Fighting Calories with Cake Boutique~

I already have the scans of Non-no for May and I already have the scans for this month as well. Same goes with a few Magazines~ I just don't have time to upload them this week since it seems like I'm going to be hectic this week and last week that's why no Blog updates.

But I did have a time to relax yesterday. I met up with a friend of mine just to go around and catch up with each other. It was good! We had this bad bad sugar rush after a while though, we had ice cream + milkshake + cake from the cake boutique which really really did not help with my diet at all~ (=.=)

Vanilla Roll and Tiramisu~

Micha had this mad craving for Tiramisu therefore us landing at the Cake Boutique. I have to say their Tiramisu was very well done! It was great!!! The moment you place it in your mouth you'll just feel it melt and it's just great for people with sweet tooth like me! Although I have to say their Vanilla roll was the down fall though and they claim it to be their best selling cake~

(-.-")

After my "no chocolate for lent"; once that was all over I had this mad mad catching up with Chocolate for the whole day... Seriously it left me feeling guilty... I couldn't even fathom the idea how many chocolate I just gobbled up in my mouth...

Plus I gained 2 kilos in a week! (T.T) that's just not good enough... Therefore, I've decided to go on a strict diet this week and loose all that additional 2 kilos!!!

I know it looks disgusting but it tastes good and it's healthy to boot!~ Strawberries + Vanilla Yogurt + Honey!

Like I mentioned above I am mad about sweets~ and if given a chance I would like to taste all the sweet specialties in the world~ Well not all... But anyways I had a craving for sweets today while typing out this blog.

I decided to settle for this low fat dessert that my mom invented the other day in substitute with Strawberries + Condense milk~ Seriously that combination is pure heaven!!! But evil with calories... Therefore, today I had Strawberries + Vanilla Yogurt + Honey~! It is lovely!!! Now not as good as Strawberries + Condense BUT it is good enough to substitute with that bad evil calorie dessert!

I suggest everyone to try!!! *(^o^)*

Anyways~ it's my dad's birthday this Thursday!!! He's turning 50 what we call "Golden Age". We couldn't throw him a big big birthday bash since he wanted to go back home and celebrate my Grandfather's birthday since it might be his last due to him having lung cancer. So really that's what he wished for his birthday. A plane ticket to go back home~

And we do understand his frustration; therefore we will buy him a ticket. Although mom and I are staying here due to work and my internship. It's alright for dad to go, I guess he's anxious over the whole thing since even if he wanted to take care of granddad. He couldn't because this is where he works right now. I know you might think, "then why not just quit his job and go home then take care of your granddad?" It's not all that easy though; with this whole recession and everything it's a very risky to just decide up and go. Dad's taking everything into consideration and this is the only one he can come up with right now.

I hope everything goes well in his favor though~ it's kinda Ironic. I started to feel this attachment with my Granddad when I was home only when I found out that he was sick. But back then when he was up and about. We had a connection but not as strong as we do now. It really is disheartening.

Sorry for letting you hear all these depressive things going on in my life! (~.~) I shall return sometime this week with good news and more magazine scans hopefully? But for now, this little peak of my life will suffice~

Ciao~

Happy Easter!!!~

Happy Easter to everyone!!! *"*~\(^o^)/~"**"

Easter Eggs that I bought for my mommy and daddy~ I was really irritated with the spelling of "Mom" but I guess I couldn't argue with them since it is how they spelt it here...

I saw a few kids knocking on stores to ask for easter eggs~ It was a very lively sight, it made me remember of my easter egg hunting days back home. I thought though at the start how come they started asking for eggs it was still saturday. But then I figured today since it's easter sunday. Shops and department stores are closed...

I used to love easter~ as a child I would go egg hunting with friends back home, the adults in my home town would always set up an event for us kids. Then whoever gets a red egg or a golden egg could bring home a free living bunny rabbit. At the thought of that, I would always get fired up and hunt for eggs and eventually get to bring home one bunny! I even remember at some point of my easter day life. I won a bunny as usual, but then on our way home I had to stop by the dentist and she wanted to pull one of my tooth out. But being the stubborn child I was (mind you I'm scared of dentists) I refused. But my dad made a deal with me; that was if I would let the dentist pull my teeth I could bring the bunny home but if not then I would have to leave and give the bunny away.

I remember looking at the hazel colored bunny with a teary eye only to agree in the end so I could bring him home~ of course not forgetting to thrash around while the dentist tried to pull my tooth that resulted to a few adults holding me down. (-.-") it wasn't one of the best memories but I did get to bring the bunny home...

Anyways~ I finally got to buy a few things I want the other day! SO I decided to cross a few things out from the list of things I needed to buy. I am generally and actually quite happy with what I bought. Plus they were all on sale~ (*o*) I just couldn't say no...

