Monday, July 06, 2009
Henna Hysteria
Sunday was a lazy, lovely day. It just hit me, it's been so long since I've stayed at "home" the entire day on a weekenday. I slept at seven in the morning, opened my eyes at 11 closed it back and checked the time again at 2. Finally decided to get up a couple of hours later and freshened up.I watched the reality T.V. show of Denise Richards for half an hour with the girls (meaning mommy and daughter) went upstairs and surfed the internet. Hannah found a box of henna she bought a year ago (12 cones for RM24 at MyDin) and started going crazy over it.
The temporary hippie. Doesn't it look like she consumed narcotics and did all this while she was high? That butterfly on her leg is "Japanese" or an excuse for the crappy shape, LOL.
Lower leg: Japanese butterfry, as Hannah says. Right foot: Scattered paw prints.
Right side thigh: Tribally designed flower. Left hand: Creative random plant design.
I wanted one too! I Googled for tattoo designs and saw this pretty yet simple butterfly image. While she was hysterically dying herself with henna all over her body I attempted to outline the design on myself with an eyeliner.
I only managed to draw the upper outer layer of the butterfly, it was hard for me because I located it onto my left chest. Right above my heart :] I didn't position it there intentionally for that reason but I'm gonna make it sound symbolic. *woo*
Hannah did a great job simplifying the butterfly, I was little doubtful at first 'cus of the day she drew a moustache on me unevenly. *hugs* Good job, sista!
Now to make it semi-permanent. I really felt like I was in a tattoo salon lying on their chair awaiting for the tattooist to ta-tat me!
There was a tingling sensation when the very fine tip of the cone scratched my skin gently, brown smelly paste gushing onto the marked draft.
This is called editing and organizing pictures past midnight. I don't know what happened, I DON'T KNOW. Watermarking my name there is a cover up for the empty space.
Half an hour later I entered the shower room and voi la, fresh henna-dyed skin is vibrant maroon. I had reservations about exhibiting this picture but logically this covered up a whole lot more than wearing a bikini.
Once it oxidizes it'll turn dark orange and then brown after a few days.
Hannah looked like an extremist in body modification, I wanted one more! Mmmm... my... FOOT. Spongebob is too hard to draw out, not a fan of Hello Kitty so the easiest would be Mickey Mouse. Three circles only!
Repeating the three steps. Outlining, tracing and drying. I really like the Mickey Mouse, must show it off when wearing heels. No sneakers for a week! :D
Why tattoo when you can dye different designs on yourself everytime?
P/S: Thanks dear for helping me apply the henna so nicely. It's so much fun being with you, muah.
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Posted by Missyve at 7/06/2009 02:00:00 AM
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Figures.
I open magazines sometimes and am horrified by the selection of clothes they put on the model/celebrity. So I used to wonder why they put on such fugly clothes on a pretty person. Now I know. It's to convince consumers like us to buy the piece(s) of crap they wear influenced by their stardom/social status.What a way to sell.
Or maybe it's called fashion.
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Posted by Missyve at 7/05/2009 05:16:00 AM
Value
I don't have my part-time job anymore, according to the staffs and the employer who is the owner of the gem shop (but am reluctant to call 'Boss') business has been bad and they decided to let me go. I experienced my first taste of retrenchment right there, ow.I'd love to exaggerate and go all "I feel the effects of the economic downturn and *copy and paste online newspaper article here*" I'd rather not act like a smartalec and just say I now have to live on a very tight budget but the experience was worth the while. In the 6 days of working there I have seen many types of customers.
What really made me astonished were the overbearing customers who bargained to cheapen every purchase. Say, this ring containing 20 pearls cost about RM$200? The customer lays her eyes on it, tries it on, likes it and then immediately asks, "You kou ma? (Are there any discounts?/Got diskaun anot?)"
The first few times I was surprised we could even negotiate prices in jewellery shops, I thought everything was fixed. I'm not one to bargain, if I were to reeeally like something I would save my money and buy it without a question. My first thought isn't to haggle, if it's a sale, all the better.
Some aunties are so thick-skinned they'd ask for something free when they bought two or more items with a sum of RM500, not small gifts but bangles or other ornaments equivalent to what they bought. One I particularly remember asking that if she brought her friend to buy a pearl necklace whether she could get a 50% discount off a white shell bracelet.
Pendants, necklaces, rings, bangles, basically everything a thrifty customer wants would pettily bargain down the price to such a ridiculous amount and what's even crazier is my ex-colleagues would accept the deal out of desperation. My head, my head would be screaming, "WHAT A MORON, YOU MORON, MORONS. WHAT?! GAWD, YOU CAN'T. BE POSSIBLY. DOING..." And I'd be coyly smiling calculating the amount of losses my employer would experience.
I am wearing over a thousand dollars worth of semi-precious-stone rings on my hand. Limme try to remember what I've learned...garnet, citrine,peridot and amethyst. How expensive the ring is depends on the quality of the silver, design of the ring and cutting/size of the gems.
Those are rather a little pricey but I thought they were reasonable. It's not sky-high like a thousand and over but a couple of hundred bucks or more. It's just unreasonable how customers want the real deal and not pay the money for it. Don't buy lah, get those plastic ones they're still pretty anyways. If you don't want value for money get quantities in a quarter of it's price. Like these Dragon Balls for 8 ringgit each.
Those are actually poor grade yellow jade balls. RM800 :O
It's still outstanding, no? It's acceptable if aunties negotiated a little to 600 most after comparing it to crystal caves like these (below) priced at nearly half a thousand to a thousand six.
