.

Don't have to read this if you already have too much to deal with in your life. But this is pretty much what I did in the past two/three weeks (since I've been only having picture or opinionated blogposts recently haha):

So, I pretty much didn't go to most of my classes the last week of classes. Since most of them were useless and boring. I got exempted from my Chem final. My Wagner paper was due the midnight of that Wednesday, the 30th. So when I got back from home on Sunday night, the 27th, I began my two weeks of the most productivity of life. I wrote my Wagner paper from Sunday night to Wednesday. It was a total of 3385 words and at least 7 bottles of Red Bulls and Rockstars. I was mostly in my room because the paper requires a lot of book-referencing. But the final product turned out pretty amazing. Less great than I expected, but it got me praise from my professor and he asked me if I wanted to continue on working in this area. And then, I pretty much chilled on Thursday - Sunday. LOL Time definitely go by faster when you are procrastinating.

So after classes were done and before exams started, I watched Jane Eyre and Brokeback Mountain. Good love stories = <3 <3 <3 Not gonna do movies reviews on them, but you should see both of them. Heath Ledger + Jake Gyllenhaal made quite the pair. <3 Too bad Heath died. :'( He's so great.

Then exam week. I first made an A in art.Yay. Not that it was difficult or anything. But I really like art history and will probably take a similar course for Honors history credit. And then there comes the next deadlines - Linguistics paper due Friday, the 9th and Biology final on Saturday, the 10th. I haven't gone to the last week of Bio class which was pretty much what we were tested on, thus I had to learn new materials myself by reading the book. Thankfully our professor emailed us about where we stopped. So I didn't have to spend too much time learning it - pretty much 6 hours in the library. :) It was also cumulative, so I spent some extra hours on that. But my Ling paper is kinda important because I had a 89.13 in that class and I need an A...And she still hasn't finished grading so I dunno yet. But I did spend a lot of time, like Monday night - Friday afternoon on it. Writing this paper felt crazier because I couldn't really BS much...since it's all technical and I was analyzing these two people's accents. But I finally went through these with some late-nights, one all-nighter (but I did sleep after I got back from the library on Friday morning), and some energy drinks. It felt awesome after I finished studying for Bio on Friday night at 3 AM. I was totally going for a "Bitch I'm donnneee" but I kinda had to get up early on Sat morning to take that genetics exam. Lamest exam timing ever. But it was pretty much easy.

It was also interesting to observe how occupied the library was during exam week. There's pretty much no seats available any where if you go at 12 (at night). And when I went back to my room from a study room in honors on Thursday night at 4, all the study rooms that I passed by were occupied. So I was like, #occupystudyrooms. There was either a person reading/studying, or someone sleeping in the study room. People even thought sheets and blankets! So amazing. And when I got to the library after this, it was like 5 in the morning, and there were already many people there. LOL And most of them definitely left later than I did. #stress

I did develop some callus in my mouth, aka hyperkeratosis (lol), but it disappeared after I got home on Saturday. :) Then we went on a road trip to DC to get some personal stuffs done. And now I'm home again! Yay!

Also, I just got my first job today! Yay! I'm gonna be a model at Abercrombie&Fitch. :))) Come see me at the Gvegas Haywood mall! :D I'm also going on a similar interview at Hollister later this week. So, come see me there too! :)

I am mean, selfish, and heartless, so you say.

2011-12-11T01:45:00.000-05:00

Fucking parents.

They want too much to do with your life. And I'm like, I know you guys brought me up and still provide me with life essentials, but really? It's all out of your own wish to do these and I have nothing to do with it.

It doesn't apply to only parents. I think it's just that I don't like when people assert unnecessary power over me. Sometimes people would randomly be like, why don't you do/try this? Why didn't you do this? I'd be like, who the fuck are you? You don't even know me. It's not that I'm unwelcoming to advices or anything. But when these things are given out improperly, I see it as an advance of their power over me. This reminds me of Andy Samberg's "Man! What I look like? A charity case?" LOL. I don't need to be inferior to strangers.

And this is especially true with parents. I'm not saying that they are strangers. But their values and out views are completely different from mine and that sets us apart, like strangers. They'd be like,why didn't you work hard and get your IB diploma? And I was like, I didn't want it and don't need it, so I didn't study for it. And they would say, well, your spend all four years on it and you should have some personal goals and work hard for everything. And then they went on how I wouldn't get in med school just because I did not work hard to get my diploma. How are they related? I have no idea. I don't need your help to judge what I want and what I don't want. I can honestly say that I was a little disappointed when I didn't get it. You know, it's something that I could've gotten it as a by-product of being in this sucky school with sucky teachers. But the reason I was in this program was, I could get higher GPAs and this program makes me appear better on my apps. Believe me, there are numerous far better high schools that I could've gone to in the whole entire universe. Wasn't our school something like, below average/at risk? We may love our teachers for not giving us anything to do, but, I don't think my parents understand how BAD our teachers actually were. While all these crappiness do not matter in making my college apps look good, they definitely do not contribute to helping me to get my IB diploma. But I did not want that diploma because it doesn't have anything to do with anything. I could be a little self-pride at most. Honestly, who's gonna go around and tell people, hey! I got my IB diploma!!!! Yayyy!!! You jealous? Because people would be like, what the fuck is an IB diploma? Since we all know that I value things based on their functions, this diploma definitely has zero function to me. But Asian parents are all about, as we all know, being the bestest at everything, even in things that do not matter. And parents also simplify things and make wild assumptions. Crazy. I know. Not gonna try to go into that.

Or like, they give you unnecessary care. As my dear friend Priya said, it's best not to tell them things. I agree. It's not that they TRY to care about you (or do they?), but I think having paid so much attention on you, they unconsciously just "care" about everything about you and suddenly, something as small as not eating vegetables for a meal could become the first world problem. Fucking parents. They need to learn how to NOT care. I do believe that children also try to get parents' attention. But I pretty much feel best when I live away from them in my experience. Their care sometimes gives you extra burden to worry about. And then you have to figure out something to deal with them. Whenever I'm home, there is obviously more time of me getting annoyed by what they say. It's like, every interpersonal relationships. I see all these people getting tangled in these complicated (romantic) relationships and they'd hate each other so much. And I'm just like, then why don't you do the logical thing, by leaving them? Well, I guess I'm also kinda picky when it comes to people that I hang out with. Some slightest flaws become in the way. Maybe that's why some people thing that I always hang out with the same people? LOL. Anyway. When parents try to be caring about you, it seems to me that it always ends up being them trying to assert their value/judgment on you. And my attitude usually is: that's unnecessary.

You can see I'm not a big fan of parent-children relationships. They are too complex and love should not be the solution to all questions about it. There are always something beyond love about every relationship. Why do people have kids and do all their best to bring them up? I think at first everyone's like, kids are awesome and cute and makes your life exciting and you love them oh so much. Sure. But after a while they become burdens. And I am determined to live a free life. (But I'll never get to be truly free, I know! How sad.) And then Asian parents are like, when you are old, your children can come take care of you! Yeah. You see, there's a motif for having children other than love.

And this is not a teenager-rebellion-against-authority thing. I have the same issue with other people around me too. I love all my friends. But there are pretty much things that I don't like about most of them. But I should not try to distant myself from those "flaws" in my eyes. Some people could be like, I "love everything about you!" to everyone. And I'm just like, wow, you are really simple-minded. But yeah. Parents can be really annoying at times. And I get annoyed easier and easier now. Can't stand it when they do the same unnecessary things repeatedly.

Number one reason that I don't want kids: they are gonna write "fucking parents" on their blog posts. I would love to mold a little person exactly according to my wish, but that is inhumane. It's like, forcing your successful-ness and what you wish you could be successful at on somebody who owes nothing to you. And that is what having children seems to me. No disrespect to all parents, but, how many in the world actually are successful at it? (Not many.) And what IS successful parenting? Do successful people necessarily come from successful parenting? I believe love should not come in the way of parenting and creating proper environment for kids' maximum potential. And it is not maximum potential of "success", but more like, what they could do to have a pleasing life. And I'm never a good teacher at anything. So, whoever's gonna be my future husband, I tell ya, if you want kids, I'm not the one who's gonna try to take care of them.

This is not a rant or a hate speech. Just my opinions on some things. I may appear offensive or aggressive at times, but I guess that's partially how I write serious blog posts. & Say all you want about me. Remember what I said? I am mean, selfish, and heartless. AKA I don't care.

Things I do when I'm stressed

2011-12-08T18:51:00.001-05:00

Eat the same food for every meal
Plan what I'm gonna do all the time
Listen to the same music on shuffle + repeat
Paint my nails
Don't know when to sleep
Become unfashionable
Write non-sense blog posts like this one

Oh, I haven't done this in forever. And forever means like, 10 days.

Today's song:

Gold on the Ceiling - The Black Keys (Spotify)

This album pretty much became one of my favorite albums of all time the day it's released. No joke. Because I got to listen to it a few days before it was released. LOL. But yeah. I become productive during this exam week whenever I listen to it. Good listen + functional. What's better?

You probably have figured that The Black Keys is like one of my favorite artists/bands of all time. So yeah...

But I'm gonna be done with finals in 1.5 days! I'll tell you all about it!

LULZ more polymore contests

2011-12-06T14:55:00.001-05:00

This set was created to enter Swarovski's contest for styling their wrist watches. Now I want one!

This set features: Mulberry Oversize Taylor pebble satchel // Alexander Wang fur putter jacket // my favorite Deborah Lippmann I Love The Night Life nail polish // Giambattista Valli silk ruffle long sleeve knit dress // patterned tights // Philip Treacy head piece // Christian Louboutin Metalipp pumps // Miu Miu colorblock ankle boots // Swarovski wrist watch

Like those purples???

No title. Just read.

2011-12-05T00:03:00.001-05:00

To all who hates Lady Gaga and thinks that she's ugly,

First of all: fuck off.

You are probably no better looking than her, and I hope you don't think yourself is ugly. That would just be really sad. She's a very unique and strong human being and that's what makes her beautiful. She dresses her own way, unlike many people who dresses according to what others like. Those people have no personality. I cannot tell you how many people I've seen across campus that have exactly the same outfits. I don't think I would remember them at all. But for a few people that dresses differently and uniquely, they are truly expressing themselves. And nothing is better than knowing how to express your own unique characteristics.

I still do not understand why people say that she's a man. I mean, she looks very womanly to me. I don't know what you are talking about. Just because she is strong-willed, open-minded, pushes boundaries, sings beautifully, you think that she's a man? Do you know her? The chances are, you don't. And you probably would discriminate against all transgendered people if you express this in a negative way. And that is not right. You are a sexist. You may ask me how I know that she's a woman? I don't. She shows herself as a woman and I accept that. It doesn't matter if she's a man or a woman. She's a free human being and an artist to say the least. It's perfectly OK if you don't like her art, but you should never say that she's an ugly person.

And people say that all the out-of-the-box stuff she does is for fame. Sure, if you think that way. In that case, she is smart and knows how to sell herself to make money. And she has real talents in doing that. But I want to remind you, even if all she does are for fame and money, those things are good things that do not harm people. For all I know, she is really nice for us little monsters. She takes pictures with us, signs autographs, does things that we ask her to do upon meeting her. I'm pretty sure you have not seen how much she has done for us. And if you have seen and still thinks that she's ugly, I question your judgment. If a person spends so much time and energy to devote to her fans, I don't think anyone could do any better. She also fights for bullied kids and the entire LGBT community. And she inspires me to do the same. People say that she is over the top on these issues but I don't think so. Think about the time when you advertises for something that you really like and you believe in. She is just trying to change the world, like everyone else who have hope does. At least she changed me. She encouraged me to believe in myself and fight for what I think is right. There is never "too much" on advertising for things that you believe in when you don't harm other people. But when you bully others, like when you put really mean comments that are untrue on other people's websites (which I observed), you are "too much" and you need to stop. People who do that are truly talentless and cannot live with other people being talented. You fail.

