Shoes I've been eyeballing

First of all Happy Valentine's day/Galentine's day/"I am single and will stay #foreveralone" day! ♥♥

Here we are again, +1 year later. I have a week off from school and I am enjoying all the free time I have left. To not feel completely useless I figured I would update my blog again. My blog has been neglected for a very long time, as you can see. The reason? Procrastination, laziness, sleep-deprivation and school. Need I say more?

I think I am going to rumble up some good posts this week and I will see where I will go from here. Probably another year or more of abandonment.


Anyway, I have not been digging my wardrobe over the last months (shoes, clothes etc.) I guess it is just the style change one has over the years (or not), and I noticed how many childish, not fit to my style graphic tees I have lying around in my wardrobe. As they are still in a good state I figured I might as well sell them. I think I will try to sell them on a flea market in town and try to get some of the money back. Not sure though how many people are digging some old stuff.

Getting to the main point of the post, my shoe wishlist. Yes, I have been eyeballing some really awesome shoes over the last year/months/weeks whatever. BUT, I must not buy them unless I cough up some money myself (independence FTW) Figure I might as well cough up another blog post while I am at it.

Both images from Dr. Martens online store

It was not until today that I realized how badly I still wanted (not necessarily needed, heck I have too many shoes) this model shoes. I like the stitching and the tiny heel on the sole. These shoes look so easy to combine, and now I am just wondering how they would fit. These do not necessarily have to be Dr. Martens though. If I catch them on sale once, I will definitely buy them, but if there is another cheaper or nicer alternative, I will take that one. Today I saw a similar pair at the Monki; however, there was only 1 pair left in a size EU 39 *sadface* They were black and had some kind of texture instead of soft leather. If I do take Dr. Martens though, I think they will last a very long time.

Source: Underground online store

Creepers, how long have I been eyeballing you? Too many years. I have seen you on sale so many times, but I was always too late, and I have not found the courage to cough up all the money (even on sale), though I do feel that they are easy to combine (in a neutral colour), and easy to walk in for a student.

Source: Deandri 

These shoes are the Deandri Ginger platforms in black. It does not necessarily have to be these shoes, I would also be happy to buy some Jeffrey Campbell Lita's or Tardy's. All cost a lot of money though, the Deandri's probably more, because of shipping. Basically, I am still looking for some kind of boot with an awesome platform. This does not stand high on my "want" list, because I am not sure how often I would wear it to school. I see myself wearing it a lot more often when I am going to university, because I cannot imagine a tiny girl walking around in such a big building, with many (tall) people.

Actually to put it simply I just want 3 styles of shoes: Flatforms, platforms and chunkier flat shoes (if you can even call that a style).

Hope you enjoyed and do not turn into a shoe-a-holic (to keep your wallet happy)!

xoxo

Happy New Year - Resolutions?!

Happy New Year 5 days too late!! Hope you all had a safe New Years Eve. I personally don't like to light fireworks myself but I like watching all the fireworks everyone in the neighbourhood has =)

Beautiful right? Source: Wikipedia

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuut, then again, I've been really lazy with blogging, as you may have noticed. But here I am trying to blog again =)

As I mentioned in my previous post I dramatically failed my resolutions from last year. This year I have new resolutions. Some are cheesy, some not. At least this year I'm really motivated for some reason (maybe it's because it's the beginning of the year) but yeah, explanation will follow.

1. Let's start with a cheesy one. Become healthy and get into shape. Quite a cheesy one right? Last year I also mentioned I want to lose weight. Of course! The holidays are just over and of course I couldn't leave all those delicious food with delicious desert. So yeah, of course I gain weight. Being healthy combines with losing weight (as I ate quite unhealthy: a lot, before so if I eat healthier I will naturally lose more weight) but I think this year will be better than last year because of some other reasons too. I hate the face my face has blemishes. Of course they're not a lot, like people suffering from acne have. But I still hate them. I hope eating and living healthier will reduce all those blemishes and will lead to a healthy looking skin =). Also I hate the fact that I get tired very fast, I feel like I have no stamina at all. I really need to build up my stamina. Therefore I have to exercise more which is also good for my skin because I sweat all those toxins out and exercising of course also leads to weight loss. Only losing weight as a resolution is not good. That's probably why I failed my resolution last year. Thinking that your skin will look a lot better, you can run kilometres without getting out of breath... Doesn't that give a lot of motivation?
2. You ready for another cheesy one? Buy less. Bought too much stuff last year I feel like crying (actually daddy's wallet should feel like crying) OK, motivated much? No, as I will be going shopping the day after tomorrow... kakakakakaka 
3. Seriously start learning Chinese this year. Maybe something like: One Chinese word a day (unless it's a damn easy one of course) Not sure yet if I should go for writing as well... Damn those characters are a pain in the ass... All those strokes... Ugh. Confusion to the max. And then I still have to choose between Cantonese and Mandarin (one at a time, I do want to speak both... eventually... or never O_O) My grandma speaks Cantonese but I think she can speak Mandarin too. Mandarin would be a lot more "universal" I guess..? But I can't have test conversations, with e.g. my mum because she only speaks Cantonese #hardlife. Luckily I have found some websites that could help me in my learning process, but the downside is it doesn't use Pinyin which is really easy for me to read for pronunciation... Anyways,,, any suggestions on choosing between Cantonese and Mandarin?