Flower Dress~ "\(*o*)/" Finally!

So I bought this flowery print dress from Arnotts the other day~ along with this flowery waist belt~ I was actually deciding on wether to get this dress or buy short one piece in Zara~ but I ended up buying this one for 20 euros.

On closer Inspection~

The one from Zara was 29 euros almost 30~ And knowing me I opted for the cheaper one! But it's good quality since it is from Arnotts; it used to be 35 euros but it was on sale! So I'm quite happy~

Flower Buckle Waist belt~ I bought it for one of my dresses!

The belt used to be 20 euros and it was on 50% sale so it's 10 euros when I bought it! It's lovely! I've been looking for this kind of belt. Back home I was tempted to buy and outfit that had the belt with it. The sales lady didn't want me to buy the belt separately claiming that the belt and the dress went together... But I thought if I did buy the dress just for the belt... What happens with the dress then~ it would be a waste... I was tempted though... Luckily I didn't!

One of Nozomi's love item! Jean Dress shirt!!!

Yes!~ I was finally pushed to my limit after thinking of either buying the Jean dress shirt or not... Lena was wearing it in Vivi with a white dress... And that also gave me a shove to buy it; plus the fact that I have a whole lot of white lacy dresses started to make cave into buying it... But Nozomi's style gave me the final blast into definitely buying it! I so could not resist when I saw this photo of hers~ Ugh I'm such a total looser (-.-")

Plus this Jean dress shirt (polo). Was originally 20 euros which was reduced to 5 euros!!! Seriously bargain much!? At least I got the prioritized ones that I wanted~so I'll be laying off spending for a while... Since I don't want to spend much this year ("-3-)

The belt wasn't supposed to be with this outfit BUT I decided to give it a go with a belt and I think it looks better with a belt~

In all fact I saw a belt that would suit this outfit~ but they didn't have it in brown color... SO I'm still thinking about it~

Oh and before I went home I decided to stop by the Asian Market to check if they had the tsubutsubu ichigo pocky that I loved. They rarely sold them and if they do their always out of stock right away~ Luckily when I went there they had 4 left and I could not resist to buy them! I LOVE THEM! ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM! You guys should try this flavor~ seriously it's addicting! I was tempted to buy the whole 4 left but I thought... It would make me gain weight...

Tsubutsubu Ichigo Pocky~!!!

So I left the shop with two boxes...

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Hey guys! I'm still sick, but I'm getting there~ Anyways just wanted to greet everyone a Happy St. Paddy's day!!! Hope you guys had fun out there! I on the other hand couldn't since I had to rest. I felt really annoyed that I couldn't have fun with my friends. But oh well? Hopefully though you guys had fun!

On the other hand, I'm also quite disappointed that I couldn't watch the parade today more so specially I wasn't able to drink the shamrock milkshake in McDonalds!!! Seriously!!! They only have it on St. Patricks day which means only once a year...

I don't know how they do the Shamrock milkshake but it's really really good! The color is unusual since it's green but hey! Let's enjoy the festivities! A green colored milkshake which is amazingly good!

I have to wait for another year!!!!

(T.T)

Lena Fuji & Fashion Boom~

Today I went out with a friend for lunch and catching up. She wanted to eat in a Japanese Restaurant so we ate in Yamamori and I ordered Kakuni and Ramen. It's just braised pork belly, it was good specially their sauce~ It was my friend's first time eating there and she really liked it! *(^o^)*

I wore this today, layered white dress with lots and lots of layers underneath that checkered polo "(~.~)" it was cold so naturally one had to be prepared! (^.^)y

Kakuni~ Mm (*,*) I had to laugh when my friend asked me "Is that... Raw?" "(~.~)"

I suddenly find myself falling in love with Lena Fuji once again after watching her latest photo shoot in Vivi. I used to love her before Nozomi, she had the same feminine style but she gives of this more womanly whereas Nozomi exudes the charms of a lady. But for some reason that I can't remember I have fallen out of love with Lena. But now I'm back~ and she still has the same style that I love "Feminine" style.

I have to say Lena in the Polka dot dress + Red shoesies is cute♥ no?

These Scans came from the April Issue of Vivi~♥

Today I noticed the recent fashion boom here are the denim polos~ I actually contemplated on whether to buy one or not. But in the end I didn't... Honestly though right now I'm still thinking if I should. I don't like buying things just because it's "in"right now. Also the reason why haven't bought one right away because I know it's not my style and I've been thinking if ever I do buy one... Which of my clothes should I pair it with? (-_-")

Lately around town there are a lot of girls wearing them even in the mannequins in shops~ It's seems good with dresses and skirts. I'm a big fan of dresses~ that's why I'm considering... Btw, the scan on the left hand side is from non-no and the one on the right is vivi both are from april issues.

