OREO CAKE

I want to make this giant oreo cake!

You can purchase the cake pans from Williams-Sonoma.

xx

A MEMO FOR MY FAVOURITE RUDE MOBILE PHONE USERS

Pretty much I love Gizmodo!

Wish I could hand this out to all those annoying people who feel the need to yell into their mobile phones without any regard for those around them. It's quite irritating! Or when I'm at work and half way through a customer ordering their meal they'll answer their phone and make me wait. People are just so selfish, grrr!

I especially hate those people who are on their phone yet feel they have the right to annoyed at others.

xx

WHAT DO AUSSIES GOOGLE??

Listening to the radio on the way to the station one morning, there was a discussion about the top 10 Aussie Google searches. Later that day I found an entry about it on Gizmodo. Pretty much the outcome shows how lazy we are as internet user. The list makes it seem as if we don't really know that the address bar is different to a Google search, or we just don't understand how to use it?

Whatever the case is, half of these results just need a .com or a .com.au at the end and away you go.

1. Facebook
2. YouTube
3. Hotmail
4. eBay
5. MySpace
6. Google (typing google into the google search bar? really?)
7. Yahoo
8. Gmail
9. Bebo (pretty suprised that made it onto the list. we are quite sad!)
10. Seek

This is what we searched for this year people... xx

CAKE!

Stumbled across the yummiest looking rainbow cake a few weeks ago. Created by Whisk Kid. The Super Epic Rainbow Cake (yes, that's what it's been named) is SIX layers of sugar! And it's got a lemon taste, YUM!

Recipe found here... xx

LUSTING OVER NEW SWIMWEAR

• Swimsuit by Kooey
• Frill One Piece found in The Kimberley Collection
• $140
  
• Swimsuit by Mama Maria
• C10- Bikini, Ivory Stitched
• Approx. $312

• Swimsuit also by Mama Maria

• This one is also by Mama Maria

• Swimsuit by Seafolly

• Swimsuit by Seafolly
• Price is around $136

• Swimmsuit by Jets (by Jessica Allen)
• Name: Harbour Side

xx

VINTAGE IN MAINSTREAM SHOPS

Went shopping along Crown Street yesterday. My bee-line towards Minty Meets Munt. I didn't find what I went there for but that's not the point.

Anyway. Before I went got out towards Oxford Street (while I was till in the QVB I mean) I went into pretty much every store to just browse. The Sportsgirl accessorises store had a section along the back wall with vintage items they store had bought from various places, and was selling back to the public. There were shoes, belts and bags. Each had a little tag on them that explained where the item originated from.

Towards the end of my shopping trip I went into American Apparel. Someone once told me they had a vintage line. So I wanted to check it out. I honestly do not get the piont of American Apparel, I was pretty suprised to see people in the store (lol). Anyway, the vintage line isn't American Apparel owned (I read the label on the clothes). It's an ebay store called California Select. The store sells American Apparel as well. I'm guessing they have some sort of agreement.
I realised saying vintage line means there's a lot of clothing, but it's probably two racks about 50 cms long.

I kind of like finding vintage pieces in mainstream shops, it's a really refreshing change. If only ever Sportsgirl did this. I also like how Sportsgirl see it as a recycling factor. It's nice to see they're doing it for a good purpose, and not just to make extra money. But I could be wrong!
xx

GOOGLEGOOGLEGOOGLEGOOGLE

Four seperate Google browsers in one page! Okay, honestly this is so exciting to me, I love this in everyway possible. I tested it out and typed four different things into the each browser and it works!! Oh my I need to calm down (lol). Found here btw!

xx

ONElittlePIECE

Found this online clothing store the other day, don't remember how or when, called ONElittlePIECE. I feel in love with the home page, the structured layout and simplicity of it was really appealing.

The brands aren't like your usual mainstream ones (except for One Teaspon), and have different styles than those found in your local shopping centre. It's good to have brands that aren't so mainstream but yet still have elements of the fashion going around at the time. It gives variety to those that are sick of seeing the same thing over and over.

Currently I'm in love with the label Penny Anne, which belongs to a female designer that started off selling in Gilles Street Markets in Adeliade.

