It goes on

May as well begin with an apology to my readers for not updating as much as I hoped and would. My faithful MacBook has crashed during my exam period and I had no means of updating my blog besides my iPhone which is honestly difficult when it comes to uploading pictures. So anyway, I'm back in the blogging atmosphere and do forgive me if I don't have the writing flair~

The last you guys heard from me was Oct, which I went to see Paramore!!!! I had the most awesome time ever, screaming my lungs out and head banging till I was lightheaded.

Hayley has the most awesome voice

That night was also Julius's first concert (and what better concert to relieve him of his concert-virginity than Paramore?) and I'm proud to give him that opportunity before I leave.

I was ready to eat someone's brains by the end of the exams

Exams came soon after and let's just skip this whole part out. We don't need to know how struggling it was for all of the students to go through this exam as if their future depends on it. No, actually, our future did depend on those exam results.

Also, I got a job! I worked in Promod and Elle at One Utama. It was a part-time sales assistant post. I started a week after my last paper ended thinking I could kill time and earn some extra money instead of lazing around the house. Well, I did that, including killing my social life, my feet, cravings for food due to how calculative I became counting every meal based on the hours I had to work, and especially killing my love for my favourite mall. Working is not as easy as it seems. You might think that standing for 8 hours while you get to look at pretty clothes is simple. God, I was SO wrong about that.

My feet died at the end of my first day. My feet continued to hurt through the week. My feet then got swollen at one point and I had to ask my maid to massage it and trust me it was NOT comfortable. That's only the beginning. When I applied for the job, Mandarin or Cantonese was NOT stated as a requirement! It may as well be a requirement because most of my co-workers communicate in Cantonese or Mandarin and the worst part was CUSTOMERS SPOKE TO ME IN CANTONESE OR MANDARIN. I don't have anything against the dialect or the language, it's just that I was caught off guard thinking that customers would at least speak in English and though I know a little Mandarin and I understand very very simple Cantonese, I'm not fluent in them and I know nothing of clothing terms in any of those two language and dialect. I spent my entire time speaking in layman Mandarin and Bahasa Malaysia to my co-workers and customers. I swear I've never used so much BM and Mandarin so much, constantly day by day, in my life.

The worse part is, there are customers who are such a pain in the ass when you tell them you don't understand what they are saying and they give you a condescending look as if you're not Chinese. Charlene joined in after a week I did and she suffered the same thing I did. She got worse though, one customer bitched in front of her thinking she didn't understand much. The customer told her friend in Mandarin of course, "What kind of girl is she? Isn't she Chinese? Doesn't she know to speak her own mother tongue?". You had no idea how angry Charlene was. Common, I would be angry if I heard that and honestly I would have done something about it. At least we can get a better future with English alright bitch? So what if we can't speak it fluently? There's no reason for you to look down on us.

There are also customers who do look down on us young part-timers. They think we're uneducated, drop-outs and et cetera et cetera. Well, excuse me, we're just mainly on holiday and we have nothing else to do but just gain some experience on a job like this. Unlike you, parading your fake Louis Vuitton bag (so obvious that the cuttings weren't symmetrical at all), showing off to your friends that you bought it for $5000, spending your money in Elle. Common, if you're that rich, you wouldn't be spending your time or money in Elle at all. You would be in Bebe or in Bimba and Lola or Polo. Customers do look down, thinking we're uneducated and they are pretty rude to us. They purposely ask you, why are you working and aren't you in school anymore. Of course, you defend yourself by saying that you have nothing better to do at home since your university is on break and you'll flying overseas next year to extend your studies. EAT THAT BITCHES!

I will never forget, passing my time talking to one hour with Charlene about our excuses to skip work and give our reasons to quit our jobs while we fold clothes in the wagon. Folding underwear is so sad I must admit but hey, it did pass my time. Ironing clothes was our best friend in Promod. The thing about Promod was the staff were much friendlier to me, I had different things to do such as writing reports, stock count and pricing the new stock and ALL THE PRETTY CLOTHES!!!!! I bought two tops during my job and I bought more stuff after that during the sale which is on going now.

I quit my job after 3 weeks. Well, 3 weeks wasn't as bad as some people who came in after I did, they quit after a day. I did learn quite a lot of things during this experience. The most important thing was to treat the sales assistant with respect and trust me, they are more than willing to help you out. And the only reason sometimes why you find them following you around the shop is because they are bored.

I bought this darling skirt from Promod. Lovely ain't it?

Bangkok family trip came up and I bought so many cute things! A clock which is superbly funny! A few tees, necklaces, bangles and make up brushes. And most importantly souvenirs. I am going to Bangkok again next year with friends and hopefully the boyfriend as well. =)

How can anyone not find this funny?

