BIRTHDAY DINNER >:D

Today was Rachel's birthday dinner~~~ :D Just came back and my stomach is bloated. Literally. So there were 8 people, some I just met today, and we had a great time! We had Thai food but I've never eaten a lot of Thai so I wasn't sure how it would taste but I really liked it!

We had 3 plates of Pad Thai (I think that's how you spell it...) and 3 plates of fried rice shared between the 8 of us. Plus two 8 spring rolls and 8 'money bags'. It didn't seem like much food but there was so much Rachel had to take-away the left overs...

After the main dishes we waited FOREVER for the dessert. OMG I was about to write desert. Anyways. So there was a teacher that Rachel and everyone else but me knew and she ordered a special ice-cream sundae with a candle in it just for Rachel :3 That's a great teacher..I wish I had one like that. So we waited for a bit more while Rachel casually ate her special sundae and there it came. A monstrous bowl full of ice-cream, lollies and sweets and some cherries and other berries. IT WAS GLORIOUS, I TELL YOU. Everyone near our table were staring at us and this lady came up to see what it was xD There was also this kid who kept looking over at our table, probably amazed by the massive bowl of sweet, delicious dessert. It was pretty crazy because we all finished within half an hour. I currently have a stomach ache from all that sugar.

Once the eating was done, it was picture time. Selfies, silly pictures, everyone had their phones and cameras out. I have to admit, it was one crazy night all together and I had so much fun :)))

Love you Rachel and hope you like my present :D Oh yeah, if you wanna know what I got her, I bought her a straightener and drew a picture of her (that's why I'm not putting the picture up because then you'll know what she looks like XD).

Happy Birthday to My Bestest Friend

So, today's my best friend Rachel's birthday. Since we go to different schools I couldn't wish her face-to-face and I tried texting her but the stupid thing didn't send =_= AGGGHHHH!!!! <--That's me rage quitting there. I did wish her on Facebook (that's the only way to do it these days). I would call her but I'm seeing her tomorrow for her birthday dinner so it's all good :)

I can't say what I got her for her birthday just yet because she reads my blog so it'll have to wait for tomorrow ;D I am also working on a drawing for her so I might put that up too. But this'll all have to wait till tomorrow night after the birthday dinner or Saturday because she might read it xD

Once again, happy birthday to Rachel~ She's such a cutie :3

I LOVE YOU RACHEL IF YOU'RE READING THIS.

Etude House Precious Mineral BB Cream Review

Hello everyone~ ^^ I feel cheerful today :3

So if you haven't already read the title, I'm going to be doing my first make-up product review~~!!! I have no idea why I didn't do this earlier because I've had this since April...anyway, here it is!

I think that's a promotional picture...? Haha XD Plus, it's Park Shin Hye~

[You can skip this section if you want:

If you don't know what BB Cream is, it stands for blemish balm cream. Originated from Germany but is now extremely popular in Asia and is currently increasing in popularity in Western countries like USA and Australia (but those brands aren't as good ;D stick to Asian brands lol). It can be used as a concealer but if you have EXTREMELY dark circles under your eyes, it might not work so well and may still need to use actual concealer.]

Okay, first of all, I just wanna say, I really love this BB Cream. To be honest, I haven't tried others (so this would be my first) but I find it really good. Um, I bought this particular brand because of Martina from eatyourkimchi on Youtube :) She did a review on it too and said it was really good so I decided to try it out.

The BB Cream is very light on your skin, that's for sure. It doesn't make your face very heavy throughout the day and can cover small spots and blemishes really well. Since I have really dark circles under my eyes (naturally but I think the lack of sleep adds to it) I don't really bother to apply BB Cream there BUT. Sometimes I do apply it there to even out my skin colour. In all honesty, I hardly use foundation and concealer (in fact I don't use it at all) because I'm a little young for all this make-up stuff but I use BB Cream on a weekly basis; not daily because my skin's acne prone and all those hormone things during puberty :P 

Back to the review.

This product IS a face whitening one, it will make your face really white if you have a tanned skin tone. When you're testing BB Creams, the colour of it on your hand comes out COMPLETELY different on your face. Don't ask me why, I don't know. So, the product may look light on you hand and may look like it's the perfect shade for your face but it could be the complete opposite and make your face look like a ghost. Just sayin'. Also, I learnt this the hard way. I tried it on my hand, thought it was alright, bought it, tried it on my face, and turned out that it was a couple shades lighter than my actual skin tone...I still love this product though ^_^ Glad I bought it~ 

Coverage-wise, this BB cream has pretty good coverage HOWEVER it will only last for a few hours (give or take a couple more depending on the environment and what you're doing). I spend around six hours in school and at the start of the day you can barely see the blemishes and whatnot but the moment I get back, it goes back to how my skin originally was before applying the cream (with a little extra oil- ew). It's still there and everything when I remove it, but it does appear as if you've got nothing on.

