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Tuesday, 22 September 2009
My Birthday Dinner
This is me on my 27th birthday on September 19th. I celebrated my birthday with one of my besties; Thi, her partner James, my Mr and another friend, Sam. We had a nice dinner at Lansvale Motel's restaurant and went back to Thi's for dessert, birthday cake!
This is my friend Thi who organised dinner and got me the cake! The cake is not only beautiful it was delicious too!
Thanks Thi for organising my birthday dinner, it was lovely! Loved it, thank you!
I just wanted to also thank my Sister & my Mum; who knows me too well who got me the necklace I am wearing, don't know if you can see but it's got a matching bracelet and lots of other KimmiDoll stuff which I love, thanks Mum & CK!!!
Another year older...time is just speeding me by! Where is the pause button??? Anyone?
Thanks Thi for organising my birthday dinner, it was lovely! Loved it, thank you!
I just wanted to also thank my Sister & my Mum; who knows me too well who got me the necklace I am wearing, don't know if you can see but it's got a matching bracelet and lots of other KimmiDoll stuff which I love, thanks Mum & CK!!!
Another year older...time is just speeding me by! Where is the pause button??? Anyone?
Saturday, 1 August 2009
LAZY post
I have been so lazy lately. My days consists of a lot of sleeping...I really need to stop and get a life! I'm serious, it's really, really bad! I've got a whole heap of purchased furniture...yes from a few months ago (blog entries) that are not even inside the house yet, still in the garage! I've got a whole heap of clothes piled on a wing chair that's meant to be for sitting. I've got Mr nagging me for new clothes! ARRRRHHHH!!!
I really need to snap out of this rut I'm currently in...anyone have thoughts and advise how to go about breaking a routine, please comment.
I really need to snap out of this rut I'm currently in...anyone have thoughts and advise how to go about breaking a routine, please comment.
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
A New Obsession...here we come!
I've been MIA lately from this blog. I really wanted to have a particular topic and point of interest for this blog but unfortunately I tend to go through phases/obsessions and as you can tell from the start of my blog entries, my blog topics follows me through those stages of my life. I've gone through my tech-loving, interior designing/furnishing, bookworm stages and am more likely to go through more...so this is what this blog will be about, my journey.
You wonder why I'm to write such an entry now? Well I've got a new obsession, makeup! Yes what a bizarre obsession for a late-20s woman to have, but nonetheless, I'm all of a sudden attracted to all the pretty makeups available to us women and men nowadays. So stay tuned and hope y'all stay for the journey, to whatever topic/obsession that may arise now and in the future ;)
Whilst I'm certainly not a total newbie to the makeup world, thanks to my Mum, I really should wear it more often at my age (26 nearly 27), but I am lucky to have good skin and complexion, once again credit to my Mother and her genes...so I've been able to be on the "lazy" side of things as I didn't need to cover anything. However, now those nice "rosey-never-needing-to-wear-blush" cheeks are starting to look red, blotchy and uneven...I've decided now is the best time as any.
You wonder why I'm to write such an entry now? Well I've got a new obsession, makeup! Yes what a bizarre obsession for a late-20s woman to have, but nonetheless, I'm all of a sudden attracted to all the pretty makeups available to us women and men nowadays. So stay tuned and hope y'all stay for the journey, to whatever topic/obsession that may arise now and in the future ;)
Whilst I'm certainly not a total newbie to the makeup world, thanks to my Mum, I really should wear it more often at my age (26 nearly 27), but I am lucky to have good skin and complexion, once again credit to my Mother and her genes...so I've been able to be on the "lazy" side of things as I didn't need to cover anything. However, now those nice "rosey-never-needing-to-wear-blush" cheeks are starting to look red, blotchy and uneven...I've decided now is the best time as any.
