tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39128639925491421372024-03-13T20:56:37.839+07:00Lily Zhen - One Thing at a Time and Conquer the WorldLily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-18648659220736580992020-12-13T21:57:00.003+07:002021-10-16T10:54:14.134+07:00<p>This feels different.</p><p>You know how they say, "when you know, you know.”?</p><p>And you're always perplexed by that answer, 'cos in all honesty, it explains nothing. zilch. nada.</p><p>But I think I get it now.</p><p><br /></p><p>This feels...stable. It's not that exciting adrenaline high that lasts for a hot minute. It's this calming, non-volatile bliss that continues on.</p><p>I thought that the adrenaline hit was the best part, but this...this feels effortless. Not the kind of excitement that hits you so high that you're bound to get knocked down seconds later. But the kind of reassuring sentiment that you know this one'll last. This feels...constant. Not high, just enough, but constant. Do you know how good it feels to constantly be in this state of bliss? Just constant calming happiness. I'll take this over any high that only lasts as fast as it comes any day. No matter how high is the rush.</p><p>It feels so good to finally be in a state where I'm not confused anymore. No second guessing, no trying to decipher everything. Just pure, reassuring happiness.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-14430844414363463462020-07-25T15:00:00.004+07:002020-07-25T15:39:49.623+07:00Potato.I just watched a TED Talk, I think for the first time ever in my entire 25 years of life, and that probably says something about my state of mind right now. I just felt I need to hear a good advice like I never before.<div><br /></div><div>In it, she said something along the line of "when dating, instead of focusing on whether the person likes you, focus on <b>how they make you feel</b>."</div><div><br /></div><div>And in the comment section, there was this long & sweet story that someone shared and the bottom line is something like, "sometimes the person you <i>want </i>to marry is not the person you actually <i>need</i> to marry."</div><div><br /></div><div>And seeing both statements, something clicks in my head.</div><div><br /></div><div>You know, you were never my "perfect" marriage material. You didn't check even half the list. But it was okay.</div><div><br /></div><div>People around me questioned my judgement, but I didn't give a damn.</div><div><br /></div><div>It puzzled me why I wanted to be with you even when others told me otherwise. Moreover, we didn't actually have much in common or a lot of things to talk about, but I still loved you. Now I know why: <b>it all boils down to how you made me feel.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I loved how you made feel. I was freaking addicted to it. </div><div><br /></div><div>I always have trust issues and it's probably rooted in my well-hidden insecurities. But when I was with you, I felt safe and secure like I don't have to worry about anything.</div><div><br /></div><div>You made me beyond happy everyday, it was almost like a fairytale. Even until now, after everything's been said and done, when I unconsciously think of our happier moments, I think about how we used to say, "Happy?" and the other would smile, nod, and say "Happy." Straight out of romcom movies, isn't it?</div><div><br /></div><div>It's always gonna be my fondest memory of us. You, smiling at me from ear to ear, your eyes pushed into a half-moon, with the bright stars from my night light passing your face in the dark, saying "Happy?"</div><div><br /></div><div>I know I'm hard to deal with, but you knew how to calm me down, and I liked that. There's these million little things that you did that turned me into a puddle. Like how you listen, and actually listen, not just patronising, to every single thing that I said. You made me feel heard. I loved that. I still remember how warm and fuzzy you made me feel when I realized you still remember a single random and trivial thing I told you about the weeks before.</div><div><br /></div><div>I loved how I used to often caught you just starring at me silently, it made my heart flutters. It was a bliss. Our first few months was a bliss like I never felt before.</div><div><br /></div><div>In that sense, <i>you weren't what I wanted, but you were exactly what I needed</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>But I guess I didn't make you feel the same way I did, so you stopped. I'm sorry I did what I did and I said what I said.</div><div><br /></div><div>Once you stopped, I felt all the insecurities, anger, indignation, and another truckload of negative emotions hit me all at once. It didn't feel good, so I ended it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now everything has become a memory. A sad memory with so many happy moments.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm okay with that, or at least I will be.</div><div><br /></div><div>Back to the TED Talk, the bottom line of it was: "Your healthiest relationships will only be as healthy as your relationship with yourself."</div><div><br /></div><div>As cheesy as that sounds, it holds true. When she said that she was always looking for someone to be with to make her feel whole, it struck me that I do too. Which is why as soon as I ended things, I was in search for a replacement. But relationship like that won' work. I need to be able to commit to myself before anyone else.</div><div><br /></div><div>And that's what I'm gonna try to do.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Life doesn’t give you what you asked for. Life gives you the people, places, and situations to develop what you asked for” also from the same TED Talk, and here is where it all come full circle.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for pushing me over the edge that I felt like I needed to watch a TED Talk I guess. I know it sounds sarcastic, but it's not. I'm actually thankful that I know what I know now.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for the happy moments.</div><div><br /></div><div>------------</div><div><br /></div><div>With this post and yesterday's post (both about different person), I feel like I'm on some step recovery journey lol deliberating my past relationships like this. But it's good though, right? Because "a mistake is not actually a failure, unless you don't learn from it and unless you don't grow". From the same TED Talk. Full circle, see?</div><div><br /></div><div>I think I typed "TED Talk" here more than I've ever typed "TED Talk" in my entire life.</div>Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-8362677985741922152020-07-24T10:00:00.003+07:002020-07-25T15:17:01.214+07:00Hey Sam,Happy Birthday.<div><br /></div><div>I don't know if you'll ever read this, but I'm too cool for school to say all this directly to you, but I also need to pen this feeling down just so I can remember it in the future in case you annoy the fuck outta me, which you often do.</div><div><br /></div><div>The short version of what I want to say is: Thank You.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you so so much.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for being my sounding board even though we've parted ways almost 2 years ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wow, 2 years. </div><div><br /></div><div>Sounds so long ago, but feels like it was just some moons ago. That's because you managed to make all that transition easier on me, you didn't just cold-heartedly leave me and cut me off, which you know full well that that is something I'd do. So thank you for not being someone like me. For not having ill-wish to torture me emotionally even after everything I had put you through. That takes a big, loving heart.</div><div><br /></div><div>They say platonic friendship between exes is non-existent. But we've showed them up, right?</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay, maybe not the first year, but now, now we're in a good place. If it's not fully platonic yet, at least it's mostly platonic.</div><div><br /></div><div>When you date your best friend, you risk of losing them when the relationship's over. For someone as closed off as me, it's hard finding a best friend that I can trust enough to pour everything out. So thank you for still being my best friend.</div><div><br /></div><div>You've showed me that our friendship means so much to us that even after the relationship's over, that friendship is just too precious to be thrown away with it. You didn't just write off 8 years of friendship, so now we're able to count it to 9.</div><div><br /></div><div>To hell with anyone who says being close friends with your ex is not healthy or weird.</div><div><br /></div><div>They don't know us, they don't what we had gone through together, because you know it wasn't all rainbow and sunshine, we'd been through thick and thin together. There is so much history there that they don't know. And it's not a history we wanna repeat, but it's always gonna be there.</div><div><br /></div><div>They don't know what we went through just so we could save the friendship part of our crumbling relationship. We had to learn to navigate through the muddy path of being friends with someone you still deeply care for, but also kinda hate at the beginning cos we were both hurt. </div><div><br /></div><div>But we did it. We came out the other side having only love and care for each other, no hard feelings nor resentment. True, it's not a love that a relationship can be built up upon, but that's the point right? It's a much less volatile type of love, a<i> platonic philia love</i>, which better suits us 'cos let's be real, we were kinda toxic and destructive towards one another when it was the other way. So who are they to say that this friendship's not healthy? How dare they? Fuck them, right? Our <i>relationship </i>was not healthy, I'll give 'em that.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, instead of dwelling into all that negativity, let's toast to our friendship that we've built and the years ahead of it. Thank you for always being there for me. Thank you for being a constant in my life when even someone who's supposed to be one, isn't.</div><div><br /></div><div>You're a year older, I hope wiser too. And I hope you nothing but the best, you freaking deserve it. I hope you'll be as happy as a person possibly could. I hope she is a much much better partner than I ever was (ok fine, I admit, I was kinda the worst. You shut up) and I hope she's everything you deserve, 'cos you deserve a great one. I hope your work will go on smoothly and everything will fall into place 'cos I know you work hard and you deserve a good life. Importantly, I hope you'll always be healthy and get to enjoy this life to the fullest.</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy Birthday :)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>P.s. In case you do read this, don't tell me. Just act like you haven't and for the love of God, don't patronise me about it or I'll hit you over the head with a 20kg Bolt cat. kthxbye.</div><div><br /></div>Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-50510943278448538692020-03-22T21:56:00.001+07:002020-03-22T21:57:42.200+07:002020 and am still alive and well.Woah, it’s been more than two years since the last time I blogged here and I kinda miss it. I miss posting the random thoughts and happening of the day that no one cares about. You know, like the content of old school blogging where it’s just ugly, low-resolution photos and diary-style stories.<br />
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I guess not a lot of people still does that nowadays, right? Cos that kind of content doesn’t get as much eyeballs anymore. But looking back at my old posts, I actually really cherish those kind of post the most ‘cause it’s like a memory photo book. And God knows I need it given my poor memories lately. Oh, and I also noticed that I had wider english vocabularies when I used to blog/do youtube videos. My english speaking was definitely better. Now even a simple english conversation might trip me wtf.<br />
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SO. For the sake of my declining english skill. And poor memories. I’m gonna start blogging randomly again for my own amusement. My last few posts before this had been ad/sponsored in some way, and that kinda slowly taking the fun out of blogging I guess. Not gonna pressure myself or make a target of how many post a month ‘cause based on past experience, that’s just gonna flop lol.<br />
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Can’t believe it took me THREE freaking paragraph to blog about blogging. Man, I had forgotten how much I’d ramble on and on and on when I blog nonsensical stuff like this.<br />
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Anyway, future me, if you’re reading this, this is you trying to save memories alive cause you’re so self-absorbed, you enjoy reading your own past posts about your boring daily life. You’re welcome, you self-centric you. Or me. Cheers. xo.Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-25684576253206080992018-01-08T14:17:00.001+07:002018-01-08T14:22:38.644+07:00How to Drink Collagen? | KINOHIMITSULast month I attended an event from Beauty Journal and Kinohimitsu, so today is another one of my blog post where I'll go on about one of my obsession, which is <b><span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">COLLAGEN</span></b>.<br />
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I've talked at length all about collagen before, you can read about it<b> <a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2016/11/DIVABeautySoiree.html" target="_blank">here</a></b>.<br />
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Collagen is a gelatin fiber that makes up to 30% of the proteins in the body. It's the building material to renew cells in all areas of the body including the hair, skin, nails, eyes, teeth, cartilage, bones, tendons, organs, arteries, blood vessels, hemoglobin, immune cells and the immune system. - <a href="http://www.dr-wellness.net/page/8/0/">the</a> <a href="http://www.drvenessa.com/dr-venessa-difference/collagen/">source</a>.
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It's the thing that makes your skin smooth, "bouncy" and elastic. As you grow older, your skin starts to sag and wrinkles start to appear, that's because your body produces less and less collagen, insufficient to renew enough skin cells and maintain your youthful skin.