Lastly, I also saw people saying that she's a whore and talks about sex too much. I mean, whoever says this probably fucks around as well. Let's be honest here, who doesn't think about sex? LOL. At least she ONLY TALKS about sex a lot and that is perfectly fine to me. Unless you are super religious or something and think that sex is bad and kills people (LOL mean girls...), I think our first amendment protects our freedom of speech. To my knowledge, she has much fewer boyfriends/sex buddies than many other artists. I also admire that she doesn't disclose her personal life to the public. She only sells her art, not her life, unlike many untalented people whose art won't sell. *hint hint, some people whose name start with a K...*

Fuck off, bitches.

& Paws up, monsters.

Sincerely,
Eileenie

Same guy

2011-12-02T21:38:00.001-05:00

So I have a type after all. I wanted to say it's Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre but it's actually Michael Fassbender (cool last name...I know right???). I finally watched Jane Eyre, the 2011 movie, today with my roomie to spend a festive evening. It was fantastic, especially the strong-spirited Jane Eyre brought to us by Mia Wasikowska and Fassbender's Mr. Rochester. It reminds me of Keira Knightley's Pride and Prejudice from a couple of years ago. I would say P&P had its advantage in better timing of plot and screen writing, but Jane Eyre def. had a better male lead. I love Mr Darcy...but who can resist Fassbender?!!! Plus, he totally looks exactly the same, or has similar attractiveness, as Christian Bale aka Batman aka Bruce Wayne aka Patrick Bateman aka Alfred Bordon aka Dicky Eklund (you see how obsessed I am now?). So, I declare that I have a type. It used to be any guy with dark hair and light eyes. Now it seems more like, Fassbender-Bale type. Except no beard and no severe wrinkles, please.

Also, I wanted to mention my favorite young actresses: Michelle Williams (I know she's like over 30 but she has a lovely face), Carey Mulligan, and Mia Wasikowska. Keira Knightley needs to step up her game, man. She used to be one of the four. But she doesn't have really great roles recently.

So, I strongly suggest you to see these two movies. They are great adaptations of great books. But I warn you, you will be disappointed by St. John Rivers though. He has a very small part and is not a powerful character in the movie. But, they got the most important thing right - Jane & Rochester. And that's all you need.

MTN

2011-12-02T14:22:00.001-05:00

Inspired by Faucette's jokes...

2011-11-28T15:27:00.001-05:00

So, last night I was hanging out w/ Caroline and Amit in the library. And there was her really lolzy blog post/joke that I couldn't stop laughing at. It's so great. Bee sting to da face???

Since I have nothing better to do this afternoon *sarcasm*, I decided to post some interesting instances in life recently...

Most of them happened in chem bc our chem prof is so charming and funny...lol nerdy much?

He is kinda short. Like, I think he's probably 5' 7 or something. (I have bad estimation. Don't blame me.) So this one time in class, he was trying to explain some really easy b(r)eezy (reference to Caroline's post...) chem question to this girl who wouldn't shut up asking ridunkulous questions. And then the crowd started talking amongst ourselves. So he warned us that if we didn't stop talking, he would make the test next week really hard. And that same girl asked, "is there anyway we can undo that?" He says, "Praise me. Tell me I'm tall."

We were learning about thermochemistry and there was a chemical reaction that converts between graphite carbon and diamonds. You know, they are essentially the same thing. After we did the problem that showed that the process of diamond converting to graphite carbon is spontaneous (meaning it occurs naturally), the Dr says, "Guys, next time don't buy your girlfriend a diamond ring. Buy them a pencil. Because diamonds don't last forever. They will all eventually turn into pencils..."

To all of us, "Tell me you love me. Say it!" Us in sync, "I love you, Dr. Freeman." (That "say it" part reminds me of Twilight...always...)

All the football chants (of teams that he supports) that he made us to say in sync...

Using a 7 - 8 feet bamboo stick to point to the powerpoint...

All the instances where he "kills" Calvin/George and made us do chem problems to save them...aka, Calvin dying from a bad skin rash, George free falling in elevator shaft, Calvin falling on a rock and cannot breathe, blah blah blah...

None chemistry-related ones:

Movie night w/ Caroline, Caroline, and Amit. Caroline was calling her mom telling her that we were hanging out at her place. And I decided to introduce myself by saying, "I am Asian." I know I have the best lines. Always.

Same movie night. I especially wore my new pants since my fashion-forward friend was coming. "I wore pants because of Amit." It sounded worse on that night...

Same movie night. Caroline spraying perfume on all of our feet...

Lastly, my roomie and I were fangirl-ing over Connor Shaw on that Tuesday before heading back for Thanksgiving. We planned so many ways to creep on him...LOL. For example, creep on his study room in the library and take a picture outside of the study room with a peace sign; or trying to get close by saying that we were doing a football player related project that requires us to take pictures with all of them...Honestly, I think it was the Red Bull that made me hyper that day.

So. None of these came close to a bee sting. But I hope you enjoyed them.

By the way, I ordered a Christmas gift for my dad today online! He will receive it in two days I believe. He doesn't know about it yet. But I will post more updates once he gets it!

2011-11-28T01:19:00.001-05:00

Today's song:

Life Is Getting Better - Javier Colon (Spotify)

I didn't watch The Voice. But after listening to some of the finalists, I think he has the best voice. This song is really catchy and is optimistic like me. :P The rest of the album is ok. It shows off his great voice, but many of them are kinda generic, as of the rest of the pop music industry. I would say this album is worth listening to and I will keep most of the songs on my iTunes. :)

I'll end this post by saying that I've been unproductive tonight and should probably sleep because that's the most productive thing that I could do right now. Good night.

Leaving holiday unblogged

2011-11-26T01:57:00.001-05:00

CAN'T.

Don't ever leave a holiday unblogged. It's been a week since I last blogged so I have lots to say....I would assume. But it's just been an (almost) wonderful holiday that I can't find anything really eventful/special to say. Maybe I can put up a laundry list of what I did. But seriously, that's like my past boring blogging style. One can always make fun of one's past, right? Anyway. Besides all the deadlines and not-getting-the-laptop-with-Beatsaudio-that-I-wanted, it's been a pretty great holiday. I can make a Black Friday haul post afterwards. But, enjoy your holiday by getting off my blog and go hang out with friends & family!! :P

I'll leave you with today's song (uber festive):

White Christmas (live) - Lady Gaga (Spotify)

It's officially Christmas season after Thanksgiving. So this song fits the occasion. Everyone should also check out A Very Gaga Thanksgiving on Youtube if you missed the live show on Thanksgiving. I'm sure there are a bunch of links for many of her live performances (Marry The Night, You And I, Born This Way, The Edge of Glory, etc) and other specials (cooking with Chef Art Smith, etc).

Christmas Wishlist

2011-11-20T21:12:00.001-05:00

NOT expecting anything from this list from anyone...it's just some things that I really like/want that are (relatively) affordable. In no particular order

1. El Camino album CD by The Black Keys
2. LADY GAGA X TERRY RICHARDSON book
3. Zara combined coat
4. Zara leather pants
5. Zara ankle boots
6. Hufflepuff scarf
7. Urban Decay Naked palette
8. Hunter original tall rain boots
9. Rimmel London Kate Moss lipstick collection
10. sparkly nail polish!

Citadel

2011-11-19T16:38:00.001-05:00

Great day with a great story. Both Jen and I got student section tickets. I'm pretty sure we arrived before 12, but we almost didn't make into the stadium. The cops were closing the fence thing and we had to run to cross it! This one cop almost got me but I made my football move (LOL) and escaped. Poor girl behind me didn't make it. Jen was behind that girl but when that cop caught that girl, Jen made her football move and got in. :)) Anyway. We both brought our non-opened drink this time so we don't have to spend bijilion amount of money on drinks sold in the stadium. And we sat in the fourth roll in the student section! I didn't know how we got those seats after arriving a little late (they already played the national anthem and everything.) But it was pretty awesome. We could see the marching band , cheerleaders, Cocky, Sir Big Spurr, the flags, and pretty much everything. It was great weather too. I only needed my tshirt even though I wore a peacoat there...This was a great experience comparing to the Auburn game we went which we lost and it took forever. :\ Without further adieu, here are some pictures in chronological order!

Cool cop on horseback

Marching band! Where art thou, Daniel???

Our team <3

Our defense player got up after being checked out by doctors

Flag guy! Touchdown!

The school-spirit guy. He's the one that yells everything and then we follow him. Nice pants!

Getting ready for half-time show. Military tribute! There were these planes flying across except I didn't have time to catch that. :\

Balloons in the USA flag colors!

IT'S SIR BIG SPUUUURRRRR! He must be very annoyed at why people put him on that little pole and spin him around once a week.

Connor Shaw! I love our seats...

Yay we won! GO GAMECOCKS!

Stronger

2011-11-17T20:38:00.001-05:00

Today's song:

Marry the Night - Lady Gaga

Too lazy to add the spotify link because EVERYONE should have this song on their iPod. If you know me, you probably know that I'm a die hard Gaga fan. She empowers so many people with her unconventional-ism. She's my inspiration. Her music makes me feel stronger when I'm weak.

It's sort of like my past is an unfinished painting. And as the artist of that painting, I must fill in all the ugly holes and make it beautiful again.

Please enjoy, Marry The Night: The Prelude Pathétique (full music video coming soon). Note: the nurses are her sister Natali (? I think? left) and her mother Cynthia (right).

And here is Gaga reading the forward to her new book LADY GAGA X TERRY RICHARDSON.

I'm a warrior queen, live passionately, tonight.

Third spam of the day

2011-11-16T23:14:00.001-05:00

Today's song:

Lonely Boy - The Black Keys (Spotify)

THIS MUSIC DESERVES ITS OWN POST. 20 days until The Black Keys' new album El Camino?!!!! CANNOT. WAIT. I'm gonna be rocking some garage band music studying for that bio exam on Sat the 10th.

Most anticipated albums of the year for me:
1. Born This Way
2. El Camino
3. Mylo Xyloto
4. Ceremonials
5. Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Others: Suck It And See, Femme Fatale, This Loud Morning, Watching Time Run, blah blah blah

Werelse tshirt contest

2011-11-16T03:26:00.001-05:00

Clockwise from top right: Werelse T-Wave t-shirt || Dannijo Mr Dannijo Sinatra collar || Deborah Lippmann I Love The Night Life nail polish || Burberry lace-up pump (I wanted to get a completely black one..but couldn't find it on Polyvore) || Celine luggage tote || Paloma Venezia Stella ring || Christian Louboutin Vicky suede ankle boots || 3.1 Phillip Lim leather skirt || Bayswater bracelet || Michael Michael Kors faux fur jacket

This is like extremely bad titling. But I'm never good at titling. So. Hehe. I made this today for a contest to win 2 Werelse tshirts. I used the wave one (upper right corner) in my collage. I chose some nice fall colors with the blue ring that pops. Again, used some of my favorite items like that Celine bag. That skirt is like the most "in" skirt length as well. Just below the knees. Chic. Those Burberry pumps/boots look kinda comfy for heels as well. Perfect shoes for stylish student outfits. Also, that fab faux fur jacket. OMG. <3

2011-11-16T03:11:00.001-05:00

Inspiration comes at night.

Usually.

Another Gaga quote here.

I guess the picture ain't right because this line is quoted by Jo Calderone.

Someone should've used a Born This Way era picture.

But whatever.

Another one of my favorite quotes.

Society's projection only takes you down and makes you one of a million.

But you should be free and be the one in a million.

Mother Monster is your protection if you ever feel rejected.

Remember you're a free bitch, baby.

*I never attempt to be poetic. But when I put these in a paragraph, it looks super weird. So..I guess it'll kinda look like a free verse poem. -.- NOT.

I don't know why I like school (skip paragraphs 2 and 3)

2011-11-15T19:40:00.000-05:00

Steph asked me why am I so excited for school. I really don't know. Maybe it's my inner James Franco wanting more education or something.

On one hand, I really really really want to graduate early, you know, so I can take a break from December to May before dental school starts. Then I could travel, or do stuffs that I like that doesn't have to fulfill any requirements of sorts, or maybe do an internship if I'm gonna be overachieving. But my major has so many requirements (66...plus 18 hours for business minor) I have to plan really early like now when I'm a freshman. So pretty much I already have all the classes laid out in front of me and have them arranged tightly in my future semesters in college. If I still want to graduate a semester early, I'll have to take 5 classes every semester and maybe a maymester.