Friday, 3 April 2009
Overnight @ Sydney
Last weekend Mr & I went and spent the night in the city (Sydney). Friends of ours got "Complimentary" rooms at the Star City Casino (pic above) and so we thought we'd go too. Our night started so stressful that we just wanted to turn the car around and go home. Why? Well we got to the city in no time, no problems there, but when looking for our hotel, Novotel Rockford and with the city streets all being one way and very confusing for those that do not drive there, well we got lost. We were right at the entrance of our hotel but we see a sign "Novotel" and to go straight so off we went and we were directed to the Darling Harbour Novotel...where's my Novotel, ours was in the heart of Darling Harbour but the one further from Darling Harbour was called "Darling Harbour Novotel" and the one that's in the heart of Darling Harbour they call the "Rockford Novotel"! So despite it being a few blocks down the road we just got lost and went round, round and round some more till finally we found it and was quite happy with the location. Those that have been to Sydney will see from the Rockford Novotel pic below that it's literally in the Darling Harbour complex.
So this is where the night gets better...well sort of. Mr & I finally settled into the hotel at 10pm when we got to the city at 9.15pm, we call our friends who are sitting down for dinner and told them to also order for us. He then tell us to go to Sussex Street...we get directed all the way around when at the end he realises it was only in Chinatown and rather than a 2-3 minute walk we walked for over 10 minutes because he didn't just tell us it was at Chinatown!!!
So we're hungry and grumpy, we eat lobster and duck and all the good things Chinese and then we finally start having a good time. We walk to the Star City Casino where said friends are staying and we see their room, not bad but not the $600 price tag it's worth either. Our location was actually better and ours was a mere $200!
Mr is so excited to play at the tables and not even 15 minutes later I get a call...he wants to go to bed LoL. So we traveled to the city, stayed at a hotel to; have dinner at a Chinese Restaurant, a 15 minute stint at the casino, half an hour shopping at Chinatown and the best part of the trip...the breakfast!!!
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
Happy New Year!!!
It's been exactly one week till the turn of the year...2009 so I thought it's time to quickly drop by and wish all a Happy New Year and may the upcoming year be filled with lots of love, laughter, joy and happiness.
I also want to apologise for the lack of post since Christmas day. I've been very pre-occupied with many different books and novels, so much so that it has taken over my internet browsing "hobby". It's quite early and I have not slept hence I will save the incoherent posting for now, but stay tuned as I will write reviews and summaries of the novels I've read of late including that of the Twilight series and just recently completed, hence my late or shall I say very early morning retirement, Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".
Goodnite or shall I say Good morning for now, as you are bound to see my post is starting to become incoherent already and I will be posting soon regarding the books I've read, till then...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
A Bad Day
What a depressing day. I can't really go into it, I don't really know ONE thing that's wrong, it's more a combination of things happening. A lot of it has something to do with the fact that it's Christmas and yet my home is not done like I'd like it to be, it's still messy, I'm trying to be organised and yet once again, like every year I'm not. This time though I can't just run to my Mum's home to spend Christmas and enjoy as no one's here anymore. I'm very sad, depressed and I don't know what I feel.
This year I vowed to be more organised for Christmas. My tree is finally up despite me thinking to myself if I should bother since it's so late into December already. I can't find my Christmas decorations nor lights and I'm sure it's been lost or thrown as I've got two Christmas boxes with all Christmas decorations and I've got all my Christmas stuff but my bag of tree decors and the tree lights. I'm so very sad because that means I've lost the icicle fairy light covers that I've had for as long as I can remember.
Having said that, the appearance of my tree up with a skirt, two vintage heart decoration, handmade bauble by my Mum and a personalised bauble with Mr and my name along with our beautiful Angel tree topper is lifting my spirits slightly and pushing me to keep going.
So today is an extremely bad day, lets hope tomorrow is better and that I will be able to grab some nice decors for cheap and have pics of my tree before the end of this week. I'm also terribly missing my Mum & Sister and the rest of my very large family (scattered around the globe) and miss the large Christmas we celebrate. Today is definitely the day that I'm realising my loneliness. The Christmas prep that we normally share (Sister, Mum & I) are no longer here and I try to do it on my own and it's just not the same.
I am optimistic in hoping that tomorrow WILL be a better day. Apologies for this extremely tedious post and somewhat incoherent but it's been a bad day.
Saturday, 29 November 2008
Happy Birthday Kimmy!
I just wanted to write a "Happy Birthday" post for my bestie. Her birthday was on the 25th, I didn't forget and greeted her on the day but I thought she was worth a post on my blog :D
All jokes aside, this girl is just a beautiful person. She is one friend that you are lucky to have in your life, to be honest, since having her as a friend I have not met anyone else that comes up to her standards in terms of friendship. We do not see each other much as she lives in the US and even when she came to Australia we only saw each other a few times but nonetheless every time we see each other it's like no time has lapsed between us. She has been there for me through thick and thin and I mean thick and thin!