Smokey quartz and amethysts mini caves. Labels: Zoe's
Posted by Missyve at 7/05/2009 03:28:00 AM
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Weekday Word
A great way to start the month was evening services by A.R. Bernard. Click on the link, it's really impressive. I was anticipating the message very much, I've heard him speak a number of times and I know that he doesn't just read Bible verses and talk about it but revolutionizes it.
So the first of July was an introduction to what he was going to preach the next evening. And this little guy (despite being older than me) is always so faithful in going to church! Congratulate him because he's officially the best beatboxer here in Malaysia and the top ten in this world. Judged in the one of the most prestigious competitions the Beatbox Battle World Championship.
The only thing you need now is a body guard.
Everyone was wearing formal clothes because our pastor (Kevin Loo) was all, "What an honor that we can have such a man of God in our midst, so we must respect him by wearing our best!" On the first day, I was underdressed. Not wanting to repeat the same mistake, I wore the same dress I wore to the Grand Finale of MDG.
Adelaine, Sebestian, Leonard and Zoe.
Not forgetting Leonard Chua, he was nominated by AYA in Malaysia's Most Outstanding Youth Award! *applause* Hope you win it yeah, I'll vote for you!
Mister Lard Lard and Lady Zo Zo. Lard = Leo+nard :P
Sebestian and Leonard are working together, he's a decent-looking hunk. Met him at Dennis' college fashion show. He really likes to come to church and learn from the sermon despite not being a Christian, how awesome is that? Agnostics think that the Bible is purely religious but there are many valuable lessons and wisdom lying in it.
If only I read it more... um, Careen, her boyfriend Boon Hock and me.
I would totally type out my notes from Bernard's teaching. Don't know if you guys would be interested but heck, might as well! I write with a rather big font and used up six pages of my MAS notebook. I'll just post up the main points.
Your attitude determines your approach which would result in either success or failure, the kind of response it reacts to. How we respond is affected through the way we see things in life; our lens. (Which means sometimes we can be out of focus/blurred or even using the wrong lens.)
We live life on levels and arrive in stages. Each new and higher stage takes us to a new level of knowldge, authority and responsibility. Our lives should always be constantly growing, progressing and developing. There are no plateaus in GOD only resting places.
Christianity is not a religion but culture. Culture is the sum total of man's achievements with their minds and hands. You can't get anywhere in life till you decide where you wanna be, so stop discussing and do something about it.
In H. Richard Niebuhr 's book "Christ and Culture" it talks about the transformation of one man/individual that transformed an entire society. It's not just about listening to the message but imbibing the spirit of it. Going beyong the surface and understanding the principles that drives it.
The only way not to get criticized is to do noting. Stay focused, truth is the only enduring quality of time. Forgiveness is a lifestyle, our lifestyle is to glorify God. It should reflect the character of GOD. The glory of an object is their intrinsic value; their essence.
Jesus said the way to life is through the narrow path. Narrowing down everything including friendship, leisure, socializing which would lessen the margin of mistakes. Moving from quantity to quality.
Glory= Admiration, praise & honor.
Glorification= Removal of hindrances of your intrinsic value.Jealousy is the negative spirit of competition.
Whoaaa, say you're impressed DUDE. Not by my note-taking skills :P But but.. by that other dude, A.R. Bernard! There's another 3 pages of important points to write out and maybe to some of you it was all common sense. Isn't the truth common sense but we tend to be ignorant or deny it? Yeah well, I hope I do get to hear him again someday.
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Posted by Missyve at 7/04/2009 11:28:00 PM
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Nails and a tip
Quite a lot of people have questioned the indubitability of my nails. At first it didn't bother me but after a couple of doubtful looks, I got offended. Do they look fake to you?! Taking it as a compliment would mean they look so nice and long that they just HAVE to be fake. Looking at it another way is that they're implying I could never have grown such
I usually cut them when one of them breaks off when I do simple things like turning the door knob or opening the fridge and my nails would snap at the handle. So I trim them by 3-4mm and wait for it to grow to my desired length before I start painting them again.
I don't put on any cuticle oils or go for professional manicures. I guess it all depends on genetics about whether you'll get strong healthy nails. My advice would be not to have nail polish all the time. It makes your cuticles yellow and weakens the keratin.
Right so back to my manicure done by Hannah in our vain expedition. Don't know if you can see it clearly, click on it if you want a larger image. She streaked on some gold glittery nail lacquer and then plucked out some heart-shaped stickers from her new Etude nail art stickers. I protected it with a coat of transparent polish.
I have a make-up tip for you girls *beams* I found it strange when I've been receiving way more compliments than I usually got after I made a slight but significant change to my facial application. [I'm not praising myself, zomg!] For a certain Nuffnang event I used half the amount of foundation and twice the amount of blusher I normally would.
My kind of look is casual. So I just want a plain foundation with a teeeny bit of blusher for some color, no eyelining or mascara. I wanted to ahem, stand out from the crowd thus I tried something new. Mixing my regular foundation with an illuminator made a very nice and sheer emulsion.
It was Skin Food's Lime secret shine base. This pinkish gold highlighter has a creamy texture that blends well with anything. It did give me a dewy finish which was very effective in giving my face a healthy glow. Foundation for me is for sun protection, nothing else, but I do need concealer under my eyes. If I have foundation I don't usually use concealer.
I save that lime base for special occasions. I've learned to use minimal foundation by combining it with my moisturizer or toner so that I won't have to struggle spreading the little pigmented paste all over my face.
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