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Friday, April 16, 2010

♥ onetruluv

on the way back into the city uni, i did a quick look through the shops (ohh how shopping deprived i am..)

there wasn't much that caught my attention. this whole orange colour thing isn't really my thing and i'm not sure if it ever will be... but yeah very lightish colours out a the moment. which makes me sad, because i realize i like bold colours. reds and purples and greens tend to be the colours that a majorityy of the wardrobe additions have been.

so anyways. as a last minute thing i ended up just buying a simple "must have" top that was on sale at myer (oh by the way, myer is having that 50% already reduced sale item sale thing, but its not so easy to find stuff... don't say i didn't warn u)

and so when i got home i hung it up, and while i was doing some reading for my psyc lab report, i turned around and saw the tag attached to the top. and i must say it sorta caught my eye


anyways, now that i look at it, i think this "brand" is more for the younger teenagers hmm. but the labels kinda cute?

well. the point of this post was not to show you how cute the label was.. but rather this...


so you know. i actually went to the site. thinking i would find pictures of all their clothes etc..

and what did i find?

see for yourself.

www.onetruluv.com.au

geez. total let down much?

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11:44 PM

Sunday, November 15, 2009

♥ the hunt for a black collared shirt

so on saturday vodafone messaged me (yes TEXT MESSAGED ME - i thought it was quite unprofessional, but josh seems to think otherwise) and asked me to start monday!

i asked her what i should wear and she replied saying black collared shirt, black skirt/pants, black shoes etc. and she specifically said NO STRIPES.

*chokes and dies*

a majority of my 'businessy' gear is striped, because i love pinstripe! but i did find a plain black skirt i bought quite a while ago... but all my collared shirts are white... so yes so made the decision to go shopping today (sunday) to hunt for a black shirt at harbor town!

dragged my boyfriend along. well not really dragged. but he came =) and was grumpy at first abt parking but cheered up after a while.

really weird, my body was still aching from a 1/2 hr walk i went on, on sat... T__T which is quite sad, and reflects how unfit i am!

anyways found one in the end, and might i add, how DIFFICULT it is to find a PLAIN black collared shirt.. i even dropped by the city and still went for a look around and didn't see anything. they were all white or white with stripes or black with stripes... but no plain black =[

while dropping by myer i also picked up a shoulder bag. not like a school bag, more of a casual sorta sling thing. which is good because handbags are starting to get to me a little.



oh and mum gave me some stuff she bought in melb. it's quite funny how she went all the way to melb, but she bought me stuff from tempt. ahaha. oh wells. it's not like she ever walked into there while here in perth.

anyways thats it for now. my body aches.

P.S. my sister bought that emotional intelligence book they were talking about in psychology!!! i will have to read it after she does =D i heard its a really good book. and she said that her lecturer mentioned it too.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

♥ a hole

not long ago i realized a stain on my jeans.

i thought it was just food or something, so i just left it.

the next time i looked at it again, i saw a cut through that stain. when i put my finger on it to see how big that cut was, the material just crumbled. leaving a hole in the leg of my jeans.

it looked like a parasite had just taken a chunk out of my jeans. i realized that stain, was some chemical... that i must have accidently spilt on my jeans during my chemistry lab. a chemical that ate away at my jeans, making it so fragile and weak that even the slightest poke, made it crumble. but you see, i didn't know this. when i saw that stain, i didnt know that it was slowly eating away at my jeans. i simply thought... it was just a harmless stain.

i haven't worn them since. til today. i figured since i was wearing boots anyways. so u can't see it. i tried to hide it you see. but that didn't stop the hole from getting bigger.





all wells, its summer soon. won't be wearing jeans with boots so i won't be able to hide it anymore.

they were new too. guess they weren't as long lasting as i thought.

