New Year Resolutions

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it's the time of the year where everybody starts writing down their new year resolutions~

priorities comes to studies 1st as usual...==

1. get good results ( hv to make malaysians proud, kenot let angmoh look down! girl power!!!)

2. buck up in applying for internships ( i want to graduate ! )

3. lose weight ( which has been one of my new year resolutions for 20 consecutive years == even infants oso wan to lose weight ==)

4. wear contacts instead of specs ( to stop looking like a nerd which my brother used to call me )

5. get a boyfriend ( which everybody says time will come, but when???? ugh...when u r single for 20 years and u r going to be 21 in a few days, it's scary ok? )

6. stay healthy

7. don't hate ( forgive and forget )

8. dun spend like a shopaholic ( u r not rich! u kenot spend!)

9. stop being so shy! ( nobody wants a socially awkward friend!)

10. read more! (since you still speak mandarin the majority of time, read more english novels or think in english ==)

11. travel more! ( widen your perspective on everything )

12. stop being too independent ( told by fengshui master )

13. be more ladylike ( dun act like a man when u r not one )

14. less vulgarism ( no saying mahai when u knocked something or diu or fuck or niamachaohai at ppl )

15. no emo-ing

16. love life

17. smile more ( no wok face )

that's all i can think of for now...

liverpool take 2!

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second time to liverpool~~~

get to stay longer this time due to christmas break~ yippie~

to not waste our shopping time, we went to cheshire oak right after dropping all my stuff at xiaohui's flat...XD

talked like there's no tomorrow on the bus...

super like lor...need more girls talk XD

finally after one hour, we reached the lengen---wait-for-it-dary cheshire oak~

arrrr..all the branded outlets~ means we get to shop branded stuff with high street prices! sort of...==

bought only 3 garments but already cost a bomb...

the most expensive one is not for me lor...is for my bro...

u see...i m such a good sister...mine are super cheap compared to the one i bought for my bro...

on the way to cheshire oak with lenglui xiaohui~

inside the toilet o.0

dun hv enough budget to shop till we drop lar...

but still get to get some nice stuff lor...

u know girls are very "xu rong" de lar...XD

shop until can only afford the cheapest wrap from mcD...TT

reluctant to go back but it's getting dark and due to christmas eve the crowd is exceptionally few and i think all the shops are closing earlier than usual...

after getting back from cheshire oak, got to join xiaohui friends' christmas party...

got to meet new people...which i am super bad at it...

i dunno why am i so socially awkward ==

trying my best not to..but couldn't help it...

luckily they were really nice...^^

ma cute girl and me ^^

happy to meet u guys~ thanks for all the warm welcome ^^

that's all for christmas eve...

christmas day was super wu liao lor...XD at least for me and hui lar...

we walked around taking crazy pics on empty streets and parks ==

can stand in the middle of the road to take pics == that shows how empty the street is...

my fav pic...coz its taken by me XDDD

haiz...after stopping ballet for more than 7 years...super stiff liao...

can't even balance properly ==

super random shot~

love the world~~

boxing day~

went shopping again~

the crowd was not as overwhelmed as expected lor...

and the sale is not HUGE either...

didn't buy much...but also bought quite a bit of lapsap la XD

hollister wasn't even on sale!!!

ended up shopping at boots == shopping epic fail ==

xiao hui even got herself ah por slippers XD

had mcD for brunch again...coz cheapest!

bought a couple of scarves from H&M though...coz only 3 pounds each! i consider it a steal!

then most of the stuff in accessorize are half price.so hv to grab some oso XD

had dinner at a chinese restaurant...had steam boat first time in three months...

the last steam boat i had was before i came to UK lor ==

super full but super satisfied...thanks wp for the treat ^^ my turn when u guys come to notts~

leaving day~ sad lor ...><

coz coming back to notts means i hv to continue my revisions...>< eeks...

i really tak like to study ar..... boring like shit....ugh...

