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A total of 111 posts, recording the ups & downs of my life in 2011. Did some crazy things, learned rewarding life/working experiences, went through a lot of hard times yet encountered thousands of blissful moments at the same time...





If I was given one wish this new year... I'd wish for 10 more!!! LOL... Nah, just kidding, I'd wish for pure joy and happiness every day, as simple as that although I do have tons of new year resolutions to keep, but that's another different story, hehe... Wishing my families & friends as well as those awesome people who are reading this another ten thousand years of happiness, good health & prosperity ❤❤

Adios 2011, Hola 2012!!! See you again next year~~

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.”
― Audrey Hepburn



XOXO,
Bev

Vain and Vapid

✿✿ HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! ✿✿

A.R.G.H! It's been a long day for me, not feeling very well now, super dizzy and giddy, but a promise is a promise, so I'm just gonna keep this "recently bought items" post quick and brief, ok? ^____^V

Warn you first, many stuffs I bought are just plain useless :p


#1 Hello Kitty 2012 Calender. It's been an annual ritual, no exception this year, hehe...


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#3 Palty Hair Color (Caramel Latte). Anyone try this before? How do you like it?


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#5 A pair of summer ballet wedges that I never wear and I can't even recall when & where I purchased them @.@ But yay, new shoes! Summer please come sooner!


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#7 Black ballerina flats are must-have! My old ones were all worn out. Alfani Amor Flats, originally priced at US$49 but they are on sales now! Grabbed these from Macy's for just US$39, very comfy!


#8 Coastal Scents 66 Lip Palette. I haven't get a chance to toy it yet, but just looking at the stunning array of shimmer and matte lip colors makes me super excited! The blue & gold colors? They are simply perfect for Halloween I guess :p


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#10 Coastal Scent 22 Piece Brush set. Love it! Professional brushes that come with an affordable price! Simply too good to be true~~


#11 Motives® Celebrate Beauty


#12 Teeny little compact that has everything you need to jazz up your lips and eyes~~ Super adorable!


#13 Motives® Gel Eyeliner - Rock Star


#14 Motives® Sparkle Pots - Paradise

** Thanks Jane for "sponsoring" the awesome Motives® makeup products! Really can't wait to get my hands on them! Will soon work on the products review :D


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#16 Revlon Jumbo Ceramic Waver. My current favorite, love the adjustable heat setting, you can create a wavier or less wavier curls by adjusting the heat ;) The only downside is its weight; it's pretty heavy to hold, be careful and don't burn yourself!


#17 Bought it from eBay and it's still unsealed. I never use double eyelid tape before, eager to try but also lazy to add another step in my makeup routine. Maybe I'll try to use it on my next makeup tutorial...


#18 Ped Egg. I have to get one for me sister! Truly the ultimate foot file I've ever came across! Great product that really works! (See the price tag? I got it for almost half price, woo hoo~~)

Some vain accessories to share, they are all from Forever 21...


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A.D.U.H :'( I feel extremely nauseous now. Gonna get a hot drink and sleep. Hope you don't mind reading this vapid post on the last day of 2011. Thank you so much for your love & support, wishing you all a fabulous and blissful year ahead~~



Lightheadedly blogged,
Bev

A Great Solace

Miyaki is truly a godsend, super well behaved and obedient all the time. I'm not bragging or exaggerating; it is his amazing self-discipline and lovable traits that makes him such an adorable baby. Things like, he will only eat on his eating mat and never on the floor unless I allow him to, he doesn't dare to ignore my commands when I sound super serious, he will stay in a fix position as long as I want him to and etc, are just the super basic stuffs he does. Most of all the unbelievable good behaviors, he understands me. I know this might sound crazy, but he really does. He feels the energy in the room, happy or sad, positive or negative, encouraging or disapproving.

I think he kinda know that I'm upset over Hammie's incident recently, that is why he has been spending most of the time cuddling on my laps, kissing my tights and looking at me in a reassuring way today.