Birthdays came up and Christmas came. It was honestly one of the best weeks I've had in this month. Julius's birthday was lovely as we indulged in Spanish food. Christmas party was good too as I got to spend time with Julius's extended family and of course eat to my heart's content.

Christmas 2010 @ Julius's crib

After awhile, you do get crazy =)

Christmas gathering with my family!

Malacca trip with Julius and his extended family! The supposedly food trip didn't start until we got back to KL. Nevertheless, we still did have a little fun!

Frog sounds!!

The Malacca river!

So I've quit my job, been spending a lot of time with the boyfriend ever since he got back for his winter break and just lazing around after that. 2011 is going to change everything though. I've been accepted to Melbourne Univeristy and I'm amazingly happy and proud of myself for achieving this. I have been preparing myself to leave. Ticket has been booked and I'm leaving on the 13th of February, missing Valentine's Day. Oh well. Everyday's Valentine's Day with the boyfriend when I'm with him. Loads more to do for preparation especially the clothes I'm bringing.

That's pretty much what I've been doing while I was MIA from my blog. The next post is coming up soon! Make up reviews and 2011 resolutions.



Toodles with love,
Alanna the Banana

Practically a virgin

I haven't been blogging. I've been meaning to do it but I'm busy with my life. I'm joking I don't have a life. my upcoming exams. They start on the 28th. I'm basically screwed cause I haven't been studying much lately. BUT ANYWAY, I wanna share this with you guys cause I'm super excited about it and well, I basically have nothing else interesting happening in my life anyways.

But before that, birthday post! =D

The night before, I had a little gathering with a small, ok tiny group of friends, people I love. Kat, Kavi and Julius. Fi was supposed to join us but she had her exams. Boo hoo. We went to Nerofico, Wisma Perintis in Jalan Dungun. If you guys haven't heard about it, it's near wisma Help. Food's fantastic.

So I managed to catch up on gossip and on each other's lives basically. Tons of fun. Unfortunately I didn't take pictures cause I forgot as I was so engrossed in meeting up with the girls. But I shall leave you with a picture of what I ordered.

Yes I know, it's so pretty. Salmon!!!

After eating and talking, we bid our goodbyes as the girls had to go for their outings. Julius and I decided to indulge on desserts. At Alexis, Bangsar. HOMG, desserts were so good.

The all famous Tiramisu. It was absolutely delicious. 

No one can go wrong with Brownies. 

Hot choc, Tiramisu and Brownies = Dessert Haven

I had a blast devouring them. My tongue was definitely having a party while my tummy was hardworking. With all those desserts, I had great company with my best friend.

Look at that, enjoying himself. =)

And presenting you with this flattering picture of moi. Yes, I'm a teeny bit narcissistic. 

Had light make up on that night. I have yet to receive my ELF brushes. I wonder what's taking them so long. Finally managed to test out the BB cream from Maybelline as it was the most affordable for me. It wasn't too bad. It didn't do a fantastic job as I expected but it wasn't that bad. It did smoothen out the texture of my skin for a good canvas to work on. But it didn't cover the spots I had. Still had to use quite a bit of concealer. Well, I got it for RM20 at Guardian. You guys should test it and let me know if it works for you.

On my birthday, it started with Julius giving me a birthday lunch from McDs, a carnation and his present. =) Very sweet of him. He let me drive his car too. =D And of course, the celebratory dinner with my parents at Fatty Crab, Taman Mega and a movie, Eat Pray Love. Twas good. =)

On another note, after anticipating it for so long, I finally got the iPhone 4! Yi-laine texted me that morning about Maxis and Digi restocking the iPhones so I immediately rushed there. Yes, I rushed there and managed to put my name on the list. After waiting for 2 hours, I finally got this baby.

It's so pretty when it's naked.

The resolutions are pretty damn good. I love it.

My bumper! Got at Mac City for RM 89. 

So with that, that was not the surprising part of the post. As most of you know, if you hang out with me a lot, I don't normally carry bags. I carry my wallet and put my phone in my pocket. Or, I'd put my stuff into this tiny red pouch. If I ever go out for dinners, I carry the super tiny LV evening bag, or it looks more like a pouch.
Since I got the iPhone, I can no longer put my phone into my pocket of my jeans. I have resorted to buying a handbag. Yes, Alanna finally owns a handbag. A legit handbag. After much aggravation of choosing a suitable bag for myself, I finally bought one from Dorothy Perkins.