Hasta la vista~ Barcelona

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Blogging time! 

just came back from barcelona...

super tiring + super artistic journey~ 

something disastrous happend before departing...

we missed the bus to liverpool!!!! 

by 4 minutes! aaaaa....

ended up taking a cab there..which is a ripped off... 

the moral of this story tells us not to be late and overestimate our time...

but anw...better than blowing off the whole trip lar...

spent the night at john lennon airport..which the heater was hopeless...

had to wear down feather inside the airport and still feel cold...*fail* 

didn't miss the flight to barcelona...hahaha *blessed*

finally reached barcelona..and it's a sanctuary because the temperature is wonderful...

no down feather jacket needed! 

20+ celcius...definitely a steal! we call this trip the *bi han* trip means *winter getaway* ...

can just walk out with a jacket...nice lor...

better than having to feel cold even being indoor...like now == stupid heater not working properly...

didn't sleep for more than 24hours... but cannot waste time..

so we bought the barcelona touristic bus ticket and went sight-seeing...

barcelona is definitely a breath taking city...

a lot of gothic/historical buildings..and the architecture is just amazing...

i dunno hw to describe la..just bear with my lack of vocabulary... 

anw...

even rough ppl like me had to act all "shu nv" there lor...

super artistic and u could even smell art everywhere...*kuajiong* 

our first stop is at the gothic square...

a lot of those small stores/kiosk selling christmas decor and hand made crafts or so...

we made our first moved to the barcelona de cathedral...

the cathedral is just massive! crazy massive!gloriously massive! 

i can only just give this expression "*0*" the whole time...

and of course not forgetting to plank lar...XD

first european country i visit lei...of course hv to plank lar...hahaha

more photos can be seen in my FB~ 

then went for our first meal in barcelona...

omg lor..the cost of living in barcelona is much higher than in notts lor...

everything is super expensive...

had pork loin and chips...super like lor..coz the baked eggplant is just superb...<3 eggplant....

the pork a bit too tough lar...

oh ya...forgotten to talk about our hotel...

quite nice lor....so called 4-star hotel lar...the website stated...

undoubtedly it was quite a comfortable stay and consider quite spacious and nice for the price we paid lor... 

2 nights, each person around 50+ euro only lei...

 didn't captured the third bed right beside me...and the toilet...

the toilet was surprisingly big and nice..got bathtub summore lor...

after hving lunch/dinner..we went to look for the picasso museum...

not artistic also hv to act lar...

who says engineering students are not artistic? 

too bad we r not allowed to take pictures inside the showroom lar...

the showroom shows a lot of picasso's art in years accordingly ...

he didn't started drawing all the *mix and match/kemek face and body* when he first started drawing...

only until later he started to deviate into that direction...

but honestly lar..i really dunno hw to appreciate...

it was already 5pm when we left the museum...

walking back to gothic square we saw a hige crowd...something like a demonstration dunno about what..coz i dunno spanish...road blocks everywhere, police directing the traffic...

we ended up walking a few blocks to find our touristic bus...

didn't bother going to any other destinations coz we were super sleepy...== 

DAY 2~ 

woke up at 7am to have our complementary buffet breakfast and made our way bus stop to wait for the touristic bus...

we were all energized and we basically finished the red and blue route of the touristic bus~ 

those marked destinations are spots that we'd actually bought ticket to go inside...

but we'd actually finished the whole red and blue route..the green route is only open during september...

our first stop of the day is catalunya~ the most popular street in barcelona..la rambla...

a lot of shops there...even the H&M there is 5 storey high... 

not really in a mood for shopping coz those nice+unique boutiques are always too expensive...

those affordable ones can be found in the UK....

so we just hop on the bus and went to the number 1 spot of barcelona- sagrada familia~ 

dunno is this considered as a cathedral or not...but it started building in 1909 by gaudi but until now the construction is still going on...

the details of the whole building is just super complicated and *0* lor...

wanted to plank there..but my friend stopped me TT

look at all the pillars...speechless lar...

look at all the detailing...crazy work man...

after visiting the great sagrada familia..we hopped on the bus and continue our tour...

wanted to visit the medieval times museum but when we reached there, they were already closing...

what the...it was only 1.30 pm...== 

don't care..still plank there...

then our next stop~

barcelona FC~~~ 

didn't visit their museum coz...the ticket cost 22 euro == such  a ripped off lor...

tell you ar...didn't actually buy much this trip but spent a lot of admission ticket and transportation...super costly lor...