A few of my new favourites include...

The Backless Leotard; with floral and tulle pattern. Apparently a signature piece!

First Daughter Dress.

xx

DARTH VADER BEING A SMARTASS

I'm not a big YouTube person. Okay I lied, it annoys me. A LOT! I'm not really sure why, maybe because there's so much crap on it or maybe because staring at the computer screen for too long gives me headaches. Who knows.

But once in a while I'll open a link someone sends me with the words YouTube in the url address. Last time I did that I watched a funny little clip about Darth Vader being a smartass.
xx

FRENCH CHIC ROMANTICISM

I want to paint the furniture in my room white. I don't like the colours it is now, and yes I said colours. The furniture doesn't even match!

So pretty much I typed into Google how to paint furniture white, and the first site that popped up was My Romantic Home. It's this lady's blog about pretty much her romantic styled home. It's very French Chic style furniture and decor.

It's oh so cute, but in reality kind of creepy. Like I would love to have some styles of my house (if i owned one btw) like that, but I'd probably be alone for the rest of my life if that ever happened. Little things here and there never killed anyone though.

But I do plan to go ahead with painting my furniture white though. Don't worry I'm not ending at the white.
xx

THE POCKET LIGHT

The Pocket Light is a wallet sized light concept that is powered by a watch battery. No joke, you can fold into a size matching that of a credit card.

The designer, Ryan Harc, has pretty much invented it with romantic moments with your partner in mind. Saying that you can "Draw out a little light which can be the best conveyor of your feeling."


But obviously there are many other uses for this nifty little invention such as reading under your covers, or producing light when a black out occurs.
xx

[Gizmodo via Technabob]

CAMERA CASES

I bought a new camera in September, and with it of course I purchased a new case. Now the case ended up being a tight squeeze to get my camera into at first, but seemed to stretched itself out over time. At first I was annoyed because the case wasn't cheap, it was actually a bit too costly for my liking. But as it got easier to get my camera in and out of the case, I realised it was actually quite an ingenious plan to make a stretchable case (well one that takes 3 weeks to get there, but still!).

Yet a few weeks ago I stumbled across this cute felt camera case, homemade by the way, on swissmiss I think it was.


I've absolutely fallen in love with it. Mainly because of it's cute design; how it's used craft to look like a camera on the surface of the case. It's been constructed out of "high-quality Japanese felt". It's safe to use as a camera case, and you can get it made to your camera's specific dimensions. Also each case is unique due to the use of different coloured felts and constrast stichting. Not sure if you can ask for specific colours though.

Think I might try and make one myself, get creative yknow (lol).
xx

A PAIR OF FOOLS REALLY

Driving to the station last week, listening to the radio. Two men in America burgled an apartment and were caught due to the description of their vechile. But when the officer that pulled them up, was extremely suprised to see the two men inside with masks drawn on their faces with texta.

P.S. read article here.

xx

STAR WARS FANS AHOY

I found an entry on Gizmodo about a Star Wars production compiled of 393 15 second scenes. Someone had apparently challeneged the internet to recreate Star Wars some time back. The production, produced by fans, allows others to contribute their own favourite scenes from the series. I think it's called Star Wars Uncut, and has a pretty sweet trailor.

xx

LUSTING

I secretly want both.. but shhh! They are both "Where's My Treat" blouses by Alannah Hill.

xx

WHERE DREAMS BECOME HEART ATTACKS

I ❤ maccas breakfast
I ❤ donuts
I ❤ jelly

This is why you're fat; a website completely with pictures of fatty foods that can only do one thing, and this clog up your arteries. Recipes are found in a book that can be purchased, but most of them you could just figure it out. Pretty heaven for me (lol).

xx

HOGWARTS LOVIN'

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is on the telly tonight. I wish it was real so bad. I mentioned this to a friend during the beginning of the movie as well.

❤ blurg says (8:30 PM):
i wish harry potter was real
i wanna have cool magical powers
and run into walls to get onto platforms

A little later after this I opened up the i can read blog. The second thing on the blog was a comment about going to Hogwarts. I couldn't stop laughing; I totally can relate.

xx

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT

So, now I'm 20. Old old 20.