So darling... I don't think I could ask for anything more from him actually. Miyaki baby, thank you for being such an awesome doggie! You are simply irreplaceable, the best birthday gift Chean ever got me...



p/s: Thank you everyone for the comforting words, it helps me get past the guilt of being a irresponsible pet owner. Appreciated that!

p/p/s: I'm gonna blog about stuffs that I recently purchased, in return for your kindness to me! See you again tomorrow!





Love,
Bev

Murmurs

One year and 3 months ago, I brought Hammie home with a pretty pink cage and a plethora of small pet supplies, bedding, food, treat, toy, supplement, cage accessories... you name it, I'd probably already had it, but I left out the most important tool -- the book "Hamster for Dummies".

With limited experience & knowledge, I ended up being a real bad second-time hamster parent, not knowing & understanding his needs & wants. And the worst part is I failed to interact with him at all, AT ALL. He doesn't let me touch him, don't even mention about cuddle. Although I've tried following some simple guidelines I found online and read in books, he is still very uneasy around me and when I try to tame her, he will aggressively runs away and hides. Guess what, he bites too, S.I.G.H...

I got bitten by Hammie again yesterday, for the 73476739389th time. Deep down, I think Hammie really hates me...


#1 The uncountable teeny bite marks on the cage bars.


#2 Many said he might be bored or trying to get my attention or he simply needs a chew sticks...


#3 But he has tons of treats & chewing toys... So why?




#4 He is just insecure and scared of me, I think T_____T


#5 He seems more relax and less anxious when I'm not trying to touch him.


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#7 See, super zen until almost fell asleep...

Ok, I better don't kacau him, anyhow, it's nearly impossible to get a still shot of Hammie cause he is constantly moving, running, chewing & hiding whenever I'm around =.=lll

Let me show you his stuffs instead...


#8 The pink habitat I created, makes me so elated just by looking at it. Ya, that's the Christmas stocking I sew for him last year :D


#9 One of his favorite treats of all time, take him forever to finish a bar though.


#10 The only time he interacts with me is when I feed him with these... Forever thankful to Petsmart!


#11 Not sure if he likes it but there's not much to buy for Hammie, really, so I buy this for the sake of buying it.


#12 And this one too, too cute to not put in the shopping cart.


#13 Used to decorate his cage with these colorful fluffy puffballs but slowly found the extra cleaning work a total mess. Hammie looked desperately missing his puffballs, maybe I'll put them back. Hmm...


#14 Ok, it's the box that he liked! Forget about the puffballs then :p

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Dear Hammie,

Many have said to me that Roborovski hamster are very hard to tame, and some Robos will never be tamed. I know it but you are just too cute when we first met, so I thought if I work hard enough, I could really bond with you. Mummy failed eventually. It's completely fine if you want to have more privacy and solely enjoy the moment being with yourself, although it kills me to see you being lonely all the time. I'm sorry, I should have bought you a friend before bringing you home, my bad. Now that you are almost 2 years old (most hamsters have an average lifespan of about 2 to 3 years) and the staff at pet store told me it's a little too late and too risky to introduce you a new friend to live with. I don't want to make you stressed out, fight or attack your new buddy nor see anyone of you ending up injured or dead. Because I love you so much. Not sure if you know that but I wish you do...





From,
The worst mum ever

Oh! Santa!

Time flies, Christmas is officially over. Kinda miss it when the phrase "Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas" was permeating social media streams. So how was your Christmas celebration? I thought my Christmas day would be a mundane & banal one, but it turned out to be super A.W.E.S.O.M.E! Love my laid-back, spontaneous & unstructured Christmas celebration soo much~~


#1 Most of the western restaurants weren't open that day so Chean suggested Korean cuisine...


#2 Tried new D.I.Y hairdo on Christmas eve, thank you everyone who liked my FB status ^___^V


#3 Is it super Taylor-Swift-like?