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6:01 PM

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

♥ yum! wayne cooper.

it amazes me how much shoes can make a girls heart melt.

it also amazes how MUCH people can spend on shoes $_$

hundreds. maybe even thousands of dollars. for just one pair.

brandedness = $$$$

and as much as i think really expensive stuff is overrated,
i think it's silly how my student paid 30 bucks for ballet flats from spendless, when she could have gotten a nicer pair from betts for the same price. yes i said it. those shops that claim to sell "cheaper" aren't always cheaper. esp when the other more expensive stores have AWESOME sales.

it kinda reminds me places like target or kmart or even bigW... they are actually pretty expensive for what they are...

hmmm anyways. i went through basement at myer in the city today. and there wasn't much. as i was leaving i dropped by the shoe section. and found these sachi shoes which looked very similar to my sisters but in a different colour. so i took a pic and asked her if she wanted them.

and then as i was waiting for her reply i went around to the other side to look at the rest of the shoes on sale. and found theseeeeeeeeeeee.

yes, wayne cooper. eek. I'm becoming branded. but you will never guess how much they were.

last pair. just fits. shiny!

it's such a classic shoe, the black, shiny, point toe heeled shoes... can be used for businessy stuff or going out stuff... and i admit, it's something my sister would wear. too bad it only came in my size :)

actually i remember once in betts they had ones like these from zu on sale for 50, and i wanted to get them, but never ended up doing so......

but now i have these :) for less than 50 too ;)

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

♥ who i am now


compare the me of a year ago, to the me of now.

and i see a striking contrast.

a year ago, i never imagined i would own a pair of skinny jeans.
a year ago, i never imagined i would be the international district winner of zonta ywpaa.
a year ago, i didn't think i would own more than 20 tshirts.
a year ago, i didn't think i would be dating the boy that i thought was arrogant and proud.
a year ago, i was strong minded, confident, emotionally stable and just... strong in general.

i had values. beliefs. morals. and i stuck by them wholeheartedly.

slowly i have changed. i still have those values, beliefs and morals. my wardrobe may have increased. my fashion may have changed. my love life may have changed.

but what i find the most worrying... is that i'm not as strong anymore.

a few years ago, i remember telling my mate, how all the guys i had dated were so emotionally dependent on me. and how i had such bad taste because i'd always pick them!

and now i look at myself.
and I'VE TURNED INTO THEM.

how insane. i don't like it.

how could i look so disgustedly at the things people did a year ago.. and find myself doing it now.
how can i attempt to point out the speck in the eye of another, without taking out the log in my own.

but more than that... i've become someone i never imagined i would become.
i've become someone i never wanted to be. and i look at myself today and feel disgusted.

i feel like a hypocrite.
i feel like i've lost who i was, and turned into who i am.

i need a break. i need to stop. to lose who i am. and find the me 'i want to be' again.

what happened to me?

i'm a wreak.

p.s. please don't give me the cheer up phone call or convos. i just need to be left alone. thanks.

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6:07 PM

Friday, September 4, 2009

♥ harbor town fun

uhoh, came back from shopping with more bags of stuff =/

NOT GOOD. $_$.

ahaha. but happy with my bargains =D. it's kinda like, i could have came home with just one thing, but instead i came home with a bunch of things ^^

so quite last minute, chris and aaron and steven joined nathan and i for a harbor town shopping spree =)

chris, and the hat that aaron picked up, from the girls accessories section of just jeans.

nathan trying on the hat... xD

such a camwhore pic, in just jeans xD

nathan attempting to get a group pic in the smaller mirror but failing miserably!

steven in a converse thing that aaron made him try on xD

chris trying on skinnys.

jayjays (steven had gone home by then)
chris is the skinnys. nathan in a shirt with a printed tie xD

top: valleygirl, $4.95. pants: just jeans, $15.


and yes, i bought another pair of jeans >__> straightleg this time. it went with the pants in the two for $30 deal.

so in the past two days i have bought three pairs of jeans, one pair of pants, a top and a bra.

must. stop. shopping.

EEEEEEEEKKK

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5:36 PM

Thursday, September 3, 2009

♥ my first pair of skinnys

u know. i always thought it'd be the day i die that i would ever wear (let alone buy and own) a pair of skinnys.

in fact. i've always refused to try them on, simply because i have fat thighs and *shiver*.

so anyways, instead, i've been on the hunt for some straight leg jeans for my boots. i was beginning to get annoyed at the bulkiness of my usual jeans in them.

so i've been on that hunt for a while, but never really finding much of a bargain, and usually ending up with bootleg (a somewhat 'improvement' according to my boyfriend who deeply dislikes my flares), which still leaves that bulky bit in the boots.

so today i set out with the goal in mind again.. and with an hour to spare, made the yellow cat bus trek to harbor town. where i ended up visiting just jeans, which usually has pretty good bargains.

and i saw this table. with LOTS of jeans. for two for $30 and nearly died, bargains. they werent bad either! and i was fortunate enough to find lots of size 9s. and even one size 8.

