Hey guys! I'm proudly procrastinating by doing this fun questions tag that I found out from seanajvixen :)

1) When is your birthday?
I actually have this in my bio already, but it's the 1st of December. (First day of Summer!)

2) What are 3 of your favorite colors?
Yellow, plum/purple maroon and yellow. (And yes, I know that I wrote yellow twice, just love it that much haha)

3) What are your 3 favorite quotes?
I don't have any special quotes that I live by but right now, I like Alexander Pope's quote,
"How happy is the blameless vestal's lot, the world forgetting by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned."
This quote just has a nice ring to it, I don't really know. It's just a nice quote. 

4) Are you addicted to YouTube?
I'm not as addicted anymore, I now just watch TV shows.

5) What are 3 of your favorite shows on TV or YouTube or both?
I am currently loving The Flash, How to get away with murder and Selfie (Still so sad that they cancelled selfie though!)

My all time favorites are FRIENDS (Because I have watched all episodes a billion times and still crack up every time I watch an episode), Gossip Girl (xoxo) and Running Man which is a Korean game show and it's hilarious! Makes me want to learn Korean so I don't need to read the english subtitles.

6) What are 3 qualities you like in a best friend?
Funny, the ability to give advice or talk to you about everything and anything, also loyalty and trust so I can trust them to not blab about important things that I tell them.

7) Do you like your name?
I can't imagine myself with another name but 'Elaine' just seems like such a grown up name

8) If you have the choice to pick your own name, what will it be?
If I was a gwai lo, the name 'Summer' would be perfect since my birthday is on the first day of Summer but if I did change my name, realistically I'd name myself... Lilly. hahaha Imagine if I was called Lilly.. I just think Lilly's a really pretty name but I definitely can't see myself having that name!

9) What is your fantasy dream?
To go to the Willy Wonka factory from the movie 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'!

10) Do you wear makeup?
I wear concealer and bb cream if I go to school and sometimes work if my face is really pigmented. But I have stopped wearing makeup to work because honestly, who cares what you look like at work haha. But if I go to hang out with friends then I wear concealer, bb cream or foundation, masacara, light/natural/soft pink lipstick and a little bit of blush.

11) If you could write a book, what would the title be and what would it be about?
The book title would be 'Cotton Candy Kid' and it would be about a little girl that's rich and is spoiled rotten by her family and one day, she finds out there a magical land called 'Cotton Candy Island' and tries to get her parents to fly her out to this magical island. This island has unicorns that poops out cotton candy, a waterfall of coffee frappe and a forest with 'wild' colorful cotton candy. So pretty much the island is my paradise. Anyways, no one can enter the island unless they are proved worthy. So there are a bunch of tests given to the girl to see if she is worthy enough to be allowed to go on the island. You'll have to read the ending when I actually write this book. ;)

12) What makes you cry?
The movie Hachiko, when I see my friends cry and when I get frustrated, I just burst out crying.

13) What makes you angry?
When people take credit for things that they didn't do. It doesn't make me super mad but I just get annoyed!

14) What makes you happy?
Being with friends, eating yum food and just relaxing with no care in the world.

15) What is "fangirling?"
It's the thing that I do when someone mentions Chace Crawford or Zac Efron. :*

16) What are your 3 favorite snacks?
Doritos and kit kats. I can't think of anymore snacks that I'll never say no to.

17) What are your 3 favorite foods?
Sweet and sour pork, sushi and mashed potatoes.

18) What are your 3 favorite drinks?
Water, iced  milk tea, coffee frappes.

Hey guys! Today has been one of the most fun days these holidays. I haven't been going out that much due to work but today was an amazing day because I got to tick off something from my bucket list! And that was to pet a cow! haha it probably sounds like such a bucket list idea for most of you because a cows just a cow right? Well I guess you're right but I've always wanted to pet a cow because they're so ka-uttttte! Today, my dad, brother and I went to Sheep World which has farm animals available for you to pet and feed (for a price) and there was also a show available (with another price). But before I get carried away with talking about the animals, we went to a small yet quite popular cafe in Puhoi.

We went to the cafe for lunch and also grabbed some ice cream before we left because they had won like 6 out of 8 ice cream awards because they make their own ice creams. All the food there looked amazing but of course, we weren't going to buy everything that looked good.

My brother and I both bought a mocha. It tasted good except for the bottom parts because there was some of the chocolate powder left and I didn't even put any of the marshmallows in the mocha because the marshmallows are usually really sweet. Especially that brand because it looks like the Pascall marshmallows.

My brother ordered this sausage roll that came with some relish and also a mini salad which was unexpected. He gave me a bit to try and it tasted pretty good. It looks like they make it themselves because it doesn't look like it was manufactured in a big factory.

Here's me with the food that my dad and I ordered. It's a sweet chilli chicken panini that was huge so my dad and I shared it. It also came with some chutney and a mini salad.

It was actually fairly priced because it cost about $30 for everything that we bought (2 mochas, 1 flat white, 1 panini and 1 sausage roll.) The food was really filling and I almost didn't have enough room for ice cream. ALMOST. ;) haha I didn't take any photos of the ice creams that we bought because it was beginning to melt pretty fast so I focused on eating it instead of taking photos of it. The ice cream that I ordered was Hokey Pokey. But they altered the name to Puhoi Pokey and there weren't hokey pokey bits in there, it was smooth with some chocolate that seemed like crushed Crunchie chocolate on top.

