Chocolate Goodness

My first visit to Lindt's Cafe was when Wk and I were in Sydney and we had a great time there because I love chocolate and their stuffs tasted amazing. The Hot Chocolate Lava Cake totally blew me off. I raved so much about it in this entry.

A few months ago, Aileen told me that there's a newly opened Lindt's Cafe in Melbourne and I was so damn excited because finally my favourite Hot Chocolate Lava Cake is within my reach! I mean... not exactly near since I'm not living in Melbourne or anything but at least, I visit Melbourne more than Sydney that's for sure.

So I've tried the one in Melbourne finally, at Collin's Street. Sadly, it's kinda different from the one I had in Sydney but still good enough to cure the longing for that yummy melt-in-the-mouth flourless chocolate cake.

Tried their Iced Chocolate (which was nothing to shout about) while Aileen had their Hot Mocha. We shared a Hot Chocolate Lava Cake and the macaroons which is called the Lindt Delice.


The Delice in Pistachette and Hazelnut. Very nice! I've never tried a macaroon before so... I can't compare with anything else.

I figured it's probably because I've already tried the cake once which was why the second time I had it I didn't find it as amazing as the first? Or maybe the stuffs at the Melbourne branch really aren't as good as the one in Sydney... despite having a more luxurious and posh interior. I dunno. Anyhow, I think it's still good to have a Lindt's Cafe arount the corner in Melbourne.

Before going out.

That night we had a drinking session with a few of Wk's friends and gosh, the amount they drank. I think there were close to 15 jugs of beer. Of course, I kept myself looking freakin' innocent so... :) Wk on the other hand was made to drink mugs after mugs by the time we got back he collapsed onto the bed immediately and snored like a freakin' machine LOL!

As for yesterday, a picture of dinner I cooked. I finally cooked! Hahah. I mean, ever since I reached I haven't been cooking until yesterday.

Just the usual Chinese dinner. Soup, vege and meat. Made ABC soup, stir fried long beans with anchovies and cheesy ham omelette which I'm proud to say, tasted really good! The omelette I mean.


A close-up. Mmmm I'm hungry now.

Hahaha damn tak tau malu praise my own cooking. But honestly, when I don't like something, whether or not it's my own cooking I'll say it's not nice. I most of the time complain my own cooking when strangely Wk think it's fine. So when I do say it's nice, I really mean it.

Ok done. Next up,

#207 - A step by step on how to make Black Pepper Udon with Pork

23rd birthday on the 23rd

Before leaving the house. Mmm I love my soft and warm muffler.

So on the 23rd, it was Wk's 23rd birthday haha I know, what a number. If you don't know who that is, please do some homework by clicking on the "About Me" tab at the top ok? :)

Had dinner at The Meat & Wine Co with Kyle, Aileen and How Keat. Food was awesome.

Some beer called Little Creatures.

Birthday boy wanted the half pork ribs + half beef ribs combo. Would you look at how massive the platter was?


Lol


Dunno what's wrong with my face


L-R: Me, Wk, Kyle, Aileen & How Keat


My rib eye steak which was really good but nothing compared to the ribs mmmmmmm. Instantly reminded me of Hurricane's Lamb Ribs we had at Sydney. Now I know pork ribs are the god of all ribs hahaha.


A clearer picture of my steak


See see mun mun


Chou chou lou lou!


Look at the beast savaging the pork ribs.


Another beast haahha.

Call other people beasts actually I was also one of them cos I totally enjoyed and licked every drop of juice off the pork ribs hahaah!

Wah look I so thin! Hahah no la its the makeup plus my stupid mouth chewing something.


Aileen said he looked like a caveman when he eats. So I told him, "Must act more see mun wan! Like me, I only use the first two fingers. Take out the last 3 fingers when you eat!"


HAHAHA FAIL!


Seriously too funny cos it was damn not natural.




This looks more sissy than see mun haha.


Carnivore!!!

Then, dessert at Greco in Crown Casino.