I guess that's pretty normal for anyone who's in my situation. But, one of the reasons I'm majoring in biochemistry instead of biology or chemistry (both have just over half as much credit requirements as mine) is that biochemistry is like double-majoring with some choices, especially for the higher level classes. I don't wanna just major in bio because I kinda like chem...But I don't wanna major in chem because that would be boring. Heh. And that 18 hours of business minor will add some "flavoring" to my all science schedules in the future. I hope they are fun. Even though most people seems to be like, ewww about those all the time.

Umm I've been pretty boring for the last...5 minutes? So when I wanted to write this post, I wasn't gonna write about my major or all these credits that I need to take. I was gonna write about how I want to stay in school for a while. Just to take all the classes that I want to take. Like, learning how to paint and be a pro at it; or studying art history and study abroad for a while; or maybe venture into political science and...women's studies? All the possibilities. Maybe it's just the overwhelmingly amount of things that I actually get to learn in this first semester of college made me think that all classes are gonna be so absorbing and exciting. But seriously. There's so much freedom in college that you can learn just about anything. Am I being overachieving? At this point you might not think that I'm sane.

So if I had the time and money and I didn't have to worry about becoming a successful dentist and feed myself after I graduate, I would love to stay in school for a while and study all the things I like. Kinda like what James Franco is doing. Except I would never study creative writing because I just don't really have the courage to do that and I know I would feel bad for myself if I did. But sadly, in this world, for what I have and who I am, I could not do that. I will have to stick to 4 years of college and get into dental school and all that. All these people who go to graduate school or do something else before going to dental school were actually doing something dental-related, and are mostly, well, not surprisingly, guys. It seems that girls have no time to "waste" before starting to do something that you are gonna do for the rest of your life.

I was so tempted to become an art major or something. Except, art majors actually have so much to do and they have no time to do anything else. So I really wanted to be an art minor before I found the BA minor designed for non-business majors. My parents were strongly against me doing art. They consider it to be "not useful" and thus I should not "waste any time" on it. But art is so useful in so many ways! They just don't understand. My parents also belittle any non-science/business/engineering majors. And they don't understand people who do things they love that do not make money. For them, becoming successful is like, having such a profession that gives you enough money to have a quality life (well of course, it needs to be a "proper" profession not like dealing drugs...) And for every second of your life, you need to be doing something "useful" to achieve this. So I would assume they are happy with my career choice because a dentist fits this concept of a successful career. They always question me if this is what I really like. Because since, if you don't like something, you are not gonna be happy and successful at it at the same time. What they don't understand is, I actually like these really exciting stuff that you get to do when you are a dentist, and that getting to educate your patients about stuff that you know very well is exciting.

Sometimes, to me, they seem to be contradicting themselves. Because they feel the need that I should settle down and be confined to my gender role and at the same time be successful. While that is quite possible, something along the lines of accounting or the pharm program here is most ideal for them. Because then, you don't need to spend forever in school, you will earn good amount of money, you get to move to wherever your future husband need to move to, and your job is stable. But even though they did ask me if becoming a dentist is what I like, they also wonder why I don't like being a pharmacist. They seem to blur out the line between being successful and being happy about something. What I understand from them is, you should be happy if you have any of the "decent" professions. And that is, well, quite unlikely. I think that being a pharmacist is boring and too much memorization and being a accountant is like doing exact same repetitive things for the rest of your life. While those are essential professions, to me, they seem to be very "Asian" professions and are too confined to gender roles.

Anyway. You are probably bored to death and think that I'm insane now. Or maybe not. You could think my parents are tho. But that is just some stereotypical Asian rants I guess. So. to conclude this, I would like to say that I love being a dentist for all the reasons. And I will try to be as un-intimidating as possible.

Diary of the non-listener and not-totally-happy-about-everything-er

2011-11-12T23:10:00.001-05:00

There's always a good and a bad side to everything, or, more accurately, a side I like and another that I don't like about everything. And it's always totally personal. And I would switch between the two feelings and then end up getting caught in my own thoughts. For example, about forensics. I loved forensics. I mean, it's like something that helped me get into college. So I most definitely feel the need to appreciate it. I loved doing it, too. Knowing that I could do something that many other people can't; performing something that I've worked on in front of other people; being slightly good at it; and having a great team that wins at everything. It totally makes me proud. But other times, when I see people who are REALLY good at it, I feel bad for myself, because I would think, wow, I'm never gonna be that good because those people are so into it and are going to become actors and actresses and live off their talents in this. I guess I think about it that way because I was never really really really in love with it and don't have the motivation to really work hard for it. And all these people, who claim they love it so much, do they ever think about what they don't like about it? Would they give up everything for it? I feel that now, so many people would say they "love" something so very much. But how can you have the capability to love all these things equally? I can't. I always find something that I don't like about things and then it declines on my ladder of priorities. And things that keeps getting pushed away from me definitely get much less attention. But I still want to keep up with everything, you know. Like, I wanted to keep up with doing speech and debate except when I find something I find having no "use" to me, I disregard it.

I don't disregard everything that have no "use" to me though. There are friends that I find that have nothing I don't like about them. There are objects that I value dearly but they are obviously not supposed to be important. There are things that I actually enjoy and find no "bad" side to it except money, time, and others. Those cons are mostly non-personal so I always hope that I can get hands on doing it.

But all these "dislikes" about so many things, they are all so personal and I don't think anyone would ever understand why I don't like about so many things. But that's how mind is so strange. (Ok. I need a lol moment in this blog post now: taking PSYC460 next semester!!! XD I'm so learning about all these psychological shit.) There are just things that people don't like and I will never expect people to understand me on those levels. (Aka this links to steph and I's conversation about marriage and children. -.- We oh so mature.)

Something else I didn't like about forensics: there's always people that aren't really pro making negative comments about others. I mean, if you are not good at it, make a comment and tell people it's just you, someone who don't know what they are doing, is saying this. But some people just don't care how much what they say might effect others. They really don't. Especially about judging, and sometimes at practice. Not that I'm saying I'm the best at everything and what I say is correct, because I'm not, and I wasn't even close to, but, some people just think they are. I can comment about judging because I know that a lot of the judges are really not legit. We always blame the judging, and sometimes people are like, suck it up because judging is always gonna be like this at tournaments. But I guess that's one of the reasons I quit. I feel that a lot of people are not being judged equally including me, and you are always supposed to appeal to what other people may like the best, even if those aren't really the most excellent. That's how society works most of the time. There's always judging and it's not gonna be fair most of the time. That's why I want to become a dentist, a profession that is judged fairly most of the time, based on the excellence of your skill, not on its appealing. And I truly hope that I will become great at what I will do for the rest of my life.

If I offended anyone in anyway, please go away and don't talk to me. JK. But seriously. I understand you. You just don't like me this one bit, just like I don't like many other things this one bit. I can get over it. I hope you do too.

I'm really a bad listener. In so many ways. I most definitely talk too much and will die in my own thoughts.

I always start becoming random at the end of posts. So ignore me if you will.

Another theory: life doesn't suck, it's the people in it that sucks. Agree? I don't have anyone in mind while writing this, but I feel that, many people, in general, are just so immature and ridiculous. And some people most definitely are too dramatic about life than they could possibly be. Or if they are actually dramatic like that, they need to worry just a bit about if they are really normal. Omg am I actually abnormal because everyone else seems so ridiculous to me?? OMG mind-blown. JK. It's ok if you've had a bad day due to some personal problems, but one can't possibly have roller-coaster ride mood changes during a day at a high school. I mean, what REALLY happens in a day of high school? Unless you made a 60 on a test and then turned out your teacher gave you the wrong grade (hint hint, I'm being nerdy here), or you thought your friend totally just offended you but then turned out to be a misunderstanding. Nothing really happens in high school. -.- It's usually just some random TINY shit that people can't get over with. I've had dramatic mood-changes during a day. But I guess I never really announce to the world or blame it on the wrong people or something. Or when I do, I'm usually joking and the people that I tell this to know that I'm just being a bit dramatic. But some people are just too ridiculous. And I guess that's why I still hear people screaming in the hall way in my dorm. And then some people actually find these dramatic people really amusing and fun. WTF?

Thanks for reading if you actually came this far. You are truly a great friend, or possibly, a stalker. Bye.

Schedule Fun

2011-11-09T21:09:00.001-05:00

Today's Song:

Inside My Heart - Diego Garcia (Spotify)

<3 him. Chill & sweet songs. That Laura album is just great when you are in a stressed mood. It seems more of a spring/rainy-summer-day album. But whatever. Diego Garcia for every season!

I still have a lot of essays to do. So I'll keep it short. (*hint hint* probably because I didn't finish all of them yesterday????) I signed up for classes today! I was gonna sign up for MGMT371 (it's like, intro management), but I most definitely did NOT see that it's for BA students only. Since I haven't declared my minor, I couldn't really sign up for it. So I switched to my original plan from a few days ago - ACCT222! I was all signed up and even posted my schedule on various social networking sites, then I saw this friend's schedule with PSYC460, which is an honors physiological psych class. It was one of the classes I planned to take in the future. So I was like, fuck accounting, I need some exciting class to take in the spring! So I dropped accounting and called my adviser to put me in honors. :) So now, I have the perfectly science-math-social-science balanced schedule (LOL). Voila!

Who's excited for school?????

*post with DEEP THOUGHTS coming up soon! Hehehehe.

Pretty in Plaid

2011-11-08T20:48:00.003-05:00

Etoile Isabel Marant half sleeve dress, $380
Tsumori Chisato drawstring dress, $475
Siwy open shoulder top, $173
J Crew extra long sleeve shirt, £70
Bb dakota coat, $110
Burberry Prorsum long cape, £2,395
Burberry Prorsum plaid coat, $3,995
H&M ankle length pants, £15
Current/Elliott mid rise jeans, $190
Christian Louboutin flat canvas shoes, $995
Lauren Ralph Lauren low heel boots, $75

On more of those days where I put all my writing ability into college essay-writing, a post like this comes up so I don't have to write too much in a day. :P This my plaid obsession started from several things that I saw, like the beautiful plaid Loubs, Kourtney Kardashian's cut-open shirt, and of course, Burberry's plaid tradition. I am also recently on a hunt for plaid rain boots like this Ralph Lauren one.

Ah, I most definitely sense a plaid day soon. :))) Gotta dig up my statement-making plaid Hollister leggings. <3

***Helvetica font just to go w/ all the hipsterness :)))

The Weekender

2011-11-06T22:11:00.001-05:00

Today's song:

In The Morning - Jack Johnson (Spotify)

All I want to say is...I wish I could wake up in the morning like this..EVERY DAY.

So, this is gonna be a short post. Since I've got tons to do. Isn't that how every Sunday is like though? This weekend, after having really boring straight azn hair for forever, I decided to braid my hair. I'm pretty sure it's like super bad technique since I couldn't see anything and is so NOT pro at this. Cuz I never do anything to my hair. Lulz. But, I took a picture at night after a day of wearing the hair and playing ping pong and shit. It looks messy, but you get the idea.

So I ended up watching hair tutorials on Youtube last night. Hehehe. I always wish my hair was like blonde or highlighted at least so my braid would've looked more interesting. :\

Since my backpack broke down more than a week ago, I've been hopelessly shopping for a tote that can have a dual identity in my life. LOL. Like, it could be a normal purse I wear daily, AND carry books sometimes to classes when I don't have too many stuffs! As much as I love all the beautiful designer leather totes, the price tags always turn me down. I'm always very fond of Fossil's leather goods as they tend to have really good quality and last a very long time. I spotted this red Vintage Re-issue Weekender.

It looks super chic and the red color is very classy. (And it's actually really large) The price tag isn't too bad - slightly over 200 I think? I'm not sure when I will be getting it though. I might spot some other cheaper ones. But whenever a bag is made out of leather, the price always goes up. Hehehe. I also spotted a faux leather bag on H&M.com and it only cost $35. But I'm always skeptical about faux leather even though it's being animal crualty free and good. But. they break easily, that's a fact.