You can try remembering this one O-O? wtf
Source: http://my.chinese.cn/en/space-31645-do-blog-id-21326.html

4. Become a working person. Yes, I still have school. And I'm always whining on my blog how busy I am and I can't find the time to blog, blah blah blah. But I promise you I NEED JOB RIGHT NOW! Because I'm such a money lurker. I need money of my own and start saving like a madman and buy my own lovely things.
5. Be more careful of my own stuff. I get the feeling I lost quite a lot of things this year. I need to be more careful of my stuff. I actually check everything and freak out when I can't find something even though it's still somewhere in my bag. But still, if I could do things over and watch some things better, I would've done it over...
6. Becoming a better person overall. I do talk negative about people sometimes. I may dislike this person but I've learned I shouldn't talk bad about them (Karma will always catch me...). They don't deserver it because deep down they're still nice people. Maybe they don't show it too much but they are! You should just keep believing. I also think I can be quite pessimistic sometimes... I need to be able to trust the right people and ignore the real "fake people"

These were basically my resolutions. Some were quite cheesy, but I hope I can keep most of my resolutions.  I've already started with the "becoming healthy" part. Been going to the gym for the past 2 days and trying to eat as healthy as possible. The only thing that's questionable is what I'm going to do about the exercise when school starts again... Need to figure it out.

And the Chinese... Well, I've been studying some simple basic Cantonese things but still not sure if I should continue with that. I also know some really extremely basic Mandarin but yeah... Maybe I should just watch more dramas and hope I learn a lot xd lol.

Anyways, what are your resolutions? Have you been keeping up so far?

I know this post was quite a lot of text, but when I type everything just rolls right out and I just keep blabbering about everything... Hard to find images to match and I'm not really the type that camwhores a lot, cuz I suck at it..

xoxoxo

2011 is almost over~!

2011 will be over in a couple of hours (and it's already over in the Eastern part of the world. So Happy New Years to those in the East already~♥!) The year has somewhat flown by. A lot of things have happened of course, maybe even more than other years. People die and new baby's are born into this world.

Basically 2011 is the year...
... I had my appendix removed, because it was inflamed. This was also my first operation and my first time staying overnight in a hospital
... One of my rabbits died =( It made me very sad. I stayed up for some nights watching her even though I was exhausted (because I still went to school) But I should always remember, if she had continued living, her life may have not been as fun as it should be and maybe she just couldn't be happy any more with all those health issues she had.
... I went to Cambridge ♥ This was my first trip without my parents to a foreign country  it was so much fun even though we still had to go to school there and many times I almost fell asleep. But it was so nice being with friends and spending time with them. And the formal dinner was awesome, even though the food was bad (but it was still free..? *Asian optimism* lol
... I finally reached the 4th form of VWO, which basically means I'm in my "second phase" of secondary school. So I'm half-way done with my secondary school. I know I still have a long way with studying and all but hopefully I can find the motivation to keep studying so I will have a steady future to live in and be able to support my parents with my own money.
... I failed to get a job One of the reasons is because I'm way too scared, yes I'm very shy in real life and I don't dare to go somewhere and ask if I can work there. And another reason is I was too young to get a job in the first half of 2011. I know where I want to try to get a job, the only thing I need now is courage. But I have decided the first thing I'll do in the 2012 is go there and ask if they have work for me ^^

And I'm starting to feel lazy now so I'm going to end this post, but there's only one thing left I want to say:
Happy New Year~!
Hope you spend New Year's Eve with your loved ones, spend a lot of time with them, or go party like there's no tomorrow xd kekeke

Resolutions? A bit too good to be true?

