Hey! Okay, I've started to really enjoy doing these tags! haha It's a great way for your guys to know more about me as well. It's a win-win situation. You should all say what you'd rather to the questions below as well! :)

Would you rather...
1. Walk around all day with your skirt tucked in your underwear or be seen wearing a see through dress?
*Both of these are so embarrassing! Like I'll be embarrassed either way but I'd rather have my skirt tucked into my underwear because then the top half of my body won't be shown haha. Less nakedness I guess!

2. Go to a party and not realize until the end of the night that you have lipstick on your teeth or that your fake lashes are coming unglued?
* I'd rather have lipstick on my teeth because less people would see the lipstick anyways, especially with my braces covering pretty much most of my teeth. Whereas with fake lashes coming off, it'd be more embarrassing because everyone that looks at you would most likely notice it.

3. Forget to put mascara on one eye or forget blush on one side of your face?
*I would rather forget blush on one side of my face because my face/cheeks naturally goes pinkish red so people probably won't be able to notice that I only have blush on one side.

4. Wear lipstick/lipliner combo or frosty blue eyeshadow?
*I'd rather lipstick/lipliner combo because I don't think I'll be able to pull off having blue eyeshadow.

5. Wear foundation that is two shades too light or go way overboard on bronzer?
*I'd rather have foundation two shades lighter because I can apply it on my neck to even it out a bit.

6. Drink an entire bottle of ketchup or run into the guy who broke your heart on a bad hair day when your skin is freaking out?
*I'd probably rather run into the guy who broke my heart (who is no one right now hahah) because since we're not going out anymore (hypothetically), I won't care what I look like in front of him.

7. Be able to date any celeb you wanted or wake up with perfect red carpet-worthy hair?
*DATE ANY CELEB FOR SURE hahahah So many celebs in mind ;D I'm not that bothered with my hair because tying it up in a bun or french braid is good enough.

8. Have your armpits smell musky or like delicious lasagna?
*Hahahahah this has got to be one of the weirdest but not too bad questions ever! I'd like my armpits to smell like lasagna so I'll have a natural fragrance of lasagna without the need of deodorant.

9. Give up your makeup or cell phone for one year?
*I'll give up my cell phone because I mainly just use my phone for games which isn't exactly the most important thing haha. It's not that I wear a heap of make up but don't you guys just feel more confident with a little bit of foundation on? I know, I know, it's bad to feel like you always need to wear make up whenever you leave the house and I know for a fact that no one really looks at your skin. (Well I never look at other people's skin so I don't notice the tiny flaws that we, ourselves, would see in the mirror.)

Have fun answering the questions! :)

Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! So sometimes, I have these really crazy and weird dreams so I thought I'd share one with you. As soon as I woke up, I wrote down what I remember from the dream so I'm typing out the dream the way my sleepy self wrote it down.


Jennifer Lawrence arrives from the airport. My family and I are on a trip and there was a convention event that Jennifer Lawrence was at. She was there giving away free stuff. (The things that I remember were a towel and balloons.) I grabbed them all then left the goody bag on the table and left to see other things. When it was nearly time to leave, I go back to the table and my goody bag was gone. I was furious and was searching around, looking at everyone's bags to see who stole mine.

My family and I were at a hotel room. There were only two king beds available until we realised there was another area that was part of our hotel room. It was really dark but my mum, dad and I went to the beach with a large flashlight. (The hotel was right by a beach, we could see it from our room.) We played in the water with two oars each, while one person held onto the flashlight. We went back to the hotel and slept. The next day, Yvonne and I met Jennifer Lawrence. SHe told us how she was wondering who put the goody bag on her table. I was nervous but asked her if she could sign my pyjamas (because it was still early I guess) and she did sign it. After a while, the signature rubbed off though.


That's the end of my dream hahah such a random ending. The entire dream is so weird but I love writing down dreams so that when I look back at it, I'm just like what the...! hahah I think I'm going to start a dream journal soon because it's always fun to remember what dreams you've been having. As I was typing my dream up, I could actually visualize my dream!


Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! So if you read my blog post a few days earlier regarding an excellence award, then you would have known that I went to the prize giving a few nights ago. It wasn't as boring as I thought but it didn't feel like much really happened and I could tell that the teachers that were sitting on stage were as bored as hell. There was even a male teacher just looking at their nails! hahah

So let me begin by telling you about when I first got to school. As I arrived to the classroom that we're all supposed to meet up at, there was already quite a large group of people there. I wasn't late and wasn't the last one to arrive but there was probably over half of the people there already. I'm glad I instantly saw my friend when I went into the room so I didn't have to look like a little lost puppy. Not long after I arrived, we all lined up and had our uniform checked because we had to be in correct uniform and also we had a roll call to check who's here or not.

The event didn't start until around 7pm because everyone was still being seated and teachers were probably preparing and whatnot.

After probably an hour later, most of the juniors (year 7-10) have received their awards and it's the seniors (year 11-13) time to receive theirs. Which means that I was almost going to be called up on stage to receive my award. I was so nervous and my mind was pretty much just blank at the time. I think one major thing that I thought about was not tripping up and making sure that I smile on stage haha.

After receiving my award, they gave out more awards and also told us who the head girl, boy and deputy girl, boy are.

They had a professional photographer take photos of everyone receiving their awards and made them available for everyone on a website. So here's a photo of me and a bunch of other students that received a certificate as well.


Overall, the night was alright. Not too interesting when they're calling out everybody to receive the awards but I wasn't really bored which is good haha!

Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! So if you read my blog regularly, you would've read that I went to a restaurant for my birthday dinner. It was a restaurant called Chaits Tapa and Bar. It is an indian restaurant where you can buy the original mains like butter chicken. I have never been to the restaurant before yesterday. I always enjoy trying out new restaurants because why stick to just one when you can experience so many more!

My first thought of the restaurant is that it is quite small with not the largest dining space. It's not like it was too small and we were all crammed together, but there aren't a lot of tables available. The decoration is quite nice because they have fairy lights up. They don't have any special decoration relating to Indian cuisine I think. Well I didn't see any.

Before the food arrived, the waitress came over to our table with a beautiful drink. It was only orange juice, nothing too fancy but it was good. It looked really nice as well.

Taking the first sip

I ordered a Himalayan chicken which includes rice, naan, salad and poppadom.
As you can see from the image above, the salad is very small. There's one poppadom and three or four pieces of naan bread. It allows you to refill the curry but not the rice or other things. Normally restaurants allow people to get more rice instead of getting more meat. This is quite a good deal but it'd be even more amazing if they gave you more rice haha because you can normally eat a lot of the rice because of the sauce.

My meal cost me $18 which is quite expensive considering that some other Indian restaurants around my area does special deals of having a main cost $10 with unlimited rice but not unlimited meat. If this meal costed me a few dollars less, I'll give it more stars because in my opinion, it's a bit overpriced even though it includes naan bread and a poppadom.

I rate Chaits Tapa and Bar a ★★★/★★★★★

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! haha I turned 17 yesterday! Wow, where has my childhood gone? My old innocent little self has now matured. I'm nearly an adult!? Say what! Like honestly, the past few years are just like a major blur. Not that I don't remember anything, but it has just gone so quick! I still remember celebrating my 10th birthday and that didn't seem like that long ago.

So here's how my day went:
I woke up at 7am with a sudden burst of energy. Like I wasn't even sleepy when I first opened my eyes! That has got to be a first haha I pretty much jumped out of bed because I was not tired at all.

From 9-12pm, my mum and I went to our local shopping mall to buy groceries and just see what goodies are on sale. I ended up buying two long sleeve, plain shirts for $8. It was originally $5 each but Jay Jay's always has this special mate rate deal on where if you buy two things, the price would be cheaper than just buying one. The price depends on the item you choose and how much the item originally is. I'm glad I bought the shirts because they're pretty thin so it wouldn't get too hot if I wore it during the Summer time. We also bought a black forest gateau which is delicious! My mum also bought me the game Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts.

Once we got home, it was 12pm and I made mini pizzas using pita bread and having the typical pizza toppings of pepperoni, lots of cheese and sun dried tomatoes. It was so good! I haven't had pizza in ages.After eating, I started playing Banjo-Kazooie but I only had time to play one of the mini games because it was already close to 4pm which meant that I had to start getting ready because my friend would be over at 5pm.

When it was 5.30pm, my friend and I began to walk to the restaurant. The restaurant is only 15 minutes away and it's still bright nowadays due to day light savings. By the time it was 6pm, we were all seated in the restaurant. There was only 5 people (including me) at dinner which was actually really nice because it was easier to just all talk as a group. We placed our orders (I'll talk more about the restaurant in a review which I will post up soon hopefully.) and we were all just goofing around, taking photos, then suddenly the waitress comes to our table holding a fancy looking drink. I didn't even think about anything at all and then she said that it's for the birthday girl! Aww, that was honestly so sweet! haha I wasn't even expecting it. The drink was just orange juice but it had two layers with red at the bottom and orange at the top.

Excited to eat!

7.30pm was around the time when we finished our dinner and walked out. Man, I was freezing! haha it was still bright outside but the sun was setting and it was windy so we were cold. Before heading back home, we all went to this playground that is really close to the restaurant and just swung on the swings haha! I love swings! You can never get sick of swinging on swings and I always get that adrenaline rush when I go really high up! I was so cold because I forgot to bring a stupid cardigan or jacket or something to keep me warm!

After the playground, we went back to mine just pretty much just played some Raving Rabbids, watched quite a few episodes of Gilmore Girls and sleep. hahah I was so exhausted after the day but we stayed up until 5am, watching Gilmore Girls.

That was my whole day yesterday! :)


Love,
Elaine

Hey! Who here loves watching The Carrie Diaries as much as me? I can't get enough of Kydshaw! They're just the cutest couple even though there's usually some problems with the relationship. I love all the actors in it. Like none of the actors and characters annoy me at all! You know how sometimes there's just that one really irritating actor or character that just puts you off from watching the show? Well The Carrie Diaries is perfect because I can't think of any annoying thing about them! If you have something that you found irritating about them, please don't tell me, because then I'll start to realize it and won't be able to watch the show the same way haha!

Let's start with talking about the main characters in the show:
The main cast is Carrie Bradshaw and Sebastian. Of course there some other characters like Maggie, Walt, Mouse, and Donna LaDonna but I won't talk much detail about them.

Carrie Bradshaw, played by AnnaSophia Robb. She is such an amazing actress! I haven't seen many of her films/shows. I'm pretty sure that the last film I saw of her was Bridge to Terabithia which is always such a good movie. She's such a tom boy in that film so it might be surprising to some people that she's playing a really feminine role for The Carrie Diaries. I can't imagine another person to play the role of Carrie Bradshaw.

Sebastian Kydd, played by Austin Butler. He is so flippin good looking haha Vanessa Hudgen's is one lucky girl! Austin Butler honestly does seem like Sebastian Kydd.

I'm reading The Carrie Diaries book now and I'm nearly half way through the book! In the book, there a few more characters like Lali (cop's daughter, sounds like Maggie's family/life).