So, I'll keep looking for these and hopefully, I get to go to ATL soon. :P

THE Fall Break post & others

2011-11-04T18:52:00.000-04:00

It's been two weeks since fall break and I'm finally posting this! I know these look uber photoshop-ed. But, whatever. They look moody.

arm party

winter warmth and prints

don't like real pumpkins? here's a fake one that's just as festive

beloved F21 pullover

some fall nail colors

Yeah. They don't look as inspirational now after two weeks. But again, whatever. I will try not to edit them as much next time. However, I don't think my camera has the capability of taking awesome professional pictures that give you goosebumps. So, try to get goosebumps else where.

When I said elsewhere, I meant, here:

Only For A Night - Florence + The Machine (Spotify)

The perfect ginger has done it again. I love this album! Can't stop listening to it. And I am also quite productive while listening to it! How great is that?! I was gonna say, "why is JB selling better than this?!" But turned out, JB fell behind. :P Not that I don't like JB, but I think this has much more quality and creativity than JB's teenage (girls) heartthrob voice.

Oh, and I most definitely do NOT like that Miranda Lambert face on the iTunes music banner. Eww. Who likes country chicks anyway? Also, I feel like this year is like OMG NOVEMBER = CHRISTMAS IS ALWAYS HERE!. -.- So. Not. True. What's up with these Christmas music coming out already? They should at least wait one more month! I've gotten them all but NOT listening until later. It would remind me of this painful upcoming month of studying, paper-ing, and exam-ing.

But guess what? The Black Keys is releasing their next album at the beginning of December!!!! Omg I'm too excited. No one beats their garage-rock-band sound. NO ONE. This totally got me listening to Brothers again. <3 <3 <3 Jack Johnson also had a new single out. Does that mean new album soon??? :DDDD

OK, I'll stop. Whenever I start talking about music I never stop.

Femme Fetale

2011-11-03T22:03:00.002-04:00

Clockwise from top left: Versace for H&M leather jacket, Helmut Lang Cropped Shaggy Pullover, Rimmel Kate Lasting Finish lipstick shade 1, Christian Louboutin Marisa Studded Platform Boot, T by Alexander Wang Chunky Wool Pullover, H&M trousers, Céline Luggage Tote, Zara high-heel court shoe, D&G black sequined skirt, Dannijo Beatrix ring.

I've been feeling like having a post like this since forever ago. Just wanted to show a couple of current "trend" items that would fit together to create this femme fetale look. Don't think I can pull that off. But the thought of this is yummy.

Who doesn't?!

2011-10-26T02:18:00.002-04:00

I guess this counts as a pre-post for my (not so) epic fall break post.

Fashion comes first. So here are two epic couples I spotted on The Sartorialist recently. The Sartorialist is pretty much where I draw a big portion of my fashion/beauty inspirations from. Epic peeps = sparkly bamboozling unicorn amount of amazing thoughts filled in your head (I'm pretty sure that did not make sense but I know you got it.) I am pretty sure after going through like two or three pages of it, you will know what to wear the next day and be a proud Man Repeller (aka my other inspiration aka Leandra from NYC) until you wake up in the morning realizing how mismatched the shit you picked at 2 AM is. But then you are gonna wear it anyway (and probably change outfit before lunch). But with that said, The Sartorialist is totally awesome.

Fresh pattern blocking vs. simplicity from another era? It's totally up to you...who doesn't love looking fresh, cool, mysterious, hipster, or even ridiculous together with loved ones anyway? Even a Man Repeller can have a loved one...*cough cough*...occasionally.

Talking about couples...

(How often do I have to say...I found this picture on Google!) I know Priya LOVES Damon's hair. LOVES. THAT. HAIR. But what can I say? I know this is totally random but I stumbled upon this sexy couple's pix this evening. Oh you'll be amazed at how much random s*** (lol I feel bad for saying it twice in one post...so excuse me) I stumble upon every day...

OK. Now on to not-so-random stuffs. AKA pictures of my sexy self.

Clockwise from top left: Me in Karl Lagerfeld for Macy's dress; Ann Taylor casual button down (similar style here) and houndstooth skirt (similar style here); same shirt and skinny pants which I bought; Forever 21 pullover. Btw if you haven't noticed, all except the last one were taken in a fitting room. Grey is definitely the new black this season. As you can see...I quite like the simple takes on outfits...

Here's another super attractive picture of me and a postcard a friend of mine in Canada sent me...aka Indian Papa (sexy friend with a sexy name. BOOYAH) if I make any future references to him. This picture totally accurately describes our relationship...apart from our obvious sexiness, I also wanted to point out my awesome new nail color (also observed from pictures above). Well...this picture makes it darker than it actually is. But, more high-def. picture will be in my official fall break post.

Alright. It's two in the morning again. Time to show my final epic face. (Who doesn't love to take pictures of their faces in an insomnia moment?! I know I do!!)

I promise that you will NOT sleep very well after seeing this post. Goodnight. Or, good luck.

Oh, I hope you found this post amusing.

2011-10-24T23:40:00.000-04:00

Today's song:

Us Against The World - Coldplay

In the past week, I've been thoroughly enjoying Coldplay's new album, Mylo Xyloto. It's such an awesome album! If you are a Coldplay fan, you probably have gotten that album. But if you are not, YOU SHOULD. It's got every reason to convert you to a Coldplay fan. It's peaceful, serene, and has the usual Coldplay vibe to it. Some Coldplay fans don't like it, but it always happens right? Some fans don't like how some artist/band is changing. But they are not gonna be stuck with the same style for their entire career. So, suck it up.

Btw, if you haven't noticed, I'm pretty much in love with that pair of plaid loubs. It's the must-have for all hipsters. It costs 1000 bucks. But that day will come.

Again, no actor is more hipster and chill at the same time than Ryan Gosling. LOOK AT THOSE PANTS & SHOES & THE COLOR OF THAT BELT! Don't you wish this man is walking to you in real life? A fashionable guy is a must-have for life, I tell ya.

Anyway. Enough of that. I did not take that picture. I repeat, I did NOT take that picture. Omg is that Zara I see in the background? Wish they had a store in SC.

I took a couple of pictures over Fall Break when I went home. When I say a couple, I mean, a couple. Like, two. I will upload those later. Those were pretty much filled with fall flavors. My break went past pretty fast because I was doing something at all times. Like, not staring at my computer and checking facebook. So I'm glad after fall break, my fashion craze went down a bit due to not reading fashion blogs 24/7. So now when I come back and stare at my closet full of plain white printed tshirts, I can suck it up and wear them instead of being fashion forward every day.

Oh, I also stumbled upon this picture on tumblr. Well, it was in my newsfeed from a photographer I follow. But I highly recommend you girlfriends (and my gay friends) to come look at it for a couple of minutes every day. It will give you motivation to study. Seriously, it's James Franco. It's like you are staring at something that you want but will never have, like a Gucci model, or creative writing degreeSSS from like 400 universities, or, for me, double lids.

Sweet dreams, Ladies.

Dream shoes

2011-10-24T12:56:00.002-04:00

Christian Louboutin Rollergirl

2011-10-20T22:47:00.003-04:00

I couldn't think of what to say yesterday. But I guess I will make it up tonight.

Dear Gary,

I wish you could help me with my oratory in my senior year, because I pretty much gave up without you motivating me. I wish you had seen my HI and I wish you were there when I placed at Wake Forest. It was one of the best moments of my life. I remember in my junior year when we went to Wake Forest, you didn't do Oratory so we could break/place. And your DUO was amazing. I wish you could have helped me with writing college essays, because you have no idea how much I miss your writing. I wish you could be there online, late at night, when I was cramming for college exams. Then you might be studying orgo chem. You would take intense naps and then wake up early in the morning, and I would still be awake at that time. Then you would tell me to go to sleep because, now, all others can do is to only keep me awake. I wish you could come to USC, but you were destined to go to much better places I'm sure. Because then I could ask you all these questions like a high school freshman again. I wish I would talk to a random person and they happened to know you, and then I could come and tell you. I wish I could listen to K-pop again without thinking about you. But I guess that's good in another way. I wish you could still blog and then I would get inspired and blog more often. At least that's what I'm trying to do now. I wish I could show you my new blog layouts every time I get a new one. I wish we took more pictures without me looking retarded in them. I wish I could wear my own yellow hoodie so you could ridicule me or we could just look stupid at the same time. I wish I could ask you about azn hair highlighting techniques. I wish you could give me a bony hug when I see you. I wish you could tell me what to do.

I know none of these make much sense and I'm like writing whatever comes to mind. But I just wish you were here, Gary.

Love & miss you forever & always,
The silly Eileenie

Good stuff that popped up recently.

2011-10-18T17:41:00.000-04:00

A few of some really nice stuff that came up recently. I just wanted to share them on here.

New Dolce&Gabbana The One ad with Scarlett Johansson. That's one of my favorite scents!!! I have to say, she def. embodies the brand and the concepts perfectly. See the uncut video here.

Spotted this on The Glitter Guide. While I'm on my journey to find the perfect pink nude, red, and dark sophisticated lipsticks, this does kinda work as a guide for how to wear them, no? What lipcolors define you all ladies?

Whaddup Macy's? The Giambattista Valli for Impulse will debut later this month! Ahh it's after I come back from fall break! Dammit! Y'all know my love for leopard prints and this coat is just one of the many wonderful pieces from that collection! You can check it out here before it comes out next week (click Giambattista Valli under Coming Soon and select preview the collection).

Then there's the Versace for H&M going on sale in November! I'm pretty much in love with these signature Versace leather jacket and prints right now. Can't wait to see the collection in person!

So I know this doesn't do anything for me but, James Franco (my fav smile <3) is recently featured in Gucci's Made to Measure ad campaign. The porfolio will come out in next week/month's magazines I believe. It also shows Gucci's awesome suiting abilities. (Wait, James Y U NO smile in this pic? Alright I'm gonna add another)

There we go.

Movie review: Drive

2011-10-17T20:30:00.002-04:00

Ok. So this is the Drive post.

Even though it's been a month but I still remember the plot and most of the scenes clearly. It's a very well-acted art house crime film. So, if you are looking for hot girls, amazing car chase all around, bad ass muscle men, or epic processed graphics to entertain yourself, I don't recommend. It is pretty much realistic like how crime films usually are, very raw. But it's also artistic as in the way it's filmed. There aren't many dialogues going on between characters comparing to many crime films, especially few coming from the driver (Ryan Gosling). I can say that he spoke only for 10 min max in the whole movie. So, I would say it's different from what I usually enjoy in some great movies - gritty dialogue.

However, this lack of dialogue thing contributes significantly to the film's pacing. It's a rather slow film, especially its first half that provides emotional buildup for the second half. In the first half, there is very few dialogue. And whenever there is one, it's calm and peaceful. You always find yourself staring at the driver driving the same car at night. Sorta gives you the routine and normal life feel. I think it makes the film especially realistic for the time it spend on these things. Because when you are talking to someone else, or experiencing something new and exciting, it usually goes by really fast. But when it falls back to the daily routine - driving to work and home, you feel time goes by slower. And the first half the film spend a lot of time showing those moments in the driver's life. It grows deep down in you and allows you to fully emerge your brain into the reality of his life. It also shows a lot of moments when he's staring into space thinking. After he meets the girl (Carey Mulligan), there are more peaceful yet sometimes awkward moments he shares with her and her son.

The second half of the films feel faster because of all the events happening one following another, almost spontaneously. And the emotions and anticipations that lead to this from the first half works perfectly. Even though there is few dialogues between the driver and the girl (gosh I forgot her name), the facial interactions and how much he cares for her son are perfect. It shows that he is a man of action. All the killings in the second half (is this a spoiler? I guess a crime film needs to have a lot of killings anyway...) are portrayed very raw as well. They are not glorified or hid graphically from the audience. They are truthful. Even though you pretty much anticipate them, they still get to you every time. I love the ending as well. Reminds me of a certain other movie...(lol try not to be spoiling here...)

Overall I thought it was fantastic. Some of its moments are certainly memorable. I can't really think of anything similar to it! I recommend it to all movie lovers. But when I say "movie lovers", I mean like, true movie lovers. Not the just seeing the big budgets hits & fails kind.

Alright is that good enough? I did not proofread so...it may sound funny at times.