and shockingly, the size 9 skinnys i got are actually a bit big at the waist, but i like it that way, because then its not as tight and skinny everywhere else! it seems more straight which was what i was looking for anyways.

the other pair i got was a bootleg in a size 8 (zmgsh?! i fit size 8 *faints*), because the only others were flare or bootleg, and i have plentyy of those already - plus my boyfriend would probably cut them up.. hehe. The other day i bought some lee's supaflares from live and when i was purchasing them in the back of my head i could just hear him groaning at the flare-ness.

anyways i love bargains. but it makes me think. these jeans i bought today, were originally $80 each. if i could get them for $15 each........ thats like....... more than 80% off!

and like my lee's! they were originally $153 and i got them for 20 bucks o__O... thats like.....more than 85% off. wow, live jipps like crazy hey... =/ and the cardi's i got from there were originally like $68 and i got it for $10...!

they must 1. make heaps of profit. and 2. jipp so many customers who pay full price.
note to self: avoid paying full price as much as possible, esp when there exists harbor town.



anyways. i heart bargains. going back to harbor town tomorrow with nathan, since i hardly got through the ground floor in just 40minutes. we're going to look for matching jumpers (because we already have matching superstars, trackies, shirts... and we plan on doing an identical clothing thing to uni one day just for fun xD)

and.. now i have three pairs of jeans that need altering (sigh! because i'm so short)
which will make the good bargains, a not AS good bargain as they were.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

♥ crap dayy

what a crap day. really.

#1. i literally have to drag myself out of bed, even though i'm so exhausted, because i have to go to uni for my lab & quiz.

#2. i try on my new cardi thing i bought yest, only to find the belt loop is broken -.-" will have to return it or something.

#3. check bus times on my laptop, then turn off laptop. only to realize i forgot what time the bus came. so had to turn it back on to check again.

#4. walk to the bus stop. as soon as i'm about to sit down, i open my bag to get my wallet - which was not there. hence. the walk back home. while i was home i changed from long sleeve to short sleeve, since it was quite sunny outside and i was hot from all walking.

#5. on the long walk to the OTHER bus stop (which is much further away) i drop my wallet twice. my oroton wallet now has scratches and i am very devo about it =(

#6. hbio test was NOT cool. i totally got stumped on this 3 mark question, and yes, thats 30%. insert epic sigh here.

#7. right after my test, my ring gets caught in my stockings. and pulls a thread, causing a hole. I think to myself how this morning i was pondering whether i should wear the stockings i got from bigW or the ones from myer, which are like five times more expensive. but the first ones i picked up were the ones from myer. and now they have a hole in it. insert very annoyed face here.

#8. after my lab, i call my bf who doesnt answer, then msg him, then sorta walk around aimlessly hoping to find him. only to find his friends on second floor of the library who tell me he's gone homee... i head off to my class half an hr early, but at least he returned my call... half an hour later.

#9. picked up my chem lab, supposingly one of my answers were detailed or scientific enough, so i only got a d... -.-" still good, but it ruined my hd streak i was having.

#10. i freeze as i walk to to bus stop and regret changing

#11. i get to the bus stop and open my bag to realize my sasuke keyring that i got for my 18th had fallen off.. ARGH!!! =(

#12. i meet nathan at qe2 to photocopy some books for my hbio essay (which i might add, i still haven't started).. and realize that one of my buttons on my black short sleeve cardi had fell off, and it was the first time i've worn it T__T

#13. it's late, and even colder, and i don't reach the city til 5:50pm, and then mum wants to drop by shops on way home, and i don't get back home until like 6:45.

on a flip side,

+ rolls of oreos are 99cents at iga
+ aero mint chocolate blocks are on special for $2.99 also at iga
+ TNCC lollies are also on special, $1.99 at iga..
note to self.. never go shopping when ur hungry and upset.........
+ had my first conversation with her today, i wasn't sure if it was her at the busstop, because she got a haircut but she started the convo, and it continued until i got off the bus.
+ just checked hbio score, and got 8/10. aww, God loves me.

andd... thats it for now.