If you guys haven't seen the show or read the book, you definitely should! Tell me your thoughts on the show/book :)


Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! So if you regularly go on my blog, you'll realise that I changed the banner and also a slight change to the background too! I just wanted to make a new banner that meant something more. My previous one of the map image as the words saying 'My Paradise' just didn't look as colourful as I want my banner to be so I changed to this one and it's definitely more colourful!

My new banner has an image of a colour world map because someday, I'd like to say that I've been to every continent and almost every country on Earth. I chose those colours because they remind me of cotton candy haha! Hey, you don't expect me to have a banner that does not slightly relate back to cotton candy do you? ;) "My Paradise" is written in nice big letters through the map. No special reason behind using that font apart from the fact that I think it's a nice looking font. The black figures above the title is Peter Pan, Wendy, and her 2 younger brothers. This shows that I'm flying to never land and not growing up. Having them flying in the air also shows that they have freedom and of course, they're having fun flying! I've grew up always wanting to be like Wendy, meeting a cute guy like Peter Pan (You gotta admit, when you were younger, you had a crush on the actor that played Peter Pan ;) No one will believe you if you said you didn't!)

My background has an airplane because I love travelling and going on airplanes (I even love the food that they provide.) so when I'm older, I hope to be always riding on airplanes and travelling around the world.

Wow, it feels like I was writing an essay or something because I said what the images represent and all.


Love,
Elaine

Happy thanksgiving everyone! I hope you're all prepared to stuff your faces in mashed potatoes, gravy and turkey! To be honest with you all,  I don't even celebrate thanks giving. I've always wanted to but it's not a common tradition in New Zealand. I barely know what thanks giving is all about apart from saying what everyone is thankful for and eating one big as meal that could feed a thousand people and requires them to wear fat pants so they have more room for the food. haha! Most of the things I learn about thanks giving is actually from television shows like FRIENDS. I think FRIENDS is the most memorable show that taught me more about Thanksgiving, with football playing on the tv while some people stress over having to cook the turkey in time.

I'm thankful for everything in my life right now. Of course, I always moan about wanting a job and earning money to help out my parents but now that I think about it, my life is honestly quite sweet. I have a nice family, nice pets and a nice life. I have nothing to complain about but of course, it's just human nature to always want more than what you already have.

Hope you all have something to be thankful for and have a good thanksgiving even if you don't celebrate it! Tell me what you're thankful for. :)


Love,
Elaine

Hey! It seems like next week is going to be super busy for me! I'll have like things to do almost every single day. This would have to be the first time that I have so many plans in the same week haha!

Sunday (1st Dec): My birthday + birthday dinner with a group of friends + sleepover with two close friends.
Monday (2nd Dec): Still with my close friends but they'll leave probably like midday or later so my whole day will mainly be gone.
Tuesday (3rd Dec): Sign out day at school at midday and Summer's birthday sleepover at night.
Wednesday (4th Dec): Excellence prize giving. :o There's a rehearsal at 11am and then the actual thing at night.
Thursday-Sunday (5th -8th Dec): Nothing planned yet but I'll probably hang out at the beach with friends.

That seems like such a hectic week! I'll tell you guys all about it afterwards :)


Love,
Elaine

Holy moly.. I just got a letter in the mail saying that I'll be receiving an excellence award. Like what. hahah this is just so unexpected! Never in a million years would I think I'll be getting an excellence award and going to the schools prize giving event. It doesn't say what subject I'm getting the award for but I'm pretty sure it would be for information technology since that's the only subject that I have gotten straight excellence's in. When my dad started reading the letter, I thought it was just a letter showing any school fees that we haven't paid (which is just the donation haha) but then he started saying something about an award and I was just sitting at the computer like "uhh... you sure dad?" haha! I'm excited to get the award but at the same time so nervous because I've never gone to a prize giving before so I don't know what to expect. Like do I just walk on stage and go back to my seat? haha I've got a friend that is really likely that she'll be going too. I just asked her about it so I don't know for sure but she's like super smart so I'd be shocked if she didn't get an award! I don't even know how big of a deal this would be for school. Like I mean, how extreme my school would go with this prize giving event. haha not how big of a deal an award would be.

This prize giving is on the 4th of December which meant that I had to cancel my plans that were made already! :( Well I mean, an award is definitely more important haha but last night, I planned to go to a concert. It's just a free concert with Stan Walker and Jessica Mauboy so I don't feel as bad about not being able to go since I didn't spend any money on it haha and like before last night, I was planning on going to a leaving dinner for my exchange student friends! An award would be all worth it though. :)

Wish me luck on prize giving night! Let's hope that I don't trip and fall down the stairs or anything haha!


Love,
Elaine

Oh. my. gosh. I can't believe I'm turning 17 in only 3 days! It feels like I only just turned 10 haha I'm quite excited to celebrate my birthday but not so excited that I'm aging! It's not that I'm scared/don't want to get a year older, it's just that now that I'm older, I know there's so many more responsibilities. One more year and I'll be pretty much an adult. Where has all the time gone!?

For my birthday this year, I'm going to be having a nice dinner with my group of close friends and then afterwards, two of my good friends will be staying the night at my house. The restaurant that we're going to is an Indian restaurant that has pretty cheap food available. The main meal costs $15 and includes rice, naan, salad and poppadom, as well as the main that you choose (butter chicken, chicken tikka masala, etc). This is quite a good deal since some other Indian restaurants cost $10 (when it's on special) when it just includes the main and rice. I've never been to this restaurant before so I'll write a review about it after I go on Sunday night. I'm really hoping that this restaurant is good though.

