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Sunday, May 29, 2011

I really can't wait to go home!

I know I'm being a brat but one big reason is that I have such a small space to put on my clothes. arghhhh. I literally have to put them in my luggages and yes I have been living like this for the past1 1/2 years at Little Bourke Street.

Clothes are the biggest part of me and it's important for me to have enough space for them because they deserved to be treated with care.

Hmm well actually, even my shoes and bags doesn't have enough room to breathe :(

Bimbotic post. Judge me and my purchases but I live for these things. So yes, I'm not going to change.

Unrelated note:

Fashionvalet by Vivy has really good fashion pieces from all the reputable Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia designers. I absolutely adore Gallo by Thian and their latest 2011 spring summer collection. Pretty and fun collection. I like the idea of how Teresa Thian put together pieces that relates to weddings (Angels, wings, soft but colourful, silk etc). How pretty! Oh yes, Minz & Ola (Nice accessories), Sasha Rowena (nice bags but you can only get it directly from her shop. Fashion valet only sells small leather items), Sereni and Shentel & Alainn (love their hairbands!), Nurith Harith, Tom Abang Saufi and the list can go on and on. I'd recommend this website if your looking for items from Malaysian designers.

I've gotten my Gallo items (:

Gallo <3

I am almost done with all my assignments. Only 800 words to go and that only takes like an hour because I already did my research earlier on. Doing it tomorrow because I'm exhausted from solving programming codes. I'm proud of myself. Worked my butts off for it since the very beginning of Masters (From not knowing much and being an average student to a much higher grade student). The endless nights I spent solving codes, learning and researching from books and online sources paid off. So yay! (: I'm happyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. I can meet people again haha -_-". Well to be honest, I have been avoiding outings, keeping contact and meeting my friends because I needed to focus. Yes I am home almost every single day. Even without assignments, I'm only out at selected days since the beginning of this semester.

Hurray to the end of Masters and hello Graduation!

Quite sad though. I'm not sure who to call for my Masters final showcase in 2 weeks time. No one to show my work to :( pfft.

~KaRiNa~♥ Hot couture @ 3:38 AM

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Saturday, May 28, 2011

I just had the longest conversation on the phone about insecurities and people being judgemental.

SO WHAT?

People are getting so superficial and shallow minded these days to the extend of commenting about how small or big your nose is, how you don't trim your eyebrows etc. People are constantly comparing themselves with one another. Oh come on! Nobody's perfect. Your going to live your live every single day meeting better looking people. Are you going to compare yourselves with everybody out there?

AND PLEASE. You don't go around putting people down to the expense of your own insecurities. So what if she's beautiful, so what if she's rich, so what? . It does not make her a bad person.

It applies to both.

At the end of the day the personality overshadows the outlook.

Even a good looking person can turn ugly. Like for instance, if I have a friend who looks really good but goes around bullying people, making use of them or saying mean stuff about the people around them, I would not think highly of this person.

Also, what is the point of judging people based on how they look. So what if girls puts on make up (You will never know if they have a reason for that like having a serious skin condition (major acne, scars, wrinkles), so what if a person shops for branded goods (It is their money, they do what they want to do if their rich as long as they are humble about it), so what if they like dressing up?

I believe in looking good for your own and people should not be judgemental about that.

Do what you want to do. Be the good person that you can be because at the end of the day, you will feel happy about being a good person.

~KaRiNa~♥ Hot couture @ 11:29 PM

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I am a big fan of deserts, cakes and pastries but that one thing that I exceptionally love are macarons. Have been looking around and trying out different versions from different shops.

Someone haa been sending me pictures of macarons and believe me, I have been craving for them all the time! ughh..

Anyway, finally gotten myself the limited edition Longchamp Darshan bag. Was looking at it for a long time because none of the shops had the bag in short handles. :( How unfortunate. I have been looking at both the Malaysian and Australian market. They have the short ones in yellow but not pink and the lady said that they don't have it in Australia so yes I had to give it up. The long strap is not too bad as well.

Random picture of stawberry pie heh (:

I had buffet at Crown with my classmates and boy that place is crazy. I don't really like the idea of eating at places packed with people and I don't really like the pushing but it was really funny because my friend had to finish up like 2 kgs worth of prawns. I only had like 4 pieces. Was really full from lunch.

~KaRiNa~♥ Hot couture @ 7:06 PM

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Felt like a mum shopping for gifts for my kids -____-" . I was out shopping yesterday at Myers and David Jones for my siblings at the kids section. I love the toys section! hmm Yes I'm still a kiddo at heart. I visit Target and their toy sales. Myers is better because they have collector's edition items!