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7:00 PM

Thursday, July 23, 2009

♥ first wk of sem 2

tomorrow will complete the first week of uni for semester two.
and wow, getting use to waking up relatively early, is a pain.

i've been late to every lecture (except wednesday, when i started at 10pm, rather than 9pm)
but really.. what is with traffic in the morning?! today was especially bad... =____=" took me more than an hr to get to uni... gah. i miss sleeping in already.

well my units this semester are... stats (maths), organic chemistry, psychology II, human bio II.

now.. i didn't do human bio I, so im slightly struggling with the terminology... and where everything is. everyone says that i'll be fine, that i'll catch up and that i'll get use to it, but to be honest i'm worried and wondering if i should switch / drop. i mean in one way, i know i can't avoid it - eventually i'll have to do it for bed. but in another way... i dont know if i can get a distinction for it, and if i can't it means my gpa will drop, which will lower my chances of transfering. so i'm sorta torn in two i guess.

psychology II is good, the lecturer is pretty good. interesting at least. since i've done semester one, i now know to study off the book (since the exam is based on book and not lectures, because most of the lectures aren't always relevant, but interesting and fun all the same)

stats... i heart maths. but so far stats has been pretty =/.. its basically just words on a slide. no working out stuff or anything =( but hopefully it gets better. the lecturer has quite a strong accent, i think its german.

chem.. hmm supposingly this chem is harder than last sem which is a major worry cauz it was my weakest last sem. but so far it seems ok. i guess he starts with the basics though, so i gotta make sure i keep up and buy the book (and actually read it) and do all the problems and ask questions when i dont understand stuff.

anyways.. other random thoughts:

+ i've been quite bitchy/judgey lately, well josh points out anyways. bad habits creeping back on me. will have to be more careful and wary of the things i say...

+ sometimes what you want and what you don't mind are two very different things. but i guess its important to be content and satisfied.

+ i expect my boyfriend to not be selfish and be able to share me with my friends without getting edgey. as i should do the same back. but sharing isn't always easy, though i think i find it easier than he does.

+ i seemed to be getting a bit more annoyed easily lately, maybe i'm more edgey that i think

+ oh today i creeped into my bf's lecture. it was a 1 hr 45min lecture. and i walked in with 30min to go. and my attempt to be discreet (by going by the back down) failed. she stopped talking and looked at me and asked me if i was a med student. and if i was in the right class. and i just looked at her blankly. and then she explained how they have been getting lots of law students coming in and out. yes. everyone stared at me and some laughed because they knew i wasn't haha. about 5 minutes later another girl walked in and sat nxt to me in the back row. obviously not a med student, but the lecturer didn't stop to ask her questions. but she did throw some looks at her haha.

+ gosh, i must walk funny or something. i have a hole in the back of my boots. phew they were only 10 bucks. yeah the back of my boots kept scraping along the ground, maybe the bottom bit isn't high enough, or maybe i just walk funny that i lean my heel too far back. it lets water in if i step into puddles. so its kinda pointless considering i still have to avoid puddles while wearing boots. its warm though.

+ i am fat. my boyfriend has fun poking my fatty stomach. i know i've gained weight. it's winter. plus i often go into phases where i don't actually care so much. hahaa, it's good to know my boyfriend will still stick by me, despite being fat. i wonder if he'll still like poking my stomach when im super fat like when im pregnant, however, i dont think thats too good for the baby.

+ today i worked. mainly recovery. the store looks good. hehe, also my manager mentioned rotating thurs nights in a 1 to 3 rotating basis. hence one thurs my manager will do it, the the next thurs the senior will do it, and the next thurs after that will be me. i think i get alternate saturdays now. which is good, i think every sat might be too much. but at least i know i'm getting at least one shift a week =)

+ lighthouse launch tomorrow. nysf district selection sat (oh judging will be fun!). umat wed. 18th party on sat. night service on the sun. zonta dinner on wed.

+ josh is coming over tomorrow! for dinner. haha.

+ having friends in every class has its pros and cons. it's great. because you have company and u can study together and ask questions. but i guess i don't make as much of an effort to make more new friends. haha. but i think its ok, because most people in 2nd sem already have their lil friend groups. and my mum always complains i have too many friends already. once she told me to unfriend them because i spent too much money on bdays etc xD.

anyways thats all for now. i should sleep. otherwise i wont be able to get up in the morning againn. and i'm quite exhausted.