After the dinner, Summer and Akshaya are going to stay the night at my house and we're just going to eat lots of junk, watch lots of movies, play kinect if we're not feeling lazy and just do fun stuff! :D

I'm going to write a blog post (and possibly vlog for my YouTube channel) all about the day/night! So stay tuned for that! :)


Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! I'm on my holidays now so I've got plenty of spare time. Well, when I'm not playing Sims. ;) Here's just a quick tag. I TAG YOU ALL TO DO THIS TOO. Tag your post with #cottoncandykid and comment on this post so I know you've done a post as well! I'll read your post/answers! :)

Do you...
1. Have one thing you can't leave the house without? My phone, mainly for emergencies or just to play games when I'm waiting for someone.
2. Prefer heels or flats? Flats because they're more comfortable but heels are fun to wear for a night out.
3. Have good grades? Yeah, well not failing anything is a good sign right. ;)
4. Drink energy drinks? Nope, I haven't drank one in a while actually!
5. Drink juice? Yes! I've been drinking juice almost everyday now. I know, it's not exactly the best drink but it's better than drinking plain water all the time.
6. Like swimming? Nah
7. Eat fries with a fork? No, I'm not classy like that. ;) haha I would use a fork for fries if I was in a restaurant though.
8. Want to get married later on in life? Of course! Hopefully I'll find the perfect guy. <3
9. Get mad easily? Not really, just depends on who's being annoying hahah
10. Have any phobias? Is a phobia of rats a thing? Because rats absolutely scare me. :(
11. Bite your nails? Nope
12. Drink coffee? Not on a daily bases but sometimes I do.

Favourite...
13. Brand of makeup? Don't really have a favourite since I haven't experimented with many but the brand that I've got most of would be Maybelline.
14. Flowers? Roses are nice because they smell amazing.
15. Perfume? Cotton Candy perfume! But if it's a favourite perfume that I own, it would be Gwen Stafani's Harajuku Lovers, Lil' Angel.
16. Childhood cartoon? Omg, I have loads! The first few that comes to mind would be The Wild Thornberry's, Courage the Cowardly Dog and Rugrats.
17. Hairstyle? A french plait or bun.
18. Classic disney movie?
19. TV Show? Currently, it's The Carrie Diaries.
20. Actress and actor? Far too hard to pick just one!

I hope you all have fun reading and doing this yourselves because I sure had fun answering them and writing some of the questions. :)

Love,
Elaine

Hey! EXAMS ARE OVERRRR for this year! YAY! So happy! I'm free! I had my last exam today, which was biology. It was actually easy than I expected so hopefully I get a good grade for it. :D Anyways, enough exam talk. After my exam, Yvonne and my mum came to pick me up from school and we went straight to Westfield, Albany. We spent quite a long time at the city. Especially since I was shopping with a pregnant woman (Yvonne) and my mum who gets tired and sore feet easily. We arrived there at around 1pm and came back home at 9.30pm. That is quite a long time because normally, mum just wants to buy groceries from Asian super markets instead of actually shopping for clothes. I didn't actually buy that many things, but I'm going to make a haul video for the things I bought and also, add in things that I'm buying over these holidays. I'm going to like add up all the items I buy and do one big haul for it. So stay tuned on my Youtube channel to see when that comes out. :)

McDonald's recently came out with a new item... frozen sprite! There are a few flavours that you can choose from like cotton candy, bubble gum, green apple and a few more. Me, being a cotton candy lover of course had to get the cotton candy flavoured one first. It looks quite pretty, with the strips of red. It costed only $1 as well! Pretty good and my cup was a small size. I didn't choose medium or large because I was afraid that it would get too sickly after drinking too much.

Selfie with my love ;)

After that, my mum went shopping in Asian supermarkets so Yvonne and I went to a Korean mart store and bought ice cream! Who wouldn't want to eat a frozen sprite then an ice cream? ;)

Sitting in the car eating the ice cream haha

See how my ice cream has a bite taken out of it? It's was actually my sisters ice cream originally but I might've sneezed and got some spit on it hahahahaahahahah Okay, don't say that I'm gross. It was an unexpected sneeze okay :(

We sat in the car for ages! Mum likes to take her time while grocery shopping haha. When she finally came back, we went shopping and just looked at clothes pretty much! I didn't find anything too nice so I didn't buy any clothes. After shopping, we left to go to a restaurant. I think it's a korean restaurant. We kind of got lost on the way there because Yvonne's so bad with directions but we finally found the place! haha

We ordered three main dishes and a few sides to share between us three.

All the dishes that we got.

Spicy fish roe soup

Free coffee from the restaurant.

As you can see from the coffee photo, the sky is still pretty bright due to daylight savings. The time of the photo would have been around 9pm! I love daylight savings because the day always seem to last longer.

Off to paint my nails now! I'll be making a tutorial on how to do christmas themed nail art soon so stay tuned on my youtube. :)


Love,
Elaine

Hiya! Oh man, I'm going to have such a busy week next week! I have 3 exams to do (each one is 3 hours long!), a job interview to go to and also go to watch the premiere for Catching Fire!

I'll just talk about each of the things I'll be doing next week!
Exams:
Eek :s I not actually that nervous for exams! Like I've been studying and I seem to be okay with the facts so fingers crossed that I pass them! I'm just nervous for getting my results back at the start of next year. It feels like I'm waiting for eternal when exams are over and they're just marking our papers. The exams that I have are maths (calculus), media studies and biology.

Job interview:
Yay! I got short listed by McDonald's and am going in for an interview next week! I'm excited that the chance of me getting a job is higher now but I'm nervous for the interview. I'd actually love to work at McDonald's though! And I'll finally be able to earn my own money and start saving up for important things like uni. :) When I do get a job, I'm definitely setting a goal for how much I'm saving up before I spend extra money on things that aren't the most important. And I'll be able to finally start helping my parents by giving them some rent money or giving them grocery money. It's not that they can't afford it, it's just that I'll feel better knowing that I contributed to the household (money-wise).