It's not too big, not too small. I didn't have the slightest clue what to put into my bag, but the first two stuff that went in was my phone and my wallet. The next thing I put in was a packet of tissue paper. That's all I can think of really. I never had the experience of carrying a legit handbag, so it was a little weird for me to carry one at first. Yes, I am super excited about my bag and I'm starting to love it a lot.


So anyway, it's time for me to get back on my law. Paramore coming up!


Toodles with love,
Alanna the Banana

Tell me things

So I had a few friends asking how I do my nails so nicely without paying for a manicure. True you can get great service when you pay others to pamper your nails, but I believe that you can DIY too. So since I have an obsession with nail lacquer and I've been practising on myself for so many years, ok maybe just about ever since I got my left hand stable to do my right nails, I've decided to share a few tips with you guys. =)

Before applying polish:

Cut and file your nails a few days before painting them. 

At least 3 days before. This allows the nails to smoothen out so its a perfect canvas for painting. 

Buff them and moisturize your nails.

Hand moisturizers are good enough for this and by buffing, it gives that healthy glow and shine. 

ONE hour

Right before you decide to paint you nails, set aside one hour, that is if you're looking for perfection on your nails. Painting nails take time and you would prefer it to look neat and clean to look classy and expensive. 

When applying polish:

Use a base coat.

Yes, you've heard it from your friends, read it magazines and I'm telling you this again. Paint the top half of your nails first and then the entire nail with the second coat. The top half of the nails are more likely to chip off first. 

At least TWO coats.

When applying with your desired colour, paint at least two coats so that shade of the colour will be more uniformed and it shows it's true colour. You don't want a sheer coat as the strokes of the brush are more likely to be obvious. 

To the edge. 

Paint your nails until the edge of the nail. You could also paint a little underneath the nail. This will prevent them from chipping and it will last a little longer. 

Finish it up with a top coat. 

Always always always use the top coat. It covers the imperfections and it makes sure the colours last longer. 

Waiting for it to dry:

Clean. 

One word, clean. To make it look professional and tidy AND expensive. You would want to make sure your cuticles, the sides of the nails and everywhere else that you accidentally painted are CLEAN. 

Sticks and cotton balls.

Unroll the cotton balls and wrap around a stick. You can use an old chopstick or a cuticle stick. Tie it with a rubber band. Please prepare this before you start putting on your polish. Trust me, cotton fibre on nails are a pain. Pour nail enamel remover onto to the cotton to clean the mess. The reason why I do this is your nails don't get ruined because you're holding a stick. And with a sharper tip, you can clean the edges more efficiently without worrying about cleaning off the entire nail. 

Be PATIENT.

You want this to work out, be patient. Wait for them to dry out nicely. 

TIPS!

Glitter.

Glitter nail enamel work wonders because they make the imperfections of your application less obvious. 

PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE.

I know it's not maths or piano, but if you like matte colours and you want them to look perfect. Practise applying them neatly and also strengthen your left hand (if you are a left hander, strengthen you right hand) to apply them neatly on your other hand. 

3 days to 1 week.

For you nails' sake, keep polish on for 3 days. The longest you can leave them on is about 1 week and no longer than that. Failure to do so, it might turn your nails dull and grey, sometimes even yellow. Trust me, not a sight. 

Square 'em.

Square nails are easier to paint on, so I've heard and read. It works for me, so I thought you guys might want to try that out. File them straight. 

Blob. 

To repair a chip, just take a small blob of lacquer and dot it on the chip. even it out if you can, as neatly as possible. Coat your entire nail with top coat again. 

Well, that's all the tips I have at the top of my head. If you guys have any questions, drop it in my formspring, I'll be glad to answer them. Well, hope you all found the post helpful. It is my first time giving out tips, so bear with me, I find it quite embarrassing. =3

Toodles with love, 

Alanna the Banana

The World Stops

If any of you follow me on twitter, I've been tweeting about my nails for a few hours now. Well, been working on them ever since I saw a tutorial from FrmHeadtoToe. Let me show you!!!

Aren't they really pretty!?!?? Purple gradient nails as Jen calls them. Took me quite a while to do them cause it didn't dry as fast I wanted them to. And I got interrupted when my parents said they wanted to go for dinner. Imagine me, waiting for my nails to dry, answering my phone with my finger carefully not to smudge any of the polish, getting dressed (homg, that was so difficult), and just grabbing my stuff carefully with my fingers.

A close up (I didn't wipe off the excess cause I was still waiting for it to dry)

So if you guys want to know how I did, please check out the tutorial from FrmHeadtoToe. The link directs you straight to her post on the purple gradient nail art.

So since she's all the way in USA, and we're all the way here in Malaysia, I had to use whatever products I had.