Anyway, that's all I have to say, really. That's basically the general things you want to know about this BB Cream. Nothing much to know about. 

A TIP: Before applying the BB Cream put some moisturiser or mix the BB Cream with some lotion because it does makes a difference. 

Overall rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Origin: South Korea

Price: HK$79

If you wanted to know, I bought my BB Cream (and a few more cosmetics) in Hong Kong because it is much cheaper there than a lot of places. Singapore doesn't really have cheap cosmetics compared to Australia because the currency rate is almost equal so yeah...Malaysia is cheaper but (even if I haven't travelled to many places) Hong Kong is the cheapest I've seen-online too. There are a few cosmetic stores on EVERY street in Hong Kong; many of them from the same chain. Two really big cosmetic stores (not literally big, but popular big)-one called Sasa and the other one called Bonjour-both have online stores and they also have discounts and sales too! So for all you international people who can't go to Hong Kong go visit their online stores~! ^^ Hope you liked this review and hope you learnt a lot from it! :D

www.sasa.com

www.bonjourhk.com

Hello Korean with Lee Junki-Info

I don't think I told you this but I got a book that will help me learn Korean :') FINALLY. Aaaaannndd it's with my favourite actor, which makes it even better ;D

Around $25 :)

So that's what it looks like (the English one, anyway) when i first opened it's plastic wrapping. The brown part is removable-it's sorta like this paper that goes around the back too but there are tabs that fold into the cover page. It's hard to explain but all you need to know is that it's removable but in all honesty the book looks better with it on than off. 

Um, if you've researched this book beforehand, you should already know that this comes with a CD-two, in fact. If you didn't know and this is the first time you've read about it you should already know too since I just said it. 

So this book is sort of like a text book. It has this section where you read along with the CD, this part full of words that are related to the matter, this section where it teaches you Korean grammar (use with particles-I can't really explain it but the closest thing to it in the English language would be conjunctions-and other stuff...XD) and even if it doesn't mention sentence structure you'll get to understand it more since it highlights the important bits in the sentence. There's also this section where you write. They'll first ask you to fill in the blanks then they'll then ask you to try to write the whole sentence by yourself.

For me, normally I hate to write but for this, I enjoy writing Korean because it looks so neat ^_^ At the end of the chapter (forgot to mention the book goes in chapters), you'll listen to a dialog of this girl and Lee Junki (there are many different characters in the book but Lee Junki and the girl voice all of them, I think) once via CD then you will have a turn to 'speak' with Lee Junki, replacing the girl, but the conversation goes really quickly because Lee Junki and the girl speak really quickly and it's hard for you to keep up but I suppose you'll just have to learn to speak faster. So this is will be the format throughout the whole book. Even though it's repetitive it still teaches you a lot. There's also a bonus- you get to listen to Junki's sexy, deep voice. It's very soothing and you should Google the songs he's sung. My personal favourites' Selfless Dedicated Trees and Let Me Tell You so go listen~

Oh, um...the instructions in the book are in English but it's not on the CD and also, all the conversation and dialogs are written in Korean but don't worry. Before all that stuff I said was in the book, there's this whole section on how to pronounce characters, how to read it and just some more basic things about reading and writing.

Shin Dongho's recovery :)

Great news, everyone! Eli has both tweeted and stated in an interview that Dongho is recovering quickly and is doing well! :D YAY~

That was Australia's Jamaica Dela Cruz in Korea :) SBS Popasia FTW. If you're Australian check out their website. They have a Sunday show that plays Asian Pop~

Anyway, from what Eli has said Dongho is doing fine :D We should still show our support, though :)

FIGHTING!

Get Well Soon, Shin Dongho

Just yesterday, I read on allkpop that Dongho had been hospitalised and had to stop all promotional activities. Before I read the article I saw a comment somewhere wishing Dongho to recover quickly. I was a little confused then because I knew Dongho was hospitalised before maybe last year but why was that person saying it now? Then I read the article, blah, blah, blah and turns out that Dongho has this lung condition called pleurisy.

(Human bio lesson ->) Pleurisy's the inflammation of the lining of the lungs and causes sharp pains in the chest. Apparently the main cause for it are infections but I can't say for sure what caused it in Dongho's case.

So, just saying, if you're a KissMe or a Dongholic please show your support for Dongho! If you didn't read the alkpop article, it states that Dongho might need to undergo surgery. Let's pray and hope that he won't need it and will recover shortly!