Catching Fire:
WHOOP! Looking most forward to this next week because it's a nice little break from exams for my friends and I. One movie snack that I'm bringing is cotton candy. ;) Of course! haha And hopefully my friends will buy/bring snacks too so we can have a midnight feast. It's the midnight premiere for the movie so I'm extremely glad that I don't have an exam the morning of the movie!

Wish me luck for the exams and job interview! :)


Love,
Elaine

Hey! I'm busy studying and doing exams right now, so to keep you guys (and me) entertained, I'm doing the 100 questions tag! I have no idea how long it's going to take me to answer all 100 questions but I'm gonna try my best. :) And also, I TAG ALL OF YOU TO DO THIS TOO! :D

1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? Closed
2. Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotels? Maybe... hahah yeah I do. Might as well since they expect you to take it anyways.
3. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out? In
4. Have you ever stolen a street sign before? Nope
5. Do you like to use post-it notes? I don't use post-it notes often and I don't like how it gets unsticky pretty quick.

6. Do you cut out coupons but then never use then? Yeap. Well I'm pretty sure the last time I cut out a coupon was last year and I just left it in my wallet haha.
7.Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees? Uhh.. neither? haha
8. Do you have freckles? No
9. Do you smile for pictures? Yes, unless I'm posing for the photo and making a weird face :P
10. What is your biggest pet peeve? I have a few but I can't think of any right now.

11. Do you ever count your steps when you walk? I used to when I was little because walking was just so boring back then. But I don't do it anymore.
12. Have you ever peed in the woods? Nope
13. What about pooped in the woods? Ew no! haha 
14. Do you ever dance if there's no music playing? Depends. I might if I was by myself or with close friends but never just randomly!
15. Do you chew your pens and pencils? Nah haha it's awkward when you lend someone a pen and you see them biting my pens though! 

16. How many people have you slept with this week? It's just me, myself and I.
17. What size is your bed? Queen single? If that's a proper name for it haha it's like one size bigger than single but not as big as queen.
18. What is your song of the week? I've just been listening to all the songs on my tumblr's playlist. :)
19. Is it OK for guys to wear pink? Yeah, if it's for like a suite or a themed event.
20. Do you still watch cartoons? Not kid cartoons. Just Family Guy, Futurama and American Dad even though I haven't watched them in a while now.
21. What's your least favourite movie? I don't have a least favourite movie. I've seen some terrible movies but I can't think of any right now! Oh wait, Tin Tin's a pretty bad movie because of the high expectations I had for it :( Tin Tin's not the worst but it's the first movie that popped in my head.
22. Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some? I shouldn't tell you guys incase I do need to bury some treasure ;) haha nah, I honestly have no clue! 
23. What do you drink with dinner? Water
24. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? Ketchup or that sauce at McDonald's. Omg, craving nuggets now <3
25. What's your favourite food? KFC. Just everything from KFC hahah
26. What movie could you watch over and over and still love? Lilo and Stitch. I just watched this a few nights ago and it's still amazing haha of course I've got other movies that I absolutely love but I can't think of any right now. :( OH WAIT! 21 Jump Street is amazing! hahah Like I can't stop laughing in it! And also, Johnny English movies are funny! Pretty much all comedy movies because you just rewatch it and laugh all over again.
27. Last person you kissed/kissed you? Mr Invicible Man
28. Were you ever a boy/girl scout? Nope
29. Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine? No hahah 
30. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper? When I was like 12, I wrote a letter to my friend (an informal one).

31. Can you change the oil on a car? Nope haha well I've never tried :P
32. Ever gotten a speeding ticket? I gotta be able to drive first before getting a ticket 
33. Ran out of gas? Nope :)
34. Favourite kind of sandwich? Chicken and mayo sandwiches are pretty good. Egg sandwiches are delish as well!
35. Best thing to eat for breakfast? Bacon

36. What is your usual bedtime? 10pm ish  on school nights
37. Are you lazy? Yes! haha Well, when I do want to get something done, I'll be working on it 24/7 but if I just have no motivation for it, then I'll be lazy.
38. When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween? A witch (I've only trick or treated once)
39. What is your Chinese Astrological Sign? Rat
40. How many languages can you speak? English and Cantonese

41. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? No, I don't read magazines often
42. Which are better Legos or Lincoln Logs? Um, what are Lincoln Logs? Legos all the way though! Until you eventually step on one -.-
43. Are you stubborn? Sometimes
44. Who is better Leno or Letterman? Don't really know
45. Ever watch soap operas? Maybe once in a while but I haven't watched one in ages

46. Afraid of heights? Yes but heights are fun at the same time. Like, I'll get that heart dropping feeling but it's exciting being so high up at the same time.
47. Sing in the car? Yeah hahah whenever there's music playing! 
48. Dance in the shower? If there's music playing I might 
49. Dance in the car? You'll have to do a sitting dance haha 
50. Ever used a gun? Nope and I don't think I ever will

51. Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer? Never
52. Do you thing musicals are cheesy? Yes but that doesn't make them bad to watch
53. Is Christmas stressful? No
54. Ever ate a pierogi? What's a pierogi? I'm going to google it.. okay, no I've never had it but from the images, it looks kind of like gyoza
55. Favourite type of fruit pie? I don't have fruit pie often so I'll just go with a classic, apple.

56. Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid? A primary school teacher
57. Do you believe in ghosts? Kind of! Like there's so many stories about ghosts haha
58. Ever have a Deja-Vu feeling? Omg yes!
59. Take a vitamin daily? No
60. Wear slippers? Only during winter time

61. Wear a bath robe? Yes haha like whenever I'm at home I'll have it on. It's just so comfy
62. What do you wear to bed? Pyjamas hahah
63. First concert? Lorde
64. Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart? Target sounds like a cool store but in New Zealand, there's only K Mart 
65. Nike or Adidas? Adidas

66. Cheetos or Fritos? Cheetos
67. Peanuts of Sunflower seeds? Sunflower seeds
68. Ever heard of the group Tres Bien? No, should I have?
69. Ever taken dance lessons? Nope
70. Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing? No haha, just nothing too bad I hope

71. Can you curl your tongue? Yeah
72. Ever won a spelling bee? There's no spelling bees here but I don't think I'll win it. I'm not a terrible speller but I'll just be like put on the spot.
73. Have you ever cried because you were so happy? Well like emotional and happy haha
74. Own any record albums? Nope
75. Own a record player? Nah

76. Regularly burn incense? No
77. Ever been in love? Nope
78. Who would you like to see in concert? Taylor Swift because she seems to be so energetic on stage haha
79. When was the last concert you saw? Lorde (Yes, it was my one and only concert)
80. Hot tea or cold tea? Hot tea

81. Tea of Coffee? Tea
82. Sugar or Snickerdoodles? Neither?
83. Can you swim well? Nope
84. Can you hold your breath without holding your nose? Yeap, is that a special skill? Because I should add that to my CV ;)
85. Are you patient? Depends on what I have to be patient for

86. DJ or Band at a Wedding? Both haha nah, a band maybe
87. Ever won a contest? Not a contest like pie eating contest but I've won some competitions online by just submitting my info and answering some questions
88. Ever had plastic surgery? Nope, and I don't think I'll ever have plastic surgery. The thought of someone cutting me open is gruesome. 
89. Which are better black or green olives? Black
90. Can you knit or crochet? No

91. Best room for a fireplace? Living Room
92. Do you want to get married? Yes! It's the wedding day supposed to be the happiest day of your life.
93. If you're married, how long have you been married? Not married yet
94. Who was your HS crush? haha I don't want them to see so maybe I'll answer this when I'm like 40 
95. Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way? Nah

96. Do you have kids? No
97. Do you want kids? Yes! It'll be so fun dressing them up haha
98. What's your favourite colour? Yellow
99. Do you miss anyone right now? Not really
100. Did you watch Next Great American Band on FOX? Best last question ever.. hahah no I don't watch it.

Love,
Elaine

Hey! I'll be teaching you guys how to make a super simple hand scrub today. Trust me, it's simple and won't cost you too much. This will definitely be a great gift idea or even something for you to use yourself.
This hand scrub is magical, it has definitely made my skin much smoother.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 - 2 tbsp Lemon juice (I added 1 1/2 to make it smell more lemony but I think 2 tbsp would make it smell even better.)
1/4 Extra virgin olive oil
3/4 cup White sugar

Method:
1. Add all the three ingredients into a contrainer (e.g. jar. Make sure you have a lid for the container)
2. Mix it all together
And you're done! How simple is that!? Pretty much just throwing the three ingredients together in a jar and mixing it together.

In the process of watching off the scrub, your hands my feel oily (like when you've got grease on your fingers and it seems to just not go away) but trust me, after you dry your hands, they'll be super soft and smooth! So just give it a try. :)

I might make a short Youtube video for this simple DIY as well. If I do, it won't be up until near the end of November though (because that'd be after exams.)


Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! You're probably on a sugar high while reading this blog post from all the candy that you have eaten tonight! With a giant bowl of candy next to me, I'm super tempted to eat them. Maybe I will. Just one. Or two. Or a few dozen. ;)

I'll just tell you what happened today. Nothing too special but also not boring like just staying at home the whole day. Okay, so first off, I had school. Boring, boring, boring!
After school, I started to dress up and get ready to go out. I wasn't going trick or treating, I went to a local market which had a special Halloween edition tonight. When we got there, we were so disappointed. All that there was, was around 5 stalls that like only sold one or two things each. It's such a small area but there was like cars parked all throughout the car park (not a super large car park, but it seems to be able to have like a few dozen cars? Haha like an average amount! It could probably fit 50-ish cars. When we were getting dropped off, we thought "wow, didn't expect there to be so many people already!" because the market started at 5pm so we went at around 5.30pm. As we were walking towards the stalls, there was lots of people walking back out (because there's only one path going to and from there). Now I realize why they were leaving so early! We just walked by the stalls to see if anything interested us but we were like bored already because there's like nothing special happening either. Like it wasn't really that Halloween-y because only one or two stalls sold Halloween related products (which were sweet stuff like candy, Halloween themed cupcakes and cake pops) and without all the kids dressed up, the market would've just looked like a typical, super small, market.
We left maybe like 10 minutes after arriving to the stall and we just walked around. We actually walked for quite a while which makes me feel less guilty when eating junk food! Haha even though it's still bad for my body, I always just think that, "Oh, I already burned off fat for that earlier so it's fine." After walking for a little while, there were these three adorable kids that were waiting by their door for people to come get candy from them! At first we were kinda just ignoring them because we weren't really going trick or treating, we were just wandering around but those kids were too kind! Like it's great to see people actually enjoying Halloween because I swear, each year, more and more New Zealanders don't do anything for Halloween. Like no costumes, no house decorations and no candy for kids! I mean, they should at least give out some candy! Even though sometimes when we run out of candy, the kids would be pretty disappointed but my house is like down a long driveway so the chance of kids actually coming down is low but there was like 3 groups of kids that came to my house today. Good thing that we have enough candy! We don't usually buy too much because we know that there won't be that many people coming down our driveway. Oops, kinda got sidetracked haha! Oh yeah, about the kids wanting people to have some of their candy. We went over to them (they were across the street) and they gave us these marshmallows, like individually packaged ones that have some raspberry jam-like substance in it. After that, we just played on a playground. Haha, no one can EVER get too old for playgrounds! Unless the playground has like an age limit (like the playgrounds in Hong Kong :'( )

