to the kitchen....

I don't know why but these days, I am not keen in socialising so most of the time, I just stay at home, reading, cooking, baking, looking for a job. Sadly, I still haven't got a job yet (T.T) hopefully I can get a job soon.

Anyway, because I barely socialise with other people, I barely use make up. I haven't touched my make up tools for....ages.....but I play with my mixer and stove a lot...

So far, I've made...

Banana Loaf

Anpanman dinner for futagochan

I am thinking to make roll cake but a bit busy at the moment...

Oh, yesterday, I played with my make up....

I was thinking to cut my fringe but decided to let it grow a bit more.

Lately....

I've been busy cooking and baking lately. I love to cook and bake but it's kinda pain in the neck to wash all the dishes.

Futagochan are back in daycare so I have free time during the day.

Auckland view from Devonport

<3<3

with my always-gorgeous-girl Mariska

Make up for Valentine (though I didn't do anything)

Grabaseat was having deal for Auckland-Tokyo for around $800. I'd love to go but I was stuck with visa. Seems I gotta reapply my visa so that I can go to Japan anytime.

For now, I'll continue my job hunting.

Cupcakes from The Cupcake Tree

I had bought 2 vouchers of 6 pcs of cupcake from The Cupcake Tree. I decided to redeem it few weeks ago. I was a bit confused with the location. It said it's located at the Queen Street Market, 239 Queen Street, next to Smith and Caughey. As far as I remembered, MidCity's located next to Smith and Caughey but the I was thinking, what the heck, just go inside and find The Cupcake Tree. Apparently it's located on the 3rd floor. I didn't even know they made 3rd floor..

Anyway, the owner is super friendly!!! He even recommended macarons but I had already got a dozen of cupcakes.

Top: Lemon Meringue, Red Velvet, Catch of the Day
Bottom: Cookies and Cream, French Vanilla, Ginger Kisses

Top: Ginger Kisses, French Vanilla, Red Velvet
Bottom: Peppermint Twist, Lemon Meringue, Cookies and Cream

I only tried ginger kisses but oh my, it's like orgasm in your mouth!!!!

Seriously, it's worth to try. It's perfect for morning/afternoon tea with a cuppa...or even as dessert.

I gave it to futagochan as dessert. Told them the almighty "finish up your dinner and you can have dessert!!!" It worked!!!Futagochan love it too!!!! They keep saying "oiiiissshhhiii"

I'm still thinking to go back there and try the macarons but I haven't had the time yet but if you're nearby, please drop by and try their cupcakes.hehehe

The Cupcake Tree
Queen Street Market
239 Queen St

Lemon Cupcake Recipe

For valentine, I was thinking to make chocolate but it didn't turn out as I expected. My hands were itching to make something and I was asked to make lemon cupcake so I thought, why not????? I used the almighty google and chose a simple recipe.

Here it goes.

Lemon Cupcakes

Lemon Cupcake Recipe
Ingredients

• 100 g butter
• 100 g caster sugar
• 100 g all purpose flour
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 lemon, finely grated zest of

Directions

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees
• Using an electric whisk, beat the butter, sugar, 1/2 lemon zest until very light and fluffy.
• Add the flour and baking powder then add eggs one at a time, make sure you beat one egg well before adding the next egg into the batter.
• Put the batter into cupcake pan (around 2/3 each pan)
• Bake in the oven for 10-20 minutes until it's cooked.

A few days after I made the lemon cupcakes, I was thinking to make chocolate cupcake but I was asked again to make the lemon cupcakes. In the middle of mixing the dough, I said I had all ingredients to make chocolate cupcakes, so I decided to make chocolate cupcake by putting 1/3 cup of chocolate powder instead of putting lemon, 3 eggs instead of 2, and also 2 tbs of milk. It turned out great. It was yummy!!!!!

Chocolate Cupcakes

January Haul

I was gonna order stuff from sasa but then I realised my parents were in Malaysia and they were gonna send out some stuff to NZ so I asked them to get some stuff from sasa for me, hehehe...

BB Creams~~~

Pore Putty BB Cream

Kiss me BB Cream

I have been wanting to try BB cream for awhile now so I asked my mum to get BB cream for me. She, then, called me to say Pore Putty BB Cream was so small and asked me if I wanted to get another one so I asked for Kiss me BB Cream xp

I never have enough of eyeshadows. I wanna get more..and moree..and moreeeee... Initially, I didn't ask for eyeshadow but then mum called and asked if I wanted to get some eyeshadows. I told her I wanted to get blue and green so she chose these items for me.