Craving polish - Part II

2011-10-15T17:01:00.000-04:00

So ALL the polishes on that last post cost more than $10. I'm not saying that they don't worth that much $$$. But for the same price...you can purchase maybe two or three of the following polishes...as I arranged them from dark to light (generally)

OPI I Brake For Manicures - deep eggplant-plum, almost black/grey

China Glaze Midtown Magic - so hard to describe what this is...but isn't it MAGICAL?! *I did not take this pic

China Glaze Concrete Catwalk - awesome dup for Deborah Lippmann's Stormy Weather - dark grey

Nicole by OPI Nicole's Nickel - sparkly! silver! statement! *again, picture found by Googling.

OPI Your Royal Shine-ness - shimmery/glittery (the picture may look metallic, but it's more shimmery than metallic)

OPI Crown Me Already - silver sparkles, good on top of every color!

Last, but not least,
OPI Silver Shatter - CRACKLE!

Hard to tell which one is my fav. But I might get I Brake For Manicures since it's such a statement polish, But I would also pick a sparkly one because those are must-haves!

You Like?

Craving polish

2011-10-15T13:07:00.002-04:00

I don't think I am a nail polish junkie yet (since I resist myself NOT to paint my nails like twice a week or more frequently), but surely I spend a lot of time on reading these reviews and looking at swatches for future reference. But today, I just wanna show some Deborah Lippmann polishes & a few others that I have a craving for. If you are interested, you should see swatches for these colors! They are even prettier on nails than in the bottle.

Stormy Weather - creamy "edgy granite"

Dark Side Of The Moon

I Know What Boys Like

Lady Is A Tramp

Now some glitters! Deborah Lippmann has like the best glitter polishes because they aren't chunky and apply smoothly and MOST IMPORTANTLY, last longer than most other brands' glitter polishes.

Bad Romance

Glitter In The Air

Lady Sings The Blues

Ruby Red Slippers

Today Was A Fairytale

Oh Snap MAGNETIC polish!!!!! Before I could make up my mind to buy Crackle polishes...these even more AMAZING ones came out! *must resist*

See how it looks w/ the effect + how to do it here!

Butter London Wallis!!! It's like the perfect fall look.

So pretty much most of the ones I showed here are like dark colors. But dark colors are perfect for fall/winter! & They make a statement. That's right!

Right on time! NOT.

2011-10-15T01:02:00.001-04:00

Today's song:

Oohs and Ahhs - Needtobreathe (Spotify)

After listening to the album, this song and Maybe They're On to Us are like the two songs that stood out to me. Glad Needtobreathe is back. Fun fact of the day: They are from SOUTH CAROLINA. OH SNAPS. #scpride

Anyway. So my day was occupied by a silly chem lab report (it wasn't even about chemistry + it took literally the WHOLE day!), calling credit card company, and some chitchat w/ buds. Nothing really fresh. OH, I feel much better now, thanks to my friends' concerns.

I saw an article saying something like optimism is due to brain defect? WTF? Only people w/ brain defect would research on this kind of stuff! I tell ya!

Yeah. So pretty much nothing REALLY happened today. Goodbye.

2011-10-13T22:43:00.002-04:00

Today's song

My Racing Thoughts - Jack's Mannequin (Spotify)

I've been wanting this album for a while since I listened to it on Spotify. And I finally got it today! I just randomly selected a song to put up here. Hope you like it. They are like my perfect walk-to-class music.

So today is totally fucked up. Well, not totally. There are sweet parts. But I always talk about the bad parts first. So today is like my body's epiphany of like..."I should be sick today!" I felt pretty much normal in bio today and the material is interesting so I actually didn't fall asleep. Then after I started walking to English my nose got ahead of me and started...well...running...In the afternoon it's like, headache time! And everything basically gradually started hurting more and more and now, my body decided to be EPIC TROLLING SCREW YOU TIME!

But then there's also the bright side. THERE'S ALWAYS THE BRIGHT SIDE. To make them easier to read, I'll make them into a list. BAMMM.

So my freaking electric blue nail polish chipped off within a weak, but then I put this lilac shimmer on and it's now purple!!!
Got three new albums! Music is always a plus.
I started my vegetarian week today for Gary. #wearingthatbracelet
I found my new nail obsession blog among other fashion blogs
PRI started talking to me about HOT GUYS right before I wrote this post and inspired me to write this post and HOT GUYS MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER.

The end.

Mixed Emotions

2011-10-12T23:54:00.000-04:00

Today is so confusing. So when I woke up this morning at 6, my throat felt absolutely weird. It wasn't like it's sore or anything. I just felt there was something there preventing it to be normal. Then I struggled to stay awake to last-minute cram some Wagner, which felt totally unnecessary after I took the exam. And then I went down stairs to take the exam that took extra long. It was like 4 pages of writing...by hand! And he basically put all the questions from the quiz and then a bunch of The Ring interp questions that we discussed in class. But he wanted us to answer most of them in 2-4 sentences which was impossible. Anyway. It was way too much brain-emptying and writing. After one and half hour of that, I went to chem which was like brain refilling. We did a bunch of acid/base buffer stuff that I totally didn't get when learning them in high school. But at least that was helpful except the total brain-filling part after emptying. Believe me, it was a terrible feeling. It makes your brain's knowledge processor feel upside down and might shut down at any time. At least after chem, I got to come back to my dorm and enjoy some time of peace. But then, I realized I had to proof read this over 1000-word chem lab conclusion which is totally confusing. It brain-fried me yesterday to write it already. There are like so many chemical equations in there and reading notsoawesome scientific stuff especially procedures is never my favorite. That took like an hour with all the procrastinations. Then I had to cram some chem for the recitation I had this afternoon. At least that was easy and non-brain-refilling. The quiz was easy and lab was easy. I got back and like died. I don't remember what I did at all between coming back from lab and crashing in my bed with my jeans on and listening to Pink Floyd. Then I woke up at like 8 at night. I still felt semi-sick and brain-jammed. But I had to get dinner right? After more boring-stories-I'm-not-gonna-write-about (which includes me hating on how Chick-fil-A at USC doesn't provide lemonade any more and them running out of Chick-fil-A sauce), I ended up here.

Well there was some bright sides of today. Especially since I just downloaded iOS5. My iTunes has been refusing to update itself since summer. So I finally decided to uninstall all the Apple stuff on my computer and reinstall all of them to remove that updating problem from its roots. Thank God nothing got erased. All my album arts are still there. Yays. I would die if I had to look for them AGAIN. And then it took me some time to install the new iPod software and putting all the music back on my iPod but the machine does it all. No manual labor. Hooray!

Today's song:

Did I have time to jam to music? NO. Well...maybe those few musics of Pink Floyd...

Farewell

2011-10-11T21:16:00.000-04:00

Today's song:

Into the Sun - The Parlor Mob (Spotify)

Get it for free on iTunes this week! This song pretty much helped me get into the intense studying mode that I had this afternoon while writing my over 1000 word chemistry lab report conclusion, which means it's an awesome song. Lol all you can.

So I realized I haven't titled my blog posts in forever. So I did today...Basically, Stephen Garcia is dismissed from our team (again). But it's pretty much over for him (lol love how I sounded just like Nathan right here) this time. OK, if you don't know who Stephen Garcia is, Google it. JK. He's our quarterback. He's like a 5th year senior or something and he's been having problems in all his Gamecock career outside of the field. I mean, he did pretty well when I wasn't a Gamecock. But this year he disappoints me. Like, you know, the only game I went to, my first football experience, and we lost!!! WTF. And he already has a degree here or something. WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE. Doubt that he'll get into NFL next year...We'll see...Farewell, Garcia. Herro, Shaw!

Anyway. I've never bothered about high school football cuz we failed hahaha. No one went to our games. But I'm totally going to Target this weekend w/ Jen to see if they have some awesome Gamecocks hoodies. Our school store has really limited styles for some reason...

Mhmm...need to study for my Wagner midterm. Farewell!

2011-10-09T23:12:00.002-04:00

Today's song:

Ghost Towns - Radical Face (Spotify)

I can't find that album anywhere!!! :'((( But go get that song today or tomorrow on iTunes cuz it's free for now! :D

So this weekend isn't totally bad. On the bright side, I have been far more productive than the past weekends. I did most of what I wanted to do. However, I totally got a student section ticket on my first try to the Kentucky game but I couldn't go because of all the work!!! :'( And then Connor Shaw beasted and we won 54-3! How epic is that?!! Life is unfair.

So for school, I get to email this director of East Asian Studies at University of Heidelberg about my research paper on Wagner in China because my professor already contacted her asking her permission for me to email her. (Why do all European stuff sound so intense?) Apparently she's super busy and writes super short emails. So wish luck to me haha. I truly hope that she can help me with what I'm doing right now.

Did I say I'd post a review on Drive? I swear I will do that soon.

2011-10-06T23:07:00.004-04:00

Today's song:

The Walk - Mayer Hawthorne (Spotify)

Motown charm. Too bad I can't find the album anywhere. It's not on Spotify yet!!! :\

So I totes just got two As on the two papers I turned in for Linguistics this week. Just made up for my 89 on the miterm #1.#likethewaycollegeworks

So I'm too used to taking naps because of the lack of classes in the afternoon aka my sleepy time of the day. Need to get rid of this bullshit habit. There was also a fire in front of Russell House for fun today. Many little children watched it and cried (probably because of the smoke). Well too bad for them. And I am also craving for some Sobe Life Water right now.

Ok. Enough randomness. Gotta go back to researching about Wagner in China. -.- Movie review post for Drive will be up soon. The Ides of March is premiering tomorrow!

2011-10-04T23:55:00.002-04:00

Today's song:

Hammer and Strings [A Lullaby] - Jack's Mannequin (Spotify)

Jack's Mannequin had a new album released last month (according to iTunes. But it just surfaced like today! Weird...). Not just another alternative band! They can be pop, lullaby-y, rock, and indie! Def. go listen to People and Things - a more mature record.

I feel like I haven't blogged about fashion in forever. So here's the thing. Fashion weeks are honestly super overwhelming. So many brands, designs, and models in so little time. I've gone over most of the designers that I like. But I haven't had time to put any of my favorites up, or, even had the time to pick out my favs.
In New York, not many were as impressive as the Fall/Winter 2011 collections. The ones worthy to notice were OdlR, Marc Jacobs, Marchesa, Prabal Gurung, Proenza Schouler, Diane von Furstenberg, Jason Wu, and Victoria Beckham, with OdlR's fitted suits and evening dress, Marc Jacobs' casual wear, and Marchesa's gowns being my fav. Jason Wu and Diane von Furstenberg were also youthful; and VB had a nice twist on sportswear.
In London, I didn't even pay much attention since it's the shortest of the four. Burberry was awesome as usual. (I still liked their fall collection much better tho...) Erdem and Christopher Kane were the next two that could make it into two three. The others were either not impressive or...

Anyway. Like I said, I've seen many Milan and Paris shows except there are too much awesomeness to talk about tonight in this post. These two are like true definition of high fashion. When I become more free next week or so, I'll do a more detailed post about those two fashion weeks. *hint hint* Dolce&Gabbana ;)

2011-10-03T12:13:00.000-04:00

Today's song:

Whole Love - Wilco (Spotify)

I'm bad at commenting on music. But Wilco is pretty much awesomesauce. So I'll shut up about it and you should just listen for youself.

Bad Saturday. I almost already wiped that memory clean. But then I saw the pictures I took. I love my team! (unedited pictures are taken by me)

2011-09-30T00:11:00.002-04:00

Today's song:

Metal Tiger - Extra Clasic (Spotify)

Continuing with my indie recs...:P

Staying up trying to get a ticket when they went on-demand last night had serious side-effects...aka almost falling asleep in an 8 AM bio class after skipping two days of it, having to take a nap before going to see bio prof in the afternoon, and uncountable yawns throughout the day. Curse you TicketReturn.com. If I had money, I would much prefer buying my own tickets instead of having to deal with you for every game.

Me who has the MOST school spirit of all finally bought a USC tee. I got all my previously owned USC merchandise for free...The color actually looks good on me which is surprising. (You know how I never own dark reds in my closet.) I'm also thinking about getting a pair of TOMS after getting paid yesterday! Except shipping fee is like...9 bucks. -.- But I might instead get a pair of rain boots first...Idk.

BUT I'M GOING SHOPPING THIS SUNDAY. IN CHARLESTON. They have a NORMAL Sephora (instead of a tiny one in JC Penny...*cough cough*), Forever 21, and Urban Outfitters! (QQ Y U NO have H&M.) I hope that will be a productive day. :P

Gotta sleep early today! So much to do over the weekend and the next week...