Clockwise from top left: Honeycomb Cheesecake, Mars Bar Cheesecake, Apple Crumble and Hazelnut Meringue.


The yummy cakes and their respectful owners lol!

Ok done. Next up,

#205 - A visit to Lindt's Cafe.
#206 - Home cooked dinner for today.

Greetings from Melbourne

#202 - My 13 kgs luggage. Oh btw, I made a mistake. I actually only bought 15kgs of allowance haha! And 20kg for return. So I'm actually all good.
#203 - ♥♥♥♥♥

#204

Hello!

Ok I know it's nothing new anymore but yes I'm in Melbourne (againnn) and it's still freezing cold blehh. I packed all my summer clothes cos I thought it'd be warmer during spring but it's not huhuhu T_______T Today's 11 degrees and that's like winter ok? Crazy. And the wind's always the killer. It may not be that cold sometimes but when there's wind, you'll regret not wearing an extra layer. Like today. I only had a really thin top and a really thin cardigan, with my muffler, mini skirt and just my flats out to Safeway for some groceries shopping cos I thought it'd be ok but I regretted SO MUCH when I was halfway to Safeway. The wind was so freakin' strong I was blown away! Of course not literally blown away but I seriously felt the 'push' when I was walking.

Damn. When I reached Safeway I was like "hallelujah!" man. And dread walking back after I was done shopping T_____T The journey was again, like hell.

I'd really love to update with pictures and even a video I made cos I was really bored and the internet was down this afternoon, but uploading files seems to be taking forever. The internet here's pretty ok but the uploading process sucks big time. Downloading on the other hand's the total opposite. Damn stupid la the system. So I guess you readers have to deal with wordy entries for the moment haha. Unless you KNOW what I have been up to here in Melbourne eg. people like 'Ham Jing' =D

So today's (ok, technically, it's yesterday since its 3am already now) Wk's birthday and we had a small gathering with Kyle, Aileen and How Keat and had a great, hearty dinner at The Meat & Wine Co just now.

That's pretty much it. Hopefully my stuffs will be uploaded when I get up in the morning.

13kg

That's all my luggage is weighing. And I actually have 20kg allowance. What should I bring some more??

And I so clevahhh, I even bought 25kg allowance for return -_______-

Seriously, I have nothing else to bring. I brought almost ALL my makeup products. I brought clothes, 3 pairs of shoes, my hair products... all that and it's only 13kg. When it's too much, we complain. When it's too little, WE COMPLAIN. Sigh women.

Ok gotta sleep now. Only slept for 2 hours this morning for doing absolutely time-wasting activities. Gotta get up early to wash my hair tomorrow. And then...

Happy birthday to someone...

The Splurge

Omg I am feeling super guilty right now. I just bought so many cosmetics at one go! One trip to the mall! I've never bought products like how I did just now. Ok let me just go on with P365 first.

#199 - No la actually it was just there in my room cos my dad initially wanted to use it for his trip to China but in the end did not, so I left it there cos I need to use it soon anyway.
#200 - @ Greenbox yesterday!


My great karaoke kakis cos they are super freakin' funny to karaoke with!

Pictures at the top right corner and the bottom left corner were taken using the 'smile detection' function in my camera! And what it does is it detects smile and then automatically snap by itself. Meaning we don't have to press the capture button at all! How cool right? But the funny thing about it is that you gotta smile really hard for it to be able to 'detect'. Kinda stupid in a way. So the best way is to lift up your lips and show off your great set of teeth. And that's how that two pictures turned out! I love it! =D Look at Wai Loon (guy in red)!!! Wai Tuck (guy in black) was totally blinded by the flash lol.

By the way I just realised... ok not really. Someone noticed this some time ago and told me. There's Wai Loon, Wai Tuck and Wai Harn (Esther). And then there's Ee Von wtf. Hahaha what a coincidence they three have "Wai" as their middle names!