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By drinking a collagen supplement, you help your body compensating its lack of collagen reproduction.</blockquote>
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I went into more detail about collagen supplement vs. natural collagen occurring in food in that post, so read the post anyway ok! 😆<br />
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When talking about collagen drink in Indonesia, <b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">KINOHIMITSU</span></b> is probably one of the most prominent ones. I believe it's the first collagen drink brand that I know of.<br />
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But to my surprise, they also sell other beauty supplements too, which I'm gonna get into in a lil' bit because I want to start with their flagship products, which of course, is their <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">COLLAGEN DRINK</span></b>.<br />
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The concept of drinking collagen may be relatively new in Indonesia, however, you'd be surprised at how common and popular it is in Japan. It's so prevalent there that you can easily buy collagen drink at a convenience store (e.g. Lawsons, Family Mart, 7-11, etc). It's probably one of the reasons why those Japanese tend to age damn gracefully 😠 *envious glare*.<br />
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Being uncommon here, you might wonder, <b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">when should you start drinking collagen?</span></b> There's no certain answer, as it depends on your lifestyle, but 20 is normally when your collagen production starts to decrease.<br />
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You'd notice how pillow mark from when you wake up disappears slower than before. THAT's because you don't have as much collagen to maintain ever-so-bouncy skin like when you're a baby and why you should start preserving all the collagen that you DO have.<br />
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There're 2 types of Kinohimitsu collagen drinks available in Indonesia:<br />
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1) <b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Kinohimitsu J'PAN BEAUTY ~DRINK~</span></b> which contains 2500mg collagen<br />
2)<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: magenta; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Kinohimitsu COLLAGEN DIAMOND 530</b></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>0</b></span></span> which contains a WHOPPING 5300mg collagen!<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Which one should you choose?</b></span> Again, it all depends on your lifestyle but as a rule of thumb, people in their 20s to 30 may drink the one with 2500mg collagen, while people above 30 may drink the one with 5300mg collagen.<br />
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The collagen drink may last between 3-4 years (provided stored properly, unopened) with no preservatives thanks to UHT technology, a dark glass material (prevents sun damage), and thick bottle.<br />
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Each bottle only contains 5g of sugar.</blockquote>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When is the best time to drink collagen?</span></b> From my googling months back (I've been drinking collagen drink for about a year now), I read that it's best to take your collagen supplement when you wake up on an empty stomach, but a Kinohimitsu representative said that it's also good to take it right before you sleep as your body renews cells at night when you're sleeping.<br />
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If you're in your 30s, it's recommended to combine collagen drink with <b><span style="color: #e69138;">Vitamin C</span></b> to add collagen back.<br />
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Another thing you can do to BOOST the effectiveness of drinking collagen is by doing <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>DETOX</b></span> before you start.</div>
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By detoxing your body, you help rid your body of toxin and other things that may hinder maximum absorption of collagen, thus making your collagen drink that much more effective, which is why it is recommended for you to do detox <u>BEFORE</u> you start drinking collagen drink.</div>
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If you're choosing to use Kinohimitsu detox drink to do that, you may drink it once a day before you sleep for about <b>6 days</b>. After that, you can stop with the detox drink and continue with collagen drink.</div>
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And last, but not least, in the Kinohimitsu line-up is the <b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">J'PAN U-B DRINK</span></b>.</div>
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To put it crudely, it's a sunscreen that you drink 😅 It helps to protect you from the sun for about 9 hours after you drink it before you start your activity in the morning.</div>
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<u>Please note this</u>, you can <b>not</b> actually replace sunscreen with this drink. What it does is, helping and working together with the sunscreen to protect your skin <b>BETTER</b>, especially if you're not the type of person who diligently reapplies sunscreen every 2 hours like you should.</div>
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Yes, no matter how high the SPF, you should reapply sunscreen every 2 hours: SPF is irrelevant to how long does a sunscreen last. Read more about it <b><a href="https://vanityrex.com/2015/05/21/everything-you-should-know-about-sunscreen-pt-1/" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</blockquote>
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That's pretty much it. I hope it sheds some light on how to start drinking collagen correctly and why collagen supplement benefits us. Oh, and also to help you if you're confused as to why there're so many types of drink from KINOHIMITSU (I was confused too lol 'cos I thought they only have collagen drink, but Y SO MANY TYPES 😩).</div>
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That's the current hype among youths. I mean, people always aspire to be healthy, obviously, but it's like that desires have been multiplied tenfold in recent years.<br />
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Smoothie bowl, acai, quinoa, almond milk, gluten-free diet, low-carb diet, vegan-anything, etc, you name it. The whole nine. BUT the most pronounced of all would probably be the desire to keep our consumption <b><span style="color: #ffd966; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">ORGANIC</span></b>.</div>
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It's the first step people usually make when they intend to have a healthier lifestyle, keeping things organic. It's like the gateway drug to all those healthier substitutes (e.g. almond milk instead of cow milk, nutritional yeast instead of cheese, etc).<span style="text-align: center;"> </span><br />
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If you've read my blog, you know I love my food. I love fried food, meat, and fat-and-carb-laden creamy pasta. I'd rather have to workout harder than give up my gluten, carbs, and fat. I do, however, try to eat healthier in another way, like adding vegetables to my meal AND buying organic ingredients when I can afford it.</div>
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I'm sure there are a lot of you <u>who don't just stop at your food intake</u> when it comes to keeping it organic but going as far as your make-up and skin care as well, especially for those of you who have sensitive skin.<br />
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Thus, in this post, I'm gonna introduce to you a local <span style="color: #93c47d;"><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">ORGANIC CERTIFIED SKIN CARE RANGE</span></b>.</span><br />
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Yes, it's an actual <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">CERTIFIED</span></b> organic skin care. There are a lot of local brands that promote their products as "natural" and "organic", but <b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">SOLUSI</span></b> is actually the FIRST Indonesian brand to have a certification of organic cosmetics from ECOCERT.<br />
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And rest assured, it's brought to you by a trusted veteran in Indonesia's beauty scene, <b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Martha Tilaar</span></b>.<br />
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Aren't you proud of the rapidly growing local beauty brands in Indonesia nowadays?<br />
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As for the time being, they offer an anti-aging skin care range that uses <b><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>GREEN GRAPESEED OIL</u></span></b> and <b><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>LICORICE EXTRACT</u></span></b> as the main ingredient.<br />
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I personally think that you should start your anti-aging skin care in your 20s, so this skincare range is not just targetted towards women in their 30s and 40s, but also young adults.<br />
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Moreover, if you're in your early 20s and just starting to get serious about your skincare, SOLUSI provides simple and rounded products that can get you started.<br />
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There are no million products that you have to consider, just the essentials that you NEED, which are <b>Face Cleanser, Face Wash, Face Toner, Moisture Lotion, and Night Cream</b>. Yup, just 5 (they're adding a scrub in the near future, so look out for that. I think the only thing missing from the current line-up imo is eye cream). Easy and simple. From there, you can easily add serum, mask, and other things if you want to because you already have the basic covered by SOLUSI.<br />
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It's also worth mentioning that their packagings are <b><u>degradable and environmentally-friendly</u></b>. AND AND I absolutely love their Face Toner and Face Cleanser bottles. They have a gorgeous jade sheen.<br />
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Now, I'm not the most health-conscious person out there, so I don't actually actively looking for a natural skincare, but if you are, you'd be happy to know that they contain<b> <u><span style="color: #38761d;">no Paraben, no SLS, no Mineral Oil, and no Propylene Glycol</span></u></b>. And because of this, they only last for about <b>6 months</b> after you've opened them.<br />
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That's a wrap on this post, hope you guys find it informational if you're looking for an organic skincare range and looking to support a local brand.<br />
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For me, first and foremost, it's <b><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">THE SCENT</span></b>. If the scent intrigued me, I'd most probably buy the body wash to try.</div>
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Moisturization and other benefits come in second for me. I'm just superficial that way 😅</div>
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Today, I'm gonna do a thorough review of Dove body wash that promises both <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">MOISTURIZATION</span></b> and <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">WONDERFUL SCENT</span></b>.</div>
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I first chanced upon this series of Dove body wash when I was in Singapore (it wasn't yet released in Indonesia) and I loved the cucumber one and contemplated to lug back a huge bottle of it, alas, my luggage was already full to the brim. It wasn't the only time by the way, I attempted again a couple years after that, but my luggage was full of food and heavy-ass condiments.<br />
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The packaging is just like any other body wash, I suppose. It's quite sturdy and I think won't accidentally spill all over because the cap is pretty tight. What I'm happy with though, is that a <b>pump version of the bottle is available</b> cos that's what I prefer for everyday home use. I just don't want to bother lifting the bottle up every time I use it in order to open the cap lol. I know, I know, #FirstWorldProblem much?<br />
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The Go Fresh range has a translucent thinner texture and the deeply nourishing one is an opaque milky white with a thicker consistency.<br />
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Like I said above, I<b> love love </b>the cucumber scent. It's oh-so-fresh and clean-smelling. The cucumber scent when I use it is not as strong as when I smell it in the bottle though. If you prefer a sweeter, warmer scent, go fo the deeply nourishing one.<br />
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The scent's power is <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">STRONG</span></b>! I got <b>dog's slobber</b> all over my hand and I can still smell the body wash through. The wonderful scent lingers for about <b>5 hours</b> after I showered, which is not bad.<br />
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It's definitely <b>more moisturizing than regular body wash</b>, but not to the point where you can skip body lotion. I do love the fact that it moisturizes my skin well <b>without leaving that annoying sticky film</b> that moisturizing soap usually does. <span style="text-align: justify;">It leaves my skin soft after I shower, none of those "dried out" feelings. Oh, and the deep nourishing is much more moisturizing (duh!) than the Go Fresh range, so if you have dry skin I really recommend you go with that one.</span><br />
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I do think that this is <b>a good solid body wash</b> that I can see myself repurchasing in the future (especially if they launch new scents).<br />
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As a matter of fact, I actually HAVE repurchased them to take the photos in this post because I left mine in Tangerang and I'm in Jogja right now. I was confident enough that I'll love the body wash, so I just bought all three in here instead of lugging 3 bottles of body wash from Tangerang to Jogja. The scent lingers for a good 5 hours, but I do wish the scents are stronger (not the staying power, but the actual scent).<br />
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The deep nourishing one is indeed very moisturizing, but you still need to apply body lotion imo (the skin on my legs is very dry to begin with, like white patches dry), while the Go Fresh one is a bit more moisturizing than regular body wash.<br />
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take care xo</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">FTC Disclaimer: this post is a collaboration with Beauty Journal and Dove as a part of Sociolla Blogger Network. All opinion remains my own and this post is not vetted.</span></i>Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-69127207100121072552017-11-28T10:29:00.001+07:002017-11-28T10:43:30.565+07:00HALLOWEEN STAYCATION PT.1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't usually write an event report unless I'm obligated to (I prefer to do a product review) because I find it boring (not the event, just the process of writing it).</div>
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<b><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">BUT THIS EVENT WAS SUCH A HOOT</span></b>, I immediately sorted out the photos after the event was done (right at the hotel's lobby while waiting for Sam), which is totally unheard of for me as I usually do this week(s) after, and edited all the photos sometime later. It's a Halloween Staycation with Emina!</div>
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The staycation was held at Yello Hotel, and luckily, it's walking distance from where Sam works! So he drove me from home to his office, then I only needed to drive like hundreds of meters from his office to the hotel. Yay. I hate driving in Jakarta with a passion.</div>
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I arrived pretty early, so I snapped some photos of the pretty decor. The theme was <b><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">"TROPICAL"</span></b>.<br />
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That's real fruits! I actually poked it cos I thought they were fake 😅<br />
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EMINA <b>"Soul Mattes"</b>. Haha pun. Have you ever realized that a bunch of Emina products' name are puns?😂<br />
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Anyway, the soul mattes, I've filmed a video of them and I actually like the fact that they're not waxy and dry like other matte lipsticks. They don't cling as much to dry patches of your lips either!<br />
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The hotel.<br />
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It's freaking adorable, please! It's one of those artsy, hipster-ish boutique hotels. The vibe is very casual and youthful, precisely the kind of hotel you'd have a staycation with your friends in.<br />