wanted to buy the jersey for my bro but that piece of fabric with stripes cost a bomb! 99 euro for one jersey... go and rob the bank faster lor == 

want me to die ar..99 euro... == 

ended up buying a barcelona water bottle for my bro...and he say i better buy him the jersey when i m back in KL == which he said cost around RM250 in KL.... hw come ar?? the jersey is cheaper in KL than in barcelona??  

crazy....overpriced fabric...

after that we went to the spanish village which i think it's a must go as it shows us the cultures of a traditional spanish village with super cute shops...

those hand made Jewelries are just so pretty...had to pick out a few before leaving....

then the chocolate shop is a also super unique...

i bought a bar of chocolate with rose petals on it..super cute lor...

they even hv chocolate which gouji... i was like *0* again...

but didn't get that coz the combination is just weird...

  

wanted to make a stop at one place that the audio "told" us that it's a 4km stretch of retail shops..

but ended up it was empty and kena kacau by a crazy spanish uncle lor == 

then after that we went to the aquarium at port veil...

didn't visit the aquarium though..coz too costly...go langkawi lar...

so we just walked around the shopping centre beside it....

quite nice but quite quiet...

then we called it a day~

when we went back the hotel... we watch the barcelona episode of 时尚玩家。。。

and we decided to go back to sagrada familia the next day to find the gelato shop that they recommended...

DAY 3...

had breakfast and checked out around 9 am coz we want to make full use of the time before going back...

had to take the metro coz the touristic bus ticket expired...

i think hving being trained by taking LRT,MRT,MTR all these years making taking metro not complicated at all...hahahaha....*narcissist* 

recognize lines and stations like a BOSS...

buy tickets without changing the language to english...hahahaha 

 we went to la rambla for the last time..

was trying to look for longchamp for my cousin sis but couldn't find it before that...

wanted to give up but ended up finding it...woots~ 

found the design and colour she wanted too...double woots! 

wenyen~ if u r reading this, prepare to shout~ 

after that we head to sagrada familia again~ 

and guess what? we found the gelato shop...

wait wait..something is just not right....hw can we not have paella in spain???  without paella, everything is just not complete...

so we went to a local restaurant to have paella! 

nice but the seafood is just too little..><

the paella in KL got more seafood lei.... yogitree rules!

and not to forget...

had sangria for the first time... recommended by 时尚玩家  

it's red wine+fruits..

yen shann...u geng liao lar..drink alcohol during lunch lar...ppl drink ice lemon tea u drink red wine lar...

but it taste quite strong but i think the alcohol percentage is actually quite low... didn't feel anything...

we still have 2 hours to kill before heading to the airport...

so we decided to go to casa mila-la padrera~ also by gaudi...

i just had to plank...XD  

finally..we had to go home~ 

flight delay summore lor == 

worst part of the day is we had to stay out in the cold outside of the liverpool train station == 

coz we didn't know that they only open at 5.50am...

we were afraid of missing the train again so we went there super early...==

the moral of the story is to check the opening times of the train station....

freezing lor...

luckily the train back to notts was warm...

finally home and blogging...napped for 2 hours plus just now...

and this blogpost took me more than 1 hour == 

some of the admission tickets and brochures 

some souvenirs i bought

the only thing i bought specially for myself~

tommy hilfiger!!! this perfume is just super nice and it reminds me of my mama...>< 

will end my blogpost here...

the holiday month

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O-M-GEEEE~~  

only thirteen minutes left till december...

time flies like nobody's business...

unwittingly, i've already been in nottingham for more than 2 months..

kinda in a dilemma whether to say it's a good thing or a bad thing...

the good thing is i will be going home in no time...

the bad thing is my student exchange program will be ending soon...

actually not that soon la...haha..sem 1 oso hvnt end...

but also soon lor...2 more weeks then finished the whole sem edi....then after that exam...

goodness...

worst part of being a student is having exams and assignments...

anws...

december= the start of all holidays

christmas, new year, chinese new year, valentines day == 

which has nothing to do with me lor...

u see ar...

christmas...bat lao oso don't celebrate de lar...

new year...without s1 this year...who to celebrate with? is not like i have a boyfriend to celebrate with == 

chiense new year...having exam lar...no ang pau summore...

valentine's day... even meaningless... single celebrate what lar...now even couples oso dont celebrate lar...

sorry for all my single despo crap..

i oso dunno why am i so despo == 

memang bu shuang lor...

sometimes quite moody...not EMO ar...

stupid andy always say i emo...== 

anws...

nothing much to say lar...