DONGHO FIGHTING~!

We KissMes will support you every step of the way!

Happy Birthday to Me

It's FINALLY my very special birthday~! Well, special to me anyway. I suppose I don't feel much different, apart from the fact that I'm a year older, but I got presents :3 I LOVE PRESENTS.

My parents gave me a Wacom drawing tablet, 2 K-POP posters (Jung Yong Hwa and Big Bang) and a Hello Korean with Lee Junki <3 Already started to read the book XD One of my friends gave me a nice scented teddy bear, a Cotton On gift card and a video dedicated to me :) Another one of them gave me earrings, a really nice necklace and nail polish (but my mum doesn't allow me to put nail polish on because I bite my nails =_= OH WELL). Oh, and my sister got me the Pig-rabbit doll from the drama, 'You're Beautiful' :3 So coooootttteeeee <3 Love them all for getting me those things~

On facebook, my friends all wished me happy birthday and all but to be honest, I bet half of them were just being polite. All they wrote was 'Happy Birthday *smiley face*'. Seriously guys? C'mon. I suppose I can't talk because most of the time I do it but no one needs to know that >_<.

Tuesday is back-to-school day and I have this assignment on poems due but I think I'll leave the work for tomorrow ;) Oh, that reminds me...I'm going out for Korean tomorrow night~ YES! I love Korean food even though it's so damn spicy XD I might write a review for that restaurant for those people in W.A who wants to go to a nice Korean restaurant...haha.

If you wanted to know, I'm not really writing my U-KISS fanfic at the moment because I'm too caught up into writing my other one (if you didn't know go check out my asianfanfics account-I only posted it there). I'm also not producing any paintings lately because I'm too lazy some times and painting is very time-consuming...

BYE FOR NOW <3

2000

I HAVE HIT 2000 VIEWS~~~ <3<3

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN READING MY BLOG POSTS :')

I know most of it isn't that interesting but hope I gave you the inspiration and information you needed ^_^ I hope you guys will continue to support me by reading my posts :)))

Thanks again for all the support and FIGHTING~! :3

Being Different

Okay, here's the thing. I know this will be somewhat similar to my other post Male K-POP Idols and their feminine side but hear me out.

All you westerners, don't be so judgemental please. Just because K-POP idols don't speak the same language as you do, wear skinny jeans all day long and wear make-up (regardless of their gender) doesn't mean that they're gay, homosexual, retarded or anything along those lines. Just because they don't do things the way westerners do, doesn't mean they're not human.

At my school people used to make fun of K-POP because they didn't speak English or because they spoke Engrish. So what?! Have you tried to learn a different language in a short period of time then go to that country and speak it? DIDN'T THINK SO. Also, before the story of Gangnam Style (and even after), people used to comment on male K-POP idols. They would say, 'is that a girl or a guy?' or 'why the hell is he wearing make-up?' Now I know they look a little feminine sometimes but they can't help it. Most of the time it's genetics. YOU CAN'T BLAME THEM. I feel really hurt even though they're not insulting me but they're insulting what I like. I know it shouldn't bring me down no matter what if I'm a true fan but what would they do if I called them homosexual or something just because they have long hair or something? Probably beat the crap out of me if they were thugs but otherwise, they would feel insulted and hurt inside.

The new fashion trend for guys is to wear skinny jeans and all those other types of clothes (well here in Australia it is) but when it comes to K-POP idols, the hate just keeps on comin' :P 'They look like girls because they wear skinny jeans.' *gonna swear a little here* BITCH PLEASE. Look in the mirror. You wear freakin' pastel coloured skinny jeans and you call them a girl. Are you fucking serious? And you say make-up is for girls? Look at Hollywood actors. THEY ALL HAVE MAKE-UP ON. Sure, it's not as obvious but it's still make-up. What' wrong with wearing eyeliner? I bet when those haters were younger they would've played with their mother's make-up-INCLUDING THE EYELINER.

This is slightly different for the female K-POP idols. The make-up's normal but there's one thing. The slutty clothing. When westerners didn't have that much influence on K-POP, the girls were basically innocent looking, with the exception of a few. Girls' Generation is doing a good thing by keeping up that innocent look most of the time. All that cute stuff, what's wrong with it? Does society have to live in a world where women expose and sell their bodies? I'm not hating on her but Hyuna has turned into a complete sex machine; and that's not a good thing. She used to be cute, she even wanted be cute but thanks to western influence, she's now one of the most...sluttiest girls in K-POP when she performs. All her dances are full of 'rubbing-my-body-to-look-sexy' sort of stuff and when she dances, her dresses probably aren't even classified as dresses because it's so damn short. At least she has shorts under those things but geez, wear a longer skirt.