The products I used (left to right)
1. It was a shiny pearl white colour I bought from SaSa (RM 4.90)
2. A purplish glitter from The Face Shop (RM 7.90)
3. Neon Purple from Elianto (RM 5)
4. Shine Opal from Elianto (RM 5)

They worked great for me. Though my nails aren't as nice as Jen's but I still think that I did a pretty good job since it is my first trial. I will definitely do more of these gradient nail art with different colours next time.


Toodles with love,
Alanna the Banana

To amend

Actually, every girl deserves to feel beautiful about themselves. So what if you are short? So what if you don't have long legs like models have? So what if you have pimples? So what if you don't have hair that can look good without products? Everyone of us is beautiful in our own way.

It is not said

I can bet you every girl in the world wants her boyfriend to tell her she's beautiful in every way. She wants to know she's amazing to him. To know that she doesn't need to change who she is to become his perfect girl because she already is.

Then again, most of our wishes for our boyfriends to say we're beautiful when we're in our baggy sweatpants paired up with an old cartoon tee with the messiest hair possible in the morning usually fades away. If we girls would to cry with snot running down our noses, making wailing noises, would our boyfriends comfort us, no matter what the problem is, with I-love-you's or telling you that you are still the prettiest girl even though you're crying like a mad cow? Most of us would get a small pat on the back packaged with silence until we stop crying.

I'm not saying that us girls want you guys to give us compliments all the time or neither we are consistently fishing for them. What I mean is, it hurts us when we put in so much effort whether in putting our make up on, or doing our hair, simply attempting to look as pretty as the other girls around us and that when we see you guys and hope that you would say that we look good, you throw us an "Ok". Or sometimes, not even mentioning anything.

Most girls have low-self-esteem in them. Some even suffer from depression. Insecurities and fear prevents most girls from discovering just how extraordinary they are. All it takes is a single and simple compliment on her outfit or her hair just to make her beautiful and make her day. Sometimes her week.

Boys, tell her that you are lucky enough to have her in your life by your side. Compliment her when you go out on dates. Just make sure she feels good about herself and tell her she doesn't need to change herself for you.

Girls, we're not off the hook either. Your boyfriends deserve some compliments too! I'm not going to tell you what to say cause each of us know what to do at the right times. But I would like to point out that most girls need that extra boost in their life. So tell your girlfriend that her make up looks great on her, or if you have heard of the "You are beautiful" program, write "You are beautiful" on post-it notes and paste them in the washrooms in public places, or in dressing rooms just to make people smile and feel good about themselves.

I'm considered lucky. He comforts me with words I myself cannot come up with when I cry with snot running down my nose. He tells me I'm pretty when I tell myself that I'm not all the time. And the best thing is, he tells me that I don't need to change myself to be like the other girls because he likes me for who I am.


Toodles with love,
Alanna the Banana

Definitely not the last pair of pants

Revamp on the blog is going to take some time. HOMG, it is such a pain to get the right combination of colours. So, don't expect any changes SO SOON.

I don't know what to write about so I'm just going to leave you guys with these pictures.

 More from My Milk Toof

Anyway, back to my law book. Bleh. 

Toodles with love, 

Alanna the Banana

Sometimes I feel lost

So I'm not feeling all that good today, but I decided to do something about it and let's see how it goes. I'm going to do some psychoanalysis on myself. Less on the analysis though. Psychoanalysis, is basically, saying whatever that comes into your mind to the therapist and the therapist will do analysis on your impulsive thoughts and feelings and relate them back to your past or your unconscious mind. So right now, I'm just going to type out whatever that comes into mind.