After I had turned 19 and people asked me how old I was, I would always say 19. I don't recall having to think twice about it. But ever since I've turned 20. majority of the time I've been telling poeple I'm 19. And when I say it in my mind I don't think of it as if I haven't had my birthday. But more like I've recently celebrated my birthday, but on that day I turned 19. Not 20!

Yesterday it occured, but about 30 minutes after I replied I was 19 I realised I wasn't. The realisation was shocking. It had truely sank in in that minute that I was now 20. It's completely freaky by the way. I'm not all that of a fan of being 20 but I guess I'll get used to it.

xx

BANDAGE AWESOMENESS

Found cute bandages at Incredible Things blog. A pack of 25 with various shaped moustaches that I would feel completely compelled to draw funny faces around whilst wearing them.
And also a pack of 25 bandages with "crime scene do not enter" are a total change from the usual nude coloured ones found at woolies. Even the blue ones at work don't seem to cut it compared to these.


Oh, and just found bling bandages, monster bandages, tatoo bandages, comic strip bandages (the sound effects found in comic strips like ouch, wham, etc). There are heaps to choose from, all very funky. Pretty much anything to suit anyone's personality. Loving this bandage choice (lol).

>>found here<<
xx

PERSONAL BLOG OF CARL PEI

"Six Funny Life Lessons"

Lesson 1: Naked Wife

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next door neighbor. Before she says a word, Bob says, “I’ll give you $800 to drop that towel.” After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob.

After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 dollars and leaves. The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks,…

“Who was that?” “It was Bob the next door neighbor,” she replies. “Great!” the husband says, “Did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?”

Moral of the story:

If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

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Find more valuable life stories at the link provided above. They're all really a joke, with a bit of a moral ending and can be related to our lives.
xx

RSA/RCG/BAR SKILLS

A few months ago (I think mid-June/July) I did my RSA, RCG and a short bar skills course. I just wanted to post up a short entry about approved training centres.

While I was first looking for places, I searched through multiple blogs and read other people's experiences with training centres. I came across a few stories of people who had gotten certificates from places that weren't even certified to be handing them out. I started getting worried about that because I didn't know what to look for to find out if they were certified or not.
Finally I came across this website of a list of RSA approved training centres, and figured that if they did training in RCG too the certified with be legit.

In the end I went to Alex Beaumont Hospitality Training College; in Sydney City and Parramatta. I paid $210 for all three as well.
xx

BUILD YOUR OWN FASHION STATEMENT

Legos are probably one the best toys invented. What with the iniative we take to build whatever we want thanks to the inventors who wished to let us go nuts. Now we can take the next step in the lego lifeline by bringing the little blocks into everyday objects such as a pair of sunnies. These sunglasses allow us to build a lego stack on the sides of the frame, which is constructed of a block board.
xx

007

I have a new love for James Bond. Well, a new love for the movies I should say. The books can wait til another day.

I haven't really done much about my new interest, except plan to watch the movies one day. Other than think about Bond, I've bookmarked a list of all the movies released.

• Dr. No
• From Russia With Love
• Goldfinger
• Thunderball
• You Only Live Twice
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• Diamond's Are Forever
• Live And Let Die
• The Man With The Golden Gun
• The Spy Who Loved Me
• Moonraker
• For Your Eyes Only
• Octopussy
• A View To A Kill
• The Living Daylights
• Licence to Kill
• GoldenEye
• Tomorrow Never Dies
• The World Is Not Enough
• Die Another Day
• Casino Royale
• Quantum Of Solace

That is all 22 movies that have been released so far. Of those I have seen two so far. Getting there, on my own pace (lol).

xx

SAYOUNARA

Tomorrow I fly.

• get shoes
• get rest of jewellary
• buy a camera
• wrap birthday present
• finish packing
• pick up book
• download songs
• check international roaming for phone
• figure out more items for this list
  

THE LAKE HOUSE

The one man I can never have,
and I would like to give my whole heart too

HEELS HEELS HEELS

Two new additions to my glorious collection.

ALREADY GONE

Started with a perfect kiss
Then we could feel the poison set in...