Those companies are trying to get their music into the western world-mainly the US but to do that, they need to attract them and the only way is to pretty much dress them up like trashy sluts. Thanks America :P Sweet, innocent and cute to just plain trashy.

What I'm trying to say is that there isn't one fixed image for a girl or guy to look. If everyone looked the same what's the point in calling ourselves by our names? Might as well just live by as a number, if you ask me. So please, just because they're different doesn't mean they're not human.

U-KISS Fanfic- Somday...[Chapter 7]

Kiseop scrunched his eyebrows. ‘What did you say?’ Either Kevin said something completely different or he said exactly what Kiseop heard.

‘Nothing, let’s go back to the hospital.’ Kevin muttered with a gentle smile. Kiseop chuckled quietly to himself and pushed Kevin’s wheelchair towards the exit.

I wonder what Eli would say?

‘YOU WHAT?!’ Eli screamed furiously. He groaned loudly and flipped Kevin’s bedside table, tipping over everything and breaking a couple of photo frames. Kevin had never seen Eli this angry before. Maybe it was because of him that he was becoming angrier?

‘Eli, I’m sorry,’ Kevin whimpered, afraid. Eli scoffed. He punched the wall as hard as he could and rested his head on the surface.

‘Woo Sung Hyun…maybe I was wrong. Maybe it was you who was playing with everyone’s feelings. Maybe you’re the evil one, not Kiseop.’ That was the first time Eli had used Kevin’s Korean name. Kevin sat quietly on the bed and waited for Eli to leave the room, trying to avoid any eye contact. ‘I’m going now,’ Eli finally said, making his way out of Kevin’s ward.

‘I’m sorry but I’m not changing my mind,’ Kevin said under his breath. Eli chuckled.

‘Someday you’ll come running back to me. You always do.’ As Eli walked out of the room, Kevin bent down to pick up the photographs that were in the photo frames that were now broken. Kevin looked at the photos and held in against him chest.

He sighed and mumbled, ‘he probably didn’t see what the photos were of.’ He held the photos in both of his hands and looked at it again. One of the pictures was of Kevin’s family but the other one was of him and Eli at a theme park. Eli had one arm around Kevin’s shoulders and they were both smiling.

What happened to the times like this?

On the last night in the hospital, Kevin decided to try and walk since he had nothing else to do and it was only 7pm. As he began to stand, his legs started to shake. The doctor told him he might need walking therapy since he was confined in a wheelchair for so long but Kevin didn’t care. He just wanted to know what it was like to walk again. The feeling of walking…how he missed it.

Kevin took a few steps and collapsed to the ground. There was no pain in his legs but he started to cry. He wasn’t exactly sure why water was falling from his eyes. No pain, no tears-that makes sense but why on earth is he crying?

‘Stop it, Kevin. Why do you have to cry at everything?’ he said to himself, hitting his head repetitively.

‘I pity that kid, always so sad.’

‘A little melodramatic, if you ask me.’ Kevin turned his head slightly and found two nurses standing by his door with obviously nothing better to do. One of the nurses was pretty but skinny, almost malnourished. The other one was plump, her stomach spilt out of her blouse.

Why do they even bother to judge me? It’s not like they understand what I’m going through.

‘Let’s leave the kid. He must be going through some hard stuff at the moment.’

That’s right, leave. Leave and let me be at peace.

Kevin struggled to get on his bed, especially when he was on the floor and couldn’t stand up. When he was finally sitting on the edge of the mattress, Kevin started going through the pictures he took with Eli.

I forgot I had a whole file full of pictures of just Eli and I on my phone.

As he looked through the pictures all the memories with Eli came flowing in again at once like a tsunami that just flooded his brain. All the good times and all the bad. It just suddenly came rushing in. Kevin had mixed emotions now; he was happy, sad, angry, and who knows what other emotions he had.

‘I should delete this before it triggers my ‘waterworks’ again,’ he suggested. Before hitting the button with the trashcan on it, Kevin sighed deeply. ‘I might regret doing this someday.’ He pressed the button and tossed his phone to the other end of the bed. Kevin threw himself back and lay quietly on his bed. Kevin’s phone suddenly rang.

It must be Kiseop. I don’t think I should answer any phone calls today.

He left his phone to ring. As soon as his phone stopped ringing, Kevin’s doctor walked into the room.

‘Good news, Kevin! You can be discharged today. We’ve already notified your manager and he said told us that he’ll send someone over to pick you up so pack your things!’ the doctor said cheerfully.