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There's lounge area where I spent 5 hours the next day at while waiting for Sam to finish work. So happy there's this area, or else I'd have to spend money on some random cafe (this hotel is in the same building with a small mall) and I'm too cheap for that. #forevercheapskate<br />
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X-box Kinect for guests to play with!<br />
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I think I took this photo because if that unique bicycle seat chair. Hipster enough for you?<br />
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And this one is me attempting an artsy shot 😂...and to show you there's foosball table.<br />
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We had lunch after the others had arrived, which is a buffet by Yello. I've mentioned my love for buffet <a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2014/05/monthly-montages-march-april-2014.html">multiple times</a> <a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2017/02/JapanSummerTrip15D3P1.html">in this blog</a>, so yes, I was in bliss taking and gorging down all the food on the buffet line.<br />
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And I have to say, whilst the buffet is simple (just like other boutique hotels), the foods were really tasty.<br />
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That curried chicken was sooo delicious! The fish with, I think it was dabu-dabu sambal or rica-rica, was really good too.<br />
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I like their customized plate and bowl, so adorable. If I could bring 'em home, I would.<br />
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random photo I took of the buffet.😅<br />
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The cakes! which were meh haha. Go for their hot food instead ok!<br />
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<b>This is what I meant by artsy hipster boutique hotel! </b>There are sooo many murals you can practically do a whole week of OOTD with different background each time 😂. Perfect for Instagram-loving millennials, no?<br />
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There are full-length windows surrounding the area too, so may your vain photos always be <span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>LIT!</b></span> Hey, it's a pun! See why I love Emina products' name now?<br />
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After lunch, our first activity was making our own lipstick!! And we could mix it with whatever color we want.<br />
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The pigment. There were red, nude, brown, pink, purple, etc.<br />
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And here's a vain photo of me with my concoction. There are only 2 vain photos of me in this post, I promise.<br />
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My lipstick!! I just anyhow threw in whatever color in front of me and ended up with a very boring red color 😞<br />
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Melt the pigment on this hot stove.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">AND LOOK! I MADE A PLETHORA OF GIFs OF THE PROCESS! </span></b>(okay, it's only 3 GIFs, but "plethora" seems infinitely more exciting)</div>
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Woooo, self-spinning beaker.</div>
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Pour the hot hot mixture into a mold</div>
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AND LIFT!!</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">AND VOILA!</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My boring red lipstick emerged!!</span></span> But so satisfyingly perfectly molded, right? 😜<br />
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Mine is the middle swatch. I wish I did a warm nude lipstick, which is equally boring I admit, but I'd wear it more often at least.<br />
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After this, we had a bit of chit-chat about the Soul Matte lipstick and off we go to our room. I'm bunking with <a href="http://www.chacaannisa.com/">Chaca</a>. Met her during this staycation and she's sooo nice, love her. And that's her effort btw in making the lipstick swatches to be the shape of hearts.<br />
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See, there's even a mural on the wall of the room!! And the room is predominantly white and grey, purrfect for Instagram-dweller favorite theme, right? <b>Minimalist, clean and barren. </b><br />
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Ok, ok, I poked fun at all these IG stereotypes, but I actually also like the minimalist and clean theme 😆<br />
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Here's the other and the last vain photo of me! See, I kept my promise. Only 2 gratuitous photos.<br />
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The goodies Emina team left us on our bed. We were so spoiled. 💓<br />
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Thankyou <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eminacosmetics/?hl=en" target="_blank">Emina</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/beautyjournal/" target="_blank">Beauty Journal</a> for having me on this Halloween Staycation! Stay tuned for the part 2 of this Staycation ok, that's the Halloween part! I'll blog very soon cos I'm feeling diligent.<br />
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Went to a <a href="http://instagram.com/mizzucosmetics">MIZZU </a>event a couple weeks ago to preview their short movie. Local brands are really creative nowadays, love it.<br />
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I'm sure y'all (from Indonesia) familiar with Mizzu. Their eyeliner pen was such an instant and HUGE HUGE hit back when it first launched.<br />
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Anyway, because I'm not really a beauty junkie and quite often late to the party when it comes to cosmetics and beauty trends, I actually thought Mizzu specialized in kick-ass eyeliner pen only (and liquid lippies, their liquid lippies were quite a hit too), where in fact they have actually launched a plethora of other makeup products!! Mascara, eyeshadow, remover...<br />
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See? See? Blush on, eyeliner pencil, eyebrow products, lip liner...<br />
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Their latest product is <b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">GLAM ROCK</span></b> foundation!<br />
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Not quite sure if it's launched already or not. I'm not even sure if it's like powder foundation, cushion, or what...I'm so bad at this wtf 😅<br />
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In my defense, the event was focused on the short movie, so the glam rock was only mentioned in passing by the actress who wore it in the movie. She said something along the line of how it lasts for a long time and that she only needed to touch up once or twice in a whole day of filming. Something like that. *defensive*<br />
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There were 3 activities during the event, but I was horribly late (Kemang traffic is no joke 😑 and it was raining cats and dogs) so I kinda skipped the first one and went ahead to take some food haha.<br />
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I tried being a diligent blogger and took some photos of the surrounding while my team (I just randomly joined <a href="http://twothousandthings.com/">Yuri</a>'s team) finished the first task haha *useless teammate I was*<br />
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After the first activity, we got a preview of the Short Movie, titled "COMPLETE"!<br />
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All cozy on the bean bag chairs while the emcee introduce the movie</div>
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Okay, this GIF not much of a preview, but the story is, there's this popular "influencer" (I hate this word, barf) who always refuses to attend events and sends back products all the time, so she's been known as arrogant and bitchy. Then, a company wants to use her, and just so happen one of the employees was the influencer's schoolmate. Thus, the journey begins in uncovering as to why this influencer is arrogant af.</div>
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Haha how's my summarising skill?</div>
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The actors. Yup, they use actual actors, not random people who'll deliver cringe-level acting.</div>
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I'm gonna be honest here, I'm not much of a nationalist when it comes to the entertainment industry in Indonesia (entertainment= movies, tv series, & music). </div>
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I find most are cringe-worthy and too drama-laden and I'm not a fan of most of the humor used. As for music, I like some of oldie music (Sheila on 7, Chrisye, Rossa, Ebiet), but not so much the newer ones (maybe I'm just getting old lah 'cos I also don't like a lot of the current edm-heavy, clubby-vibe western music - no, I'm not trying to be hipster ok, I'm just saying I'm old). </div>
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I do love to support local brands like Mizzu though! And there are some local movies and series that I liked when I was younger! And I love Indonesia of course (I feel like I have to add this in case people accuse me of not loving my country and its crafts)!!!</div>
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That being said, after I've watched the movie preview, it's not as cringy as I expected. The storyline is kinda interesting. I can see that a lot of work goes into the movie, it's not just some random clips put together to promote Mizzu products (they say Mizzu only appears for a split second near the end). The movie actually has a story to tell and lessons in the media life to give. </div>
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The soundtrack is an original by The Voice winner (forgot his name, Billy something) and I think people in general will like it. So, yeah, go ahead and give it a watch when it's released on MIZZU youtube channel. 💕</div>
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Moving on to the second activity...</div>
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YUP! We're actually going to make our own liquid lipstick~</div>
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This is the color that we have to recreate.</div>
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And our team actually WON this challenge!! I don't have any photo of us tho :( I brought my DSLR with me, but stupidly I forgot to bring the CF memory card wtf. All the photos, except the ones from Gisela, were taken with my phone.</div>
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Another round of food 😍 also from NOMZ.</div>
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I freaking love their unique churros. You know how churros are usually crispy outside doughy inside? These ones are CRUNCHY through and through. It has this caramelized sugar texture. LOVE IT! Pairs really well with the bitter chocolate sauce and sour strawberries. I downed 3 cups of these and when I went to get more, they're gone already 😩.<br />
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The third and final activity is a make-up estafet (relay race)~<br />
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This is the only photo I have of the race. Putting this up cos I look PRO with my itty bitty makeup sponge lol. We didn't win this race though.</div>
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And that wraps up the MIZZU X Beauty Journal event!</div>
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oh, oh, by the way, the event was held at COMO Park and there is a dog park in it!!! So exciting! It's free too, you can just bring you pup there and have a good time. Let me know if you know any dog-friendly place/park/beach around Jakarta and Tangerang area :)</div>
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Ok toodles</div>
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xo take care<br />
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Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-21218495193714484492017-11-07T23:21:00.001+07:002017-11-07T23:33:39.781+07:00JAPAN Summer Trip DAY 4 Pt.2 | Famous Kawaguchiko RyokanOMG OMG this is the last part of Day 4, so that means we're officially <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>HALFWAY DONE</b></span> with this travelogue (when I've finished this entry that is)!!<br />
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Can you believe it's been more than 2 years since the trip itself and I'm only halfway done?? I need to be more diligent 'cos I want to start to blog about last year's and this year's travelogue at least BEFORE the end of the year, or the beginning of 2018 at the latest.<br />
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Okay, here's the previous entries of this travelogue:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2015/11/japan-summer-trip-day-1-shinsaibashi.html">DAY 1 | Shinsaibashi & Sinsekai</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2016/12/japan-summer-trip-day-2-universal.html">DAY 2 Pt.1 | Universal Studios Japan Osaka</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2016/12/JapanSummerTrip15D2P2.html">DAY 2 Pt.2 | Dotonbori & Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2017/02/JapanSummerTrip15D3P1.html">DAY 3 Pt.1 | Natto, Shinkansen, & Kiyomizu-dera</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2017/02/JapanSummerTrip15D3P2.html">DAY 3 Pt.2 | Bamboo Groove & Tenryū-ji Temple</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2017/02/JapanSummerTrip15D3P3.html">DAY 3 Pt.3 | Kaiseki Dinner & SHIOK Onsen + Takeshima Hotel</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2017/08/JapanSummerTrip15D4P1.html" target="_blank">DAY 4 Pt.1 | OMG-SO-GOOD SUSHI & Gotemba Premium Outlet</a></li>
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From Gotemba, we went to our lodging for the night, which is another <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">RYOKAN</span></b>! Yay another night sleeping on a futon. No, I'm not saying this sarcastically, I truly, truly love sleeping on a futon ♡</div>
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This particular ryokan is very old and some parts were slightly dingy, but overall still pretty well-maintained. The facade is beautiful tho, isn't it? Looks like a traditional german house.<br />
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It supposedly used to be a famous ryokan 'cos some important people of Japan (is it the PM? The royalty?) <strike>got married here or something to that effect</strike>. googled this, so the royal family members have stayed in this ryokan from time to time, including Emperor Hirohito and his son, Emperor Akihito.<br />
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Oey, got that current-hipster-marble-top one!</div>
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The room is pretty spacious, especially for a lodging in Japan. It has a small balcony area and dining table.</div>
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TV too!</div>
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Inside that little round basket is a tea set in case you want to act all atas (high?) and luxurious and have a traditional tea party. </div>
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Got fridge too. Old, but should still work.</div>
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The very very best part about this ryokan is the <span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>IMPECCABLE VIEW</b></span> though!! Breathtaking, right? It's Lake Kawaguchiko if I'm not wrong. And I <i>THINK</i> that's mount Fuji? </div>
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Another view from a different room.</div>
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Tell me this is not something you want outside you room??!!</div>
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Must camwhore with the provided yukata near the gorgeous view!</div>
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How smug is his face?</div>
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Here, not so smug in this one.</div>
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Here's a redeeming one. He indeed can smile!</div>
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The dinner from the ryokan.<br />
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I particularly remember that innocuous looking fish at the top. SOOO BUTTERY AND SO YUMMY!! Melted in my mouth!<br />
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The beef was really good too, but that fish totally takes the cake. And I'm not even a big fish fan. Actually, come to think of it, I started to like fish more during this trip. Japanese fish are bombdiggity.<br />
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The melon there was extremely sweet and juicy. The other stuff was decent.<br />
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group pic in our kimono.</div>
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I went to the onsen afterward. </div>
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Seriously guys, if your hotel/ryokan has an onsen, YOU HAVE TO GO! Yeah sure it's a bit weird at first being naked among other people, but after you take your first soak, maaaannnn, such pleasure. You'd be like "the hell with other people, stare at me all you want while I enjoy this magnificent bath." (actually, no one will stare at you, nobody gives two hoot, and you won't be too.)</div>