Bought two box of hot wheels products for my brother and one limited edition Hello Kitty monopoly set from there to add on to my collection but I will leave it in the hands of my younger sister since she loves the game and I'm just collecting it. I have a secret obsession towards limited edition monopoly sets :/ . I love looking at them but I'm not allowed to buy too many of them due to the limited space I have here at my apartment. It's going to be hard sending my things back.

Oh yes, that is the nerdy side of mine.

Have been cooking a lot and ordering delivery food lately thanks to assignments. Tahans* I'm this close to finishing everything. Already applied for my graduation ceremony in KL end of his year. I'm getting excited! Second ceremony for me only with a different robe and different certificate
(:

I have so many snow globes at home :/ Hopefully they will not break when I ship them back. Have to wrap them up with plenty of bubble wraps.

Boxes for packing. My place is in a mess pfft.

~KaRiNa~♥ Hot couture @ 1:45 PM

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

I no longer want to try pleasing everyone any more. What do I get out of this? The more I try to be in the middle and equal, the more I screw things up and get misunderstood. Hate being a middle person but somehow I have a heavy role to play and responsibility every single time.

Being the middle person is not a fun thing and it's immature to even put me as one. I have my own issues to take care of and now I have to take care of other people's issues as well.

Sigh spare me from all the drama.

Anyway, I have never been exactly the most healthy person but at least I know I have my dad and mum to accompany to hospitals and clinics. It feels less scary. Being here and having to go to the doctor alone because I'm unwell. I don't really like that feeling. I have to handle things on my own. Imagine having gastric attacks in the middle of the night all alone. Can't even stand up straight, let alone go to the clinic. So yes, at times like this, I have to sleep through the night even if it's painful. I have friends but I feel less scared with the family. It's a sense of security knowing that they would be there.

In other words, I miss home...

lol I want to give my baby brother a big hug so badly pfft *emo*

~KaRiNa~♥ Hot couture @ 9:59 AM

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

My current obsession:

Nude, pale colours, chiffon, Girly and adorable look

Oh - so - pretty *Drools*

Both freepeople and asos offers plenty of clothes like that. Ah heaven! (: . *Looks away*. Yes I'm shopping again.

Speaking of fashion. I have been watching "Sex and The City" for like the 3rd time and I noticed that each of them have styles and brands of their own. Both Carrie and Charlotte are more of a Chanel and Christian Dior people and I have seen plenty of outfits that I really like! Samantha on the other hand is more of a Fendi and Hermes (Elegant but sexy at the same time), Miranda on the other hand is a mixture.

I love Dior. Their saddle and Lady Dior bags are gorgeous!

ahhhh Why do they have to keep coming up with pretty things like that....

Malaysian Industry:

Oh and joining in the shoe industry that already has famous people like Jimmy Choo and Lewre, Benson Chen is another one to look out for. He is only 19 this year mind you! Gorgeous designs!

He looks really good too. Just like Bernard Chandran. Malaysians have pretty good looking designers I must say

Bernard Chandran

Benson Chen- Look at him! He looks like a model!

~KaRiNa~♥ Hot couture @ 4:59 PM

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Today is the Birthday of one of the most important person of my life.

Happy Birthday Mummy.

I love you more than words can say.

Thank you for supporting me and loving me in every single way.

I don't need to have everything in the world to feel that life is beautiful because it already is!

I will bring back a Masters cert as a present for everyone back at home. (:

Glad that you liked the photo album I made. Have a great one because you deserved it!

Graduation part 1

There will be a part 2 real soon!

~KaRiNa~♥ Hot couture @ 1:12 AM

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Wednesday, May 04, 2011

I'm more than halfway through my semester. Boy how time flies.

(: Now I'm only left with two final assignments and I am done for Masters and this Semester!

I have been bumming around quite a lot lately thanks to the Easter/mid semester break tsk tsk. Feels quite guilty about it :/ (Plenty of sleeping, tv series and snacking on junkies)

Other than it, I have been exploring places and different restaurants as well. Quite a good experience I must say knowing that I haven't done much of these the past few years and it's my final semester. I am also a big fan of food. So yeah *jumps in joy*

Adding on to the list of restaurants from "The Age Good Food Guide 2011":

I have already tried food from both Melbourne's top and 3 hats restaurants, Jacques Reymond (Blogged about this place before this) and Vue De Monde.

(Most of the pictures are taken with my phone. Most of the pictures are quite blur. Quite unglam to carry around a big camera)

Vue De Monde (The most expensive restaurant I have ever been to here in Melbourne. It's slightly more expensive as compared to Jacques Reymond. Be prepare to splurge but the food is the best of all restaurants!)