So I had quite a list of "resolutions" for this year... But as the title of this post already says... A bit too good to be true?

1. Keep updating this blog. I've just started so I still have to get used to it and all. Cooping with school and everything else and keep blogging.
2. Lose weight/fat. This was on my list last year as well, but I failed pretty hard. Let's say I want to lose about 4-5 kg/8.8 lbs or so (if the converter is correct xd)
3. Try to get as much 8 hours of sleep as I can. It's better for my skin and I also heard that you'll eat more if you don't sleep enough so... who knows.
4. Exercise everyday. This one is actually related to losing weight/fat. I want to try and run for at least 20 min. every school day. And for about 1 hour in the weekends. Of course I'll run slowly, I would die if I had to run fast for so long :')
5. Apply sun screen every day. Many make-up gurus keep saying you have to apply sun screen, especially if you're treating acne. I still need to buy a good sun screen, because I think the current one I'm using on my face, breaks me out. Shut out the UV-rays!
6. I want to sew some clothes. Lol, I don't know if this is influenced by my sister, but I do want to make some simple clothes/things, if I can succeed. 
7. Don't slack off so much! Oh gosh, I slack off way too fast. And especially now, that I've made my life even busier (hehe, I'm an idiot) I can't afford to slack off, otherwise it'll cost me my sleep.

Those were basically my "resolutions". Well, how many did I keep up with...?

I guess I'm one of those stereotype girls that make resolutions, keep it up for 1 month or so. And then fall into their old habits and fail their resolutions.


Yes, I failed pretty much all of my resolutions. But let me try and "make it better" so I'm not completely a failure..?

1. Updating the blog was kinda hard some times. There were really busy weeks for me with lotsa presentations I had to prepare and exam weeks... I'm starting to feel the pressure already for my final exams, even though they're still so far away... I've also started thinking about what I'm going to do in the future... Which I'm still not sure about.
2. Somewhere near the summer I started running outside every morning, for about 30 mins. Basically I still had school. And I had to leave for school at 7.30 which means I have to get up at 6.30. But if I want to run for 30 mins. it means I have to get up earlier to get ready and run. So I got up at 5.45 every morning even though I went to bed around 23.30 sometimes. For me that's not enough sleep. I lost weight, I was sort of happy, but I was exhausted. So eventually I understood I shouldn't push myself too hard and get enough sleep (it's probably also better for my studies =) Basically, I did lose weight for a while... But then I went on vacation and stuff... and I don't exercise on vacation and my dad always stuffs me with food so yeah... I gained weight =_= and never found the real "motivation" to exercise again. Oh, I also remembered I was really into ab exercises and all those strength training. I had rock hard abs but then I was out of the running for a while because I got hospitalized =_= and my abs got all pooch-y again... *sigh*
3. 8 hours of sleep was always a kind of issue to me. Getting up at 6.30 means sleeping at 22.30. Something that became quite impossible as I can't sleep that early... But lately I've been satisfied with at least 7 hours of sleep...? Maybe I will find the motivation one day to go to bed at 22.30 and get up at 5.30 or so x
4. Exercise... refer to point 2.
5. This one I kept up, pretty well. Only when I was in a real rush I skipped my sun screen (and rushed out of my house, to school) or sometimes I felt like I would be in the car for a few seconds, and outside for a few seconds and in shop in no time, so I just skipped. This was probably one of the easier resolutions >_<"
6. Sewing clothes was also pretty much a no-no for me. I'm not really a person that sews I guess. I'm too stupid for it. And I have no time. Maybe in the future when I really, really feel that I like sewing, I will do more. At the moment I'm more into crocheting etc. Learning to knit would also seem nice. =D
7. Slacking off... Refer to all points above xd kekeke. I guess it's just a part of me. I can't get rid of it. Procrastinating is also a part of me xd especially before tests. I learned I perform better under pressure like: "OMG, I ONLY HAVE 1 HOUR LEFT TO STUDY AND I STILL NEED TO STUDY X PARAGRAPHS O_O *big o-face* FUUUUUUU.jpg

I can't believe I typed this much in such a short time... This really is a random post O_O so I should wrap it up very quickly otherwise you the reader will get bored like hell.. xd wakaka

I'll continue with my New Resolutions for 2012 another post, so see yah! One last camwhore to top it it off!

xoxo

Merry Christmas (belated one)

So it's been a long time again *sigh* believe me I do have things I want to blog about. There are things in my head, but me being as stupid as I am have problems with getting it on the paper (err, in this case typing it out)

But I just wanted to say:
メリークリスマス! Merry Christmas! Even though it is a bit late :$ Forgive me please. Hope you all had a nice Christmas with all your loved ones, and ate amazingly delicious food and stuffed your face till you couldn't eat anymore. At least I did so =) >_<"

If I had a nice picture I could post I would to make give this post a more Christmas feeling, but I don't so, forgive me again >_<"

Instead I will post a cute picture of my bunny. She's so hen ke ai <3 Love her to death

Okay ah, I lied, I still have an ugly picture of myself I'm going to post. I did photoshop though, the lighting and I put on eyelashes lol omg, looks fake right? Bad quality makes face less ugly xd.

