29th December 2011

More travel diaries as my trip is not finished yet – wtf. Its super long, right? I’m about to give up blogging about it and I haven’t even gone up to NYC yet. I think I may start to shrink the amount of photos I’m posting up! :)

Ok, on this day, we go to Grand Canyon and Skywalk . You can choose to travel there by plane, helicopter or tour bus, but we chose to travel by plane!

We honestly had a really bad experience with “Grand Canyon Air Tours” but more about that at the end of the post!

Please do not book this tour

Ok, we get our own boarding pass for our plane. That’s pretty awesome and we sat at the front of the plane!!!

The tour promises to take us to 3 different destinations!!!! This is the “bus” it takes us on.

Always need a jumping photo where ever you go!

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We weren’t able to take photos whilst the Skywalk – which was a little annoying because it only meant we had no where else to take proper photos!! These are taking on the tour bus!!!

The worst part of the whole tour is that there was simply not enough time to go to the 3 destinations. We only made it to 2 because there were also very long lines for the buses – and we still paid the full amount nonetheless!!

Literally, we missed out on going to one destination at Grand Canyon and were not compensated. Furthermore, we were ignored by the so-managed manager and in the end – after literally hours of arguing with them (not just us, around 10 people were arguing including us), they ended up only compensating $40 per person!!!

The whole tour was such a rush – not worth it. We paid for a “tour” so that we could prioritise at Grand Canyon and be able to be shifted from one place to another… instead, we were just pushed around like everyone else who didn’t pay!!! If you intend on going, please book elsewhere!

Anyhow, we eventually got back on our mini plane and…. we saw the sunset. How amazing is this!!!!!!

Errrmmm.. unfortunately…. I fell asleeep……..

Ok. Everyone got really upset at me because we paid so much money just to be able to take the plane instead of the bus. Wtf. Fml.

THEN THIS IS MY FAVOURITE PART OF VEGAS. WE WENT TO MGM HOTEL AND FOUND THE TIGERS LIONS WE’VE BEEN HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT.

I LOVE TIGERS LIONS SO IT WAS SO SO SO EXCITING FOR ME.

MEOWWW. HERRRO.

AREN’T THEY SO CUTES???

After visiting the tigers lions, we went over to Hooters for dinner. We had never been to Hooters, so this was going to be an awesome experience for us!! I was expecting loads of boobs and loads of legs, but I think it’s more the entertainment. The whole restaurant was filled with families!!

HOOTER GIRLS!!!!

Bf found this sign very funny. It’s hung in Hooters!!

More soon. x

It’s been such a long week this week with work and so I really haven’t had the time to edit pictures and blog yet!

However, I did upload a video on youtube – just incase you missed it! It’s a simple valentines makeup!

If you read the comments on the video, you will find that loads of people are claiming that “i’m too skinny now” or that “i’ve lost a lot of weight” – but I honestly do not think so and the scale doesn’t agree with them either!

Maybe.. the botox has finally kicked in, but I’m not sure. Check this post out if you have no idea what I’m talking about.

Anyhoo, I have loads of giveaways coming up on my youtube and blog that I’ve organised and haven’t had the time to post up!! Really hope I can get more posts up this month as I am already breaking my New Years Resolution!!

I also finally got PINTEREST which has my absolute addict lately! Please come follow my boards and I will definitely check yours out too!!! I have loads of cute husky pictures in my Kawaii board!!! *bribes

And also cute tigers…

Okayyyy… Just come follow my boards because #pinterest is soooo fun!!!!!!! Much more fun than instagram and Lookbook!!!

my pinterest

x.

I hope everyone enjoyed Fiorr’s fashion tips!! I’m back with my Travel Diaries!! To those who are unaware and haven’t been here for a while, Fiorr is now going to be guest posting on my blog with Fashion #outfits and #tips!! Fiorr is my blood-sister so you will see similarities between us!

Travel diary

28th December 2011

Finally is the day we finally see familiar faces in America!! We reach Las Vegas to meet Fiorr and Chris.

You seriously know when you reach Las Vegas.. it’s like…… look, I’ll show you. Hello Vegas? THIS IS IN THE AIRPORT.

We take an airport shuttle bus and visit all the other hotel entrances. Amazing! This is probably my favourite hotel, it looks like a castle!

After we meet Fiorr and Chris, we head downtown for some action!

99c Margartias?? Yes, please!!!!

Oh, and ofcourse, we find this restuarant!!! Apparently, they have the biggest and fattiest burgers in the world!!!! A whopping Quadruple Bypass Burger. Check out the real-life size burger!!!!