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Here's some sneaky photo I took of the onsen area in this ryokan.</div>
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Eh, I don't actually have a photo of the actual onsen part (there were probably people there, so I didn't take any). The onsen is just this long pool with irregular shape and the man and woman onsen are separated by this wall that has a gap on top, so you can hear everything from the other side.<br />
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I kept hearing my brother saying "HELLICOPTEEERRR!!" hahaha immature. I think shinchan reader will get this.<br />
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Bought some hot cocoa from the vending machine outside of the onsen. Nice.</div>
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Perfect looking peach. So sweet. Japanese fruits are awesome.</div>
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Wagashi I bought from Kyoto station the day before. Meh. Don't like it.</div>
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See, I'm not <i>THAT </i>biased with my love for Japan.<br />
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Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-81020029921512074762017-11-03T14:10:00.000+07:002017-11-03T14:39:33.711+07:00[REVIEW] Electric Trimmer VS Manual Trimmer | VEET Sensitive TouchWoopideedoo~<br />
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I’m blogging in a parking basement of a hotel right now ‘cause we’re having a staycation for Halloween and I'm just killing time before the whole shebang started!! Such excite!<br />
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I think this is the most I’ve blogged in the last 2-3 years lol and that’s with only an average of 2 posts a month HAHAHAHA that should tell you how abandoned this blog had been.<br />
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Okiedoke, today I’m gonna review <span style="color: magenta; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>VEET Sensitive Touch</b></span>, which is an electric trimmer for your face and body.<br />
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BUT! To make it more interesting, since this kind of electronic review can be quite a bit boring -talking about the parts etc-, I’m gonna make it a battle of sort post. You’ll see, you’ll see.<br />
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<b>Here’s a basic overview of the tool first:</b><br />
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Here’s something I gotta gush over first…</div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">THE PACKAGING!!!</span></b></div>
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It’s an easy pull like that 😍😍😍. Convenient, no? I usually hate hate hate this kind of hard plastic packaging because I have to use hardcore scissors to pry it open (lame flimsy scissors will just break down), so troublesome.<br />
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Ok, I’m not gonna ramble on and on about the packaging. I mean, that’s all it is, a user-friendly packaging.<br />
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Inside you get the <b>Veet sensitive touch main body, 2 heads, 3 attachments, a tiny brush</b>, and…<br />
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">A BATTERY.</span></b><br />
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In my humble opinion, a product that needs battery SHOULD ALWAYS COME with the battery. It’s kinda annoying when I’m excited to use a product, then I find out that it needs a battery, but I don’t have any laying around (I always have some stashed in my house, so this is like an out-of-the-house scenario). UURGH! I know, I know, #FirstWorldProblem much?<br />
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Still, I think a lot of you will agree with me that a provided battery is just awesomesauce.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Now, do you guys prefer <b>cell battery operated</b> OR <b>rechargeable one</b> (I’m not sure the correct terminology for this)?</span></blockquote>
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I personally prefer cell battery operated because I often forget my charging cables everywhere and it’s also rather irritating when I want to use a tool and its battery is drained. With cell battery operated tools, I can just pop a fresh new battery.<br />
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I know some people prefer the charging method because you don’t have to keep spare batteries at all times (which I think, if you live on your own, you should!) and it’s more cost-efficient. So, <b>the battery-operated aspect can be a plus or minus depending on your preference.</b></div>
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The all kind of attachments can be a little bit intimidating, so I’m gonna explain them one by one, hence the battle! (It’s confusing to explain each part without showing you what they actually do).<br />
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The first battle is,<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #351c75; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 36pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #351c75; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 36pt;">❤</span></b><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #351c75; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 36pt;">THE BROWS</span></b><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #351c75; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 36pt;">❤</span></b><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #351c75; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 36pt;"> </span></b></div>
How do you usually trim your brows? Waxing? Tweezing? Threading?<br />
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I’m a chicken, so I usually just use my cheap trusty trimmer from Japanese drugstore that I’ve <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGLrK2xskCE&t=154s" target="_blank">raved</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bse5Cz1w2UM&t=333s" target="_blank">and raved</a> <a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2017/05/craps-i-bought-in-japan-2017-omiyage.html" target="_blank">and raved to death</a>. I love it. Pain-free, crazy sharp, and the result is clean, no stubbles whatsoever.</div>
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I put the electric trimmer to the test. For the eyebrows shaping. I used the smaller head that has 2 sides, a 6mm, and a 16mm length blade. Without any attachment.<br />
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I used the 6mm for shaping the arch of my brows and the 16mm for cleaning up stray hairs around the brows.</div>
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Then, I put on the small comb attachment, which has 2mm (the shorter teeth) and 4mm sides (the longer teeth).</div>
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With this attachment on, you can <i>trim, </i>instead of <i>shave, </i>meaning you can leave <i>some length </i>of the hairs (as opposed to completely shave it to a bald). The 2mm, of course, will leave 2mm of hairs, and the 4mm will leave 4mm of hairs.</div>
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My brows are bushier toward the tail and I only ever trimmed them once or twice before because both of those time I did it unevenly and ended up with thicker and thinner uneven looking eyebrows 😅 So this attachment is <b>perfect</b> for eyebrows trimming to give them uniform length! I used the 4mm sides for trimming my eyebrows.</div>
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There are 2 aspects to good eyebrows (in my opinion): <b>SHAPING & TRIMMING</b>.</div>
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For <b>shaping, </b>I prefer my good ol' trusty traditional trimmer because it makes for a cleaner finish. The way that Veet electric trimmer works, the blade NEVER touches your skin (which I guess is good for a beginner), so when you shave with it, it leaves tiny little hairs. The leftover hairs are not obvious from normal talking distance, but up close, they're there. So, yes, you can very much still use the electric trimmer to shape your brows, but I prefer a cleaner finish my usual trimmer gives.</div>
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For <b>trimming</b>, however, I ❤ the electric trimmer!! Uniform length <b>EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.</b> My traditional trimmer, of course, cannot handle this task at all, so this win goes to the electric trimmer and its awesome comb attachment.</div>
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So, yes, it's a draw for the eyebrows. I need <b>both</b> for my eyebrows.</div>
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P.s. Before this, I didn't know how much trimming your brows affect the overall appearance of your brows. It's so super easy now for me to draw and fill in the brows and get the right shape. I guess my bushy-at-the-end brows made it hard for an even fill-in before? I dunno, but now it only took me 2 to 3 minutes to do my brows with eyebrows crayon. <i>Yay!</i><br />
<i><br /></i> P.p.s. On hindsight, it's easier <b>if you trim<i> </i>first, and then shape</b><i>.</i></div>
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<b>I have hairy arms and legs.</b> Once upon a time, because of this, my grade-school classmate told me I must be a closer descendant of the ape lol fml. Man, kids are mean 😂 Anyway, she didn't mean any harm lah when she said it, it's just the usual kid's nonsense.</div>
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But I digress.</div>
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I still don't shave my arms and legs regularly until now because it's so so troublesome to shave hairy arms and legs every other day. In my entire 22+ years of existence, you can probably still count how many times I've shaven my arms and legs only with your fingers (and a couple toes maybe).</div>
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For this <span style="font-size: large;">hairy</span> task... (HAHA the pun)<br />
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I used the bigger head with no attachment.<br />
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Hands-down. </div>
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One of the thing that hinders me from shaving my body often is that, with a traditional shaver/razor, after like one swipe across my arm, I <b>have</b> to wash the blade because it's chockful of hairs and can't be used to shave until I clean it. So, <span style="font-size: large;">IMAGINE shaving your <b>whole arms and legs </b>and having to stop every one or two strokes to clean the blade.</span> <i>How tedious is THAT??</i> Do you get what I mean by troublesome now? And the whole process takes such a long time too. No, thank you, I'll live as a close ape-descendant just fine.</div>
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But with this electric trimmer, I can just shave and shave and shave non-stop <b>because most of the hairs fall down to the ground instead of getting stuck to the blade.</b> Such joy. Maybe after one whole arm, I'll blow the head a little (<i>that's what she said</i>) so that some of the hairs on the blade fly off. I can legit shave my whole arms and legs in under 4 minutes.<br />
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aka. armpit. haha. I just don't feel like putting the word "armpit" in big, bold, uppercase letters.<br />
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This was probably the only area that I constantly shave. Because armpit hair is very unsightly ok. I don't care what you feminazis say, but I think overgrown armpit hairs on women are gross (nasty on men too if it's really thick, yuck). It just screams poor hygiene to me (cos it <i>looks </i>smelly). Not that I have the best hygiene, but at least I still care enough to <i>not seemed </i>to have a bad one.<br />
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Just like with arms and legs, I used the large head with no attachment.<br />
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I just can't with using the electric trimmer alone for my armpits. The reasoning is the same as to why I prefer to use my usual trimmer to shape my eyebrows: Veet electric trimmer's blade NEVER touches the skin, so it leaves tiny a quarter millimeter of hairs on the skin. While the leftover hairs are very fine and not noticeable on the arms and legs, it's quite obvious on the armpit, because the hairs on armpit tend to be quite thicker and darker. So I would stick to my usual razor for a very clean finish, which is important for the armpits area IMO.<br />
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Last comparison,<br />
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Yup. This is gonna be a bit <i>too intimate. </i>(hey, it's a pun :p)<br />
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I didn't really do regular maintenance on my bikini area because, just like the case of my hairy arms and legs, I find it troublesome and tedious. And quite scary to do by myself haha. What if I make a nick or a cut down there? 😱<br />
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Anyway, since I <i>knew</i> that I wouldn't cut myself accidentally with this electric trimmer (because of its mechanism), I soldiered on.<br />
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I'm not gonna explain in great details on how I did it, because, ahem, tmi much? But basically:<br />
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I put on the large comb attachment and started trimming the area.<br />
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you can adjust the <b>length</b> <b>of the trim</b> by moving the attachment up and down. If it's really bushy, starts from the longest trim setting and then gradually moves to the shortest trim setting. Or whatever floats your boat, I don't know your bikini area preference 😅.<br />
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After I trimmed, I removed the comb attachment and did a clean up around the bikini line. That's it.<br />
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It's more time-efficient because it trims and shaves faster than regular razor (and no need to go back and forth cleaning chockful of hairs from the blade). And more importantly, it's a <b>SAFER </b>option for such a delicate area, especially if you're a beginner. Bottomline (again, the pun 😆), it makes trimming and shaving the bikini area much easier and less intimidating.<br />
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Oh, and the last attachment that I haven't mentioned:<br />
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is the cap for the smaller head to keep the blade nice and protected. I don't get why they don't include the cap for the larger head though.<br />
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Oh, and one thing you should know, for VEET Sensitive Touch, you cannot buy replacement heads/blades, so if your blades have become dull over time, you have to buy a whole new set. To be fair, it's not an expensive tool and it's supposed to last for up to 2 years of regular usage. But I still think a replacement heads option is more convenient.</blockquote>
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Anyway, here are some tips to keep your electric trimmer last longer.<br />
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I hope you guys find this blog post helpful and it gives you some insight on what this baby can do very well (and no so well) at.<br />
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I'll end it with this gif of my newly groomed eyebrows from my <a href="http://instagram.com/lilyzhen168" target="_blank">IG story</a>. hehe.<br />
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Till next time, take care xo.<br />
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Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-50310306561332816152017-10-06T00:09:00.003+07:002017-10-06T00:28:16.616+07:00<b>Oh gosh, I just had one of the worst scares I've had in a long time!</b><br />
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I cleaned the house and do some meal prepping earlier from 7pm ish to 9.41pm, then I fed the doggie and went upstairs to get ready for bed (brushing my teeth, washing my face, etc). It was around 10pm when I finished and plopped onto my bed.<br />
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I decided to call Sam to ask him what time he'll come home tomorrow so I can match it to the time I'll be home. He didn't answer. I called again. Still no answer.<br />
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In between calling him, I checked WA to see if he has replied my last message, which he already did.<br />
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Because there was still no answer, I checked the last time he was online in WA, and it was precisely the time of his last reply to me, 6.03pm.<br />
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I started panicking a bit because he's usually in WA a lot.<br />
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Then I called his WA like 8 times, then proceeded to line him continuously. Back to calling his phone, still nothing. It's really unlike him to be missing like that for almost 5 hours.<br />
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Not gonna lie, the first few horrible things that popped into my mind had something to do with him cheating or something like that haha (I know, I'm so insecure wtf). But then I brushed that off immediately. The next horrible things that I could imagine weren't any better.<br />