Anyway, I have a Christmas break right now. So I have lotsa time to blog hopefully! I have reviews and hauls and outfit posts.

Also I received an old "new" camera from my uncle. He doesn't use it anymore so I was allowed to use it now =) So I don't have to steal daddy's camera anymore, but still make good quality pictures. Though I still have to experiment a bit with all the functions, but I think it's going to be okay ah!

Wednesday, hopefully the PS3 will arrive at our home and I can finally GAME! OK, I shouldn't game to much and neglect blogging but yeah... I don't know how excited I will be about everything. We shall see.

This post was more rambling, hopefully I'll have other (more interesting) post up soon ^^!

xoxo Sushi Ninja Kitty

YesStyle haul+mini review

Before I went to Scandinavia (which is quite a long time ago already.. =() I also purchased some (err.. a lot) of clothes at Yesstyle. The reason: BIG SALE!

I absolutely love the clothes. It's a pity I had to pay a lot of tax because it's from outside Europe but I guess it's worth it. (BTW, anyone knows away to avoid tax?)

Short sleeve hooded pullover

This one was actually from the order before this one, which was a few weeks earlier >_<" Yes I know BAD but... the sale had super cute clothes this time which I couldn't just leave. Anyway, this is a cute hoodie/sweater with short sleeves. It has a cute image of a girl holding a teddy bear. The brand is Click. I must say the fabric is quite thick for Asian quality, and it would definitely keep you warm (even though the sleeves are short, but think about that later) It doesn't have a fleece lining though, but this way you can still wear it in spring.

It was in sale for $34.20. At first I was a bit hesitant about buying this but it was worth it since the quality is quite awesome.

Pompom accent hooded cropped cardigan

Lol@foot

First of all I must say this is so soft! The quality quite amazed me... I didn't expect this to be this soft~ I don't exactly know the material since everything on the label is written in Chinese, but they do mention it on the website so for the exact material I advise you to go to the website.

I think this would look great with a jumper in the winter and it would definitely keep me warm =). I am a bit hesitant about wearing it in Spring/Autumn because it may be a bit too warm? (or only when I'm cycling.. keke) I hope the pompoms stay on for a while because on another sweater with pompoms one came off =(

This was $21.00 and it was also on sale ^^ (I think everything I bought was on sale, kekeke) this cardigan is from the brand YUMI.

Gingham bloomers

On the model this looked super cute, I just had to get it. But when I saw it in real life it did disappoint me... It was shorter than I thought (even though I'm only 155cm!) and it doesn't look that good with my legs... I did receive compliments from friends the day I wore this but I still felt it looked weird... also because it was so short =( Maybe you could pull it off if you had long skinny legs like the model... but not with my body shape... though I will try and combine it as good as possible, 'cause I feel like my money got wasted if I don't wear it... (an excuse to get into shape??!!)

But there are still plus sides to it! It has an elastic band (on the back side) so it does fit me well at the waist and the material isn't too thin.

These bloomers were $24.00 from the brand YUMI.

Drawstring Lace Hem Shorts

When I saw these shorts on YesStyle I immediately knew I had to get these. They were 50% off (I think and I Love 50% off). They looked super cute on the model and the lace hem gives the shorts a little bit of extra. Plus, I never saw anything like this in stores.

The fabric is quite thick and the shorts are lined with some kind of soft material. It has an elastic band which can stretch widely and it also has a drawstring so you can pull it even tighter if needed, at least I thought it was but it doesn't work that well...

In real life they also look super cute... However, me and my legs issues. They don't look super good (argh, maybe no shorts look good on me... stupid legs ... Lose weight!!). OK that was a bit too subjective but lets get down to the facts.

The crotch is quite high (meaning I can't pull the pants up very high). I wear it very low-waisted and it's still quite short on me (and hello I'm only 155 cm) If you don't mind the shortness (e.g. you have long, skinny legs) I'd recommend it, but otherwise, just leave it.