Kate Wide Eyeshadow - BU1

Majolica Majorca Jeweling Eyes

After I received the items, I realised that I was disappointed with Kate cos the eyeshadow that I bought was not pigmented enough. The colours barely come out but I will give this a try and hopefully I won't be disappointed. I can't say much about Jeweling eyes cos I've never tried it before...

Dolly Wink Eyelash Fix

I was in need of new falsies glue. I asked my mum to ask the S.A for D.U.P eyelash fix (clear) but she couldn't understand what I was saying so I asked her to put the S.A on the phone. The S.A said she didn't have D.U.P eyelash fix so I asked her if she sold any clear falsies glue and she recommended dolly wink so I thought I would give it a try.

Revlon PhotoReady Foundation - 005 Natural Beige

I am running out of foundation so I checked skatestuff on trademe and decided to get photoready foundation.

Anyway, I should stop spending...cos I am still jobless but then Ken'ichi is going to order stuff from Japan.....I wanna put a bit of this and that but I am still not sure...I need to save money (T.T)

An affair with soul sister (2)

Last weekend, I spent most of my time with Sca, having girls talk, the long 9 yards. It was fun as usual...Here are the pics xD

Man, she's getting darker..btw, I am having sunburn at the moment. I have been spending my days out of home, taking futagochan to the park and just sanpo with them. My arms and legs are getting darker..I really need a good sunblock with super high SPF...

Vassen - Hanabi Violet

I was thinking to get another pair of circle lenses (I ended up getting 3 pairs!!!!!)

Anyway, I checked PinkyParadise for circle lenses and I came across Hanabi Violet (manufactured by Vassen). I was thinking to give it a try so I bought it.

Honestly, it is the most comfortable lenses I've ever worn!!!!! It's so thin that I didn't even realise I was wearing it.

Diameter: 14.5 mm

Water Content: 42%

Base Curve: 8.6 mm

Indoor - without flash

Indoor - with flash

Outdoor - without flash

outdoor - with flash

Anyway, it seems like we're not getting summer here in NZ. I miss the sun!! I wanna take futagochan out for a walk but then it's always raining. I really really....really miss summer.

Christmas Haul pt 2

So basically I ordered these items before Christmas but I'd to wait til the boys're back from Japan.

I am so excited to get these items and really...really can't wait to try it.

These items were purchased from Amazon.co.jp cos Ken'ichi didn't have time to go around and look for it one by one. At first, I just gave all the links to Ken'ichi so he had idea what to get but he ended up getting it from Amazon.



AB Mezaik Fiber 120 pcs 

 Actually I'd been thinking to get it for a while but I was a bit reluctant cos it's pretty pricey but I put it in the cart anyway. I didn't know that he was gonna get it from amazon so I thought, "even though I show it to him, I don't think he's gonna get it." Ken'ichi ended up buying all items that I had put in Amazon cart so I am so happy to get it and really can't wait to try it as I hear pros and cons about this product. I bought it for 2060円




K-Palette Eyeliner - Super Black

 At first, I wanted to get the limited edition but I couldn't find it. I have heard a lot about this product. I wanted to get dolly wink eyeliner too but I didn't see the point of having 2 similiar type of eyeliners. I bought it for 1133円.

The rests are just falsies.. I can never have enough of it..lol..

Diamond Lash - Princess eyes (bottom lashes) - 926円

Eyemazing 201 and 202 (bottom lashes) - 1,249円 each



Eyemazing 502 - 1,041円

I was checking my falsies collections last night and I realised I've spent over 12,000円 only for falsies..oops.

Wish y'all a Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!!!

Unfortunately, I had to turn down 2 big parties last night. A friend asked me to go to Matakana to celebrate N.Y but I am bloody broke =( and Sca asked me to go to Sanctuary. At first, I said I would go but apparently, thanks to the allergic reaction, I had to stay at home =(

I dyed my hair 3 days ago and on the next day, my scalp was itchy and numb. I had the same reaction when I dyed my hair with Schwarzkopf Essential Color but it was gone within a day so I expected it would be like that as well, even though I used Schwarzkopf Perfect Mousse. Sadly, after 2 days, the numbness got worse. My scalp was so red.. It is still a bit red but I think it is much better than yesterday.