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Next, I try to go to his FB to message his friend to see if he's at the office but turned out he has changed his FB password like 4 months ago wtf. Tried his email, the password has changed too.<br />
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I went and tried to call him again, still no answers.<br />
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At this point, I was in full-on panic mode. <i>What has happened to him?</i> It's not like him to be offline for hours like that and cannot be called. I started imagining the worst thing. Then, like any sensible panic person would do (sense the sarcasm here?), I went to a news site wtf. I scrolled through the latest news. I also went to google his name cos I thought that'd be easier if there is any news about him *touch wood*.<br />
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I found none and exhaled a little. But I was still panicking and worrying like crazy.<br />
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I don't have any of his colleague's contact, so I DMed a friend who I thought might have one of his oldest colleague's contact (let's name him Z). This friend, let's call him R, didn't have Z contact, BUT he knows that his friend does, so he asked his friend for me, which I'm super duper thankful for (It was almost 11pm already at that time).<br />
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Once he sent me Z contact, I immediately sent a chat to his line (it was line contact, he doesn't have Z number).<br />
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While waiting for Z's reply, I started panicking even more as I tend to imagine nasty shits when I'm left alone with my thoughts like that. I was already tearing up at this point. So I decided to call my mom to calm myself down. She was already asleep (whoops, sorry Mom), but she answered anyway. I told her what has happened thus far, and she said to me to just wait or maybe call Z on his line.<br />
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It was already 11pm, so I felt a bit paiseh to call him. Then again, I was already too panicked and was like "heck it, I'm gonna call him anyway". He didn't answer, but he did reply to my line chat immediately. Turned out he doesn't work at that office anymore fml.<br />
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I asked him if he could ask anyone that still works at the office to confirm that Sam was already at the office safe and sound. He obliged.<br />
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I waited anxiously for his reply.<br />
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After only a few minutes, he replied...<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>HE WAS (<i>IS, cos still is until now</i>) SLEEPING THE WHOLE TIME!!!</b></span></div>
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OH-MY-GOD I was worried to death and he has just been sleeping WTF (which I guess I should be thankful for lah, and I AM thankful, so so very thankful, but I was so dramatic already please, feel so embarassed).<br />
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Ironically, I actually thought that maybe he's sleeping when I called him the first time, but my logical brain was telling me that it wasn't possible for him to sleep for more than 4 hours in the evening, let alone sleeping for more than 4 hours AND not waking up to the sound of a thousand line chats, calls, and WA calls (yes, yes, he probably silent his phone, but still, imagine the crazy vibration -i doubt he turn off the phone).<br />
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Turns out, if you're kebo enough like him,<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b> IT <i>IS </i>POSSIBLE!!</b></span><br />
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Tsk, should've known better.<br />
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So, yeah, that's the story of how I inconvenienced a lot of people late at night because Sam is KEBO and I have wild imagination. Thought I'd immortalize this stupid happening in this blog for future me to shake my head at.<br />
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Night.<br />
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And by the way, he STILL HASN'T WOKEN UP TILL NOW.<br />
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And no, he didn't have a late night or anything like that the night before.Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-35474567733367734772017-09-27T22:00:00.000+07:002017-09-28T08:59:09.774+07:00[MAYBELLINE] The Loaded Bolds | Review & SwatchesIt's been a while since the last time I did like a proper thorough beauty review. <strike>I'd say at least a year?</strike> Eh, just checked, actually did one on my <a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2017/01/choosingcuticlenipper-germanikurereview.html" target="_blank">lovely germanikure cuticle nipper in January.</a><br />
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But I digress.<br />
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Since I felt like it's been years since I did one of these reviews, I got excited and put more efforts to the photos in this entry, so let's get to it, shall we?<br />
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Welcoming the new addition to <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Maybelline Color Sensational</b></span> line..<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>What is it?</u></span></b> It's a range of lipsticks with <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">BOLD COLOR</span></b> (as in not your usual light pink/nude lippie) and <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">STRONG OPACITY</span></b>.</blockquote>
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Like my other reviews, I'm gonna get to all the points one by one and start with the general info:<br />
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Now for the specific points.<br />
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The tube is similar to other sensational lines, only this one is blue with a purple hue. The words on the cap are all printed on the plastic packaging, so if you remove the plastic, you'll be left with a plain blue-purplish tube. I do love the color of the tube though, looks chic IMO.</div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "symbol"; font-size: large;">✧</span><span style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">THE SHADES</span></b></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "symbol"; font-size: large;">✧</span></div>
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YUP, they have <b>BLUE</b>, <b>WHITE</b>, and <b>BLACK!</b>! I'm ogling the <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">audacious blue</span>, <span style="color: #660000;">chocoholic</span></b></span><b>, </b></span>and <span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">fearless purple</span></b> </span>right now 🤤 Not everyday a drugstore lipstick has a range of unconventional colors such as those. But other than the mentioned above shades (plus the fuchsia), <u>the rest are pretty common colors</u>, nothing special or surprising.<br />
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As for me, I have 3 colors with me to review, <span style="color: magenta; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Fierce Fuchsia</b></span>, <span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Dynamite Red</b></span>, and <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Smoking Red</b></span>.<br />
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Here's a hand swatch of the colors. I'll get to the lip swatch in a bit when I go in-depth to each individual color.<br />
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First, I want to tell you my thoughts on the quality across the board for these lipsticks.<br />
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*Please note that this review is ONLY applicable strictly to these 3 shades that I've tried as lipsticks have the tendency to be different for each shade (some might be more opaque, some might be patchy, etc etc depending on the shade).<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "symbol"; font-size: large;">✧</span><span style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">OPACITY</span></b></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "symbol"; font-size: large;">✧</span></div>
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All three lipsticks are <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">VERY OPAQUE</span></b>, especially the reds (as you can see from the gif above). All three stay true to the claim that one swipe is enough. However, for the fuschia, I find that a second coat gives a smoother and more true-to-color payoff.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "symbol"; font-size: large;">✧</span><span style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">FORMULA & FINISH</span></b></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "symbol"; font-size: large;">✧</span></div>
The formula on all three lipsticks are <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">very creamy, smooth, and glides on easily</span></b>. The finish is demi-matte. Not drying on the lips and the wear is very comfortable (it doesn't feel "thick" on the lips). The formula is <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">not transfer-proof </span></b>per say, but even after you drink all day long, the lipstick is still there. Also something to note, the fuchsia tends to emphasize the dry skin on your lips a bit, so make sure to exfoliate before using that particular color<br />
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Now, as for the longevity, these babies can last for <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">more than 8 hours</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>PROVIDED</u></span></b> you don't eat any heavy and/or oily food. Drinks and light snacks are fine, but once you get anything slightly oily pass the lipstick, it <b><u>BLEEDS</u></b> like crazy. It will feather out to the outside of your lips a la Miranda Sings, but if you're into that kind of thing, then go ahead I guess.<br />
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This is what happens after I ate fried noodles. Seriously, oily food is like a kryptonite to these lipsticks.<br />
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With all of that nitty gritty out of the way, let's get into the <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">LIP SWATCH!</span></b><br />
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This color is a straight up <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">NEON</span></b> fuchsia, like it's really super duper bright and neon-ish (I know, I'm so bad at describing color). This is one of the more unique colors out of the collection. I mean, usually, the fuchsia in lipstick is like a creamy solid fuchsia, right? But this one is <u>B.R.I.G.H.T </u>and have that "translucent" quality of a neon color. To be honest, this color is not my cup of tea and doesn't really suit my skin tone, so it's not something I'll wear again willingly, I don't think.<br />
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This is your usual <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">warm-toned bright orangey red</span></b>, nothing particularly unique about the color itself. Perfect for CNY imo.<br />
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This is my favorite out of the bunch because I personally prefer this kind of <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">blue-toned deep red</span></b>. The same as the other red, it's not really a unique kind of red, something you'll probably find in the other sensational color line. Is the color bold? Yes, it is. But <u>it's a dime a dozen</u> I feel like. Still a good solid lipstick though, so if you don't already have this kind of red in your collection, you can give this a go.<br />
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Here's a side by side swatches of the three lipstick.<br />
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It's a good quality lipstick with a relatively affordable price. The formula is wonderfully creamy and oh so comfortable on the lips. They have a beautiful demi-matte finish without drying your lips. I'm also satisfied with the 8 hours+ staying power despite them not being transfer-proof. <i>Some</i> of the color selections are quite unique to the drugstore, some are a dime a dozen. The only con I can think of for these lipsticks is its reaction to oily food; I'd be totally fine with fading color, but these lipsticks don't just fade, they bleed, creating clown-like mess outside your lips. But all in all, still a good solid lipstick, just remember to bring one to touch up with if you're planning to have oily lunch.</div>
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All right, that's all for this review, I hope you guys like all the GIF in this entry 😆 also the entry itself lah. You can purchase Maybelline The Loaded Bolds <a href="http://goo.gl/QRhJxM" target="_blank">HERE</a> (*) and you can use the coupon code "SBNLAC3U" to get 50k off.</div>
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<i>FTC Disclaimer: I am NOT paid to write this entry, however I'm obligated to as a part of Sociolla blogger network because the items were sent to me specifically for review purposes. All opinion are mine and honest as always. Link(s) with (*) are affiliate link.</i>Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-39814157502593898032017-09-08T08:54:00.001+07:002017-09-08T08:54:15.408+07:00CHEEBYE PHOTOBUCKET!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
As a preface, this is not just me ranting, there's a nugget of (hopefully) useful information on hosting your image on google drive, so read on hehe.</div>
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I'm pretty sure a lot of people are aware of it by now,<span style="color: blue;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>THE PHOTOBUCKET FIASCO!</b></span></span> where the cb Photobucket stopped their free 3rd party image hosting service and tons and tons of images on blogs, Amazon, eBay, etc turned like this:</div>
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And you have to pay <b><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">FREAKING $400/YEAR</span></b> to enable the 3rd party hosting WTFBBQ</div>
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Honestly, when I first saw my blog turned like this I was just like, "meh." I can easily change hosting. No biggie. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But man, $400 a year for a measly 500GB storage is </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>damn expensive</b></span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></blockquote>
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<u>As a comparison</u>, you get 2TB of storage on Google Drive for $300/year. Plus the fact you can save all kind of files on google drive, not just images.</div>
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The only thing with google drive is that it doesn't automatically give you a direct link to the image, so I have to edit the URL one by one so that it becomes a direct link. Meh.</div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1joksnUW04" target="_blank">HERE</a></b></span> is a helpful video showing you how to do it in case you wanna go the same route as I do and change to google drive to host your images. You're welcome.</div>
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LUCKILY for me, I only use Photobucket to host images pertaining to the layout of this blog and never to host photos I put in my posts (I use the default google photos for that), so I only had to re-host 7 photos or so.</div>
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In the midst of the mind-numbing task of manually changing the links, I thought of bloggers who DO use Photobucket as their main photo-hosting site for the photos on their blog. Imagine re-hosting hundreds, thousands even, of photos so that your blog post isn't just filled with stupid grey squares. Imagine how many days/months it'd take for such a tedious task. <b><span style="color: red;">WHAT A COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME. </span></b><br /><br /><b>While I do think it's <u>completely fair</u> for Photobucket</b> <b>to put a price on their hosting service</b>, I think it's deviously calculating to force your users to upgrade if they want to keep the photos on their blog/listings as it was, out of the blue. They know people who have hundreds of images wouldn't want to re-host and would naturally opt for an upgrade. <b><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">HOWEVER, IT'S A TOTAL MAJOR DICK MOVE</span></b> to make the 3rd party hosting service to be <u>only available</u> for the most expensive $400 package. FFUUUU! They effectively force the user to not only upgrade but upgrade to the most expensive package available. I'm sure they (as in the assholes of Photobucket team, not the users) know a lot of people use their service mostly for 3rd party hosting. DICK!</div>
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Anyway, as I said, I mainly use Photobucket for 3rd party hosting my blog layout images and that's it, not as like an actual online storage for photos. One of the reasons for this is the Photobucket website is damn laggy and takes forever to load and often freezes.</div>