Ok back to my splurge. Oh by the way, if you're not into cosmetics, you can just stop reading here right now cos you might not 1. have a clue 2. be interested on what I'm about to talk about.

#201 - Today's damage. Shiseido Maquillage Forming Shiny Eyes, Shiseido Concealer Stick, L'oreal Infallible Lip Colour, 3 Silky Girl Funky Eyelights Pencil, Rimmel Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer, Maybelline Impact Express Smooth Pencil Shadow and lastly, Majolica Majorca Jeweling Pencil.

It may not be a lot to some people (I've seen people who shop crazier than how I just did) but it's A LOT for me because I rarely buy so many stuffs at one time.

Honestly, I don't have an explanation (damn, I always find myself spelling 'explaination') for what happened. I only intended to get one thing but I dunno la. It's like chain reaction or something. When I bought it already, I suddenly got the urge to get other stuffs. And after getting other stuffs, I suddenly felt like getting another stuff.

=(

I won't say I'm totally not happy though. I'm quite excited and can't wait to use all of them!

I'll make reviews on those stuffs some day but let me just make a brief... reasoning on stuffs I bought. I needed a concealer. I needed a wearable lipstick. I needed a white eyeliner. I needed some cream-based eyeshadow as a base for my eyeshadows and I definitely needed it in a few different shades. I was at the Shiseido counter and saw the Maquillage pot and I fell in love with it instantly because it has an eyeshadow base plus 2 really gorgeous powder eyeshadow and the package is designed in such a creative way where it's sorta like 'double decker' and there's a small, cute compartment to store a mini sponge applicator.

AAAAAAnd, I initially thought of shopping for drugstore cosmetics in Melbourne but when I checked the prices online, I realised actually it's MUCH cheaper to just get them in Malaysia. I'm talking about drugstore brands of course eg. Maybelline, Revlon, Rimmel London or L'oreal. Unless it's stuffs that are not available here eg. Covergirl, Max Factor, Burjois (heard this is a branch of Chanel!) or Physician's Formula , I don't see any reason to buy it in Australia but from Malaysia. I heard these stuffs are really cheap in the US though. Majolica Majorca's a branch of Shiseido and I must say, their stuffs are really expensive considering its a drugstore brand but I was quite impressed at the quality of their eyeliners and eyeshadows. As for Silkygirl, I can't believe I'm buying their products again. I used to think they're not worth buying but this time, I have my reasons which I'll explain in another post.

And of course, I didn't just get all of those without testing. It wasn't impulsive at all. I tested out a few times and saw how well they lasted and that's why I decided to get them. Can't say much since I haven't really used them on my face (its disgusting to do so using testers ok, only tested them at the back of my hand) but I will most probably do a review on them individually later.

Can't wait to use them really soon! =)

One last thing. A video about my hair if anyone's interested haha.

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Haircut again!

Ok so it's Raya today. But I've got to work in the afternoon FML.

Well, I could have cancelled both classes cos they're actually replacements for the lessons when I go to Melbourne and if I don't do it today, they'll all pile up and I'll have a hard time arranging later. So, yeah.

I'm leaving on Tuesday btw =) Gosh how time flies! The wait has not felt like forever because I most of the time just forget the fact that I'm going there again haha! Probably because I bought the tickets like 4 months ago and omg it has been 3 months since I came back! Time sure flies. I'll only be there for 2 weeks but I guess 2 weeks is better than nothing. It's spring over there now so tulip farm here I come!

And I don't know if anyone agrees with me but don't you find that the clock ticks especially faster when you're procrastinating, or you're just doing something unproductive when you SHOULD be doing something else?

=( Not good. I hope I can get a good violin teacher in Melbourne to give me some master classes when I"m there.