So I ended up spending N.Y.E watching Secret Garden.lol

Anyway, futagochan will arrive today around 12.35pm from Japan...so excited to see them!!!!!

Christmas Haul part 1

My parcel was supposed to come last week but unfortunately, I was out when the FedEx guy came so I had to wait til Wednesday cos Monday was Boxing Day and yesterday was still public holiday.

This morning, I waited impatiently. I wanted to take shower but I thought what if the guy came while I was in the shower...

Anyway, it's finally here!!!!

I bought these items from PinkyParadise. I am very impressed with their service. It was wrapped nicely to prevent any broken items...but the contact lenses itself were double-wrapped.

So here are the items that I'd bought.

Super Nudy

Hanabi Violet

I also got freebies!!!!

I've still got Christmas Haul part 2 and 3...I am just waiting for the items to arrive in Auckland. I really can't wait to try these on!!!!!!

Honestly though, when I bought these items from PinkyParadise, I wanted to get some diamond lashes but then the boys were going to Japan so I thought it would be cheaper to buy it from Japan. Besides, I can't spend so much otherwise Ken'ichi will growl at me if I spend more money on cosmetics.

PS. Sorry for bad quality pictures. The lumix camera was taken to Japan...hopefully I can start using it again the lumix from 1 January!!

Merry Christmas from down under!!!

Merry Christmas 2011!!!!


I know it is late but hey, it's better late than never xp


Anyway, this year is officially my last year of studying!!! was so excited and nervous at the same time. I got a bit of problem with visa and uni and was so scared that I wouldn't be able to graduate cos of it but few days ago, I got a card to call so I went to the post office on Custom St. Apparently, I got a huge as parcel, it was flat. I checked the sender, Tony Sayer...then I thought, hmm...that name's quite familiar....so I opened it and taaadaaa.....

After 4-5 years of studying with babies and study-break in between. oh boy, I am glad to see this!!!


Now, it is just a matter of finding a job..


Futago'chan are in Japan...enjoying Christmas in Japanese way and will be back on New Year. For knowing the kind of person I am, I won't miss this chance to ask Ken'ichi to get me mezaik fiber, diamond lashes princess eye, eyemazing 202, eyemazing 201, eyemazing 502, K-palette eyeliner and eyebrow....I still wanna ask him to get me eyematsuge but he complained that it's expensive as he already had spent a lot to get me some falsies...lol...


I've also ordered Candy magic King size gray from gal no lover(which takes ageeeeessssss. I haven't even got it until now) and Barbie eye super nudy pink and Hanabi Violet from pinkyparadise....


I've ordered Candy Magic King size gray since Nov 23. I asked Stellalee how long it took her to get it, she said around 2 weeks so I thought, hmm...I'd wait then..but after 2 weeks, I was getting a bit impatient and she told me to email the owner. Apparently the owner said it's pre-ordered and she would have it by this week. Stellalee told me to lodge a complain but I couldn't be bothered...I just wanna get my lenses...lol


Anyway, I am off now...leaving you with my after-Christmas eve dinner picture..

Awesome week!!!!

Last week was bloody awesome!!!! on Wednesday, it was Verdi's birthday!!! I was so bored so I txted him and asked if he wanted to go a bar so we went to PlayHouse at Imax. An hour later, Tyler and Sca came to join us...and it was happy hours so it was pretty cheap. At that time, we were planning to go home cos Sca, Verdi, and Frenchy were planning to go to movie at night but somehow they decided to go to karaoke so around 7, we went to Tanpopo then home to drop stuffs off, then off we went to karaoke. I was so hungry even though I had ramen so I went to a corn dog stall and asked for a ketchup mayo corn dog. Somehow she asked me where I came from, I said Indonesia. She said I looked either Japanese or Korean...

Then on Friday, I was planning not doing anything. However, on thursday, TylerJ invited us to come and drink at his place. I was not sure whether we're going to club or not...anyway, TylerK, Sca, and I went up to K'road. Drank few beers there then decided to go to viaduct...

I was laughing cos T.J said "is the picture blurry or my eyes that are blurry?!?!"

<3

the Ts.

I wanna make a post out Saturday night but I am still waiting for the photos to be uploaded.