•  I was thinking of how to start this post in the shower.
• Sometimes I think I try too hard.
• Julius just texted me and I really think I'm a terrible girlfriend.
• My retainers are kind of annoying. 
• I can't believe I got upset over something small and that was not how I wanted to say goodbye.
• I'm such a terrible girlfriend.
• I don't know why I want to please people so much. 
• But then again, I really don't care what people think of me.
• I can't believe he can tolerate so much shit.
• I need a social life cause I lost it all ever since I went to uni.
• I need to study more, cause I've been neglecting it for about 2 months now. 
• Also, I must come up with a study plan to get my 70% average or more for Melb Uni. 
• Where the hell am I going to stay in Melbourne? AHHHHHHHHH
• They're probably going to hate me because I'm another Malaysian coming into their country.
• I'm going to miss everybody back home.
• If I don't go to bed soon, I swear I'll look like Taylor Momsen and her huge panda eyes. 
• My carnation is dead. 
• My dad offered me wine but I said no cause I wanted to sleep, guess who's here typing now?
• I taste tap water. 
• I don't get why I cry so easily. What the hell happened to me?
• I learnt how to feel again that's what happened. 
• To all the freaking boys I've dated in the past, you're all scumbags. 
• Maybe it was me. Maybe it was always me. 
• I have the urge to buy new bras. 
• If it was me, how can someone stay with me for so long or rather how can I stay with someone for more than a year!?!?!?!
• So not my fault.
• What the fuck are the neighbours doing? Playing loud music at night. Jebus, I'm trying to sleep here. Well, technically not sleeping NOW, but you know, for later. 
• There's a bug on my screen. Ew. 
• It's quite catchy. I think it's "Dynamite" by whatshisname. 
• I'm going to get sick in Melb so often. I hate the drastic weather changes. 
• I should really throw that flower away.
• I should really sleep.
• I want a dog. They are so adorable really. 
• Or maybe a cat. They're really cute too. 
• Or maybe it's just the photographs that make me want to have a pet. Cause the consequences of having a pet is a disaster. 
• My internet connection sucks.
• He's not replying my texts. Oh right, flying cockroach in his room. Thank god I'm here.
• My shoulder blade hurts like shit. 
• I hate my eyebags and this is why i should go to sleep. 
• I'm terrible. 
• Oh my gosh, it's my fault, and I feel so bad. 

So so, that was within half an hour. I really need my sleep. So no analysing, just the psycho part. I really should straighten my head up.

Toodles with sleepiness, 

Alanna the Banana

Always proud of you

Holidays have officially begun! It doesn't mean I can sit back and chill and not do a damn thing about anything, I still have to keep up with my studies cause exams are in a month. Great.

I spent my Saturday with Julius. Saturday is our day. We went to catch Wall Street at night. I must say it was good. My financial management knowledge was put into application. I understood what they were talking about and I was explaining things to Julius. It got us talking about the economy and what shares were and I gave him the basic knowledge on supply and demand. I feel proud for sharing my knowledge with him, and he shares what he learns with me too.

Shia was great! Though he's grown up and he's been playing more matured roles which I think he's doing a great job with them, I still see him as the Even Stevens kid. He has definitely grown out of the comedy side, venturing into the action movies with strong characters, getting the chances to act with accomplished actors like his co-star in Wall Street. Michael Douglas, as usual, fantastic. I even got sucked into his speech he gave in the movie. It has been a while since he acted due to the throat cancer. Hope all goes well with his treatment so we can see more movies with him in it.

I am off to bed. Awfully tired and I definitely need to catch up on sleep with the assignments all finally done.


Toodles with love,
Alanna the Banana

It's just filled with shit

Life can really be hard on you. One moment you find yourself happy living it, and one moment you find yourself struggling to keep up with it.

When you are delighted with everything in your life, there's always that thought in your mind that you wish everyday, everything could be just like that moment you are in. Friends, boyfriend or girlfriend, family, school,everything is just the way you want it. Of course, nothing ever does stay that good. One way or another, life shifts its course and you become one of those people wishing that it could be like that moment when everything was just perfect to you. You then also wish you could undo that yearning of yours when you were a kid, wanting to grow up faster. You wish you could still be a kid, being carefree and just do what you're told to. No problems, no hurdles, nothing but just your colouring book and your dolls.

Nevertheless, you have to wake up and realise that there is no point wishing back for the past when you can do something about it to make it better. You realise that you can't undo the process of growing up and besides, colouring books and dolls, you get bored of it after a while. You realise that there is no point in still wanting to be a kid because if you wanted to be carefree, you can just do so, right now.

There is always hope within us that we can always overcome hurdles in life. People put that hope in us, making us believe that anything is possible with just your will to carry on and a little luck in hand.

Life is full of shit. But it's the people in it that makes it all worth it.



Toodles with love,
Alanna the Banana

It does matter

The urge to blog has returned. I still hope people are still reading my blog cause it died for a month. Anyway, I've been getting a lot of spam. In my comments and my chatbox. I don't get it, I didn't use to have this problem a year or two years ago, so why now? They kind of piss me off actually. Another thing that pisses me off is also how obnoxious people can be.

Putting that aside, I'm thinking of changing my blog skin, but I'll only do that when I'm done with my marketing essay which I am currently, at this moment, working on.  Of course I lost my concentration and decided to just blabber out a few things on my blog so I have at least something to write about.  You guys will hear me talking about this assignment for at least a few days, but I promise you the whining will stop on Thursday because that's the due date. I'm thinking of bright colours for the new skin and I've been going through a lot of colour schemes and combinations based on my preference so hopefully I find a really pretty one so I can modify the skin. Be prepared for bright colours. =)

Also, I was thinking of going into video blogging. I'm not sure how it will work out though. I actually tried to talk to my camera, just rambling about things and it is much more difficult than I expected it to be. Wow, it takes editing and to write a script, I'm not joking. I wanted to talk about make up and I found myself jumbling my words up. It takes quite a lot of work so I'm not sure if I'm ready to go into it yet. =S I might give it a shot. One day.