#4 All you need is this Revlon Jumbo Barrels. Bought it from Target 2 weeks ago ;)


#5 14 side dishes! Crazy right?


#6 Soon Tofu~~


#7 Pork Stew~~


#8 Seafood Scallion Pancake~~ My favorite :p


#9 Nom... Nom... Nom... Nom...


#10 Ya, we turned Miyaki into Mr. Santa. LOL...


#11 The saddest Santa on planet :p

Gift exchange on the actual Christmas Day~~


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#13 Got Chean a set of L'occitane hand & foot cream. He loves it so much!!!


#14 And he presented me a Burberry watch, woo hoo~~


#15 Love the International Warranty Policy cause I travel quite a bit.


#16 I... Love... It... Super stylish yet classy ❤❤


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#18 Who wears it better? Hehe...

Since we had no plan at all, I came up with the idea of building a snowman in our backyard...


#19 See, although I tweeted that a little earlier but I really mean it :p


#20 The snow's sooooo soft, fluffy & powdery! Not that pile of icy snow on my tweet though ;)


#21 Started from scratch!


#22 Heart this pic so much! I won't blame you if you think this were taken in the ski slope! Haha... I was just playing the snow in the backyard, B.L.E.H (^___^*)


#23 Miyaki really beh tahan my crazy idea (as always) :p


#24 Chean stepped in to help, super supportive as always!


#25 认真的男人最帅, right? :p (please don't google translate this cause it shows a whole different meaning).


#26 Ganbate-ing...


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#28 We wanted to build a snowman that looks something like this initially, make 3 snow balls and then stack them together...

But... It's not easy I tell you!

After 50 minutes of rolling, packing, accumulating, sculpturing and working tirelessly... Chean suddenly cried out with joy and said we are getting close!!!

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#29 If that's how he envisage snowman...


#30 A.R.G.H! Major meltdown! I went completely speechless for a couple minutes!!!


#31 THAT'S NOT A SNOWMAN!


#32 It's a gigantic sundae ice-cream or, well... one big pile of sh*t!


#33 Chean, I'm sorry! Perhaps we seemed too ambitious, let's change the game plan and make something like this instead!


#34 So much better now, thank god.


#35 Giving Mr. Snowman a face...


#36 Y.A.Y ❤❤


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Can't believe we spent one and a half hours building this fat snowman, super fun & entertaining though. It was a total bliss, indeed! Chean, thanks for participating in this utterly insane winter project, haha...


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#46 Oh, Mr. Santa & Mr. Snowman :D


#47 Having a family portrait session, our Christmas tradition.


#48 I love you both~~ So grateful to have you two in my life...


#49 Also super thankful that Miyaki is all healthy & happy now; he was severely injured last year due to intervertebral disc disease.

Called my family on the same day to see how they're doing: My mum was busy BBQ-ing with relatives (the Lee family), my sis was having great time counting down the special day with her pals in Sabah, and my bro was spending some quality with his good friends in Cameron Highland. All I want for Christmas is happiness and health for everyone, especially my families & friends; knowing that my families are enjoying themselves even when I'm not around is already the best Christmas gift to me, ever.


#50 Time for dinner. No roasted turkey or gingerbread cause I'm a bad wife, I can't cook, haha. Hot pot (aka Steamboat) wasn't a bad idea though, it's super easy and quick to make :p


#51 Imagine having this on a -5'C day, beyond satisfactory I tell you.

We then saw Mr. Snowman smiling sweetly at us...


#52 Be strong, Mr. Snowman. You can do this ;)



Ended the night with a toast to another great year. This Christmas couldn't be more blissful, more rapturous and more unforgettable! I'm savoring every bits of life even the small tiny things, truly enjoy every moment spent with Chean & Miyaki.

I do hope you enjoyed yourself (and the countless thoughtful presents you received) on Christmas day! Love you for reading.



Warm & Cozy,
Bev