FOR-TOMORROW

For-Tomorrow is an online store that houses predominantly male clothing from various stores and designers. They have a blog section, which recently has had high traffic about RAFW runways.

So if you want to check out a few live runway shows from designers such as Saint Augustine Academy or Kirrily Johnston then head over to http://www.f-t.com.au/blog/ and enjoy!

xx

SHOES

So remember those shoes I blogged about mid-February. The shoots, with the three bows down the front?

Well I bought the white ones, and I got them for $80. RRP was $250-ish. I did very good :)

xx

NEW SHOES!!

LOVE THEM TO DEATH..

xx

VALENTINE'S DAY

This year for Valentine's Day, Manit was my valentine! I gave her a home-made card and home-made white roses and a box of Raffaello lol.

My brother and I had a massive bonding session while I was making the card. Mainly because he wanted to do something creative too. So he drew a picture and stuck the love hearts that I stuck on the card I gave Manit all over the picture. He did that on both sides of the paper. Of course he got PVC glue on the floor when he turned the paper around to use the other side, but I managed to get it off without the parentals noticing lol.




He was very inquisitive about what I was making, and what I was using various crafty equipment I had layed out. And annoyingly when I was going to use them haha.

I made a single page card. On which I drew alternating red lines of roughly two different thicknesses in oil pastels. Then on the bottom right hand corner I pasted a red envelope out of tissue-y paper, which I constructed myself. I then poked holes along the side of the page, on the left side, where I fed red-spotted ribbon through and tied it. I also randomly tied the same ribbon into the top right corner. After that I stuck red love hearts cut out of felt paper, with a glued backing, all over. And they were of different sizes.


The roses really bugged me. I wanted to make them out of foil, but was not able too. Which really frustrated, mainly because I did not give up for hours and it just kept failing on me. The foil was too fragile. Then I had trouble with the roses altogether. I really needed someone to show me in person, not through youtube. That would have helped a lot! But obviously by that time (the day before Valentine's Day, close to 10pm) I was asking for too much lol. So I made rosebuds instead. Well actually what had happened was I thought I was making a rose, and I made one but it turned out that it was actually a rosebud that someone had labelled a rose. LIES!!

So I made rosebuds instead, because those instructions were easier to follow. I made three of them, and put wooden sticks up them and made them into a little bouquet.


Then on Valentine's Day, while I was at the mall thing near Strathfield Station I bought the Raffaello box from the Woolies before Prabpreet's 21st. I gave it all to Manit at Prabpreet's, which I was very glad fell on Valentine's Day. All in all this year's Valentine's Day was oarsum!! :)

xx

NEW YEAR'S EVE!!

Sorry, I do realise new year's eve was nearly five months ago but I just have not gotten around to blogging about it.

I went to Milson's Point with some friends, and watched the midnight fireworks from there. They were the best I've ever seen at new year's. I really can not wait to see how they get topped for the start of 2010.

They had new effects this year. And I had theeee best view of them, from right underneath the bridge. It was fun and exciting, and yet a little scary at the same time. It just felt as if some of the fireworks were going to fall down on us haha. Don't ask okay, you were not there lol.

Sorry, I do not really have a lot to say about this mainly because it was such a long time ago.

Try to get out of Milson's Point was pure hell. We decided to walk across the bridge, which was fun, except seeing all that rubbish was not. We can be really dirty at times. I guess the cleaners get paid, etc etc etc. But that really is not excuse. And kudos to them for starting at such a ridiculous hour to make our city streets nice and clean again. Thank you! Anyway, moving on. It took us about two hours to get into the main heart of the city. Specifically because of the mass of people who were trying to get out of Milson's Point with us. Then from there my train ride took two hours because I had it kept stoping for a total of forty minutes at various locations along the way. Majorily frustrating by the way!!

I got home at 5:30am lol, yay! My mum loved that a lot as well.

xx

HAIRCUT!!

So I got my hair cut. Short. Very short. I could easily pass as a lesbian short. Haha. But I like it. Well somedays. When it's flat and doesn't fall the wrong way. When long strands aren't trying to mingle with the short sections, and vice versa.

Before I got my hair cut, my re-growth looked shocking. Bad. It was grossly noticeable and I was too lazy to do anything about it. But once I got my hair cut it looked nice, as though it was a look I was going for.