Funniest part is that they have all these warning signs outside the shop and also… an ambulance sitting outside (fake ambulance) for any emergencies.

Fremont Street. Downtown isn’t as bad as loads of people have told me.. It’s just a super cheap, older and dirtier version of the Strip.

Oh, and wtf. Found this huge pokies machine in one of the casinos downtown. It was only $1 to play!!!! The guy infront of us almost got all the golds in one line.. but it was slightly misaligned.

Okay, we had our fun. Back to The Strip.

We went to many places, but this is Planet Hollywood and the Miracle Mile shops. It was directly opposite our hotel and I found my Sam Edelman shoes here!!! The inside of this casino is amazing!! It has a fake sky!

After walking around, we were super hungry and went to eat Japanese buffet!

Then back to the casino at Planet Hollywood. Look, there are dancers on the tables!!!

And ofcourse, had a quick browse at Sephora!

After Planet Hollywood, we started to head over to Paris.

Right underneath it, they had Paris shaped jugs filled with alcohol as well!!!

Inside, they had the fake sky, and the legs of Paris coming down as well!!!

We had some fun, and headed over to the Mirage.

And.. back to our own hotel. This is at Bellagio!! They had cute polar bears everywhere for Winter Christmas!!!!

More adventures in Vegas soon! x.

Travel diary

27th December 2011

Today we are heading for Universal Studios. It’s going to be a warm day today so I don’t need to wear jacket over jacket!!

Outfit + Makeup

Universal Studios is very similar to Fox Studios in Sydney.. but… 100x bigger. Wait, 100x may be an understatement!! Universal Studios is so funnn!!!

Welcome to Universal Studios!! It’s the famous globe!!!!

Okay, we were starving so we first settled in for some crepe!!

This is a funny statue!! The one without the santa hat is a real guy!! Look.

He freaking gives me the peace sign!!!!

Our journey continues!!!

This is the horrible Horror House I spoke about (if you read my twitter). I f***king hate this place!!!!!!!!! I went in crying and walked out crying. Never again.

Some random shop Mr.CG wanted me to take a pic of because he is really barrister-obsessed.

It’s a spinning coke bottle with a straw that spits out water!!! LOL! It’s so awesome!!! I think they called it the “Coke shower” or something.

Let it out!! It’s EB!!!!

Then there’s Animal Actors. This Labrador is super cute.

Krustyland, anyone? Drop the kids here and run! haha!

In Australia, we need a license to sell alcohol. In America, they have it everywhere…. and tripe the size. WTF.

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JAWS!!!!! Beware.

Can someone mail me some churros from America? They are the best.

It’s the GRINCH!!!!! – whole stole Christmas!!!!! Quite ironic because he is in a santa costume and dancing to christmas songs! haha!

Universal Studios is so beautiful in the day.. but madly amazing in the night.

I can’t wait til we come back to LA… but next stop is Las Vegas.

26th December 2011

Dearest readers,

Mr.CG and I reached Hollywood today!! Many people think of Hollywood with lots of celebrities walking around but I didn’t see a single one!!! Boohoo! I actually really wanted to do some celebrity spotting!!

We also took a visit to the Chinese Threatre. We didn’t go in though to watch a movie though. The best movies are shown here first! Go the chinese! :D

Spotted Hooters which I’ve heard about loads of TV. Can’t wait to dine there!

See the Starbucks in the corner of the above pic? We just had to try out the Starbucks to see what the America’s rave about!

Outside the Chinese Threatre, there are cute characters walking around. We spotted Mickey and quickly took a photo with him, after the photo, he asked me to take a photo with Dora the Explorer…. (I’ve never watched a single one of her shows!!) so I did it, and he asked for tips for photo taking!!!!

Lesson 1: Never take photos with the characters randomly walking around the street.

Lesson 2: Only take pictures from afar and then run before they ask you for tips.

Then we went into the mall to find Hard Rock Cafe and shop at MAC and Sephora!!!!!!

The Hard Rock Cafe is better in America than it is in Sydney – but we had to wait over 30 mins for a table!!!! There were tables around, but not enough waiters to serve!

It’s KETCHUP!!!! (It’s called Tomato Sauce in Australia)

After brunch, we headed over to Madame Tussauds. I thought Kim Kardashian was going to be here so I was super excited to “meet her”. But it turned out she’s not in the LA one!!!!