Puff...

2011-09-28T00:57:00.000-04:00

Today's song:

Meant - Elizaveta (click here for Spotify link)

This is like classical music + pop + kind of indie. She has a pretty awesome voice and her style is refreshing. :) I started adding Spotify links because Spotify is awesome and allows you to listen to the whole song! EVERYONE GO GET SPOTIFY NOW.

My title kinda revealed what I wanted to say today...I finally got my Pottermore welcome email yesterday and since it's been knocking me off the site every now and then and not allowing me to get into Gringotts, I decided to try again today. So I finally found the shopping list and got sorted. So turned out I'm a puff. I was pretty disappointed at first but all kinds of coincidences wanted me to embrace my puffiness. :P I'll try to be a good Hufflepuff.

While at Diagon Alley, I also got a cute Tawny Owl! It's the next cutest thing since they don't have snowy owl like Hedwig. I'm not a cat person and toads are neither useful nor cute, so owl is the best choice. :) I also got my wand - Hornbeam, dragon core, 12 1/2 inches, and pliant. <3 <3 <3 This is too exciting. :P I haven't brewed any potions yet because it is harder than our chemistry/meth labs in real life. Lolz

I had my birthday last week! It was a pretty awesome birthday. :D This will be my last year as a teenager! + Say hi to my new cute Pillow Pet!!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3

2011-09-20T12:14:00.001-04:00

Today's song:

Junk of the Heart (Happy) - The Kooks

This song does make me happy on the recently gloomy days in Columbia. :) The Kooks has changed in their style throughout the years. (As do all artists, no?)

So I had three exams/quizzes yesterday! I'd say that I survived my first intense-college-exam day hahaha. I'm pretty happy about how I did on them. I think I got all As. :) I also got an A on last week's genetics exam! Yay for As! I also took the free DAT test on Saturday morning (uh!) from Kaplan. Hahaha I had no clue about the orgo chem section but it was a good preview of the test. :)

Alright gotta go longer blog post later!

2011-09-06T20:26:00.002-04:00

Today's song:

Dance Little Liar - Arctic Monkeys

Who doesn't LOVE Arctic Monkeys?! There are so many other songs I am choosing from...it's hard to decide! But this is definitely one of my favorite. After all this time, I still can't believe such a "young" (as in age) band can sound so "old" in a way! Love them. Love Alex Turner. Love the fact that he's single now. :P <3 <3 <3

Also, you MUST check out Alex singing Suck It And See live.

More on college life:

I went talking to my professor this morning and he recommended me going to the writing center. So I went this afternoon. I wasn't expecting much but it was a really nice experience! The professor/consultant was super nice and we got a lot done in 45 minutes. After I got back, I worked on my essay again and it sounds so much better now! :D (:P Maybe yall will see the change in my writing sometime in the future..) In this morning's office hour, I also talked to my professor about my presentation/research paper and he gave lots of advices and some really interesting potential topics. :) Me loves college.

2011-09-06T00:21:00.000-04:00

Ahh almost forgot about this!

HOW EXCITING IS THIS?!

Michelle is definitely one of those few actresses who are young and actually good at acting. Can't wait until it comes out!

Aka: Me obtainz Jane Eyre da movie. Need to finish da book soon.

Labor Day weekend

2011-09-05T23:59:00.000-04:00

Today's song:

Someone New On My Mind - Lex Land

Lex Land has a beautiful and very 'indie' voice. I picked this song particularly because her voice is the perfect fit for the song. The lyrics kinda have the Adele-feel to it. But her voice is airy and certainly very different from Adele's. Give it a try!

So Labor Day weekend = first weekend I went back to Greenville after college started! :) I headed back on Thursday afternoon since my only class on Friday got canceled. Four day weekend ftw! I stayed in Greenville most of the time (thanks to the new Location feature for reminding me..) and definitely went shopping! I didn't know Karl Lagerfeld for Macy's already came out OMG. So I picked out some of them and tried them on because they are ah-mazing (as are the price tags..).

Really nice shirt that doesn't need to be ironed. Once of my fav.

This shirt is like a must have to show your love for Karl. Except I thought it was quite long (see I wore it as a dress...). Well it looked awesome on models.

My favorite from the collection - da sweater dress! This picture definitely does not do it justice (as I look fat and old in it). I tried on small but it was a little large. The sleeve designs are just fantanstic so is the black&white pattern. The material is non-itchy for someone like me who have sensitive skin. Just wish the price was like...one third or half as much...then I would definitely grab it!

Cute dress! But the split in the middle is a little weird as it becomes ginormous if I stretches. But the hem is very well designed.

I also tried on other ones but the pictures do not do them any good. I wish I tried on the entire collection! Even though not all of the designs go with my current basic/laid-back style-loving, but...it's Karl! Who can resist?!!

Ok, well I could've gotten the simple shirt because it goes with many things (but then I needed to get something else to wear inside of it because it is transparent..)

But I do really like how my new Express cardy stands out with it.

In the end, I just got some nice, basic, and not-so-expensive Hollister tank tops at the mall along with the cardy. Then I went to get some running shoes from Reebok and shorts from Nike. It was indeed a productive weekend. :) :P

Finally, some updates on college! Haha. I really like my life here. Only complaints are:

HOT Columbia weather
super long time wasted on waiting on meals and that stupid meal plan
some noisy neighbors with crazy girls over
not being able to *cough cough insert illegal action here* movies and shows
having to wake up super early for my super early classes especially some with some boring professor
not enough yummy snacks within reach..

Can't think of anything else? I consider myself a pretty much optimistic person so those are just some minor issues. :) I like most of my classes very much! Reading about differences in American and British English or about Wagner's influence is fun and on the other hand forces me to read more for my own good.

Eww it's gonna rain tomorrow. :'( Gon' be all nasty and stuff.

Also. Just saying. I am very much in love with the new posting layout. It makes everything much more convenient. Thanks, Blogger.

Update...

2011-08-31T18:29:00.006-04:00

Today's song:

Thing About Us - Steve Moakler

Steve Moakler is such a talented artist. After weeks (I know!) of not getting amazing new music, I got really addicted to his music. He has an amazing voice and writes awesome lyrics. He doesn't really have a genre as I've heard pop, alternative, and maybe even soul in his music. But his voice suits whatever he writes. Also, be sure to try his older album All the Faint Lights. It is also available on Spotify to listen for free.

Today's outfit (I'm not gonna promise that I will post this more often because I won't):

Lauren by Ralph Lauren top, Gap 1969 Legging Jean

gifted studded oxfords

nail color: OPI Dulce de Leche with Blue My Mind in dots

I love this pair of Gap jeans but they stretch easily so after wearing it for a day, it will fit too loose for me on the second day. Basically if I need to wear it again I have to wash it beforehand. But this pair of legging jeans can be styled easily. It looks cropped after several washes and to pair it up with the nude colored oxfords, I rolled the hem up a little bit just for fun. I can imagine in winter I can wear colorful socks with it! :D I am also pretty obsessed with high-rise pants/jeans. I really want to find a perfect pair of high-rise light-washed flare jeans but it's very difficult.

This is my first time doing this manicure so it looks rather crappy. I saw this manicure style somewhere online from some fashion show, but I can remember where. They did a nude colored polish with dark green gem stone color dots. I tried with my new OPI metallic/semi-sparkly blue. It kinda worked out because of the pink undertone in the nude color. But I wish I had done it better. Next time I'll try to change the color of the dots maybe to red or more bright matte colors to see the effects. Those might work better as well.

I am also looking into a new pair of running shoes since I'll start working out after this labor day weekend. The pair I own is 4 years old and parts of the soles are almost worn-out. But work out shoes need to have their own fashion statement too! It's hard to find pairs that aren't too pricey and pretty and fit comfortably. Wish me luck!

In my recent hunt for new cosmetics goods, I am really hoping to get bright red lipsticks for fall. I am looking at tarte for True Blood limited edition LipSurgence, Urban Decay Super-Saturated High Gloss Lip Color, and Sephora Collection's Rouge Cream Lipstick. Obviously Sephora has the cheapest one that is a little over half of the price of the other two. But the UD one is a really good buy right now and works super well. I also kinda want the tarte for True Blood just because I'm addicted to True Blood hahaha. I'll try them out at Sephora next time I go there. Other than these choices, NARS and Make Up Forever also have relatively affordable ones comparing to Dior and YSL who have the best lipsticks.

For eye colors, fall is all about the natural look and androgyny look. So I don't think I'll need to add many in my bag as long as my Lancome palette does not run out.

Well...this post was intended for a update of college life...and I just wasted everything on makeup. :\ Maybe I'll talk about that more after the organization fair in early September. But in general, college has been pretty awesome. Most my classes are cool and so different from those in college. It's great to have a change! Also, I got three posters in my room! (Did I say that? I think I didn't.) A Gaga-Born This Way poster, a James Dean my favorite quote poster, and a Fight Club poster! Can't find a picture on my laptop right now but I'll update when I do!

Currently addicted: Bones, True Blood (obviously). I wanna see more of Boardwalk Empire. But Dexter, The Vampire Diaries, among other shows are coming back! Oh snap!

USC: A Gallery

2011-08-24T12:29:00.005-04:00

Now some colorful ones!

2011-08-12T22:10:00.000-04:00

Goodbye, Greenville.

In other words, GG.

-Eileen

2011-08-05T23:38:00.005-04:00

So many movies, so little time.

Saw a preview and some short clips of Jane Eyre today.
LOVE the chemistry between the leads and,
therefore,
the lack of it between Jane and St. John Rivers.
(Even though he should be much more competitive in attractiveness I assume?)
But who cares?
Eileenie LOVES decent adaptations of classics.

Previously: Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen as Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in 2005 adaptation of "Pride & Prejudice"

First look:

Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle aka Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises
which will be released in summer, 2012.

There was a video shot by some random people of the filming of a public brawl led by Batman (Christian Bale) and Bane (Tom Hardy) with a police officer (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) in the scene as well. It may be spoiling, so I am not linking you. But I assure you it's super awesome + there was also Marion Cortillard dressed nicely and trying to get into a muscle-y tank.

2011-08-02T23:57:00.003-04:00

Today's song:

Ships In the Night - Mat Kearney

Mat Kearney has like a special vibe in his music. His new album Young Love released today is definitely a great representation of his style. Check out his other albums too.

*I felt I wrote too much in the past week. It was great taking a break.

2011-07-31T22:53:00.005-04:00

Finally finished alcoholEdu!!! It took me like 4 hours since I kept getting distracted and the online course website then gets logged off itself. -.- But I'm glad I learned how to save a friend when he/she is alcohol-poisoned...

Also sorta had a semi-workout since I went yard-working this morning. It wasn't too tiring but it needed a lot of focus in order for me to get rid of the unwanted vegetation in our pumpkin/squash (I would call it squash since it's Chinese pumpkin and def. looks different from the round and orange American ones..) field.

So today was productive.

For the next less-than-2-weeks-before-move-in days, I'm gonna go shopping for dorm stuffs and my mom call it a little new life that I'm starting there. It's gonna be fun.

Today's song:

Shuffle a Dream - Little Dragon

Listening to sexy and chill electronic music while blogging on a rainy night is heaven. Little Dragon is a Swedish band (listen to that sound! where else can that music be produced?!) fronted by Swedish-Japanese lady Yukimi Nagano. I found out about them since Apple has their new album on the front page. They are purely awesomesauce! Very chill yet NOT boring. I got all of their albums and will be listening to all of them tonight. :)

Explanation of my absence #2: Shopping

2011-07-31T22:01:00.006-04:00

No matter how cheap/expensive things are in China, I spent a lot of time finding stuff I need to buy. Price for things certainly differ a lot from the ones in the States based on availability and the subject's appeal.

For example, can you believe this nice-looking glass of (non-alcoholic) beverage is served in Pizza Hut? (And the nice pot of fruit tea behind it too.)