She is a comedian (as per picture), a wonderful listener, gives wonderful advise, great fun to party with and also great fun to just be around with. She is truly a special person and I find myself extremely lucky to have a friend like her. I truly hope that we all have a friend like mine.
Thursday, 27 November 2008
KK
So it's that time of year again, I've signed up for two Kris Kringle/Secret Santa with the forums I frequent. It may seem quite sad but I quite look forward to these KK's as I don't receive other gifts on Christmastime apart from my Mother. I receive some from my Sister who is only 16 hence chances are it was bought by my Mother too. Mr does not buy gifts without me basically writing up a list and you'd be lucky if he actually goes out and buys it without me. He seems to think that because I'm able to purchase anything I want anytime I want...well why does he have to buy something specially for Christmas?
Whilst this definitely saddens me his parents did things very differently and basically did not celebrate Christmas nor Birthdays hence he doesn't get what the big deal is of the whole event, I find it quite sad, I think of all the wonderful memories I've been lucky to have as a child and wonder how it's possible for any child to go without those same memories, excitement and overall celebration atmosphere.
Anyway, back to KK. I was asked to give hints/tips/ideas to my KK so that they can purchase a gift more suitable for me. I never found myself to be a person that was hard to buy for but I suppose in this day and age, with a $20-$30 limit and postage costs to consider it's not that easy. So here is what I came up with...
Hobbies:-
- Scrapbooking
- Reading
- Folk Art/Ceramic Painting
- Shopping
Likes/Dislikes
- I probably would prefer to purchase makeup + skincare + clothing + perfume for myself just because it's a more personal thing and hence it's quite hard to choose for me, I have trouble finding stuff in this department for myself so imagine a stranger doing so?
- I love all types of books including non-fiction (home interior + self-help + finance + biography + crafts) and fiction (chic-lit and top 100 listings).
- I also thoroughly enjoy magazines and love; Real Weddings + Real Living + Home Beautiful + House & Garden + Shop til you Drop + Money + Macworld just to name a few.
- I love all quirky things and cutesy things that I probably wouldn't purchase myself because I'd feel it's a waste of money.
- I love momiji dolls and their accessories as well as geisha dolls and other Asian-inspired as well as classic homewares.
- I'm a handbag lover, that's my accessory addiction and I don't wear accessories in terms of jewelry because they discolour on me so I have my set gold pieces that I wear daily.
- I don't cook but bake cupcakes + cookies + cakes and like any cute pieces for baking.
Wishlist - Whilst this is certainly not an indication of what I would expect my KK to spend on me, by showing my wish list maybe it'll give more of an indication of who I am as a person.
- Subscriptions to any of those magazines listed above
- Any Pandora/Chamilia Charms
- Momiji or any cute makeup/cosmetic bag
- Any organisational stuff for my personal study at home and/or the home in general from Kikki-K/Smiggle and/or other stationery stores
- Oroton or any nice Diary/Agenda
- Books + Books and more Books
For now that's all I can think of. I do hope I've given some sort of indication on who I am as a person but regardless I am happy with whatever I get :D
Monday, 10 November 2008
Honda Accord Euro Luxury
We bought a new car!!! This is not the EXACT car but it's the exact design of car, 2004 Honda Accord Euro "Luxury" and the same colour, Graphite...like a dark grey!!! I'm thrilled!!! We got such a great bargain, they range from $23,000+ for the normal and the luxury is $25,000+ and we got this for $20,000 and it's the second owner, in excellent condition with all log books etc etc included.
We've now got 3 vehicles to get rid of before I'm satisfied. Yes we have a total of 5 cars at the moment:-
- Toyota Supra
- Mitsubishi Lancer
- Mitsubishi Lancer GSR
- Toyota Camry (Old one)
Then the above car, but we are selling the first 3 and maybe even the last one so at the end we are hoping for the above car as our only car or maybe a cheap 2nd car for those rare events that we both need to go out with a car.