TAG: Get Your Freak On! 15 Weird Facts

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today will be an unusual blogpost...it's a tag blog~~~ 

so let's get started~ 

#1. What's a nickname only your family calls you?

hmm...this is tough...my mom calls me shann and basically only my family members calls me that.so yeah...shann 

#2. What's a weird habit of yours?

i like dancing like a maniac alone in my room...totally will not do that in front of anybody 

#3. Do you have any weird phobias?

i m afraid of escalators == especially the ones that r going down...takes me ages to go down == 

#4. What's a song you secretly LOVE to blast & belt out when you're alone?

hmm...i dun really listen to loud music but currently likes dancing to " go away" by 2ne1 

#5. What's one of your biggest pet peeves?

well....sharing my food i guess? i hate it when people wants to put their touched cutlery into my food...and i cannot stand people sharing ice cream..ewwwwww 

#6. What's one of your nervous habits?

i shit and cough a lot when i hv an anxiety attack...><

#7. What side of the bed do you sleep on?

the right side...or any side near to the wall...hahaha 

#8. What was your first stuffed animal && it's name?

my first stuffed animal is called rabbit!!!  XD and after 20 years she is still with me on my bed XD 

#9. What's the drink you ALWAYS order at starbucks?

erm...i used to order green tea frap in m'sia but they don't have it here in the UK...only went to SB twice and ordered praline mocha and peppermint mocha..not addicted to any of it yet....

#10. What's the beauty rule you preach.. but never ACTUALLY practice?

don't pinch/touch ur pimples/blackheads..but i do that a lot..><

#11. Which way do you face in the shower?

both sides i guess...u hv to wash your whole body wad....

#12. Do you have any 'weird' body 'skills'?

i can push my pinky until it touches my wrist ( back)

#13. What's your favorite 'comfort food'/food thats 'bad' but you love to eat it anyways?

chocolate and ice creams...any brands XDDDD ..so badddd 

#14. What's a phrase or exclamation you always say?

i think people close to me will definitely know, especially my brother...which is "lap sap" XDDD  

#15. Time to sleep- what are you ACTUALLY wearing?

2 piece pajamas..hahaha 

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anybody who read this can tag urself too ^^  for fun 

liverpool

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昨天才刚从利物浦回到来。。。

终于看到亲爱的晓慧了。。。

真的很疯狂啊。。。我们是狂人~~ 

竟然还染上了扑街少女瘾。。

除了你还有谁会愿意作出这种疯狂举动？哈哈哈哈 

哈哈哈哈。。。。

我们真的有点神经病。。。。

很想念和你一起聊天的日子啊。。。

最衰jenz和玲不在。。。不然四个一起扑街更壮观XDDD  

记得要快点下来notts啊。。。

我们继续扑街去。。。。

姐妹，下次再继续扑街吧。。。哈哈哈  

不说细节了。。。反正自己心知就好。。。其实明明只是懒惰。。。哈哈哈哈 

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我承认我很despo...

不过如果你处于我的状态就很明显的就要despo的啦。。。

虽然偶尔有点矛盾。。。

y'all know..身为太多情侣吵架的旁观者就觉得好恐怖。。。

不过一个人吃饭，旅行，到处走走停停，看书，写信，自己对话谈心也太可怜了吧。。。

我何时才可以脱离单身行列。。。

你看。。。我又来了。。。><

上天请眷顾我一下吧。。。干嘛桃花都赐给我弟弟不给我。。。TT 

我很孤单咧。。。看到一对对的情侣。。。

而且干嘛每个人都误会我不想结婚？？？

我超想的好不好。。。我不要做老姑婆。。。。

难道我的脸写着老姑婆这三个字吗？NO~~~~~~~  

要往好的方面想。。。

我只是比别人慢。。。时机未到而已。。。

正能量~~~~~ 

希望只是如此。。。。唉

manchester

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late update...XD

was not suppose to be a trip..but we made it into one..XD  

thanks to malaysian society, we get to go to the talentcorp fair free..^^

was a bit disappointed when we reached there coz the fair is actually quite small...