Pizza Hut is considered a very nice restaurant in China. When I went that Sunday, I had to wait for my named to be called outside in order to go in and have lunch. Not only was there 10 more groups of people before me, but also one of the groups is a 10-kids B-day pack. The food there are...expensively priced as well. I believe this glass of fruit punch cost above 20 yuan, which is about 3 bucks. This sounds at least reasonable in US. However, Chinese people, in average, earn at least 1/4 as much money as people here, I believe. So...do you still want a glass of fruit punch now? It was really delicious though.

I also got a really nice Swarovski necklace (ha, I think that was the cheapest I saw in the store?) It cost like $100. It looks great with casual and more formal outfits. And the strings that came with it are adjustable in length. :) Too bad this picture definitely does not do it justice.

Anyway. There ARE cheap stuffs in China too! :D I bought these cute tiny purses and the basket underneath as well. Those pouches cost like $1.50 and the basket cost $6. :)) They look quite chic and lovely to me.

I also got some REALLY cute pens! They can tots be accessories on desks. Esp. the red one has Priya's funny eyelashes. :P

I went shoes shopping as well. I totally needed some wedges and I got them. :) Sandal wedges are the best! They are actually quite comfy and are in a more nude/milky color than the white color in the picture.

I also got oxfords!!! Those are nice-looking at any time. I LOVE the studs on the back. As soon as I saw them I bought them hahaha. I saw this pair of really nice pumps on sale the other day but I didn't bring any money with me at the time. :\ They were also nude and has really nice cheetah detail on the back and the heels!
I also went to other places mentioned in a previous post. But I will put up a picture of the dress I bought in the next post!

2011-07-30T22:23:00.002-04:00

Today's song:

Back To Me - 3 Doors Down

Nothing surpasses romantic rock music. I'm a big 3 Doors Down fan and this new album is amazing. Most of the tracks are great. "What's Left", "My Way", "Back To Me", are my favorite ones among others.

Long time, no movie review..

2011-07-29T23:51:00.008-04:00

I saw many genre of movies since I got back earlier this month. Most of them are movies that were released this year. Thus I felt like doing a little movie review thing for a post. Just for fun.

True Grit: I'm never really a Western fan. But after I cautiously decided to try this movie, I felt I really liked it. It has a Western setting, but every character in the movie is truly very well-developed and is not stereotypical at all. I loved Mattie's stubbornness, Cogburn's old/arrogant/drunk/true grit, LaBoeuf's (awesomeness overall because it's Matt Damon!!!), Tom Chaney's dark craziness, Lucky' awesome pants. The costume design is also really great. The directing by the Coen brothers is fantastic as usual. It is definitely a movie I recommend and I'm hoping to watch it again with my family.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: How can one NOT love an awesome HP finale?! Priya and I had HP movie marathon right before going to the theater to see the midnight show. Now I can finally proudly say that I've gone to a midnight show and IT WAS HARRY POTTER! It was definitely the best HP movie ever made. And its quality is not just above average HP movie qualities, it is crazy good and should be nominated for awards. There are so many proud moments in this movie/book! Some of my favorites include: when Mrs Weasley curses and kills Bellatrix (such an awesome character HBC has portrayed as well!), when Neville killed Nagini, and when Prof. McGonagall said that she had always wanted to use that spell (to call out the knights to protect Hogwarts). Its plot is closely adjacent to the one in the book, and the way it was shot was fantastic. I will also watch this and the Part 1 movie again together with my mom since I've been giving her HP speeches since I was little and she loves Dobby.
I also remembered to finally watch Reservoir Dogs (b/c I'm a die-hard Quentin fan and a Tim Roth fan.) Just like all the other Tarantino films, it used non-linear narration and I loved it. (It is definitely very...bloody.) All the characters are very well portrayed esp. Mr White (Harvey Keitel), Mr Pink (Steve Buscemi), Mr Blonde (Michael Madsen, also in Kill Bill), and Mr Orange (Tim Roth, also in Pulp Fiction). If you are a Quentin fan, you probably have already seen this. But if you are not, watch it.
Source Code: Surprisingly good. Well...Jake Gyllenhaal is like super hot so...Yeah. I thought it would be another big budget crazy storyline movie but it turned out to be great. (Well I kinda did not like the parallel universe thing b/c it was also in Fringe which confused me...) But other than that, it's a carefully and well made movie. Watch it if you wanna get smitten by Jake again. :P
Unknown: Heh. It definitely has some of my favorite actors in it - January Jones, Diane Kruger, and Liam Neeson. And it has a relatively decent storyline that kept you guessing. But to be, the action scenes are distracting and didn't do much good for the movie's own excitement. Surely you can watch it for fun though.
The Adjustment Bureau: The story and the weird religious thing kinda suck. But Matt Damon and Emily Blunt show awesomeamazingfantastic chemistry. (Well I've always been a Damon fan. And it made me want to watch more movies by Blunt.) Yeah. I don't know why author wrote this book in the first place. The belief in one can control his own fate? I'm not a religious person so I don't wanna judge. But again, the two leads made the movie worth it.

By the way, I also wanted to talk about some other stuff that I've been wanting to watch/watching.

Boardwalk Empire: all the awards it gets make me wanna watch it. And I first perceived it kinda similarly to Mad Men. It also has the crazy good costume design and the convincing performance by the leads (I started watching after seeing Buscemi in Reservoir Dogs). It's definitely something you should try. Especially if you love Mad Men and excitement.
Ha, I can't believe I want to see Cowboys & Aliens. WTH? I'll tell you how I think after I've seen it.
Jane Eyre will be released on DVD soon and I really want to see it. (Can you believe that I've never read it?) I already downloaded it on my Kindle and I will read it as soon as I finish No Impact Man. Gosh boring environmentally inspired books!! I'm so glad the author isn't too boring. But anyway. After I finish reading Jane Eyre, the DVD will probably be out so I can watch it. It had a limited release in theaters so not many people have seen it. But I heard Mia W*****************'s and Michael Fassbender's performances are great but St. John Rivers' actor choice wasn't the best. But I just wanna see it because it's, well, Jane Eyre.
I also kinda lost interest in big budget comic hero stereotypical movies. Gimme some motivation please.

2011-07-29T23:27:00.004-04:00

I'm truly amazed by the amount of upcoming movies
that I'm actually interested in.

And this time,
Gary Oldman returns

Not as Sirius Black, but as a spy (as well as Jim Gordon...)

This might also be this year's greatest ensemble cast.

Ever.

2011-07-29T00:23:00.004-04:00

Today's song:

Karma - Joss Stone

As promised, I'm featuring another British artist today. This song is from her latest album LP1 released on the 26th. But iTunes got her genre wrong on this one. She's more of Alternative/Soul than Pop.

Preview of tomorrow/today's post: movie reviews! Yay! Goodnite, Internet.

2011-07-28T02:43:00.004-04:00

Glad that I remembered to start doing these again...

Today's song:

Broken Record - Katy B (It's a Youtube link this time because there's no iTunes link for now since it's not released until September in the US)

Awesome new artist. I'm so glad there are these new great British music that I've been discovering. There will be more tomorrow.

Explanation of my absence #3: Observations

2011-07-28T01:51:00.000-04:00

It's always been interesting to see how my hometown has changed through the past few years. I still remember two years ago when I visited, one of the malls have "upgraded" and housed all these expensive brands like Versace and Louis Vuitton. This time, not only does that mall expanded, but also another one of the very popular malls upgraded and now there are like...two Salvatore Ferragamo boutiques 15 minutes apart in one city. There is also another new mall with these world-class brands like Burberry opened up in another part of the city where I visited. It's situated in a new popular living community far from the old center of the city (because many more people have cars to drive to more distant places now). And the mall itself should count as the largest in Suzhou (even though many spaces are still empty yet.) It has plenty of in-door and out-door spaces. And the facilities around it are amazing. There is also another mall closer to the city center that is more "American". It is one of those giant building with "everything" - Walmart, food places, clothing boutiques, Sephora, car sales, real estates, etc - in it. It is quite awesome because I actually found H&M, Mango, and Zara there. I went there a couple of times because the clothes I can buy there are actually acceptable in the States! :D I bought a halter summer dress at H&M after all. Those were some great shopping experiences since G-ville does not have H&M, or Mango, or Zara.

Another observation of mine was how college entrance exam is so nerve-wrecking for Chinese parents and students. After I arrived in the evening of June 3rd, I couldn't really hang out with most of the people I know because they were in their last days of preparing for that exam which took place on the 7th, 8th, and 9th. I didn't make an appearance on the morning of the 7th at the exam sites to say good-luck to them as I felt they would not want to see me. But I did go in the afternoon on the 9th. Since it was the last day of the exams, there were many TV people ready to interview the parents and the college-freshman-to-bes. I went with a friend who went back to Suzhou 3 months before me from Canada. I also met other friends there who weren't taking the exam. But mostly, there were parents and grandparents waiting nervously outside the gate. It was a very warm day. I'd say it was above 95 degrees and it was a very sunny day. I felt slightly...wrong as I pushed through the crowd to get to the front of the people. I mean, I wasn't really there for anyone. I was just there for fun, for the sake of being there. But anyway, I thought I just came along with a friend. It wasn't my idea at first after all. I saw a couple of people I know including two of my very good friends. They looked relieved.

After a couple of weeks, the results came back. Some of my friend did really well. Some of them got into the schools they wanted to go to. Some of them were angry. Some of them were sad. However, at a time like this, most of their feelings whether positive or negative, were toward themselves. No one but the system should be blamed. Yet nothing can change the system. It is quiet pathetic. The only thing I figured out in this situation was to be optimistic no matter what happens.

There are yet other observations. But they will seek their way out into the world in more posts.

Before any other travel-related posts...

2011-07-27T21:59:00.002-04:00

I don't usually reblog posts from my Tumblr, but...

This might as well be "the perfect man".

Ryan Gosling and George Clooney || Ides of March (2011) aka STAY EXCITED.

Explanation of my absence #4: photography

2011-07-08T17:44:00.009-04:00

I still regret forgetting to bring my camera with me when I went to the Ferris Wheel in Suzhou (my hometown and where I stayed the whole time when I was in China.) But I captured some other pretty scenery in Suzhou Gardens.

There's a saying that "Suzhou and Hangzhou are like heaven in the real world." Suzhou Gardens are nationally well-known tourist attractions. I used to play around in all these Gardens a lot when I was little. But since I only go back once every two years, I felt I should go visit once again especially after I got a slightly better camera than the one I had last time. You can click the picture to see it larger. (It will refresh the whole page, so the music will restart once you return to the page...just saying.) Also, I made some of the blurry stuff in some simple programs that my laptop actually allows to install. (*cough cough* photoshop *cough cough*) Enjoy.

Back

2011-06-30T03:35:00.001-04:00

Hi I'm alive!

& Expect post spam in the near future.

Love,
Eileenie

2011-06-01T22:25:00.003-04:00

I'm in the Hampton Inn next to the ATL airport! :D
So excited for tomorrow!!! 20 hours of flight!
Time to sync my iPod :P

Making-up post

2011-05-31T12:22:00.006-04:00

Sorry about not blogging on the stuffs I did recently.

I hung out w/ my best friends at home last week! It was pretty awesome. We talked a lot and ate and finally signed each others' yearbooks! Yay! Here's a couple of pictures of my yearbook. <3 This year's yearbook is actually pretty cool and has lots of pictures. Love it! And now there's also a unicorn on it which made it even more awesome.

And, this is just a random picture I took of my necklace...

I also started watching The Bachelorette (clearly because I was too bored...) It's quite interesting but awkward. Haha. Well at least there are some good looking and nice guys in it. Guy drama is just too lolzy.

I also watched the newest The Killing episode. I think I might not be able to download the last two episodes of it when I'm in China. :( But things started to get really interesting at the end of this episode. But the show has been going too slow. Meh.

Oh, almost forgot about this, I also started watching Heroes! I promise I will only watch season 1! Peter Petreilli is quite attractive. <3 But since the show will get lame starting season 2, I will stop there. YATTA!! (Hiro is the cutest!)

Haul Part II

2011-05-29T14:34:00.003-04:00

These are the ones that I didn't buy:

Cute Coach flats!

Awesome pointy heels! They were too high.

I LOVE these shoes! They look awesome + are very comfy. Except after like 80% off they still cost like 80 bucks.