Before he left Kevin was sure the doctor winked in his direction.

Don’t tell me he was making a pass at me. He must be 40 or something!

He shook his head and shrugged off the matter and started packing all his belongings. All he had was a small travel bag that was meant for only his clothes but somehow, Kevin managed to stuff about 20 get-well-soon gifts into his bag. The bag was pretty stuffed and looked as if it was going to explode any second. Kevin double-checked the room and made sure that he didn’t forget anything. If he did, he would have a hard time packing those items into the already-full bag.

‘Hyung, hurry up. The manager wanted us to quickly get back to the dorm because he has something to tell us!’ That annoying voice sounded familiar. It was Dongho.

‘How did you get here? You can’t drive a car, can you?’ Dongho scoffed at the thought and smiled proudly as he pulled out his wallet and waved a card in front of Kevin’s face.

‘While you were stuck in this boring place I got my license!’ Kevin just nodded. Dongho frowned, disappointed with Kevin’s reaction. ‘Let’s go. You packed all your things already, right?’ Without further ado, Kevin picked up his travel bag off his bed and followed Dongho downstairs in his wheelchair.

As Kevin climbed into Dongho’s new car, someone called out his name. He looked around but saw no one waving at him or coming towards him.

‘Let’s hope the medication’s not playing with my mind,’ Kevin sighed and ruffled his hair.

‘Ya, Kevin hyung! Are you going to ignore me now?’ Dongho yelled, getting in the driver’s seat. ‘Hurry up and close the door, will you? I can’t drive while you’re half-hanging out of the car.’ Kevin muttered an apology and shut the door. ‘Hyung, I heard you made your decision.’

Kevin leaned against the car door and pouted. ‘It’s not even a definite answer and you celebrate the occasion.’ From the corner of his eye, Kevin could see Dongho’s shocked face.

‘YOU CONFESSED TO KISEOP AND YOU SAY IT’S NOT DEFINITE?! ARE YOU SERIOUS, WOO SUNG HYUN?!’ he blurted out angrily.

‘Why is everyone calling me by my full name?’

‘Because we’re all angry at you for being so…blind and ignorant!’ Kevin turned his head towards the maknae. He scrunched his eyebrows and pondered. ‘Look, you either like Eli or Kiseop. You can’t just jump to either of them when you feel like it. Pick before your next birthday, which is…next Monday. That’s four days away so decide for yourself,’ Dongho advised. ‘By the way, Eli swapped rooms with me so from now on we’re roommates.’

The rest of the drive back to the dorm was quiet. Not even the radio was on. It was like they were at someone’s funeral. Only the sounds of traffic coming from all directions of the car could be heard.

Now that I think about it, why does Dongho help me with these things? It shouldn’t bother him, right?

After nearly one hour on the road, Kevin and Dongho finally arrived at their dorm. Kevin had fallen asleep and was snoring softly.

‘That rascal’s sleeping, huh? I shouldn’t wake him up in case he gets grumpy,’ Dongho grumbled as he thought of a way to get Kevin inside without waking him. ‘I think he’s too heavy to be carried up the stairs but I might as well try. If he really is too heavy I’ll just drag him up the stairs.’

As Dongho struggled to carry Kevin’s dead weight on his shoulders up the staircase, someone was walking down the stairs. Dongho took a quick glance to see who it was and saw Eli’s face. Eli turned to Dongho and stopped walking.

He opened his mouth to yell but instead muttered, ‘what were you doing with Kevin? Isn’t he still meant to be in the hospital?’

‘You’re so slow on things, hyung! He got discharged today and I went to pick him up. Oh, can you get his wheelchair in the back of my car? Here’s the keys.’ Dongho tossed the keys at Eli and continued to climb the stairs.

‘You still haven’t answered my question, Dongho. What were you doing with him?’ Instead of answering Dongho just ignored Eli and kept walking. ‘YA! Don’t just walk away without answering me.’

Dongho stopped and said under his breath, ‘I just picked him up from the hospital. Nothing more.’ Eli shook his head and headed towards the building’s entrance. ‘That guy really needs to loosen up a little.’

When Dongho and walked into the dorm with a sleeping Kevin on his back, the whole of the U-KISS members (except Eli who was getting the wheelchair) and their manager were all gathered in front of the television watching a black screen.

‘Oh, you guys are finally…here. We’ll have to tell Kevin later. Take a seat, Dongho. Just put Kevin on the couch,’ the manager said with no expression. Dongho did as he was told. ‘I need to tell you all something and this concerns all of you.’ The manager looked at Kiseop then turned to Kevin. ‘No dating other members.’