After all that talking, I forgot to show you my costume for Halloween! Here it is:
Can you guys guess what I was? I was... MINNIE MOUSE! Blue edition though! haha
I didn't take any photos of me in my entire outfit but I'll just explain it to you now. From head to toe.
*Minnie Mouse headband (of course, can't be Minnie without one!) My one was bought from Disneyland Japan
*Little black nose (It's just eye liner)
*Red lips (Done with red lipstick. It doesn't really seem that red on the image though. Sorry about that!)
*Stitch umbrella necklace (Stitch from Lilo and Stitch <3) Bought from Disneyland Hong Kong
*Black tank top (Tucked underneath skirt)
*Denim skirt (I borrowed it from my friend because I had no blue clothes suitable for the costume)

*Black tights (Because Minnie has black legs)
*Mickey Mouse gloves. Bought from Disneyland (One of the ones in USA)
*Black flats (You could wear any pair of shoes that suit the outfit but you can just never go wrong with black flats)

That's it for now! I'm getting really sleepy!
Tell me what you dressed up as for Halloween 2013 and what you did to celebrate it! I hope you all had a fantastic time!

Love,
Elaine

Hey! Last weekend, my friends and I went to the Armageddon Expo. For those that don't know what the Armageddon Expo is, it is similar to Comic Con but probably 100x smaller (I've never been to Comic Con but I'm 99% sure that Comic Con will be larger). It is where fans for all things like movies, video games, animes and all that come and there's competitions, lots of stuff to buy and most people dressed in amazing costumes!

My friend, her two siste, s and I dressed up as Dragon Ball characters. Okay, I have only ever seen a few episodes of Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z in my life but I still cosplayed as a character because my friends sister is really into this expo. Like she goes to Armageddon and cosplays every year. My friend and I dressed up as Dr and Mrs Briefs. The parents of Bulma which is what her two sisters dressed up as. One of them dressed up as the young version of Bulma and the other dressed up as the old version of Bulma. I don't have any photos of them though because we mainly took all the photos on her camera.

Eek! This is what we looked like!

haha our outfit doesn't look 100% like them but that's because we only had like a week to plan everything (but not much planning was actually done).

Next year (or sometime in the near future), I'll be cosplaying as Madison (aka Tomoyo) while my friend cosplays as Sakura. If you know what show these characters are from, then you're amazing! haha if you don't, well, I have nothing to say to you. ;) Only joking of course! The show that they're from is Cardcaptor Sakura (I'm not sure if it's just called 'Cardcaptors' or actually 'Cardcaptor Sakura') I'll be wearing a school uniform costume which I'll just make up myself. I'm not going to spend lots of money for buying a costume haha
That is what my character looks like so I'll need to buy a white skirt and a black long sleeve top. I'll probably just make the collar and cuffs by myself because I'm not sure if there'll be any available to buy. I'm so excited to cosplay as her though! Cardcaptors if such a good anime. If you haven't seen it before, you should definitely give it a try!
Off to sleep now, I'm so tired after standing up/walking around all day yesterday. Because we woke up at 6.45am then almost immediately started getting ready.

Love,
Elaine

Hey hey hey! Hahah as you can see from the title, I actually thought wrong about Domo being pregnant! Domo isn't pregnant which is actually pretty good considering the cold weather it was at the time! I'm really hoping she has babies during the summer time though because 1. It'll be warmer and the chance of survival for the kits are of course higher and 2. I'll be on my summer holidays so I can spend lots of time with them! I'm super excited to play with baby bunnies because I've never ever seen a baby bunny in real life that's younger than 6 or 8 weeks old. (I forgot what age the bunny has to be in order to be able to leave their mothers.) So it should be fun to take care of some baby bunnies. They aren't exactly the cutest when they come out into the magical world due to them being furless but they're still pretty cute! Like I wouldn't dare touching them when they don't have any fur (which I wouldn't/shouldn't be doing anyways) but them being furless just reminds me of naked mole rats! (EWWW! No offence to any naked mole rat enthusiasts)

Anyways, we found out that Gizmo is pregnant! Her stomach has gotten quite big and I'm guessing there's around four kitties! Well she usually has 3-5 kittens in one litter. It feels like she's had so many kittens haha! Hopefully we'll be allowed to keep one in the near future because we sell the kittens. It's so sad seeing them go though! :'( But Hazel wouldn't be very happy about a new addition to the family haha because everything's gotta be about her. ;) We're all guessing that Gizmo will be giving birth in the next few days so I'll keep you guys updated!

Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! Here's a short recap of what's happening in my life right now. Exams are coming up soon (like a month or so) but I keep getting side tracked by other stuff going on! It's mainly just stuff like Tumblr that's distracting me and this book that I'm reading.

At the start of the holidays, I was reading Rock Star by Jackie Collins. It's a pretty good book! I love how it talks about both the past and present in different chapters but it makes you understand the present more and also, it talks about three main characters individual lives. Eventually they cross each others paths and something scandalous always happens haha! Most of Jackie Collins books are good I think. I've read another one of hers and it's similar style, with a few main characters and talking about their own lives.

