Fashionopolis was a success! LadyMelbourne is such a lovely presenter and around the room, you could see everyone nod their heads with agreement as she gave her tips and tricks.

I didn’t take too many photos as I was (not-very) proudly sporting a hangover that morning but more photos will be uploaded as I steal them off Nuffnang and reblog. #evil

Can you spot any celebrity fashion bloggers in the room?

Jenny Bannister, Patty Huntington, Sarah Gale,  Philip Boon

Bear fur jacket from Korea | Kookai jersey tank top | Ally Fashion Leopard Print Skirt | Swarovski rings | Sunglass hut sunglasses

One of the awesome sponsors of the event, Sunglass hut held a random draw competition for $200 sunglass hut vouchers! I won one of the five!!! I was so excited that I decided Sunglass hut deserves more visibility on my blog and more camwhoring moments.

With Vanessa

Clubbing outfit + makeup

And lastly, some pictures with my favourite girl in Melbourne.

shizuka (heartofpearl)

more photos here

Sorry for blogging about events so often these days. I promise to do more beauty posts soon! I am a lifestyle blogger after all.

Also, my Hello Kitty giveaway ends on the 17th May – which is in two days!! If you haven’t entered already, you should go.. like now!

Infact, I found this article the other day and found it really interesting!

Melbourne vs Sydney

I don’t think I love Melbourne more than Sydney – but it definitely is a great getaway from Sydney when you just need the weekend away.

Are you a fashion blogger?

Nuffnang is hosting Fashionopolis for the first time ever.

Fashionopolis is Australia’s first ever industry day for fashion bloggers giving you a chance to network, learn and get yourself in front of some of the country’s most high profile fashion bloggers. If you have ever wondered about the business of blogging, this event is a must on your fashion calendar!

Part networking, part education Fashionopolis will open your eyes to a range of different topics unique to fashion bloggers: how to establish your blog as a brand, how to approach advertising as well as hosting Fashion Torque, Australia’s only fashion chat show that will broadcast live from the event.

Whether you are an established fashion blogger or just starting out, Fashionopolis will get you out from behind your computer and amongst the Australian fashion blogging community. Start planning your outfit now!

See you there!

Remember girls, always keep your class. Always.

i’m not religious but one thing I do believe in is  friendship.

I believe no one can guide you as much as your friends do. You can lose lovers, you can lose pets.. you can even lose your mind.. but your true friends will always be there for you.

Always be there to guide you and always be there to tell you what everyone “outside” can see.

There are so many times you can fool yourself, you can fool others, but your true friends will never be fooled.

I’ve never felt this grateful to have someone in my life.

Now, all I wish is that you girls will not be one of those “people come, people leave”.

During Easter, Jeanice and myself decided to head down there for a getaway and to catch up with some of our girlfriends from there. Although we don’t get to see these girls much, it happens that we click so well when we do see them.

Thanks Shizuka and Valerie for taking time to take us around to dine at so many amazing cafes and restaurants!

On arrival to Melbourne, it was Easter Friday, so Jeanice and I headed over to Chinatown to find some asian stores and restaurants rather than Melbourne CBD. Asian stores are bound to be open! *thumbsup

Malaysian food + Teh Tarik (cold)!

Then we wondered off into an Asian phone cases and accessories store and found this!!!! Decided we both needed this new phone case. BFF cases now. <3

After a nap and a bit, we met up with the rest of the girls and dined at Koko at Crowne – why didn’t my Melbourne followers tell me how good it was? I would have gone last time I was there!!!

After Koko, we went down to Rockpool for drinks and dessert. This is a fail moment.. which you would have heard about if you follow me and the girls on twitter or facebook.

Photo taken by Neil Perry – owner of Rockpool.

Off to an event at Longroom! Photo taken by club promoters or someone waiting in line at Longroom. Pretty nice photo I’d say! Emily joined us!

The next morning

We met up with the girls again for brunch at The Grasshopper’s Treat!

Melbourne CBD for shopping

Then to Brunetti for dessert

I love this gorgeous pic baby Jeanice took for me! The lighting is just perfect and my red hair is glowing. Yay.

At night, the girls and I went to Red Spice Road for dinner. We also met up with Rosannetangrs who joined us for asian karaoke too!! We couldn’t take many pictures inside since it was so dim, but here is one of me and Shizuka!

By the way, when I’m coming back to Melbourne, the first place I’m going to visit is this thai restaurant. Their dishes are mouth-wateringly delicious that no words could even express how tasty it is!!!!!! This is where being a food blogger would come in handy.

We hit Rainbow Karaoke shortly after dinner and had a crazy 5 hour session!!! All the girls here but Jeanice :(

But she gets a special photo with me. <3

And.. just me doin’ my thing at karaoke! Check out the asian artists on the screeen!

The night ended well with taiwanese dessert and the next morning, Jeanice and I satisfied our cravings.

For me, I wanted…. spanish churros from Queen Victoria Markets.

And for Jeanice, it was Gyu-tan Don from Melbourne Central!

This was my awesome Easter break. How was everyone elses?

I hope we are all starving from reading my post now because I’m a click away from purchasing a ticket back to Melbourne for the food!!! Why does Melbourne have all the good food?

I’ll make my next post about Melbourne.