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So yea, no thank you, I ain't paying $400 just for an upgrade of storage that I don't need, a laggy service, and a 3rd party hosting. I'll gladly use google drive and manually edit the links, tyvm.</div>
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And thus my goodbye to PHOTOBUCKET. You've served me well before all this nonsense.</div>
Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-14626094057359620292017-08-29T21:45:00.000+07:002017-08-29T21:51:47.540+07:00JAPAN Summer Trip DAY 4 Pt.1 | OMG-SO-GOOD SUSHI & Gotemba Premium Outlet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Yay finally continuing this travel log! We didn't really do much today, so Day 4's only gonna be 2 parts.</div>
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Here's the links to previous days:</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2015/11/japan-summer-trip-day-1-shinsaibashi.html">DAY 1 | Shinsaibashi & Sinsekai</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2016/12/japan-summer-trip-day-2-universal.html">DAY 2 Pt.1 | Universal Studios Japan Osaka</a></li>
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<b><u><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Pocket wi-fi!!</span></u> </b>My lifeline during Japan trips!<br />
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I remember years ago when I didn't need any connection when we went overseas. I basically just put my phone on flight mode and enjoyed the trip unplugged. No internet connection, sms, call, no nothing. Just me, my family, and our camera.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">HOW??? HOW YOU TELL ME?? </span></b>How did I survive then given that nowadays I'll be pissed and panicky if I can't get a connection within an hour of landing??!!<br />
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Ahh, it was such a simpler time then~<br />
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Last time I went to China, I used up my XL credit not realizing I hadn't signed up for their international package. Even worse, my dad DID sign up and the internet connection<b> SUCKS BALLS!!!</b> It took gazillion years just to open up google *rolls eyes*. Pretty expensive too wtf. I ended up begging for connection tethering from a friend cos he used Telkomsel*** (I think it was Simpati) and the connection was way better (still not fast, but after that stupid XL connection, it felt like lightning speed).<br />
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Anyway, the point is, I'm so dependant on internet connection now that I'll gladly resort to begging for one than be left unplugged for a whole day. Sad.<br />
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I <strike>want</strike> NEED to open up Township ok, which needs an internet connection. SO SO SO addicted to this game it's terrifying. It's the longest I've ever been stuck on a game I think (I'm easily bored you see), aside from Harvest Moon (PS 1, still play it until now on emulator from time to time), The Sims, and Pokemon (not GO!, but sapphire, diamond, etc. ones).<br />
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***He said the previous time he went to China, the connection from telkomsel also sucked, so maybe just cross your finger and hope that it's your lucky day.<br />
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If you think this is already a smug-angsty-adolescent look, you'd be wrong 'cos it's even more emo-juvenille shit now smh.<br />
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We're going to Gotemba today, which is the famous shopping outlet that tour agents always bring the tourists to.<br />
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But <b>FIRST, <span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">LUNCH!</span></b><br />
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The bento set. Everything was decent. The star was actually the plum furikake (rice topping) they made in-house! You can buy the furikake on the first floor. They also have the unagi flavored one!</div>
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simple noodle soup (was it udon? can't remember. it's been<b> 2 YEARS 😱</b> )</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Haha, I found this sign to be freaking</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>HILARIOUS!!!</b></span><br />
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And the crowd would go wild and make a standing ovation applauding my excellent performance of successfully dropping a deuce and go <b><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">"WOW such performance, such girth, such viscosity!"</span></b> then proceed to exuberantly applaud me again.<br />
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I know, I'm so childish. and disgusting. And I put that horrendous image on your mind. HA!<br />
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We went to Gotemba Premium Outlet after lunch.<br />
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The place is like an outdoor mall with strings of shops on either side of the main street. There are WEST and EAST parts (or was it north and south?) and both are connected by this bridge AND you can see Mount Fuji clearly from this bridge when the weather allows!!<br />
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Actually, if I remember correctly, you can see Mount Fuji from various parts of this outlet, so you can very well dine at one of the eatery there and have Mount Fuji as the view! Nice, yeah?<br />
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Adorable elderly woman with 3 equally adorable Shiba inus (I'm pretty sure it's Shiba inu, not Akita, after I googled them both, but cmiiw).<br />
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I feel like this will make me sound incredibly creepy, but I gotta say that I love love that auntie's face (like I said, creepy). She just has this nice demeanor face, you know? Like the sort that is super kind and trustworthy. The perfect grandma type. LOVE! Seeing her face makes me calm wth.<br />
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To the measly amount of guys who got lost and ended up on my blog, you're welcome. Adorbs tho, right?</div>
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The Mount Fuji from the bridge that I talked about earlier!</div>
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Behind me is this sushi place that serves OMFG AMAZING SUSHI! </div>
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It's called <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Uogashi</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">!</span> </span>*read about it on cheeserland*<br />
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Even until now after another 2 trips to Japan, I still think this place serves the best and value-for-money sushi. Granted I've never tried like the Michelin sushi *shrugs*. Who would be willing to treat me to one?</div>
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Also, side note, missing my long hair, but at the same time, short hair is super duper convenient I feel like chopping my hair off every time it gets to shoulder-length. *sigh, the first-world dilemma is real guys*</div>
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The awesome awesome awesome sushi!! There were more, but they were repetitions.<br />
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The unagi seemed so plain, but it burst with flavor and oh-so-soft melt in your mouth. Ordered this twice or thrice I think. Even the simple Inari is damn good.<br />
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OH! OH! And it was my first time trying <b>Aburi Engawa..</b> It was... nothing short of <b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">MAGICAL</span></b>, to say the least.<br />
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I know, I'm so extra haha.<br />
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But it's true! It was a marvelous experience for a foodie *read: glutton* like me. Soft, melty fish that tastes so buttery and indulgent even though it was simply torched. It's like there's a lot of fat, so when torched, the fat melts and you get this oily (in a good way), buttery, rich taste (I don't know if it's true, it just tastes like it has a lot of fatty goodness).<br />
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Aburi engawa (along with unagi) is hands down my most favoritestesttesttest sushi ever! And maybe oo-toro too.<br />
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Locker in case you have luggage with you. And Gachapon!<br />
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Random shot of this clothing store I really liked. It's a local Japanese brand I think. They sell <span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>pastel, flowy, fluttery, girly, spring-ish</b></span> type of clothing. Very lovely. I didn't get any tho 'cox it's too expensive for me.<br />
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One of my fav vending machine drink, Royal Milk Tea.<br />
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Okay, abrupt end here. See you on the next one! WOOHOOO, Almost halfway done with this travelogue!</div>
Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-75598195441967633392017-08-20T15:49:00.000+07:002017-10-18T01:14:29.422+07:00MY ACNE STORY (with BEFORE & AFTER!!!)Guys, remember <a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2016/11/DIVABeautySoiree.html" target="_blank">my post late last year about DIVA Beauty Drink</a>? I said I'll do the 2-weeks challenge and I'll update you guys.<br />
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Whelp, <span style="font-size: large;"><u>more than half a year later</u></span> and still no update. Just to clarify, I DID do the 2-weeks challenge! IN FACT, I'm still drinking DIVA every day till now. I just didn't update this blog, that's all.<br />
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This blog is so abandoned, I don't even blog unless I'm obligated to lol (like this post right here). Oh, well, at least I'm honest about it 😅<br />
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But I digress.<br />
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Where was I? Oh yeah, DIVA update. While I didn't do any update on this blog, I DID do a sorta-update on my youtube channel. *shameless plug incoming*<br />
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*ignore the stupid punchable face on the thumbnail, tyvm*</div>
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But that's about all the update I had. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>UNTIL NOW</b></span>, that is. Because today I'm gonna do a proper update with <b><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">BEFORE</span></b> and <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>AFTER</b></span> photos too for good measure!<br />
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I know people love a before and after photos cos a photo speaks a thousand words, yes? Or maybe they just like looking at the horrible before photos~<br />
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Anyway! I'm gonna talk a bit about my skin and its woes first, yeah? So you can get the idea how this collagen drink has worked for me.<br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>Here goes...</b></span><br />
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Growing up, I had no problem with acne whatsoever despite my oily-combination skin. Even through my pre-adolescent/adolescent years when most people would get horrid pimples all over the place, I only had one or two and far in between, and when it heals, it healed completely leaving no mark or scarring. I even had a friend commented how smooth my skin was *toot toot*. *ahem*<br />
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So I thought to myself,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">"<b>HOW LUCKY AM I???</b> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">NO ACNE NO PIMPLES NO NOTHING. AND! my skin is not dry either. Smooth as a baby's butt. SO LUCKY!</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b>I MUST BE THE CHOSEN ONE!!! MUAHAHAHHAHA</b> </span><span style="font-size: large;">*evil laugh* Bow down to me you mere humans</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span> <span style="font-size: large;">hashtag #soblessed</span></span></blockquote>
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Okay lah, I exaggerate the quote a bit, but you get the point. I thought I'll breeze through the worst pimple phase totally <b>SCOT-FREE</b>.<br />
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In <span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>2011</b></span>, when I was almost 17, I moved to Tangerang for university and this is <b><span style="font-size: large;">where it all began...</span></b><br />
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*omg I feel so dramatic lol*<br />
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Maybe it's the pollution-heavy air, or the water, or maybe just my hormones getting all messed up a bit later than the others, I started getting pimples on my forehead, cheeks, and chin. And sometimes it's cystic acne and most of the time those damn cystic acnes would leave scarring.<br />
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It started very slow, so I wasn't <i>too</i> worried about it.<br />
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It was around <b><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">2013</span></b> when I felt like the acnes were getting a lot worse.<br />
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HAHAHA WTF THIS PHOTO, and this is not even the worst one in this set. You're in for a treat guys if you want to see unglam, horrid photos of me.</div>
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This is circa <b><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">MAY 2013</span></b>. I think I still didn't do much in term of skin care at this point, just a simple acne cream.<br />
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This is when I thought, "okay, this is the worst. I <u>NEED</u> to start a skin care routine."</div>
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Yup, I considered this extremely bad.</div>
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Oh, naive little ol' me, you're in for a surprise, my dear.</div>
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I started using some skin care stuff like essence, mud mask, serum etc. None really did wonders to my skin I reckon. In fact, my skin was just getting <b>worse</b> and <b>worse</b>...<br />
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See? It's actually worse than before I started bothering with skin care. At this point, I got pimples ALL DAY ERR DAY and they were almost ALWAYS stupid cystic acnes and they ALWAYS ALWAYS left horrible box scars.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There were AT LEAST 7 cystic acnes there. All stuck to one another creating humongous painful acnes. </span></b></div>
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*it's not super apparent in this photo because of the low light and low-quality front-camera. Believe it or not, it's much worse in real life*</div>
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I don't even know why I'm willingly publishing this *ahem* <i>personal </i>*ahem* collection. I thought these abominations of photos would never see the light of day. You're welcome.</div>
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Anyway *ahem* *change topic I must*, it was around this time that I started using <a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2016/07/my-1st-sociolla-pink-box-unboxing-mini.html?zx=69bf84ce07a5e306" target="_blank">vita blanc</a>. And it helped quite a bit. I didn't get cystic acne AS often and not ALL of the cystic acne left boxscaring, some were just hyperpigmentation.</div>
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It kinda looks worse, but it was actually getting better. All the redness were hyperpigmentation left by previous acnes. There wasn't as much active acne compared to the previous photo.</div>
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I didn't really add any additional thing to my skin care until <b><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">NOVEMBER 2016</span></b>, which is when I started drinking DIVA, a collagen drink.</div>
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I wrote in great details on what DIVA is, its beneficial properties and what it <b><i>SUPPOSED</i></b><i> </i>to do in terms of improving your skin in my <a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2016/11/DIVABeautySoiree.html" target="_blank">initial blog post</a>.</div>
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So today I'm gonna share what it <b><i>ACTUALLY</i></b> has done to <i><u>MY</u></i> skin over the course of 9 months:<br />
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<li>No more boxscarring. After drinking diva, I noticed that my acne heals by <b>deflating</b> instead of drying out. When the acnes are not drying out, they don't form crust and flake off leaving a scar. So my acnes are just deflating and disappearing when they heal. YAY!! Either that, or they left hyperpigmentations, which I'm okay with compared to scarring. At least hyperpigmentation will fade overtime.</li>
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I know, <i>awesome</i>, right? It works wonderfully for my acne problem, which is why I proceeded to buy more and more on my own when I ran out of the free sample given to me. </div>
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At one point, this whole shelf is FULL to the brim with DIVA and all bought on my own, <b>not sponsored</b>.</div>