I went to a different hairdressers this time around. Actually I never return to a single hairdressers. But I think I will be to these guys. I got my hair shampooed, cut and blow-dried for $49. And they're just one level below work. Anyway, the lady that cut my hair was quite terrified. She couldn't believe that I really wanted it all gone. She kept asking me over and over whether to cut it or not, and I just laughed. I think I told her about 7 times to cut it, before she frighteningly chopped a section off. Poor thing asked me if I had a husband or a boyfriend, because if I did I should consolidate them first. Haha.


The hairdresser lady said she'd never done a cut like this before, she was quite nervous about shaving the back of it.

If you remember from my previous post, I got my hair cut like that mousy brown haired girl. The one with the angular cut.

After I got it done, I realised how badly I looked, as if I had helmet hair. It was horrible. It's weird straightening it with my straightener because it flicks the ends out without me having to rotate it or anything. Apparently it's because it's thin. So I try to use the thick one whenever I get a chance too. But most of the time I can flatten it by wearing a hat, or pinning it down. The back of it's gotten so long now, the section that got shaved. Maybe I should go get it re-shaved.

xx

SHHH...

I wish I wasn't so terrified of needles! xx

LYKKE LI HUSTLIN'

Awesome video of a Swedish singer (Lykke Li) that Reuel got me to listen to the other day, which he found off pedestrian.tv.

xx

HAIRCUT

My new hair, but imagine it in red!

Pictures found on Sartorialist!

xx

FLOWER SHOP

Was at Melbourne recently. We went shopping on Chapel Street, it's about 15-20 minute tram ride from Flinders Street. Pretty much what I did was walk in and out of majority of the stores on the street. I probably skipped like four or something.

But my favourite store on the entire street was a fruit and vegetable shop. I'm not even kidding you. I walked past the store and literally stopped in my tracks. The front half of the shop displayed flowers. The cheapest flowers you have ever seen. Bouquet of roses for $6, no lies. I killed myself on Valentine's Day trying to find roses, the only ones I came across were $60 or above. Even bouquets for $138 .

There were other bunches for $3, or two for $5. I was in love. I adore flowers with all my heart, and this shop made my day. So next time you're on Chapel Street p

lease go. You'll love it too, I swear!

The store with the red strip on top of the sign.

xx

SHOES

How awesome are these shoes. But they're like $250-ish. But I love them. And in all three colours. Okay I lied, I don't like the red as much. Not nice enough. Help me chooooooseee!

SUMMER

I just realised today that summer is nearly over, there's like two weeks left! What happened? I actually realised when I walked into Sandy Bay to say hi to friends, and asked one of them where their swimmers kept and she replied "we don't have any". I got the same response at numerous other stores as well, but it didn't happen to sink in that summer was over then.

I think it's funny that I only started bathers (and yes I do call it a bathing suit LOL) shopping only last week. My other ones don't fit me anymore, their either too small or strecthed out. I'm also kind of glad that I've managed to avoid it, because I don't like the cut of bikini briefs. For me, trying to find the perfect bikini bottoms is a major challenge which I never enjoy.

But back to my main point, time flies by too quickly for my liking. Before we know it we'll be celebrating NYE again.

SLIP SLOP SLAP

Stay sun smart during this heat wave people! You shouldn't need to think twice about sunscreen, covering up and also wearing a hate while you're out in the sun. You don't want to get sun burnt, the feeling is quite awful.

Also, remember to hydrate as often as you can. Don't do it all at once either. Drink water regularly throughout the day. If you have to force yourself, drink energy drinks such as Gatorade. Or add a bit of cordial, or a lemon/lime slice to your water.

With all these people dying due to the heat (obviously because they weren't sun smart) I've become quite worried. I was outside in the heat on Friday for about 30-40 minutes, and that was enough to make me dizzy. I was wearing sunscreen and a hat as well! So please, please, please be careful and take care of your selves during this heat.

