Friday May 29th 2009

Met up with Sylvia today for a bit of a catch up. We had peking duck for lunch from Shanghai (no pictures). We were starved so we didn't bother snapping up pics of it haha but it was good! Shanghai on Victoria Ave isn't the fanciest looking place nor the prettiest sight you've laid eyes on but their food is good ... well good enough to leave an impression on my stomuch and taste buds. Must go back for their pepper and salt calamari mmmm.

Sylvia and I just spent most of the day playing Sims 2, then lunch then a bit of shopping and then back to my place to play a bit more Sims 2 before dropping her home. She got into Sims 2 after having a go at creating a sim of herself last year sometime but since she didn't have a computer at home, she never got around to playing it. She's been given a computer from a relative of hers and she's keen to play it hehe. I am so glad that I found all my old Sims directory with all my old saved games in it. I thought I had lost them for good when I got my computer reformatted.

Sylvia is too sweet. Everytime we catch up every few weeks, she always has something to give me. This time is Lush goodies and a pack of macadamia and white choc cookies that I quickly gobbled up.

The almond and coconut shower smoothie has a very light smell of almond. Not so much coconut I don't think. I'm not a big fan of these. I've tried their shower jelly things and those were not fun to use in the shower at all! I will give it a try though. Says to slather some on, rinse and dry. Sounds easy enough. She also got me a bar of the 'I Should Coco' soap. I've never really liked this one much so I'm not gonna open it. I know it's the pink one with the coconut flakes on top.

So um, I'm pretty sure it's obvious that I'm a cheap arse. Doesn't help that I don't have a full time job and bum most of the time though I claim that I'm 'busy'. pffft. Went around for a bit of shopping and bought these 2 pearl headbands for ... AUD4.00 each! I saw them last time for AUD14.00 each so I passed. Went back today and they were down to AUD4.00!

They had them in several colors, red ... black ... green but bought these two because they're wearable. I only ever use headbands to get hair out of my face during work and to wash my face but these are so pretty and surprisingly comfortable. They haven't given me a headache and I don't even feel them on my head. I snatched these plastic stud earrings up the moment I saw them also AUD4.00! They also come in red and in white but the white had too many sparkles.

I think I've already said this, but I don't suit dangly earrings, they just don't look right or belong on my ears. Not pretty. Hoops look ok but I always tend to go for the stud-type earrings. Helps that they don't get caught on clothing and in my hair like the dangly earrings do.

Here is my small collection. These are the ones I usually wear out if I do wear earrings.

Most if not all were bought on sale for no more than AUD4.00 each haha. Lucky for Jun I'm not a 24k-gold-diamonds-tiffany-&-co girl. Sif' he could afford it anyway lawls. SIF!

I've noticed I have quiet a few bits and odds of pieces of jewellry that are missing or broken a pair. That's what I get for being a tightass and buying cheap plastic or fancy(fake) jewellry. I wish I knew how to put them all on a charm bracelet or pendant so I can wear them all.

There's a new charms shop in Westfield called Thomas Sabo up on the 5th level that we went passed today. They sell real cute charms for bracelets. Most of their range are fairly priced. One that caught my eye was this bird's cage:

So cute it has a yellow bird inside! Hmmm when I was younger, mum wouldn't let me wear gold jewellry because she said I was too young and didn't/wouldn't suit me. Funny coz I'm older now and gold STILL doesn't suit me! I see some girls wearing gold and they suit it! Like I wear small gold sleeper earrings/mini hoops for work sometimes only cos my ears get infected with wearing fancy/fake jewellry. I have two hole piercings on each lobes and hate that they get filled with that crappy stuff when they get infected. I'm surprised one hasn't closed yet, I keep poking it with an earring every few days since I don't wear earrings everyday.

There's a new G-Star store opening in Chatty yay! I still regret buying a pair of TR jeans years back. G-Star are so much nicer in material and fitting and they don't cost as much as TR.

G-Star Royce Miner Skinny AUD269.99:

My cheap alternative: Denim leggings AUD35.00 Suspenders AUD10.00 Total = AUD45.00 Beat that G-Star!

( yeah I'm on the chubbier side)

On a more serious note, my godfather Uncle George passed away last Thursday at the age of 86. We unfortunately were not able to be with him because he had moved to Queensland sometime last year to live with his daughters because he was getting frail and was not able to take care of himself as well as he used to anymore. So this is what our Christmas usually looks like every year unless we go to The Phils. Small but humble.

That was the last Christmas we spent with him back in 2007 (I'm not in it because I was the one that took the pic).

I don't have family here in Australia cept for one cousin (dad's side. Whom we hardly know). I grew up around Uncle George so I've always considered him family. I'm very saddened because we were told he very much wanted to go because he was just not as independant with caring for himself anymore and he also suffered from emphysema so in a way I couldn't be selfish and want him to suffer anymore than he already did. And I know no one is supposed to stay on this earth forever but I don't take loss of someone dear easily. That's life. Gosh this post ended up longer than I expected.

Enjoy your weekend!