This post.. will be about my birthday celebrations. Last Thursday – right before I stepped onto the plane to Melbourne – I held a birthday dinner with my close friends at J-ten Japanese Restaurant. One of my bestest friends, Chris, was the photographer of the night and took amazing photos. xx

My cupcakes were amazing. I could not stress how much I love my girls for surprising me with this.

Youtube logo, Louis Vuitton bag, Chanel lipstick, Chanel eyeshadow palette and “happy birthday baby janice“. I have never felt so loved in my life.

Fiorr and I

Fiorr, Denise, Sulkee and I

My bestest friends in this world – friends no one can ever replace

My Pandablush baby & I

Michael, Raine & I

Luke, Adeline & I

Unforgettable happy moments

When life doesn’t seem to be right, you keep your head up and continue to walk – run if you have to. Never settle for less because you always deserve better. The best tip I’ve ever been given is to “never look back because everything happens for a reason”. They say “Life is too short to have regrets”, but you don’t have to be perfect not to have regrets, you just have to keep walking forward and show everyone you don’t care.

]]> http://chaigyaru.com/24th-celebrations/feed/ 7 http://chaigyaru.com/rabbito/ http://chaigyaru.com/rabbito/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:47:21 +0000 chaigyaru ギャル http://chaigyaru.com/?p=5202 I finally purchased the Rabbito case after complaining last year about how much I wanted it. See here for my rants.

Actually, this could very well be one of the reasons I switched over to the iPhone. Great marketing for the iPhone guys, Rabbito baby!

Say hello to Pikachu :)

Props to my friend, Chris for letting me borrow his camera for these shots.

I think I want an SLR again.

Infact, I’ve actually been enjoying my life a lot outside of the internet world. But.. I’ve definitely missed you guys.

I want to include you guys in every minute of my life.. I want to include you guys in every moment I’m happy and every moment I’m sad. Unfortunately though.. that is what twitter is used for. #selfpromoting

On here, I can only summarise the happenings and my life lessons.

Throughout the last month, I have learnt that everything happens for a reason. Such an old.. but wise quote.

I have learnt and experienced so much.. just simply by believing it. If something tragic has happened, you just have to learn to let go. There is really no point in hanging on.

Last month, I met one of my best friends, Jo.. we clicked so well that I do not know anyone I could get along better with. From there on, she taught me that.. everything does happen for a reason. It’s strange, if you can’t let go of one thing, nothing good will ever come to you.. you’re always going to be to too busy looking back at what you lost.

Losing someone is difficult, but I think the hardest part is usually learning to find out just how strong you are, just how little that person really meant to you.

I’ve lost lovers, best friends, friends and pets in the past.. and I know it’s difficult. Every time you lose something close to you.. you try to find a reason to keep holding on… but trust me, the best way is to just let it go… the earlier, the better, the easier…

I want to inform ya’ll.. that I’m happy. No matter what has happened in the past.. I’m happy now. I’m fine now. I thank everyone for the blessings, for the emails, for the messages on facebook, for all the virtual hugs and kisses I received. My readers, friends and family have been the greatest support of all. x

Proof that I’m happy and back in my own camwhoring little world.

With new BFF, Jo – who, by the way, has the most amazing heart and face and body in the whole world ♥

With one of my other favourite girls, Jean – Pandablush! ♥

And the three of us together. ♥♥♥

This is my life now.

This is a quick update on how I am, what I’ve been up to and how I’m enjoying my life.

If you’d like to follow my life journey more, you can subscribe to my facebook or “like” my facebook page, follow me on twitter, or play Draw Something with me!

Every Saturdays, Izzy and Neil go to nice locations and have photoshoots. Wtf. How awesome is that? I want a photographer boyfriend!!! So Neil decided that he wanted me to join into this session. I’m obviously not the best model – infact I’m rather awkward and shy around others. But being the professionals, they just walked me through and calmed me down from the giggling. teehee*

We walked through several places and the wind was blowing our hair around like insanely crazy, but we did get quite a few shots.

This one is my absolute favourite.

Then I’ll show you some of my giggly sessions. I actually really like the candid shots because it makes me look less awkward! This is a true smile.. right here.

And then..

I shall leave you with the “better shots” – not candid. Just posing #LIKEABOSS

Thanks to Neil and Izzy for waiting around for me to finish my live blogging before coming to see them and for being such nice people!!!

Super thanks for Neil for taking the photos because he is such an amazing photographer. If you would like a photoshoot, I will pass you his email for quotes. Meanwhile, check out Izzy’s blog for his amazing photography skills and her jaw-dropping fashion!!

30th December 2011

At the Venetian in Vegas. This hotel is probably the most grand out of them all. The shopping centre even looks like Venice!!!

THIS IS INSIDE THE FREAKING HOTEL. CRAZY ONE, RIGHT? I really wanted to go on gondola but we didn’t have time :(

The Blue Group!! I didn’t get to watch it but Cydia told me it was only alright!

We also went to see Cirque de Soleil “O”. The best one I’ve seen so far!!!

31st December 2011

I was dragged out of the hotel this morning to go on a roller coast at the Manhattan Bridge. I hadn’t been on roller coast for years and this one was madly scary. There were loops and loops and it was a bridge, so there was a huge up and down. We had a huge breakfast prior to going on, so I was actually afraid I would spew!!!! Luckily, I didn’t.

And…  For the sports fans!

I found this bobble head toy so cute!!! They had this for every player on every team with a stand with their name and team on it!!! Super cute. I want one of my own!!!!

xxx.