I'm just coming on to my blog to gloat to myself LoL. It's funny because from the listing of our previous cars above you can see we pretty much went for sports cars, now we're getting older and more "mature" and going for a more luxury. This car has sunroof and leather seats and drives like a dream.
Sunday, 19 October 2008
Childhood Ring
I'm so very sad at the moment, I went to go out late last night to the beach and was scared because we never leave our home unattended at times like that. I feared that someone might break in etc etc so I had taken all my childhood and "special" jewelry out of my jewelry box and hid it, but one I put on my pinky and now I can't find it.
I realised shortly after last night so it could be in my driveway, my friend's driveway, or opposite my friend's property as that's where we parked our car, in my house or in the car, but nonetheless I've searched the front and haven't found it.
I'm so very sad and I wanted to cry desperately but couldn't, I somehow feel that it's around, I even feel that maybe I took it off before I actually went out but just forgot where I put it, but I'm not sure. I didn't and couldn't cry till I called my Mum this morning and told her, she wasn't upset over the ring, she was more upset over me being upset...by the way I'm 26 years old and still crying to my Mum, I'm very much a child when I'm around/talking/near my Mum.
Sunday, 7 September 2008
Toast to my Blog
I haven't been writing much on my blog, the truth is that I have been feeling quite inadequate about this lil blog of mine, as I've been glued to my Macbook reading other people's blogs. I've been so entertained that I've read a few from Archive to present, then re-read some! Whilst these newly-found blogs are so beautiful to read it left me feeling inadequate about my own blog. With such beautiful and creative blogs around in the mass why would anyone want to read mine?
Putting all negativity aside I've decided this blog was never meant for readers alone, it was meant to be for me and my family and friends and yes for those that may find what I write about interesting enough, but I'm doing what I love and that's all that matters. I love writing and I certainly love blogs as I've recently discovered, so here's to my blog, whether it has one reader and writer combined or maybe one day another individual reader.
Sunday, 24 August 2008
Being organised...again!
Ok as per my previous post I've been quite unorganised lately and have definitely suffered tremendously. As many know I'm quite thrifty and will walk that extra few metres to save $2...that's just me, hence when I'm getting charged $11 late fee for a few days late I get really frustrated and upset...that's $11 out of my pocket and nothing to show for it.
Now I can understand if I simply didn't have the money, what can you do, but I've had the money and since I've just been piling my mail both in mailbox AND everywhere else I just haven't opened it. Therefore, these late fees are only due to me being LAZY! I'm usually very "a" word with all things, organisation is a specialty of mine but the last few weeks...I don't know is it because I've been sick with the flu? Is it because there are just so many bills I'm overwhelmed and don't want to deal with it? I don't know but one thing I do know is that it must STOP!
I MUST START BEING MORE ORGANISED! It honestly takes less than 5 minutes to pay things via internet banking via BPay so there is really no excuse. Therefore, I make a pact in front of this blog and readers to be more organised. Even to just take one day per week to do 10 minutes of bills will keep me in tip top shape. Due to me being "a" word with organising things I don't need to worry about past things and filing of those past bills as they are all done it's just the new stuff. Whilst the mess didn't seem to be enough motivation to stay organised I know the fact that I'm loosing precious pennies or here in Australia, cents, is what's going to get me back on the organising mode. So wish me luck and will keep you posted on how I'm going.
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Sick
Just wanted to let people know that I haven't neglected my blog, have been bed ridden the last few days, got the flu, so will see you all soon, but till then...wish me luck in getting out of bed!
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
The Beginning of my Blogging Existence
I've always been a journal writer, a trait my beautiful Mother bestowed upon me since I was young. I have fallen off the wagon a few times with writing in my journal and totally regret it now, I have true understanding (now as I'm older) of the importance of documenting my life, my growth, my downtimes, my experiences and everything else in between. Hence, the beginning of my blogging existence.
I'm a 25 year old who has been with her Mr coming to 5 years. We have no children nor plan to have any in the near feature, we plan to wed and buy our home first, however, in lieu of a child we have a 4 year old Maltese Terrier who has joined our little family since she was 5 weeks old. I have a very close knit family (maternal) scattered around the globe, another reason for this blog, so they can keep up with the happenings of my life. I hope that you all enjoy the journey with me.
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