This one's from Vivi I absolutely Love the green flowery one piece that girl is wearing. That color is exactly what I've been trying to look for when it comes to flowery clothing. Although flowers aren't as recent as the denim polo, since flowers came out last year. They are still one of the top sellers when it comes to skirts and dresses. I guess it's because of Spring and Summer!

I used to think Flower patterns would absolutely not suit me at all, specially with dead colors. But I decided I want to challenge myself and actually prove myself wrong. So I'm planning on buying flower patterned dresses as well as one piece one's since I'm really captivated by it; but

with lively and bright colors. Dead and dreary colors takes a way a point from getting the cute lady feminine look.

Short Update with Kisses~

I just mailed Wendy about helping me with the comments section of my blog. She responded really quickly which is great. But at the moment after I sent her a message to answer her question. She didn't mail me back, I hope she received it. I'm probably just thinking of it too much (-.-") I'd say she's just too busy. But I do hope she'll mail me back soon.

On the other hand, I went out with one of my friends the other day and had this really really good Italian dessert called "Pana cotta".

It's actually my first time to eat pana cotta and honestly it's good! (*o*) We ordered Mango Pana cotta since it was one of the specialties of the restaurant itself. To some of you who is a newbie to pana cotta like me. Well underneath all that mango slices is basically simmered milk + cream + sugar mixed with gelatin. The texture is like gelatin but creamier and softer, it reminded me of uncooked tofu at first. But don't let the looks fool you, it's super super delicious!

So for those of you guys who have a sweet tooth and has a thing for sweets like me~I'd recommend this dessert for you guys! Although for some who don't like gelatin it might not be your thing but give it a try you might like it! (^O^)v

I couldn't help myself but take a picture of this XXXL size Kisses. The 2 small ones are your average kisses. The XXXL kisses is about as big as an average size woman's fist. It was amusing!!! (o.O) My cousin had to slice it up into 4 pieces just to share it with the rest of us. Some of us couldn't even finish it; considering the amount of normal sized kisses we normally eat would usually amount to the same size or even bigger than this Oversized kisses. (=.=)

Flying Back~

I just got back home yesterday afternoon and didn't have much time to Blog from all the unpacking that I had to do. Anyways~ home wasn't bad at all I guess. It was fun but at times boring since my friends all had college, tests and what nots. So most of the times I just stayed at home or go around following my father like a lost (-.-") puppy.

I took this photo while I was on the plane, it was a really pretty sight with all the snow covering the mountains. Spring is finally coming!!! (^w^)//"~

My dad's operation went well after a few miscalculations and changing of hospital only to go back at our first choice of hospital. Although my Grand Dad is still on the edge, since he is diagnosed having lung cancer and from what I heard it's not curable but the treatment (chemo) can lengthen his life span.

I guess not all of us in the family has accepted this fact just yet including my Grand Dad. He's loosing weight really fast and it just made things more evident. So I guess everyone's just hanging on really.

Anyways~ the night before I left. Friends/Cousins and I celebrated or more of enjoyed my last minute stay. We were supposed to watch Alice in Wonderland but everyone didn't come on time. Therefore we didn't have any idea on what to do...

But while we were walking around the shopping centre my cousin suggested to have a food trip~ Well his meaning of food trip was literally eat eat eat eat eat and more eat. So we did!

We had 2 desserts which comprised of Ice cream...

Dairy Queen!!! I'm still a Haagen Dazs fan though! (*,*) I only took 3 of them for a photo since most of them didn't want to let me take a pic~ (Hmph! Selfish (ò.ó) Bastards~)

Yes that above is Ice cream rolled into small tiny dots I think? It was yummy and really something to try if you're looking for something new!

As for our appetizer? It's barbecue flavored chips! The shop had 3 flavors (Cheese, Barbecue & Sour cream).

Mm~ It was really tasty!!!

Our main dish was in a restaurant called Dr. Pepper, great food!!! Really it was too plenty for me though. BUT the conditions of our food trip was to finish all food no left over. So you could guess, my stomach almost gave out on me (-.-"). Like from my previous entry my camera ran out of battery and my mobile phone was low as well. So no pics guys! (^.^")

We still planned on going for soup, Clam Chowder I think it was that they wanted? But we were short on time so we ended the food trip with Dr. Pepper; and if you're thinking if we had dessert first? Well yes indeed we had dessert first then appetizer and lastly main course. That's just how insane my friends are... v(^o^)

After wards we went to an arcade and practically wasted our time playing but not before taking pics from a photo booth. I couldn't upload it since I forgot to take my portion of the picture (T.T). Overall it was a great experience and the last minute outing was so much fun!~ I'll miss them for sure. (_ _)