Toodles with love, as always,
Alanna the Banana

Saying hello to a new world

See, I promised soon! =)

Just went out for dinner at Oversea Restaurant in KL and it was absolutely delicious. And what more, Julius paid. For his whole family. Cause he got his first paycheck after working so hard in Coffee Bean. The bill came out to RM250 but nonetheless, he paid for 7 of us. Thank you. =)

Yes, another picture of us. 

Once again, I did the same look as the last post. But this wasn't very dark though. It was actually lighter and I decided to use my liquid eyeliner from Elianto and it works wonders. I don't think you can see it in the picture but I did a tinge of sea green as like an outline of the eyeliner. Julius told me it looked like moss on my eyes but I absolutely loved it because I finally thought I could pull off the colour green. 

Yes, I have been talking about what I did for my make up. I am beginning to take up more interest in make up because I believe it does wonders for you and it definitely boosts up a girl's confidence. So you guys would be hearing more of the make up stuff, at least until I get bored of it. Also, I just ordered a bunch of stuff from ELF. And I hope they will be coming within the next 3 weeks or so. I can't wait to use the brushes and the lipstick I ordered! I will definitely blog about that when I've received my items. 

Until then.

Toodles with love, 

Alanna the Banana

A night to remember

I know it's been a month since I blogged, but I've been really busy with work. I mean, assignments, and then test and more assignments on the way. It's already middle of September and it means exam is coming. Great.

Yesterday while everybody else was enjoying themselves at the Monash Annual Ball, I was out with Julius. Oh yeah, we decided not to go for the ball cause it was a little out of our budget since we already splurged on something HUGE! Instead, we out for a nice, romantic "Special-occasion-dinner-with-no-special-occassion-to-begin-with" dinner. We went to Souled Out at Desa Sri Hartamas and we actually got a table for two at the balcony. It was so sweet of them to reserve a table for us there. It just made our night more special.

And that is Julius with his Beef Noodles. Look at that face. =)

Me!! With simple make up and blow-dried hair. 

On an off note here, I did a really simple look which I've been practising on for quite a few days before I went out that night. The look was so simple, I ended up buying more products to make it look simple. had to buy a pencil eyeliner so I could smudge the sides and I bought a smudge brush for it. I gotta improve on the make up. Bleh. Anyway, the top is a small dress from Paper Box Couture, red and slashed. Yummy. =)

Back to where we were, I ordered the Prawn Aglio Olio, which turned out drier than people would normally expect but it was still good nonetheless. With small talk, the environment, and everything else around us, it really felt like it was our first date. And he even gave me flowers. My favourite of course, Carnations. 

The both of us. <3 

We went back to my place and watched The Bounty Hunter on my lappy and he went home after we had our small talk. It's been a while since we had this kind of outing and it made me really excited like a high school girl having got to say hi to her crush. 

It's lovely isn't it?

So that was my "Ball" night. Now it's just back to doing assignments, which I am quite reluctant to start but I have to get it done before I start struggling before the dateline. =S Oh oh oh, before I forget, remember I said we didn't want to go to the ball cause we splurged on something HUGE? =D

OH YEAH BABY!! We're going to Paramore on the 19th of October! I paid so much but it's free seating. Pfft. Oh well, IT'S PARAMORE!! I don't care if you guys think they suck cause they are in the Pop Rock genre, THEY KNOW HOW TO ROCK! I'm so excited!!!

I promise to blog soon. 

Toodles with lots of love, 

Alanna the Banana

Far too special to let go

I procrastinate so much that people can go to broga hill and come back and sleep and finish their work and have time to hang out with their friends and prepare for the next week's lectures and lessons. And yet, I will still be there procrastinating, as I am now, blogging, therefore procrastinating on my work. No sense of urgency anymore. D=


Toodles with procrastination,
Alanna the Banana

Best thing that has ever been mine

I don't give a rat's ass if you say I'm always blogging about me being sappy and all. It's my blog!


Every time someone asks about me going to Aussieland next year, they usually follow up with another question asking how about my boyfriend. I usually say, "Well, he's staying. And he doesn't wanna go when I ask him if he does. So let it be. I'll just go." I always say it like there's no worries about anything, shrug the question off and I just smile. Deep down, it's always the opposite.

I just don't want to let anybody down. Especially when family members ask. I don't want to let them know I'm breaking down inside wishing I could just say no to going. I don't want to let my parents down, to tell them I wanna stay because of a boy, cause we've been through that before and I don't want to have to talk about it with them again. I gotta go and it's a fact.