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The only thing about collagen drink? It's not like a medicine one-time-fix-all. <u>It's a constant nourishment and reparation of your skin, so...</u></div>
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This is <span style="font-size: large;">WHY</span>:</div>
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Sure, it's in no way flawless, I still have plenty of leftover box scars, but it IS better than the last photo by<b><span style="color: #45818e;"> LEAPS AND BOUNDS</span></b>, wouldn't you say?<br />
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I mean, <b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">LOOK AT THAT FOREHEAD!!</span></b> No, not the size, I'm well aware that I have an airport landing as a forehead. I mean compare it to the acne and redness on the forehead in June 2016 please!!<br />
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BUT! This is actually <u>not</u> the best my skin has ever been after the whole acne saga. I kinda drank diva sporadically during May-July because I was traveling a lot a lot and I didn't bring any with me. During those 3 months, I started getting bad cystic acne again.<br />
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So, yes, it's <b><u>NOT</u></b> some miracle product that you can just take at one point in time and solve all your skin problems and that's it. You have to keep drinking it everyday. <b>Think of it as a supplement for your skin</b>. You have to take your supplements (e.g. calcium, etc etc) everyday forever and ever to keep having the benefit, right? Same goes with collagen drink.</blockquote>
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I would say that this is the best my skin had ever been. Screen grabbed from my video because I don't have a photo of my skin during this time (tried to find a selfie, but I don't really take many selfies randomly so this screen grab will have to do). Please keep in mind that I have a ring light blasted in front of me, and the fact that it is a screen grab from a 1080p video, so the redness and scarring are blurred a bit and not as pronounced in this photo compared to if I'd just take a normal photo. Maybe I'd do another update with a good quality dslr photo next time.<br />
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Anyway, I drink diva diligently again starting late July, so my skin is getting better again. <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Like I said, it's not a miracle product, so even at its best, my skin was still far from flawless, but this drink does help me with my acne problem.</b></span><br />
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Now it's time for the shameless plug again where I'll offer you to buy this drink haha:<br />
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If you guys are interested in giving collagen drinks bandwagon a try, I honestly think Diva is a good start since it's quite affordable compared to other collagen drinks in the market. You can click <a href="http://goo.gl/QRhJxM" target="_blank">HERE</a>(*) to get it. You can also use the code "Lisa100" to get 100k off your purchase (min. purchase 300k).<br />
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Ok, bye for now xo. Let me know if you have any remedy for acne scars!<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">/*Post-notes: I know a lot of people will perceive this post as somehow biased given that it <i>is </i>sponsored. But please note that I ONLY talked about its wonder specifically for my cystic acne problem here, which is true and I showed you the photos as proof. However, It doesn't really help with my existing acne scarring (or at least not in a super significant way). So I don't want you guys to expect some sort of fix-'</span><span style="color: #e06666;">em-all product. Take everything with a grain of salt. This is how it has worked on MY skin. Maybe it won't be as much help for your acne, but it will make your skin baby smooth and lighten hyperpigmentation? Every skin care product works differently on every skin. I can't tell you HOW MANY raved products I've tried and been disappointed with. Anyway, at the end of the day, I'm still very thankful that I was introduced to this product last year and for its' help in controlling my incessant acne problem and I hope this article will aid you in making an informed decision before you jumped into the whole collagen drink bandwagon.*/</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>FTC Disclaimer: This is a sponsored blog post as a part of the collaboration between Diva and Sociolla. All opinion remains my own and honest, just like my other blog posts. I truly love Diva and do use it regularly. Link with (*) is an affiliate link.</i></span></div>
Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-64026481482851484052017-08-14T17:00:00.000+07:002017-08-14T17:30:21.474+07:00Girl's Night Out Look - #CleansedByNIVEA International Friendship DayHi guys, I have another makeup tutorial. This one can last all night long and is quite bold, so it perfect for girls' night.<br />
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After trying out the makeup remover I gotta say that I honestly love it.<br />
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It’s ONE OF THE NICEST oil-based removers I’ve ever tried. I swear ✌🏼.<br />
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It can remove even THE heroine make volume & curl super-waterproof mascara COMPLETELY. If you’ve tried that particular heroine make mascara before, you know that while it’s an awesome mascara, it’s also such a pain in the butt to remove, even with oil-based remover (most of the time I just gave up and I’d wake up with panda eyes for the next 3 days lol). This remover does it effortlessly and in a 1-minute flat.<br />
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Okay, so <a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2017/06/midnight-post.html" target="_blank">commitment obviously failed</a>, but better late than never I guess. And I must must blog something to bury the embarrassing emo-ish crap post, right?</div>
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There are a lot of new, hip eateries popping up in Jogja, but I usually stick to restaurants that I've frequented for years. Not because I don't like to try new places to eat (I DO. SO MUCH.), but because most of these hip cafes/bistro/eateries that I've tried in the past were damn gimmicky only.<br />
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Most of them are winning in picturesque decor, cozy ambiance, all that hipster-ish shiz, just Instagram-worthy all around. But for the most part, the food is either bland, substandard, or okay only. The kind of eatery that I would only visit once, take photos, and never come back. Some more the price of this kind of place is a bit pricey for Jogja standard.<br />
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I don't really mind the price (they're still not as expensive as Jakarta's standard cafe price) IF the food is good, but that's not the case. I'm not even sure they know what the food in their menu is <i>supposed </i>to taste like. Even when I ordered a simple scrambled egg, what came was a horrific curdled mess of yellow dried bits (I'm looking at you Gadjah Brasserie 😒). A beef burger that used a sad piece of ham as the "beef patty". Bland baked rice. And so much more.<br />
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You get my point. They give you a menu with westernized/hipster-ish food and serve you their <b>attempt </b>at it.<br />
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Anyhoo, <strike>5 days ago</strike> <i>almost a month ago</i>, I decided to go to this new eatery because I wanna try smoothies bowl and see what's all the fuss about (other than that it looks pretty).<br />
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The decor is the usual run-of-the-mill hip cafe decor; white walls, wooden furniture, hanging plants, huge windows, cushiony seating area, all that jazz. A nice, cozy, hang out place, but nothing I would shout about (I do love the huge windows tho, great for photo taking).<br />
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I know, I know, boo hoo boring choice. But look at the presentation!!! Not boring, right? Been done thousands of times, but still intersting imo.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Yes, the thing that made me come to this place. I ordered the avocado banana smoothie bowl with acai, flax seed, coconut, pineapple, granola, and strawberries topping.</span></div>
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Tbh, I was kinda disappointed when it came to the table because the color isn't as vibrant as I imagined smoothie bowl to be (I cranked up the saturations so damn high in these pics). The pineapple is canned pineapple, so it doesn't have that nice bright yellow color. It's also mushy, doesn't have that nice pineapple crunch. The strawberries are mushy too.<br />
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The smoothie itself is okay. Taste like if you were to puree avocado and banana, nothing special. A bit too loose for my liking. A thicker texture would've been nicer because I just felt like drinking an avocado juice in a bowl.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">The 'it' thing right now is sambal matah. Everything has sambal matah on them. I, for one, am not complaining because I love sambal matah!</span></div>
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I like their sambal matah, but it was lacking a bit of punch (not like I need it to be spicier, but there's something missing, like that extra oomph). The dory itself is okay. I'd prefer the meat to be thicker though (you see how thin it is in the pic) -this is not cheapskate thing (which I know I am), this is a "it would have a nicer bite to it" thing.</div>
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I honestly don't remember how this tastes 😅. I don't even remember if the meat filling was fish or chicken, so that's probably a good sign that this particular dish is passable.<br />
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This one is actually very tasty. I love the sauce.</div>
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This is one of the top two dishes we've had that day (the other one is another rice bowl). The meat is generous, the sauce too. All around great dish imo. The sauce has a slight tangy taste that is nicely balanced by the sweetness of the honey (omg, I sound like a food connoisseur or not 😂) .<br />
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Another winner in my book</div>
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Just like the previous rice bowl, the sauce is what makes this dish. I recommend you guys go for their rice bowl if you decide to go there (their menu is quite vast it can be a bit overwhelming). Yummy .<br />
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Ok, I'm not sure what the actual name of this dish is, but it was for sure have something to do with Singapore.<br />
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Overall, it was an okay dish. The sauce was nice, but the dory was a bit dry. I would have preferred that the fish is steamed to give that soft melt-in-your-mouth texture rather than being floured and fried like this one.<br />
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Random photo of other coffee drinks we ordered. I don't remember the name, but my Dad and brother said that the coffees are nice. So why don't you try them yourself if that floats your boat 😉<br />
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Would I come back again? Probably yes for that rice bowl (I mean I technically have eaten there again by ordering via go-food, right?).</div>
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Okay, that's all for this blog post! All photos are taken with my mobile phone. Super love it, not regretting upgrading at all. Maybe it's because my old phone was almost 4 years old, the camera upgrade seemed really significant. Anyway, I'm blabbering now. kthxbye!<br />
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Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-31084589762374071052017-06-18T01:26:00.001+07:002017-07-14T17:26:45.031+07:00Midnight post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's 1AM now and I was going to blog about this resto I went to a couple days ago, but I'm too sleepy already. But but butt, at the same time I want my latest post to be anything but the emo-ish gibberish crap one I did on my last post lol (don't want to delete it either because I treat this blog as a diary of sort and it's good to keep memory of not just the good days, but also the emo moments haha).<br />
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I initially planned to blog about the resto on the day of (oh silly little naive me), but of course that didn't happen. Next day, still didn't happen. The next day (17th), also didn't happen. <strike>So I'm gonna make a pact to myself that I'mma blog about it TODAY (18th - after I've slept lah)</strike>. Anything to bury the embarassing emo-existencial-quarter-life-doubt-anything-crisis rant -___-".<br />
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Okay, filler post done.Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-44215970390128317172017-06-05T21:51:00.000+07:002017-06-05T21:56:51.448+07:00the chaseYou know what I miss?<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"><b>The CHASE.</b></span></div>
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What I've learned from this occurrence is that I've forgotten how wonderful the chase is. It gives you tingly feeling and butterfly in your stomach. </div>
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It's been a long while since the last time I felt that hopeful, thrilling sentiment. It made me giddy. And for some unknown reason, it motivates me to be more productive.<br />
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Most importantly, It made me realize how stunted our growth had been. We just...stopped. We've stopped trying. We don't put in any effort anymore. It shouldn't be this way, right? That shit supposed to happen AT LEAST after like, maybe, 5-10 years of marriage. Not now. We're still in our early 20s for fuck sake. I guess we're just too comfortable that we unconsciously decided to stop getting better for each other, for ourselves. We don't challenge ourselves anymore.<br />
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I'm not saying full-acceptance is a bad thing, it just makes a relationship awfully dull when we don't even give a fuck to be better anymore. I need to be challenged.<br />
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It's not helping that my friends had been breaking up left and right. Their relationships are long-term too. Made me wonder. Should I allow myself a fresh start?<br />
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This episode made me realize that maybe I'm not ready to commit (not that we're gonna get engaged soon or anything, that's probably like 5 or more years down the road), that I still need some times for myself. And this is going to sound cliche and cringy as fuck, but maybe I need to discover and get to know myself?<br />
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I've been in this relationship since I was 17. I basically have been with him through my prime teenage-discovery-years. Early 20s too. Who I am today is largely influenced by the fact that I grew up from teenager to young adult with his presence in my life in a significant way. I don't know who I am just by myself as a young adult, without him. I could be better, or worse for all I know, but I at least want a chance to get to know the "me" without him as my crutch.<br />
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This is either an epiphany moment or a confirmation that I'm having a quarter-life crisis.<br />
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This is kinda ironic too, given that I wrote something about the chase that is polar opposite to this years ago in this blog. But that was a different time. We haven't given up on making an effort at that time, we were still getting better and better each day, we still gave a fuck.</div>
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Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-72893037611584610092017-05-31T19:00:00.001+07:002017-05-31T21:13:28.338+07:00Craps I Bought in Japan - 2017 Omiyage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Okay, I know the title says craps, but <b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">NONE OF THESE ARE CRAPPY!!!</span></b></div>
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In fact, I'm regretting not getting multiples for some of these things. They're good stuffs, so maybe this post can help you to shop (<i>more</i>) in Japan next time lol.</div>
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I'm usually OCD and very anal about posting in correct sequence, but I'ma blog about this year's Japan trip first before continuing my 2015 travel log since they're (the 2017, not 2015) still fresh in my memory and I can recount the details well. </div>
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Kicking it off with this haul post. I AM gonna do a haul video for some of these items for my channels later on, so the measly amount of people who do read my blog get a preview first.</div>
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Start with my favorite thing from Japan, THE FOOD!!<br />
