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runwaybling phone cases giveaway
I went over to Raine‘s house the other day to host a giveaway with her on her amazing phone cases. She hasn’t launched her website for long but I just know it’s going to be an amazingly successful shop from the quality of her cases.
Before she launched, she custom made a phone case for me which was honestly the nicest case I had ever received. It literally sparkles in the sunlight and you can see no mistakes anywhere!! They are made of 100% authentic swarovski crystal – which means that they actually bling forever, unlike the rhinestones or fake plastic crystal pretend stones.
I highly recommend these cases – and usually I have lots of trouble with the crystals falling off but with this case, I took it to America, Malaysia and it has actually stayed in one piece!! The only downside to it is that it is so strong and tight that I have had slight trouble pulling the case off – but I do think that can be easily fixed with a strong daddy or boyfriend (in my case anyway).
In the giveaway, we are giving away two of these gorgeous cases away to my followers. You can actually custom make your phone cases or just choose the pre-made designs. I’m so so excited to see what the winners will pick because all the designs are so amazing!
Steps to winning is very simple. Bascially there are only two steps.
1. You have to go to Modelchic facebook and like their facebook page
2. You have to choose a design from Runway Bling and comment in the video below which your favourite design is
bling case giveaway video
If you can’t wait for the giveaway to end and would like a new case, you can still head over to Runway Bling and receive a 15% discount if you quoet “chaigyaru15″ at checkout!! That’s a hefty 15% off – which means if you buy a $170 case, you only end up paying $144.50!!!!! Better than any retail sales in Sydney!!!
Anyway, I really hope you guys support Raine because she has put in a lot of effort into starting up her own phone cases business and really investing the time to find the best quality in the cases possible. It really is worth every cent.
Here are some of the cases available including some of my favourites.
custom made bow & lollipop case
Oh and btw, if you are interested, she recently put up a blogpost to express how it felt to work with me. haha! I didn’t know she was going to post this, but I loved her comments on it. Read it here.
bad grand canyon tour
Travel diary
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!
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
valentines
haihai!
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!!!
x.
first day in Vegas
Ohai!!
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.
universal studios
Ohai. More travel diaries!!
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.
meeting the famous
Travel diary
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!
let the memories begin
Ok, I’m going to be backlogging since I barely got any internet in a few cities I went to, and I didn’t have a computer (only an iPad) so I couldn’t actually upload any videos whilst I was on my trip.
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….
New York
Hello everyone!!
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
colour-blocking wedding
It’s obviously not mine…….
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
Andy and Yo-yo sharing their vows and exchanging rings. So sweeeets!
We camwhored some more before heading over to a bar for celebration drinks and food. Mr.CG is wearing a new SABA suit I purchased for him to congratulate him for a position at Ernst & Young!
Driving to celebration drinks and food
Overall?
I had a lot of fun at the wedding ceremony and although I still haven’t been to a proper reception yet, I think I prefer tight, close-knitted weddings!
If you’ve recently had a proposal or wedding, please tell me all about it!!!
Waiting to hear all about your wedding and engagement stories~
growing up
Ohai!
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