Anyway, on another note, I cut my hair again! I couldn't stand how it's puffy on the side (my ears) and STILL flat at the top! Cos the last time I got my haircut the hairstylist wouldn't give me more layers. It was long in the inner layers, but at the outer layer it was like bob-short and that's really long if you wanna have volume! And after a while the sides just puffed up. I was ok with it for about a week or two and then I got really fed up that the volume on my hair just couldn't stay even after having hair products on. I went to Kimarie again but this time at the Taipan branch and told the hairstylist what I wanted and I'm glad that finally there is one hairstylist who actually listens his customer.

He made the sides A LOT thinner now and the crown of my hair super layered. I have hair as short as like only 3 inches at the crown of my head! He did a sucky job in styling for me though, just some hair spray but its okay because I am now pretty sure that my volume will stay better already.

Ok gotta get ready for work now.

I wish everyone a happy Raya.

Mint Chocolate Chip

My pink thang finally arrived a few days ago! It was such a smooth deal and the delivery was pretty quick. Anyhow, I only got to see it virtually so not too sure about how good it works. Looks really pretty though!

#197


Can't wait to see/touch/use it! Next Tuesday ;-)

Also, I've been wanting to create a mint chocolate chip inspired eye makeup for quite some time but never got around to finding the perfect mint green eyeshadow. Firstly, don't have the time to go shopping. Secondly, not bothered to spend a bomb honestly. So I looked into my 88 palette (its a palette with 88 colours I bought online a while ago) and was experimenting and ta daahhh! I discovered it! I was mixing all the colours I thought could possibly produce a mint green shade that I wanted but failed for a few times. Until yesterday! It's baby blue and lime green!!!

I know if I search in YouTube I'll find tonnes of the tutorials but if I view those tutorials I might just get influenced into following it so I rather not and find ways to do it my way.

I almost wanted to go get the Majolica Majorca's mint green eyeshadow I saw the other day at Watsons. I tried on their shadows and was quite impressed at how pigmented and soft to the touch they are. I checked the price and woah. Definitely too pricey for a drugstore brand.

But it's ok since I discovered the trick in getting mint green! I think this has probably got to do with my art background. I used to go to art classes since I was 6 or 7 till Form 5. I wasn't good at drawing at all but I loved painting a lot. I love colours. I guess that's why I kinda know which colour I should be looking at to mix and get what I want.

This is really weird you see. My dad works as erm... I don't know how to put it into words but anyways, he deals with paintings. Basically he started off from my grandma's business of making frames for pictures and mirrors (its a family business now btw, most of my uncs and aunts are doing it), and then he expanded his business into supplying stocks, selling paintings and galleries. And I love art since I was a kid. I'm not saying I'm good at art, but its quite obvious to tell if a person has... a sense of art? if you know what I mean. Its either he/she can draw/paint/visualise/imagine well, or none at all. Its not like studies, some people are extremely smart, some are just average, some just fail all the time. So I always have this mindset that my interest in art all came from my dad.

And as for my musical skills (though not that great YET), I probably got it for my mom. I know not many people knows this (or maybe most do judging by my countless karaoke sessions) but... the truth is I actually love singing a lot. And should I say I am blessed with a good ear which makes me have the ability to sing in tune? And my mom used to be a singer (now you know!)! So did I get that from her too? And its funny how it runs in the family! I was training my sis for her upcoming piano exam the other day and there's this part for an aural test where she has to sing in la-s in echo to a short tune I play on the piano. I was so impressed because she could sing in tune, every freakin' note! None of my student at her age could do that at all! I sometimes think some of my students are tone deaf and to teach them, its not even funny anymore. And it's really sad to be tone deaf you know? Music is such a beautiful thing.

So anywaaaaaaaay, crapped too much.

Back to that green mint chocolate chip eye makeup, I finally wore it out today.

#198




Also did a tutorial but no, I don't think I'm gonna post it up simply because... don't feel like it haha.









Ok. Fine. It's because I speak funny in the video. Funny as in I freakin' faked the American accent. HAHAHAHA! Well, just for the fun of it ;-P And no you will not find it in my channel (if you do try searching oh yes I know some of you will) cos I didn't upload. HAHA.

Ok bye.