:)

I finished that book and I started a new book two days ago. My sister got the book out from the library. (She got like soooo many books all at once! :o ) It's called A Fool's Gold Christmas written by Susan Mallery. It's about a love relationship between two people that said they wanted nothing more except to just have fun (no real bf/gf relationship). The girl has a brother which is business partners (and good friends) with the boy in the relationship! So the were resisting it at first because it wasn't that good of an idea and they're both fragile or don't like to commit. I haven't finished the entire book yet but I've only got two chapters left to read! :D I'm excited to see how it ends. Like of course, I'm expecting a happy ending with them being bf and gf but there might be a plot twist. ;) We'll just have to wait and see!

I love how it's a hard cover book! <3

Apart from reading, I edited both my blogs! (Tumblr and blogspot) I changed the themes on both of the blogs and changed the banner/header image. I put an image inside the letters. I also added a playlist to my tumblr! I'm like listening to it right now haha. Even though I used a free theme code, I edited parts of it so it looks more unique. :)

Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! So it was only tonight that we realized that Domo is pregnant! She only just started showing the signs tonight though. She doesn’t have much of an appetite which is a sign of a pregnant bunny! Because apparently pregnant bunnies tend to eat less when they’re almost ready to give birth. And she even started pulling out Nibbler’s fur. Which is another sign! The fur is for the bunnies nesting area to ensure that they are warm enough. Domo has had a litter of kits before but unfortunately, they all died within a few days. :( It’s because of the cold weather during that month which really sucks because it was her first litter. However, I don't think that she truly knew what she was doing haha. Domo kinda just gave birth and left them there. I was expecting her to cuddle up with the baby bunnies since they're born furless, blind and def. Hopefully this time, Domo knows more of what to do because it'd be horrible this litter dies as well. :'( We'll just have to wait and see how these baby bunnies turn out! Hopefully they're all fine. :)

 

Love,

Elaine  

Hey guys! So tonight for dinner, my dad and I went to this local restaurant called Jambalaya. It is in Manly, Auckland. It is an American style restaurant that doesn't have much variation but it was fine because my dad and I was going only for the ribs there because it's known for the nice real american style ribs. I've never been to america so I can't honestly say whether or not it's just like american ribs but they were some pretty delicious ribs! We ordered 6 chicken wings and two sets of 1/2 rack ribs that comes along with coleslaw and fries.

The chicken wings were good I reckon! Like the special sauce they used was a little spicy and it also came along with a little bit of aioli and coleslaw. It was a great starter. It was great because I was starving when I got there haha and it was delivered to us after a few minutes of ordering it.


I looovvveeeddd the sauce that they used for the ribs! It was fruity and just so good! :D And you can't see it in this photo but there are lots of french fries underneath the ribs! And I just love the ketchup hahah it's good. Reminds me of the ketchup at Wendy's because it's got a strong tomato taste.

Most of the photos taken were a little blurry because of the dim lighting in the restaurant. Just look at how big the ribs are! haha I honestly expected maybe half the size? Because we barely ever go out to eat, let alone eat ribs at a restaurant.

We didn't buy anything else because my dad mainly wanted to come to try out the ribs. But if I go there again, I might try another thing just to experience and see what the best thing is. :)

Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! I'm back again with another nail tutorial. This time, I'll be teaching you how to paint the black soots from the famous Totoro movie. For those that don't know what this movie is it's this!

(Photo from http://www.mangauk.com)

And the black soots are these!

Hey guys, here's a list of my playlist that I made in the beginning of May and I still listen to them most nights.

• Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke- I just love how this song is so fast paced and catchy.
• How To Be A Heart Breaker by Marina and The Diamonds- I love the lyrics and how it's so upbeat.
• Radioactive by Imagine Dragons- I love the beat.
• Impossible by James Arthur- Even though the  beginning is quite slow, I still love that part. I don't really know the lyrics, I just love the beat to it.
• #thatPOWER by will.i.am ft. Justin Bieber- I don't know most of the lyrics in this either but it's catchy.
• Thank You by MKTO- I love the lyrics!
• Hey Porche by Nelly- I just like listening to this in the background
• I Need Your Love by Calvin Harris- I love the lyrics
• Love Is Easy by McFly- I love the start so much! The 'do do do do do' part
• Army of Two by Olly Murs- Can't go wrong with a catchy Olly Murs song.
• The Love Club by Lorde- After hearing Royals, I began listening to her other songs and fell in love with this one.
• Royals by Lorde- After listening to this once, I immediately searched up the lyrics haha and I've learnt the lyrics off by heart now. Love this song so much! <3
• Diamonds by Rihanna- I just love the "Shine bright like a diamond" line.
• It's A Beautiful Day by Michael Buble- Love this song, it's so happy and just brightens up your day.
• Locked Out Of Heaven by Bruno Mars- I didn't like this song at first but then it started to sound better and better each time I heard it.
• Thinkin Bout You by Frank Ocean- Such a great song.
• One Way Or Another by One Direction- Everytime I hear this song, I just immediately think of the One Direction guys and their goofiness/funniness because of the music video that they made.
• Life in Sunshine by Jamie McDell- After being addicted to her song 'Rewind', I started listening to her other songs and this is another one of her songs that I love.
• Rewind by Jamie McDell- Such a catchy songs, although the lyrics a repeatitive, I still love it because the lyrics are easy to remember. I especially love the "Rewind 5 times" part <3
• Zombie by The Pretty Reckless- I have always loved song from The Pretty Reckless, although I don't usually listen to songs that are quite dark, I love listening to their songs. The lyrics are always so catchy and I love singing along.