*** meeting the celebrities ***

First time into Forever21, so glad I don’t need to pay minimum $35 for shipping!!! How outrageous are their shipping costs to Australia??

Scroll down to see my first purchases!

F21 Glitter white jumper – super nice for the winter when  you want to look glam, but it’s freezing!
F21 Glitter bronze and gold bodycon skirt

F21 gold bodycon skirt with horizontal stripes

Kookai copy cutout singlet
F21 tan bodycon skirt

More shopping and travel fun to share with you soon!

Travel diary

24th December 2011

Dearest readers,

I’ve landed in America.

I feel like… it has always been my wildest dream to go to the other side of the world. Being in Australia, it’s known to be expensive to travel because we are so far below the rest of the world.. so to be there… in America, seemed like a dream come true. Wooohooo!

At the airport. First thought: “Shxt, my luggage is already 16kgs”. Not a good start to my holiday.

My first stop is Los Angeles. I don’t know too much about geography and prior to this trip, I didn’t even know where LA was situated on a map (apart from the fact that it’s in America). But I knew one thing, I had to check out one place. Beverly Hills.

Okay, now, we get off our flight and settle into our hotel.. checking if I brought everything.

toothbrush, toothpaste, tick.
shampoo, deep conditioner, body wash, facial wash, hair serum, tick. tick. tick.
foundation, eyeliner, powder, eyebrow pencil, naked palette, tick. tick. tick.
pajamas, ugg boots, coats, tick.
(and the list goes on…)

Gosh, a girls life is difficult. Mr.CG’s luggage was about 10kgs to start with.. in which I think the bag weighed about 2-3kg of it!

At LA airport

The first day is usually a “resting” day. After a 12+ hour flight, we were so exhausted. Helllooo bed.

5pm. We wake up. We get ready and we’re told we have a hotel limo chauffeur to drive us out to Beverly Hills!!

6pm. We are all set to go to Beverly Hills!!!

We mainly went to Rodeo Dr and Santa Monica Blvd, but the whole city of Beverly Hills was amazing!! I could just feel the existence of the rich and famous beside me!!

We spotted this extremely expensive and awesome sports car parked on the street outside Bijan – also with the number plate Bijan. Everyone stopped to take photos of this car. LOLOL.

Shopping in action!! At Juicy Couture.

Christmas tree outside on Rodeo Dr. It is soo beautiful.

8pm. Very hungry!! We went by the very touristy way to find a restaurant. We stole some hotel tourist brochures and began our eating adventure.

10pm. Home time.

The christmas tree at our hotel!

Goodnight xo.

25th December 2011

Dearest readers,

I’m on my way to Disneyland today!!!!!

My outfit for Disneyland. I bought that jacket from Beverly Hills – Juicy Couture!

On the coach to Disneyland

Awesome welcoming fountain!

Our citypass! I drew a mickey mouse face on my signature!

We thought this was only in Disneyland but it turns out it is everywhere!!! We got about 10 coins stamped!

The Disneyland map!

We found Jasmine and Aladdin!!!!

Pretzels!!!!!! Super yummy flavoured pretzels!!

We also found the Night before Christmas!!!

Then we lined up for over an hour to take a picture with Winnie the Pooh and friends!… LOL.

That’s when we spotted…. mini Santa Claus!

My favourite out of the three!!! Tigger!!!!!! *giggles*

Eeyore looked so sad!!!

And Pooh! <3

One of my favourite pictures of Mr.CG & I. Let’s frame this, shall we?

Then we had Churros!!! Damn, we ate alot of food that day at Disneyland but it was irresistible!!!!

Look!! They even had a grass cut statue of Dumbo!!!

Here is where I lined up after some kids to sit on this teapot… so.. that I can be apart of the cool kids.

We actually lined up about 2 hours to take pictures with these Princesses. I think Mr.CG was more excited than I was about these princesses….. the pictures of our photos are further down because we saw this.. and then came back after we toured around a little more.

There was a shop filled with costumes and other accessories for the princesses!!! I love Tinkerbell!

This is probably the best part of Disneyland. We got this huge… turkey leg.. that I don’t think I’ll ever forget! It reminds me so much of the Flintstones!

Okay, then we go back and take photos with the princesses. Even after we got back, the line was just as long.. as we decided to line up. Yes.. about 2 hours in total!

I feel a little embarrasssed… but I don’t think I quite know who the first princess is… then it’s Ariel (Little Mermaid).. then Jasmine (Aladdin). Those were obvious. Is the first one Cinderella?

Next, we went to line up to see Mickey!