had free lunch there too...nasi lemak...not nice lei..>< but beggars cant be chooses... so ..ok lor 

after talking with a few companies about internships and what their companies do...

we decided to just hop into any public bus and go to old trafford XD 

tadaa~~~~ manchester united ^^ 

took quite a lot of photos..lazy to post la..XD  

wanted to buy a jersey..but too expensive...not willing to pay that much for a jersey...

so ended up going home with a small souvenir..key chain..hahahaha 

anws...couldn't go for the stadium tour..>< due to lack of time..so sad la...

so ended up going bck to the uni.man and walked around the area there...saw quite a lot of nice buildings...

but hor...maybe i m used to nottingham, manchester seems a bit too zap to my preference...

after that waited for the bus then went bck to notts lor...

our short-not-trip ended...

最近有点无奈+郁闷。。。 == 

soap and glory haul

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today super splurge lor...

bought quite a lot of things...><

went to town today with heels...

something i regretted like shit ==

painful dao....

not going to talk about the garmets i bought...

coz my clothes all not interesting de la...

so talk about soap and glory lor...XD 

tadaa~~~  bought 4 things, but 1 of them is free ^^  

 the first thing i got is the mother pucker lip plumping gloss....it says on the box ur lips will be 10 times fuller...waaaa.... 

 then clean on me shower gel...smells so nice 

 says on the box...hope it works...XD 

and then last but not least~ hand food...means hand cream la...heard a lot of people raved about this so decided to give it a try since i use so much hand cream recently...><  

just a short update la...oso lazy to elaborate too much...

nah.. narcissistic photo... 

carmine

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before coming here i've already heard so much about beauty box...why malaysia dun hv these kind of things one...

so...

after reading a lot of reviews of beauty boxes based in the UK...

I've decided to give carmine a try...

what is beauty box?

beauty box is something that u subscribe every month with the subscription fee of 10 Pounds and you will get a box with 5 or more luxurious beauty samples...

some of the samples are even in full size, which is a great deal for 10 Pounds..

the beauty of this box is that you don't have to spend a lot by buying the full product and you get to try any  new high end beauty products...

good for people like me who has an unhealthy appetite with cosmetics and skin care..XD  

so...the first beauty box i've known is called the birch box which is based in the US...

after that UK came out with their own beauty box companies too...

like glossy box, feel unique, boudoir prive and now carmine...

although getting so many samples with just 10P is consider a great deal but after converting it's still a bit too expensive...><

but thanks to fleurdeforce, i get to get my first carmine box 5P off..XD which is super awesome!  

after watching her review on the october carmine box, i decided to get for myself..woopie~~  

and i've just received it today ^^ 

it came like that which i think it's kinda hideous...hahaha 

but in actual fact there's another box inside..haha..a sleek black box that's good for storing...one down side is that it's quite hard to get the lid off..

after opening, it looks like this...so posh looking lor XD 

it comes with a description card telling you what samples you're getting

 now the fun part~

tada~~~  5 reasonably big samples~ and 3 of them are actually full size products

 1st product- trind nail repair natural , it's to strengthen and protect your nails which i totally need it now....my nails are in a very vulnerable state...chips off like nobody's business...annoys the hell out of me..

 balance me super moisturizing hand cream, i definitely need this, with this weather my hands gets dehydrated so easily and plus i just finished one tube of hand cream == 

 daniel sandler's eye delight in peach , it's a loose eye shadow which can be used either as an eye shadow or an eye shadow base which gives you some shimmer and chic effect...

 caudalie quenching sorbet creme, this is to hydrate and refresh your skin  which is also a perfect product for the dryness of autumn...

the balm-frat boy all in one shadow/blush, it's a multi purpose shadow/blush which comes with a peachy-apricot shade which compliments any skin tone...i mean who can't take pink blush?  

super like this box~ i will have to see next month's product to decide whether to continue subscribing or not coz 10 pounds can feed me more than a week...== which is horrible...why things here are so expensive..><

gotta mention this~ 

was baking with my flatmates yesterday ^^

halloween chocolate brownies ^^