When we came out of the mall, we saw a bunch of goats hanging out:

Haul Part I

2011-05-28T23:50:00.001-04:00

Today's song:

You Are A Tourist - Death Cab for Cutie

SO EXCITED FOR THEIR NEW ALBUM! <3

Now move on to today's happiness post:

I went shopping today! I actually got a bunch of stuff (which is pretty rare.)

Tell me what you think!

2011-05-26T23:48:00.005-04:00

Today's song:

Rise Above 1 - Reese Carney feat. Bono and The Edge

Heard this on American Idol finale last night. It was great! Bono is awesome as always. That new guy Reese Carney sounds pretty good too (although cannot top Bono! :P) I hope this Spider-man musical eventually succeeds!

Gossip of the day! Selena Gomez + JB on da beach w/ family. Being real flirty there. Hope they last. Anyway. My fav: Nina and Ian in Paris with their moms! SO CUTE. Such a pretty + perfect couple. (I do not own this picture!)

2011-05-26T22:36:00.002-04:00

SAW KUNG FU PANDA 2! Adorable as always. Saw a featurette of Jack Black jumping up and down voice acting hahahha. So lolzy. Everyone did a great job voice-acting. The animation is amazing as always. There are many funny conversations and moments. The fatherly goose is still one of my fav. <3 <3 <3

I also need to see The Hangover II, Cars II, and all the other sequels.

2011-05-25T23:16:00.001-04:00

SCOTTY WON! <3

Let the spamming begin..

2011-05-24T23:55:00.005-04:00

So I have 4 posts prepared here. :P

Today's song:

'O sole mio - Il volo

These Italian boys have amazing voices. They performed this on Idol last week. Surprisingly, I found their stuff enjoyable. :) Please enjoy!

Exam update: I AM DONE W/ IB/APS FOREVAHHHHHH =] Yeah. I took my French exam yesterday. :P No more exam updates haha.

2011-05-24T23:41:00.004-04:00

I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with my buddies after my IB French exam! It was pretty awesome. We hung out a little before and after the movie and here are a bunch of pix. :)

I look rather redunkulus in this pic so I cropped me out. But clearly, I'm rooting for Voldemort.

I look slightly less redic here so I decided to post it. CAN'T WAIT.

Me as spongie.

Priya you look great. Secret Ninja warrior.

In a more spanish way..

Me too!

And....my ridic Jack Sparrow hat. Why did they make it so tiny?!! Well at least now my hair look wavy and fun :P

Third post: movie review!

2011-05-24T23:11:00.004-04:00

So about PoC4. I thought it was great - from a gigantic Pirate fan here.

I mean, Johnny Depps looks hot as Captain (must not forget!) Jack Sparrow as always. His acting is superb as always. Geoffrey Bush as Barbossa was good as always as well. (Lol @ the 'as's here :P) *Barbossa's enthusiasm = <3 * Gibbs was pretty good too. This time, the additional characters shined as well. I liked the chemistry between the "religious person" and the Mermaid Syrena was so much <3 <3 <3. Cuz they both look goooooood and it was just like awww. Angelica (Penelope Cruz) and Blackbeard (Ian McShane) was good too. I liked the acting from post people (except that really fake part when Jack meets the king and stuff.) But I loved the funny moments as always! Just because Jack and Barbossa are such a good couple hahahaha. :P But I guess the reason the critics don't like it that much is that the movie doesn't have too much suspense. I thought it was lolzy enough to be a good comedy while being exciting because it's an expedition.

Anyway. Lemme share some of my fav Jack Sparrow moments (from all the installments)! (Too bad the GIF pix won't work...I guess you guys can enjoy the still ones as well.)

Entering w/ swag

Spirit fingers!

LOL.

LOL Tortuga

I also watched Rear Window today! Always wanted to watched it + finally got the chance to! It's fantastic. In contrast, it's a lot of suspense yet you can sense things coming. The acting from James Stewart and Grace Kelly was awesome. PLUS GRACE'S OUTFITS = TOO PRETTY. The best thing about the movie is the way of the story-telling. It's really unique and great. Loved it. I recommend!

I also watched Rio recently...It's pretty cute. The storyling is predictable but still. All children's stuff are predictable anyway. But I loved Pedro and Nico! BEST BIRDS EVERR.

Ah now I get to watch Kung Fu Panda 2 with my parents. :)) It's gonna be super cute. Plus, Green Lantern, Transformers 3, Harry Potter, and Cowboys&Aliens are on their way. <3

2011-05-24T22:39:00.002-04:00

At last.

These are the random stuffs that I wanted to blog accumulated since yesterday. :P (Ah how I find blogging daily so necessary.)

Firstly, here's the gift my dad got me in Paris! Ah how pretty these letters are!

Little pandas on the bottom of 'L'

The first 'E' and the last 'N'

So cute :3

Next up, here's the outfit that I really like on the ad I got from Express today! Look at those beautiful flares <3 <3 <3 I dig the hat too.

Then, here's the Jason Mraz shirt I received in the mail today (ordered for a friend)!

Lastly but definitely not least! LADY GAGA ON SNL SEASON FINALE! Laugh your butts off peoplez.

Btw, JT is hot as always.
Good night!

Bunnies! (and others)

2011-05-21T23:57:00.001-04:00

Just in time for another post today. :P I was thinking, why not post another one since today was supposed to be the end of the world? Rapture failed to roll but I felt pretty good capturing some pictures for the little/fat bunny that has been visiting our backyard recently. My mom has seen it when it was really tiny this spring. (I saw it once too, and it was MUCH CUTER THAN NOW.)

With my mommy in the back

The back....awww!

BTW, here's some pictures I took of the flowers on the bordering line between our house and our neighbors'.

And here, is the red bird (cardinal according to Steph) that looks like the red one in Angry Birds! I haven't gotten a chance to take a closer/facing-me picture of it yet. (Click on the picture so you can see it better if you wish.)

And here are two pictures taken by my mom using my camera (lolz she never exported them so I found them while uploading other pictures hahaha. :P) Claim: it's not my dog but she's adorable!

That's all the pictures. :))

2011-05-21T23:39:00.003-04:00

Today's song:

Sweet And Low - Augustana

Augustana is pretty awesome. Another one of my fav rock bands. :) They are more pop-ish sometimes than many other rock bands (like this song!).

So I got all Haley's songs on American Idol today. :D Pretty awesome. I've posted her songs for my songs of the day so I prolly won't post another one. But I definitely can't wait until her debut album comes out! Hope it's not gonna be some generic pop stuff. But she has such a unique voice on Idol. So let's hope she finds the style that suits her best. :) BLUUUUUEEEEE~

I finally got the Burt's Bees stuff for my friends! :) My mom bought some packaged ones for hers so I can take them back for her. :)

And I just realized it's 4 months before my 19th Birthday! :D Lolz. Happy 18.6667th Bday today then. :P *random*

B&B

2011-05-20T22:23:00.006-04:00

So today's song: Lady GaGa's entire Born This Way album. There's no link yet b/c the album is not released. Be ready to be impressed. :)) I LOVE every single freaking song on it!! She also speaks German and Italian on that album! (Also Spanish if you count that one line from Born This Way.) In Americano, she uses Rosemary Clooney's Mambo Italiano's opening as her opening rhythm but she uses her own lyrics. <3 So great. There's also a bunch of nice chorus and vocal backgrounds and other instrument solos. I hope when I get my first paycheck I'll be able to actually buy the album. (BTW, someone get me some GaGa posters plox. I'll love ya foreverz. :P)

So I went shopping for going back to China tonight. After failing at Ulta, I decided to go to Bath&Body Works! (Cuz it's the best going-out-of-country shopping place ever!!!) I got these three little body lotion ones for $10:

Then for my best friend Lee who got me these silver necklace and bracelets and invited for a gigantic dinner last time when I went back, I got her this triplet - a body spray, a shower gel, and a lotion. They are so cute! They were on sale as well. I was gonna get the four handsoap for $15 deal but I like to give out lotion more. Lolz.

I'll go get some Burt's Bees later. :)) So I was gonna get the Revlon ColorBurst Lipstick in Rosy Nude, but there was only one left at Ulta and it didn't look very nice. :( I might just get it off Amazon since it's also cheaper there. Also, here's a pic of the songbooks I bought for my Jason-Mraz-fan friend. His t-shirt is already shipped!

Also, I was gonna post this yesterday but I decided to sleep early. Haley went home after top 3 on Idol. :'( She has such an awesome voice and she did justice to Led Zeppelin's song (forgot its title) on Wednesday night. It's on iTunes. Now I don't know if I'll watch the finale because it's both country musician now. (Again, I LOVE Scotty and Lauren!) But I will prolly watch the finale award show on Wednesday night cuz it has GaGa, Aerosmith, and a bunch of other artists' live performances! :D Anyway. I hope I find some of the studio versions of Haley's songs on Idol somewhere so I can download them. Even though the judges criticized a lot on her take of Earth Song (by the Beatles?). But its studio version is SO AMAZING <3. MUST FIND IT!

Exam update: I took IB Bio paper 1, 2 & 3 on Wednesday and Thursday. Those weren't too bad. And I took the late AP Bio today. I wasn't bad either. Hopefully I'll get a 5. (Even though it really doesn't matter any more...)

2011-05-17T23:20:00.005-04:00

Today's song:

Forever and Always - Parachute

Not only is this song like SUPER SWEET, Parachute is just an amazing rock band overall. I like many different kinds of rock bands. (LOL @ my genius mixes: Adult Alternative Mix, Indie Rock Mix, Emo Mix, Surf/Garage Revival Mix, Adult Alternative Rock Mix, and Pop Mix) Some (more well-known-to-everyone) examples include Arcade Fire, Jimmy Eat World, The Black Keys, and The Fray. Parachute is like the kinda pop-ish, soul-y, and definitely NOT emo kind. Their music is just lovely. This new album, The Way It Was, is filled with great songs like "Something to Believe In". Their debut album Losing Sleep is also fantastic. Enjoy!

Talkin' about music...today the Jason Mraz songbooks I ordered from Amazon arrived! This is my first Amazon Student purchase + I love it! (They are actually for a friend of mine but...) Click here for a photo. I wish I could find a use of them (as in I wish I could play music instrument or something.) <3 Jason Mraz!! He inspired me for the title/subtitle of this blog. <3

So today I caught up with the latest episode of AMC's The Killing from Sunday. I like this show. Partly because it is not TOO intense. Yet it is still filled with grief and non-happiness. However, there are also a lot of things that I don't like it that much which makes it not one of my favorite shows. First of all, it lacks some comic relief moments. I think there has almost been NONE comic reliefs in this show. The whole atmosphere is too depressed. I know it's a show about the investigation of the murder of a teenage girl, but come on, even Dexter has awesome funny moments. Also, even though the show progresses REALLY slowly, every breakout it has like...just happen accidentally. There wasn't much planning ahead + succeeding. It's mostly planning ahead + failing + WHOA it just happens that someone is doing something and gets caught because the policeman is JUST passing by at the exact moment on her way home (hypothetically). I like to contrast with Dexter because even though Dexter is more of a show that focuses on the development of one character, less of the actual cases he's involved in; it still involves more planning and thinking than this show from the protagonists. When watching The Killing, I'm more relaxed partially because if I think really hard and watch every move of everyone, I still cannot predict anything according to the portrayal of the character. (Yet the predictability of how things can just happen is pretty high.) There's too much chance involved in this show.

Anyway. I watched the first installment of the Pirates movies this afternoon because I didn't wanna work on bio. I LOVE it soooo much. <3 Captain Jack Sparrow is like the greatest on-screen character EVERRR!!! (As well as The Joker and Michael Corleone.) I will prolly have a Pirates-movie marathon with my buddies and then go to see Pirate 4 together next week. <3

I can't believe I missed Oscar de la Renta's Resort 2012 show last night!!! I knew it was gonna be on at 6. But I got home at like 6:30. :( OdlR shows never start late. UHHHH. I was so upset yesterday that I went to bed early. (No joke!) Anyway. I saw the collection today and it was stunning!! Good job Oscar!

Last thing...I promise! GaGa's new album Born This Way got leaked on the Internet today. :'( I hate when that happens. But I love all the songs! Haha. 5 more days!!! You can hear the leaks on my Tumblr if you can't wait!

Exam update: stayed at home today. Bio tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday. EWW