Tomorrow, I hand in my application forms to the Universities' representatives. He and I are both praying that I get into UNSW. Yes, as much as I hate to leave this country, I'm quite excited about going to Aussieland. But still, I don't like that feeling in the gut which is making me question if I should go or not.


Toodles with love,
Alanna the Banana

Fate, Faith and Hope

I woke up this morning feeling like the luckiest girl in the world. Even words cannot express the way I feel. I love you so much. To have you by my side, to wish me good morning the moment you wake up, to give me kisses when you feel like it, to have you return feelings for me.

It kills me to know I have to leave you here, and I have no idea how we're going to make it through, but we will. Screw those who say we'll never last, screw those who say time will change us, screw those who say that we'll never have a happy ending.

It may be difficult, but you and I are ready to face whatever life has up its sleeve. True that we're going to miss each other like crazy, but we both have ways to shorten that distance between us. We are going to make it through this two coming years. We will go through pain, happiness, misery and the whole lot, but in the end, we're going to come out stronger than ever. Two years, we make it through this, we'll be good in the future.

Just remember each time we miss each other, I will always come back to you, and for you. No matter what. I love you so much. And I will continue loving you, I can promise that.


With love,
Alanna

I'm better with you gone

It's already August can you believe it? Time is flying by so fast I can barely say I need holidays. Which I don't. Maybe I do, but I enjoying learning things. The nerd in me has taken over once again so I'm drilling myself with Law cause I barely understand what goes on during lectures.

Well, nothing interesting cause all I've bee doing is studying and hanging out with the boy. Can't wait for girls' night on Wed. =) Drinking and monopoly REMATCH! The last we played, Pikky and I owed Leng Lei more than $24000 each. Pretty much broke, we had to liquidate all our properties. REMATCH DAMN IT!!
 

Look at his retard face. 

Toodles with lots of love, 

Alanna the Banana

Can you say Burr?

Since Uni started, I haven't been able to get back on the momentum I once left after the exam period last semester. I've been meaning to do my work but I seem to be procrastinating all the time. So I came up with a little something when I was reading Business Law.

Studying a subject is like dating a boy, or a girl. But let's stick to boys right now. Like I said, studying a subject is like dating a boy. How so?

You seem interested in the subject and you decide you want to take it up in your course. It's like, you are interested in this guy and you just want to get to know him better. Going for lectures and tutorials is like going on dates with the guy. Working on homework and assignments is like working on your relationship problems. Then it comes to the big showdown, exams. You get nervous before the day because you've been studying so much and when it comes to the big day, you do your best. Like sex, you get so nervous before you do it, but when it comes to it, you do your best I guess? So you come out satisfied or otherwise, depending on the pleasure scale, that's like getting your exam results back. Then you decide to major in the subject, that's like getting engaged to the guy. You graduate in that subject, oh, you're finally married to the guy of your dreams. Then one day, after several years, you decide that it's not what you like doing and you prefer some other field. So in order to pursue in another field, you gotta leave your job. You've been married for a few years, you start to realise that you aren't happy in the relationship. Plus, you fell in love with another guy and you decide to leave your husband. DIVORCE!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah.

Toodles with work to do,
Alanna the Banana

So my fingers hurt

Interesting thought.

Have you ever wondered how will all those lala's and ah beng's will turn out in future? Dressing wise I mean, I don't really wanna think about their career. They can't exactly pull off their current outfits when they're adults. They'll just look horribly funny. The more I think about it, the more imaginative my mind gets.


Toodles with interesting images in my head,
Alanna the Banana

I'm eating Koko Krunch as I type this out

I'm beginning to think I only blog a lot when I'm bored. And when exams are near, like the next day near. Anyway, holidays are over and I've just started Uni for the second semester.

Holidays were totally awesome because

1. I had no worries about when the next assignment was due or if I've studied everything I needed for my papers.
2. I did basically nothing but go out and have fun with friends. 
3. Due to all the saving I did in Uni, I got to spend them all on clothes. *grins*
4. I went to Singapore with friends and my boyfriend. Seriously, what is better than going for a holiday with your boyfriend?
5. I finally read a book besides my textbook. 
6. All I'm happy for is the alone time I got. 

 I'm not going to post any pictures of Singapore up. Maybe some.Maybe later. I feel so lazy.

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I have never been more afraid in my life. I'm afraid I'll miss home too much. My parents. The boyfriend. Especially the boyfriend. It's almost the end of July, and I'm starting to feel that time is running out.