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10:45 PM

Saturday, July 11, 2009

♥ 32 hours to gooo...

he comes back tomorrow. in like 32 hours.

i can't wait until he's back.
but in a way i also know he'll bring lots of changes with him.
e.g. changes to his wardrobe. changes to his accent. changes to his vocab.

i also know when he comes back, he'll be really busy. whether it be recovering from jet lag. or getting back into work.
and maybe his mom will be protective and difficult.

i dont know when i'll get to see him, it sucks haha. but i guess i need to be more patient. more understanding. and less selfish.

i think he's reached this stage of indepedence that i'm not yet use to. the stage where, he doesn't need me by his side all the time, consistently there. so i guess im feeling a little less needed, haha.

naww but its a good thing i think. that we're moving past that attachy stage. well actually im not quite sure im there yet. but it could just be because im missing him a lot right noww...

anyways this post is pretty messed up. too many mixed emotions. and lack of sleep. 3:41am.. ^^" i should go to bed...

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3:27 AM

Friday, June 12, 2009

♥ comfy study gear

exam progress: 3 down, 1 to go
psyc: completed
maths: completed
anth: completed
chem: monday


well today i nearly freaked out like crazy because i misplaced my student card. sigh, i really should be more organised >.<...

but i had few study sessions (one today, another yesterday) with a mate, and it reallyyyyyyy helped. i think when it comes to units that are kinda art related, its important to discuss ideas are stuff because its handy for the essays =)

i got my anth research essay and i got 78!!! i'm so happy with it. it's insanely higher than what i was expecting. so yeah i rekon i can pull of a credit for anth =) which is good cauz i was kinda worried i was borderlining fail.

anyways. something that ran through my mind today. is how people dress to uni. and not just uni in general. but in particular, exams.

you see, when i go to my exam, i want to be as comfortable as i can. jeans are not good (especially when u have pms and ur tummys really bloated)

soo. this is my exam gear / study gear / i feel like dressing like a hobo because its so comfy gear..
the trackpants. not the cotton type. but the swishswashy type (u know? the sound they make as u walk) these are extremely hard to find for girls. i have three pairs. one was for school... and is navy, and i dont wear them anymore. but the other two i have are actually guys ones. haha. the champion ones, i had to get it shortened from waist (hence, lowered the waistband... so it actually sits on my hips and its not too long)... and my nike ones, i haven't gotten shortened from the waist yet but i just roll it down at the waist.. they're so comfy!

the tshirt. these are so good! u don't have to worry about straps or anything falling off your shoulder etc... but it can't be too tight or else it will restrict movement in your shoulder. so u know. the loose tshirt (but not too loose!)

the hooded jacket. perfect for the colddd phyical recreation center or winthrop hall exam rooms (because they are so cold O_O!) the zip makes it easy to take off and on. and u know, the cotton is gooooddd for keeping you warm. again, i prefer it kinda loose compared to the jackets that stick to you (e.g. those cotton on ones)... and i like how i can just pull up the sleeve and it stays there as i can just keep writing.

the pair of thongs. ahh, dude, thongs are so handy, comfy, easy to slip off... they're awesome. the only downside is ur feet get a bit cold during winter (argh and those stupid puddles). but i must wear thongs to my exam because i kinda like to sit cross legged on my seat... xD i know, its weird. but its so comfortable.........
the bobby pin. oh this is an absolute necessity because of my fringeeeee... i walked all the way back to the library lockers just to get this and a hair tie... or else your hair always falls in front of your eyes =(

the necklace. a constant remind that my future is in His hands... and that i have some wonderful people like my mum and my boyfriend praying for me.


. . . and that is what i wear to my exams.

it surprises me how people rock up to uni in super high heels and really fancy outfits... esp to exams O__O. man, i dont even think i'll wear THAT high of heels on my wedding day... even though i probably need them xD

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6:20 PM

Friday, June 5, 2009

♥ air max vs air force 1

i want these.

he wants me to get these.
so as u can tell, we have quite different tastes and preferences.

and i must say..

i am getting
slightly worried
that my boyfriend will return from america
with a very different fashion sense...

and i must admit i have had quite an impact on his wardrobe the past few months.
and i think that's going to drastically go down the drain once we returns.

sighhhhhhh

it's okay. i will still love him. hehe.

P.S. ahh, picked up some blackk work shorts and plaid shorts from just jeans the other day. $9.95 each.. gotta heart sales!
however, i got slightly fustrated seeing my black shorts which i bought full price for $39.95, selling for only $9.95 now =(

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8:53 PM


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