I believe our journey pretty much ended there. We were so tired after this so we stopped to shop for souvenirs.

The Mickey Mouse hand gloves I showed you guys in my earlier blog post!!!!

The castle in Disneyland at night!!!

Duffy!!!!!! I madly wanted one of these but I don’t think Mr.CG wanted to carry this to Vegas, Boston, Washington, Rhode Island, Niagara Falls, NYC… and then back to Sydney. LOL.

And I love Marie!! She’s so pretty!

This is… supposed to be Tigger….

It started to snow at night!!! We actually went on Christmas Day (if you didn’t already realise) so the snow actually gave us the White Christmas dream we have always wanted. Ticking that off the “to-do” list now!

All in all, I loved Disneyland. It brought back so many childhood memories and allowed me to share and spend these memories with Mr.CG who I wasn’t fortunate enough to meet before my teens.

Looking forward to more fun, but exhausted now!

Goodnight! xo.

And the journey continues….

I’ve finally got internet access in New York City. For the past few week, I have been changing several hotels due to joining different tours to visit different cities.

On the 1st January 2012, I arrived at New York City – I arrived for only one night before heading out to Philadephia, Washington DC and Niagara Falls! Niagara Falls is amazing – but because of the waterfall and rushing of the water, the city was deserted and honestly very very cold.

After the trip, I obviously spent some time shopping in Times Square!!! I love it here and desperately want to move here!!!! The city is awake until about 11pm – whereas Sydney would be deserted by 5pm – depending on where you go.

I’ve been shopping at Century 21 on Wall Street and Woodbury Commons… and let me just say… it’s madness over there!!!! I can’t even believe how much shopping we came home with!

Anyway, I can’t seem to upload any photos on this computer at Hilton at the moment so you guys will need to wait til I come back on the 13th January for photos and more crazy experiences!!!

Miss you guys alot!

Speak soon. x

The wedding season is quickly approaching but at this time of the year, we mainly hear lover birds swooping across the blue skies. We hear about proposals, engagement parties and wedding plans.. all these happy thoughts and happy couples around us… filling me with envy :)

欣賞眼前人 (appreciate those who are infront of you) is a phrase we always hear, but we don’t really realise how important it is until we lose someone. Don’t wait for the moment you lose the one you love until you start to appreciate him/her.

Congratulations to Andy & Yo-yo

It’s actually the first time I’ve attended a wedding!! Well, apart from those times when I was only 2 years old and Mum flew me over to Hong Kong to attend her sister’s ceremony. I don’t even remember it and if photos weren’t there to prove it, I wouldn’t even believe it!

I’m so glad that I was able to attend my first ever wedding ceremony with Mr.CG! It is his first too!!!

I decided to go for a Colour blocking theme – coral and turquoise

Yuki-san is growing up! She really isn’t growing very fast (maybe because she is a girl) but she is still noticably larger! At about 8kgs now, she is finding it harder to crawl under beds – but easier to attack Kawaii-san by stepping all over her (poor baby).

In fact, the saddest part of her growing up is losing the baby pink skin she used to have on her paws…

apologies for the disturbing piece of hair

she also likes to think of my bed as hers…

Too cute, right?

I also have a few videos of her I want to upload soon! <3

1) Taking the procedure
2) Uploading the video

Before I go on though, thank you to all those who have been loudly or silently supporting me.

Yes, I understand why some of you are against botox, but I also believe that there is alot of misunderstandings towards botox. Botox isn’t “plastic surgery”, it doesn’t change me as a person.. in fact, I must stress that results only last for 6-12 months.

If you want to continue the botox injections, you may. If you do not, you don’t have to and you will gradually enlarge the muscles by using them on a daily basis again. Then… you return to looking exactly the way you did prior to the injections!

I’m going to put an example like this.. because I feel like this is how I understand it..

Think that “the muscle” you are treating is “you” (as a person). Inserting botox is almost like placing yourself into a freezer to “freeze” your age. You will then not age – until the ice melts (hehe. childhood stories ftw!). Botox doesn’t harm you – unless you are overdosing yourself with injections – and like anything.. if you overuse it, it’s harmful!

My results are still rather subtle at this stage.. and I like it that way!! I never wanted to change the shape of my way.. all I wanted was a subtle difference!

5 weeks after I had my jaw and chin botox

You can refer to the post before for the “before” photo. I can’t wait til more results next week as next week will be my 6th week – which is meant to be maximum results!!

Will promise to continue updating… keep following my journey.