Some of my friends have come up to me and told me that long distance relationship is going to be painful and suffering and I should think before getting into it. Some have broken up with their other halves. Some before they go overseas, some during the distance. And I'm afraid it would happen.

I've been through this with the boyfriend. And hopefully faith will put us through this hurdle until I come back. But I'm afraid. Just afraid, not worried, afraid.


Toodles with love,
Alanna the Banana

I'll be waiting for you

Last Monday I went to finish up my Grade 8 piano exam. It was somewhat horrible to me, so many mistakes. I hope I pass so I don't need to put on a fake smile and be so nervous at the same time. Not a really pleasant feeling to fake that you are confident when you actually aren't. So I hope I pass then that's two resolutions down. =)

Another resolution I made at the beginning of the year was to pick up a new musical instrument, which I did, about 5 days ago. What better instrument than a guitar? And I have friends that can teach me, free lessons! My left fingers are now numb of holding the strings and i have a blister on my thumb for strumming. Well, at least I can play a song. =) Working on the next one!

Oh, did I mention that Julius and I cooked for his family. We had help from his maid, mom and Amanda, but hey, pretty good job. =) And proof to show you how much of a pretty good job we did are the pictures below. Oh yeah.

It's super duper colourful! And it looks awesome!

The real deal yo. Nachos on the side with steamed vegetables. Pasta and spaghetti cooked with capsicum and mushroom which tastes surprisingly good. Topped off with cheese, olives and basil leaf. And there you have it, Aglio Olio.

Woot! As you can see, holidays have been really good and I'm not feeling the slightest boredom because not only I have things to do, when I have nothing to do, I get to enjoy the fact I have nothing to worry about. This is bliss. 

I had a dream that I had another Management paper I was supposed to take. A 5th paper. And I didn't know. And I was late. And I wasn't prepared. I woke up sweating, I was wondering if my brain was playing tricks on me and I thought when I woke up, I wasn't even having holidays yet. Late nights and snacks does this to me. Pfft. 

SINGAPORE IS NEXT WEEK!! I CANNOT FREAKING WAIT!! HAPPY!!

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Toodles with loads to do, 

Alanna the Banana

Cause when we kiss... ooooo.... Fire.. *dum dum dum dum*

My room is so messy right now. I haven't bothered to tidy it up since I was too busy having fun after exams. Which made my room, messier than it was during the exam period.

The reason why it is messy as it is, is because I've been preparing my gift for the boy. =) It was a lot of work. The hardest one was cutting out the letter in the post below. And I had to throw in other stuff in, like a cute photo frame, a "little" note which turned into like a 2 page letter. Yes, I get carried away sometimes. Okay, not sometimes, often. And I gave Domo-kun!

I wanted to take a picture of what I was giving him to show you guys, but er, I got carried away and started wrapping with the ribbons and everything. But it's pretty ain't it?

Then when he opened it, i started taking pictures. =D

Domo eating cookies I baked. Yes, I baked cookies for him. =)

Toy Story 3 is awesome! Everyone should watch it because it is awesome. And funny. I like Buzz. Hips moving, very impressive. =) So I'm going to watch it again with my family because they should watch it too! And my dad, being a huge Pixar fan, he's excited to catch it but he has no time, and he's doing him best to make time for Toy Story.

I should clean my room since I'm done with the present. Tomorrow. Maybe. If I don't go out that is. We'll see about that.


Toodles with a messy room, 

Alanna the Banana

Just remember, you deserve this

Since I have so much free time, and I needed to give a special someone a personalized box, I decided to challenge myself. I decided to cut something detailed in a small scale.

I was concentrating on decorating the cover of the box. The box is half the size of the Sprite can. So you guys know how small the box I was dealing with. I WILL TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE!

So I printed it out and started tracing it. The paper I used was about 6cm x 6cm. Yeah, it's really small.

These were the most detailed parts, so I did them first.

Then I slowly cut out the rest, part by part.

That is half of it. By the time I got here, 2 hours have gone by. Yeah, tiniest thing I've ever cut with so much details. And proud to say, without slicing the other parts. I had to improvise some parts so it could fit the box properly though.

DONE! I stuck over the "J" on the cover using spray mount and put PVC clear sticker over it so that the fragile parts don't get damaged after a while. 

Pretty ain't it? =D

The picture I used to trace. It had to be scaled down 35%. 

That's all I've been doing so far, besides going out and having fun. I'm working on something else already since I'm done with the present. I'll post about the present thingy next time round cause I don't wanna spoil the surprise. If you think that was just the present, you're wrong, because there are other presents for the special someone. =) 

The picture below is what I'm working on right now. Try and guess what it is. =)

Toodles with love, 

Alanna the Banana