These were $15.00 from the brand YUMI

Short-sleeve Bow Accent Print Top

Doesn't the rabbit look too cute?! I already own a lot of print tees, so I have to stop buying now. But I just couldn't resist this cute face and the cute pocket bow detailing. And of course the pink colour makes everything even better. 

The fabric is thick enough to not be see-through, but I have tees that are thicker than this. But the fabric not being too thick can actually be seen as something positive for in summer: it will feel a lot more breezy when it's hot.

This top was $16.00 and from the brand Catworld. I must say though, YesStyle also has this t-shirt in other colours, from other brands like MayMaylu Dreams.

Bow Print Striped Crochet Top

The bows are really cute right? I just hope they will stay on this top because they're just glued on so... Let's hope for the best!

The top is cropped as you can see and is really cute! I haven't worn this yet... since summer is worst than over.. But I suddenly have an urge to wear this as I'm typing this, with maybe a denim blouse or so? Should try it out...

Not really something bad to say about this (except for the fact it would've been better if the bows were sewn on the top) Of course this is see-through because it's crochet. Just wear a white tank top underneath and you're good to go!

This cost $28.00 which was a bit painful for my money, but I do like this very much and I haven't seen this in any stores near my home. It's from the brand YUMI.

Heart patterned Knit top

I originally wanted this heart patterend knit top from Zoo but it was a bit too expensive for me, or this one was just way cheaper and Just as cute!

Looks pretty much the same right? But anyways, I chose this one. You can see the hearts more on the one I bought right?

It is quite wide as you can see on the picture, but it's not in an unflattering way. I like the way it looks. The only thing that bothers me when I wear it that the bottom of the top (ok, let's see if I can describe this properly) always goes up for some reason when I want it to stay down. Because if it goes up it looks super baggy and round and wide (which is something I don't like,, wouldn't want to look even wider than I already am) but further on I really like this top. Super cute right! And good quality!

This knit top was $18.00 and from the brand Catworld.

I have ordered from YesStyle before and I must say the shipping is quite fast (probably because it's express shipping). Usually it takes about 2-3 days to come to my doorway. There are unfortunately some times I have to pay tax, and usually that tax is pretty high! =( It makes me sad, because I absolutely love these clothes... (Maybe I should plan a trip to Asia >_<" and buy lotsa cute clothes) 

My sister did say that you should order around Christmas because so many people buy things and the Duane has so many packages they have to check, they usually skip out, or the chance "your package" will be selected is a lot smaller... So maybe a tip if you also have the tax problem!

Their packages arrive nicely in a box, if the Duane didn't open the box and took everything out, like they did this time. And the clothes are in nicely folded and packaged in a plastic bag. 

I'm quite content with the quality this time. I guess it's because of the brands. Some brands are really cheap Asian quality, but some are awesome! Like these.

Even though I love YesStyle and their clothes so much, probably because I love the Asian brands, I must say it can be quite expensive, compared to what you would normally pay if you were in Asia. However, I'm not in Asia so this is my last option... Or I'd have to order from the factory itself (like Taobao, they sell many clothes) but then I'd have the problem with shipping as well... and I'd even have to order through another person... So much hassle... I just have to move to Asia lah!!

Well, this is it for my "review" quite a long post but yeah.. Eat your heart out! Hope it was helpful in someway. Should study this afternoon =( boo, tests Y U so boring...?

xoxoxo

Romwe jewellry wishlist

Today I was surfing on the website Romwe. I'm still not sure about buying anything because I'm in a "money saving mode" and I still need to find a job and make some money. So I figured I'd make a wishlist instead and see if I will buy it sometime, keke.

Romwe has free worldwide shipping (except if you want to have it delivered with Express but that's your own choice, obviously) for any amount of money you spent on clothes. Yay! Products are sent from HK or Shanghai so beware of import duties.

All the pictures are from Romwe

Lots of jewellery >_<" way too much to buy in one shot. Not even sure if I'll buy them but yeah... They're so cute. Most of them are jewellery with animals or so. I have a lot of blog posts in "draft" but I can't find the time to finish them... For instance, I still have a YesStyle haul+review drafted and a Yes to Tomatoes Facial Wash review AND some OOTD's. ARGH I'm so lazy and busy for school every time. I hate you school. Especially tomorrow because you make me stay at school until 16.55 =-=" GRRRRRRR

xoxo

BTW, almost 3000 blog pageviews!!!! WTF that's a lot for a person like me... Big thanks!!!