DRESSMAKING

About two weeks ago I adamantly decided that I was going to read the sewing machine user guide and teach myself how to sew. So I worked at it for five hours. I know how to use the machine and all, and the guide explains various handy techniques as well. But I don't understand what to do measurement wise. Like when I was in year 7 and I made a pair of shorts, I remember there was something about measurements but I can't recall what exactly my teacher said. So I came to the conclusion that I need an adjustable dressmakers mannequin.

This is the beginning of a whole new era (lol). I just need to discover more places to buy fabrics rather than Spotlight and Lincraft. I did go to Spotlight though, and suprisingly I found a few nice prints.

I have so many ideas that I want to try out. Can't wait til I find a mannequin. xx

HAIRSTYLING

I can't remember what I was looking for, but not that long ago I stumbled across a website with 49 new hair ideas for 2009.

Here a few of my favourites:

Braid a ponytail hair extension that matches your hair color and pin it at the nape of your neck. Wrap the braid around your crown, pinning the ends at your nape, then let your hair hang loose or twist it into a low knot directly above the braid.

To create this voluminous shape, spritz volumizer on damp roots, then blow-dry hair straight and part it in the middle. Lightly tease your roots, then loosely sweep hair back into a low chignon, cupping the sides over your ears for an elegant touch.

Mimic the effect by scrunching large sections of damp hair in your hands as you move a blow-dryer in circles around your head (hold it about six inches away). This fluffs the hair rather than matting it down. Another trick: Rub your crown lightly, like it's a baby's belly, for a few seconds to create slept-in texture.

For an elegant change, start by creating a deep side part, then take a two-inch section of hair at the center of the hairline (where bangs would be) and roll it away from the face around a medium-size hot roller. While that cools, wrap just the ends of the rest of your hair around a half-inch-barrel curling iron so they flick out. Take out the hot roller, guide the front section into an S shape, and mist all over with aerosol hair spray.

xx

MAXI DRESSES

My absolute favourite thing about this summer as been maxi dresses! I don't really know how to explain why I love them so much. I guess on the right person they can look so graceful, almost as if you're floating. But that also depends on the length of the dress.

They're so versitle in cuts and the patterns. They look nice from strapless to thick straps. But it is quite easy to wear a bad maxi dress. Those dresses that don't quite seem to fall nicely on the wearer, or the print is just gastly. I have an orange one like that, but my plan has always been to dye it black. I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

I own four maxi dresses right now. But there are so many more I'd like to have. I want a few tye-dye ones, which I also want to make myself. I'll post the pictures later, when it gets cooler in my room. xx

KANYE WEST

Went and saw Kanye West live last December with a whole group of people. I don't really have much to say about this. I'm not a massive fan of Kanye West, but I respect him some what as an artist. He tries new things, things he shouldn't be trying, which majority of artists refuse to do. And for that alone he gets praised. He can bring out a horrible album, but he'll never be judged for it, people will only see him venturing into new territory.

The concert was nice. Yes, I know you don't call a concert "nice", but honestly that's all I can say. I had a good time. It was a pity we were seperated from each other, no thanks to ticketek (but that's a long story).

Scribe and Nas opened the line up, and hands down Scribe was better. He realy got the crowd started. I don't listen to Nas, he doesn't delve into my style of music, but others who do like him said he was great. Pretty much all night I was waiting for Kanye West to play "Love Lockdown", and it was the last song he performed. Except it took him three tries to finish the song. So he starts, and then stops his band and tells them to do it again. The band restarts, and then Kanye tells them to keep playing he'll be right back. The band pretty much does the whole song, and then Kanye decides to reappear. Apparently he was meant to have his last costume change just before this song, but everything in the back got packed up. He wasn't very happy about this. ut thankfully he finally did the song. YAY!

Part of Scribe performing Fresh, and Saranpaal's hand!

APPLE

I was complaining last November about how my charger sparked and stopped working one day. I didn't have access to my laptop for nearly a month, and it was the worst thing. I knew I had to save for a charger as well, but I wanted to buy shoes instead lol. I kept telling myself that I'll use my home computer until I get more shifts at work. But then late November, for my birthday, Prabs; Kiran and Saranpaal got me a brand new charger!

It was so awesome! Until of course my laptop crashed LOL. So back to square one, except this time it'll cost me way more to get my laptop fixed.

xx