After the cafe, we drove around Warkworth and Wellsford until we finally reached Sheep World. We were kind of hesitant of buying admission tickets at first because they were $28 for an adult. Which is actually quite expensive but it was worth it since we spent over 2 hours there. Just purely petting and feeding the animals and watching the show that was about an hour and a half long. When we went through the doors to see the animals, the first animals we saw were sheep. Not very cute sheep either because this sheep has horns like a goat. It looks like a sheep crossed with a goat haha!

That's the sheep that I'm talking about but darn it, it's looking up so you can't see the horns but look, it's fur looks like a normal sheep's.

Next stop, COWS! The owner (I'm guessing) gave us two milk bottles to feed the cows. I was super excited because how often are you able to bottle feed a cow!? I doubt I'll ever be able to do it in my life again unless I go to a place like sheep world but they don't always have cows. The bottle that was feeding the larger cow was soon empty so the guy took the bottle and added some water in there for the cow instead of more milk. Once the large one had the bottle taken away, it came over to the smaller cow that I was feeding and knocked his head away and stole the bottle from the smaller cow. No wonder the cow is smaller, his brother/sister always steals his milk! haha My mum always gave me the impression that cows that really rough fur but these two cows didn't have super rough fur. I mean, the majority of its fur isn't that soft but they had a few soft spots. Maybe it's because they're still young so the fur is still baby fur? If there's even such a thing like that haha.

The two cows that they have there.

There were also other animals like:
Alpacas! I love alpacas and all but I was so scared that they were going to spit on me! Even though that'd only happen if you really piss them off but their faces looked pissed off (not that we did anything to make them be pissed off.)

Ostriches! I was far too scared to feed them with the pellets in my hand because they peck and could peck hard. We just threw some pellets on the ground for them.

Deers! There was about 3 or 4 deers but 3 of them were too shy to come up to the fence to eat from us. The only one that wasn't scared was the one in the photo below. The ones that were scared made it seem like they were in the wild or something and we were the hunters.

Just a casual close up of the deer haha

 Donkeys! There were also miniature horses which are pretty much just ponies haha! These donkeys had such dirty fur though! Like I pet them once and all this dust starts flying around and my hand is immediately full of dust.
There were also some pigs and chickens and goats but I didn't take that many photos of them.
Overall, it was a good and fun day. The best part would be feeding the cows because it's on my bucket list haha and just hanging out with my dad and brother was amazing!

Which animal would you most like to pet and feed?

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

Hello! Holidays started last week and to celebrate the fact that there's no uniform rules while at home, I painted my nails! I haven't painted them in so long, mainly because whenever I try to make cool designs, it always fails. But since it's holidays, and I was so bored, I decided to try paint my nails and give it a nice design. I searched on youtube for some cute nail designs but nothing good came up but I searched for it on google and it came up with a blog post Cheesie (cheeserland.com) did. It had steps on how to do this simple nail design. I used the same nail polish colours as her because on my first try I didn't want to ruin it and make it look weird. So I stuck with being safe. I love this design because even people with short nails can do it (I have short nails so I know for a fact that you can do it too!) I think that these nails are perfect for parties! I don't know, they just give me a wild vibe haha.

Equipment:

Clear base/top coat (Sally Hansen), baby pink nail polish for base (Pinkey, bought from Sasa), pink nail polish for dots (Sylvie, bought from Sasa), black nail polish for around dots (Nail Color), nail polish remover, pink tool (toothpicks can be used as substitute), Q tip

Step 1: Buff your nails so they are smooth and clean.

Step 2: Paint a thin layer of clear base coat. This will protect your nails. (Even though, if you're painting your nails, you're not really protecting them in the first place) You don't have to do this step, it's your choice.

Step 3: Paint a layer of baby pink. It has to be a light shade of pink because you don't want it to stand out as much as the actual leopard prints. But you do want a layer of baby pink because it contrasts with the pink prints. In the picture below, you can't really see but I did apply a layer of baby pink nail polish.
Step 4: Use a darker shade of pink and just paint random dots (doesn't have to be perfect) around your nails. Don't paint them too close together though and don't paint too much because the black lines will be hard to fit around. I advise you to use a toothpick (or those fancy tools) to do the dots, unless your brush is thin.

Step 5: Use your black nail polish and draw lines around the pink dots. I used a tool similar to a toothpick because the lines have to be quite small.

Step 6: You can add other stuff to your nails now. Like glitter. You don't have to, you can just leave it as it is. I did a few strokes of glitter for one nail on each of my hands. (I only did it on two nails because from experience, the glitter was super hard to get off)

Step 7: Paint a thin layer of clear top coat nail polish to ensure that your nail will look nice and shiny!

Step 8: If you got some nail polish outside of your nails, then get nail polish remover and a Q tip then just dab away the little bits of nail polish that always seems to go out of the line -.-

note: after each step, make sure you wait until the paint dries!

the finishing product:

This is my right hand, I'm not even gonna show you guys my left hand because it looks like shit. 10x worse than that ^

Question of the day: What's the most amazing nail art you've done? Give me some ideas.

Love,
Elaine