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It's the thing that I miss the most-est-est-est. Foods there are...just...<b><span style="color: #76a5af;">AMAZING</span></b>. Sam also says it's the thing that he constantly miss. Like in a single day, there would be a couple times where he'll tell me that he want to eat Japanese food again -__-".<br />
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I totally took his Japan-virginity and made him a Japan-slut in this trip lol. Welcome to the club buddy!<br />
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Okay, this is kinda ironic given my previous sentences, but of the two above I only like the Honey Butter Almond which I got from Kuala Lumpur airport haha. And it's Korean brand, not Japanese.<br />
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The other one is a dried sweet potato snack from MUJI and it tastes meh. Better just go ahead and boil some actual sweet potato.<br />
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These are perfect for souvenir! Mad cheap (only around 100yen, so you can buy more souvenir varieties) and quite yummy. My mom actually bought tons of this to give away, but I begged for one bag because it honestly tastes quite good.<br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: x-large;"><b>These Two!!! GO TRY!!!</b></span><br />
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The first one is a langue-de-cat (<strike>is that how you spell it?</strike> googled, it's de-chat) cookies with white choco in the middle. The cookies are nice. I like langue-de-chat that are thin and melt in your mouth sort.<br />
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You know how some langue-de-chat cookies are a bit thicker and "kriuk-kriuk" just like any regular sugar cookies (the one from Languly is like this *bleah*)? Yea, don't like those kind. Taste just like regular sugar cookies, so why bother. Bottomline, this one is not like that and is actually good.<br />
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I bought one at Haneda's lawson and ate it on-the-spot, but because I really like it, I bought another two (one has already been given to my brother) at the Donki there. <i>Yes, there is a Donki in Haneda!!</i> I love how you can still buy cheap discounted stuffs at the airport.<br />
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The second one is this thing that I also bought from Haneda's lawson. I assumed it's a snack from the famous BAKE baked cheese tart shop (still don't know if this is true), so I bought a couple boxes.<br />
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I expected it to be like biscuits with solid cheese center because I tried another similar snack from PABLO collab and it was just like mini puff pastry with solid chocolate filling (good, but I expected it to have a gooey melty filling).<br />
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But to my utter surprise, when I popped this unassuming little rectangular thing, <b><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">IT MELTED OFF IN MY MOUTH!!!</span></b> Like really melted.<br />
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It has a <span style="color: #e69138;"><b>STRONG BUTTERY TASTE</b></span> (I feel like the middle part is just a slice of butter lol) and <span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>SWEET CHEESY MELTY OUTER</b>.</span> SUPER NICE!!<br />
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The taste can be a bit too overwhelming if you eat like 5 cubes in a row, but I feel like that's a good thing? Helps with portion control lol.<br />
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You can also store them in the fridge to mellow the flavor, but then it's not as melty. I still prefer melty room-temp.<br />
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Omg i just wrote 9 paragraph, albeit short ones, to describe cookies wtf. What is this blog.<br />
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More almond snacks! I love almond. This one is a go-to-souvenir from Tateyama Kurobe Alpen route, sold at the Murodo station point, which is the highest station in world (or is it in Japan? eh, I can't be bothered to fact-check).<br />
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It's basically milk-covered almond, the orange one is the special kinako edition. Both are pretty nice, but somehow it was tastier when I tried them at the station?<br />
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More donki haul, this one from don quixote in Kamata-Ota. Instant Go! Go! Curry (regular & cheese), instant cream stew mix, and ochazuke, also instant lol.<br />
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Instant royal milk tea (one of my favorite vending-machine drink), random pack of fruit tea, and actual gourmet tea leaves from Lupicia!! Petite Amie smells heavenly. Anyway, it's cheaper to buy the tea in packet like this. If you buy with the tin can, the price can go up quite a bit.<br />
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Chocolates bar from 100% Chocolate Cafe by Meiji. They sell lots of chocolate varieties, even ones like chili flavor and pepper flavor!<br />
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Stopped by Sugi Honey shop in Miyajima.<br />
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Honey karinto.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">LOVE THIS!!</span></b> It's a like a deep fried dough I guess. Crunchy and airy with this distinct (also crunchy) honey coating. Super nice. I tried to eat it bit by bit because I really wanna savor it for as long as possible, but alas, it's all gone now.<br />
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Flavored Honey!! You guys should try the Yuzu one if you love citrusy taste.<br />
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Mini colorful konpeito (I spent a good ten minutes searching the name on google lol) because I've always been curious of the flavor whenever I saw them on manga.<br />
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Also, random mini cured meat. Only 40yen I think from Donki, impulse near-cashier-trap buy. They also have mini cheese to pair it with!! Forgot to get those tho T_T<br />
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Instant garlic bread paste :D So convenient. And pickled sakura. You can use the pickled sakura to make cakes/sweets, tea, sakura gohan, jam, ice cream, coffee, milk shakes, and so on and so on and guarantee will make your food 10x prettier!<br />
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<b style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">NAIL STUFFS!</span></b></div>
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I've always consider Japan to be the MOTHERLAND OF NAIL ART! So, of course gotta pick up some nail stuff ^w^<br />
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Tiny gel pot set! This is the cheapest Japanese gel I can find (Japanese gels are CRAZY expensive y'all) and even then, the quality is not bad.<br />
In an unrelated note, I'll be selling Japanese gels (better quality than this one) soon, so stay tuned ;)<br />
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Trying out nail files from Japanese brand. My favorite (for my own natural nails) is still the Germaniküre glass nail file, but these rougher ones are great for extension and false nails.<br />
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Again, bought the cheapest Top and Base gel I can find lol (laoniang got no money to spend on expensive gel atm okay), but they were still quite a bit pricier than the China-made one you can find online.<br />
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It's okay tho', because these top and base are<b><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"> DABOMBDIGGITY</span></b>. I've only used those cheap made-in-china-for-wholesale top and base gel before this, and this cheapest Japanese top & base gel blew those out of the water.<br />
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With the china one, chipping only took a week (or less than). With the Japanese one, even after 3 weeks, there's no chipping in sight (but the gel on a couple nails did popped off lol, but I think that's partly because of noob application. 2 weeks if I'm using china gel colors underneath.<br />
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P.s. not saying that all China gels are bad, because the premium ones are good, but just the ones that costs like $1.5-$2<br />
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P.s.s Oh, and the one in a pot is clear gel, which cost like $20 fml. Thank God for tourist budget. I'm waaay to stingy to spend that much in a day-to-day situation.<br />
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More Japanese gel!! Haven't tried them both yet.<br />
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Gel brushes! <b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">I.LOVE.♥︎</span></b><br />
Really got difference than the usual brushes I used!! Now I finally understand what Robin Moses meant when she said, "it's hard to find a good liner brush."<br />
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I had always thought that my liner brush had been doing a great job. Boy was I wrong. Okay, to be fair, my liner did make beautiful crisp line (after I customize the bristles or maybe it's just my skill *ahem*), but this Japanese brush is SO MUCH BETTER!! It's easier to maneuver and creates a more define line. Can make the line thinner too!<br />
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Cuticle oil. With gold flakes inside <span style="color: #e06666;">♥︎w♥︎</span> <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Sooo gimmicky and pretty please!!</span></b> It's also available in other gimmicky form like flowers, pearls, rhinestone, etc.<br />
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P.s. used the chibi gel to create the simple nail art in this photo.<br />
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Nail clipper 'coz they say Japanese nail clipper is damn good.<br />
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Nail polish thinner (mine's almost out), gel primer, and gel remover.<br />
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Okay, these ones are from KLIA, so technically not a part of this haul post, but whatever, I love Essence so much I feel like I have to include it here.<br />
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<b style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEAUTY SHIZ!!</span></b></div>
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Didn't get a lot of beauty products this time around. Gonna Konmari methoded the hell out of my make-up stash. I don't have a that much to begin with, but the amount now is already too much for me leh since I only wear make-up to events and when filming youtube videos.<br />
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<u><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><b>So look out for pre-loved sale!</b></span></u> (Some are still brand new and never been opened!)<br />
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Bought K-Palette tattoo pencil liner because it was on sale for 50% off or so <b>O_o!!</b> Super smudge-proof. Also stocking up on my fav eyelashes glue, which also happens to be on 50% off sale 😆 SALE is probably one of my most favorite english vocab lolol #forevercheapskate<br />
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Have been curious to try the Kose Lip Magic. It's a lipstick topper that can turn ANY lipstick into a transfer-proof lippie!!<br />
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Drugstore lipstick with topnotch beautiful packaging <b><span style="color: #e06666;">♥︎</span></b><b><span style="color: #e06666;">♥︎</span></b><b><span style="color: #e06666;">♥︎ </span></b>Yes, I'm a sucker for cute and gimmicky packaging. <a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2012/11/yes-im-sucker-for-cute-packaging.html" target="_blank">I've even written a blog post about this sickness.</a><br />
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The forever-hyped Daiso puff sponge cleaner. They also came out with brush cleaner, so decided to give that a try too.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">MY FAVORITESTESTTESTEST FACE BLADE!!!</span></b><br />
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Crazy sharp and super cheap!! A good quality face blade like this would cost a LOT in Indonesia, if I can find one, that is. The ones that I usually buy in the drugstore here is so inferior to this Japanese drugstore ones that they just seem like a kid's play knife. *smug scoff*<br />
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Erm, <b>tmi</b>, but my favorite <strike>panties</strike> *ahem* undergarments *ahem* are from UNIQLO! The ultra seamless one with high side. So granny, I know, but it's super duper comfortable okay!! Plus no visible pantie line no matter how tight your shorts/skirt is. <b>LOVE <span style="color: #e06666;">♥︎</span></b><br />
And a 4-pack of black t-shirts, just because they're on sale. But actually, I practically live in these supima cotton t-shirt. Use them almost every single time I go to the gym too. So comfy.<br />
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Daiso stuffs.<br />
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Awesome oil solidifier (great for disposing used oil), garlic/ginger/anything fine grater, pump bottle (for nail polish remover and alcohol), ant poison, IG-worthy wooden spoon, and random bandana. Turns out, my short hair looks horrible with bandana *sigh*. Or maybe it's just my face lol.<br />
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Hammie gachapon!! This one is like those <a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2017/02/JapanSummerTrip15D3P2.html" target="_blank">cup no fuchiko</a>, but in hammie form. None of them similar to #TataTitiTututheHammies tho.<br />
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Awesome cover up for when you have blisters. Tried it and it's really super effective. It's like putting on a topcoat on a blister! Bye bandages.<br />
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Cute Daiso dining utensils. The stuffs in plates/ramekin aisles is the most worth it things you can buy in Daiso IMO. Totally regretting not getting more T_T<br />
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Lo and behold, the famous Lu Lu Lun Sheet Mask. Cheap cheap.<br />
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I'm not loyal to any particular face wash atm, so decided to try out the forever-hyped Perfect Whip.<br />
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As for the Kanebo's Evita, again, <a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2012/11/yes-im-sucker-for-cute-packaging.html" target="_blank">got suckered into its gimmicky packaging</a>. <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">IT DISPENSES ROSE FOAM OKAY, HOW CUTE IS THAT??!!</span><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></b></span>*Justifying impulse purchase like a champ*<br />
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The other one is the jelly soap from LUSH. Great for travelling! Compact and no mess.<br />
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I've never tried a boxed hair dye before, so why not start with Japanese brand one, right? Afterall, I hear a lot of great things about Japanese boxed hair dye.<br />
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Well, as it turns out, <span style="color: red;">they're all damn expensive</span>! Around ¥2500!! To be fair, I've never purchased this kind of thing before, so I don't really know what's the average price lol could be ¥2500 is average.<br />
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Anyway I picked the cheapest one, which is from Beauteen for around ¥1000. We'll how it'll turn out. I'm still gathering the courage to color my hair on my own.<br />
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Stocking up on my holygrail sunscreen. The other one is heat pack, because it was still quite cold there.<br />
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Hair stuffs I want to try for my poor bleached and colored hair.<br />
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Heated eye mask for chillaxing and toxin-pulling thing that I had mistaken for salonpas lol.<br />
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Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-64481718112565087792017-05-30T04:00:00.000+07:002017-05-31T19:02:44.447+07:00emo rambling<strike>Have you ever had suicidal thought? Because I'm getting it all the time now.</strike><br />
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It's crazy how 20+ years of happy-go-lucky can turn into emo-ish shit in the matter of 2 years.<br />
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I guess my slow descent to negative-nancy started after being friends with them. The negative pessimistic shit just rubbed off on me. I thought if I cut ties I'll be okay and back to my normal self, but nope. Still a debby downer here. I wish I can get over this long-winded funk just like that. It's sucking the life out of me.<br />
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For the first time ever in my life, I have no interest in doing anything. NONE. LIKE NONE AT ALL. NOTHING. NADA. ZILCH.<br />
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Even just to write this blogpost to pour out my feelings took me days to get the willingness to. it's crazy.<br />
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Man, I need therapy. Or something. Intervention of some sort.<br />
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I really can't see the point in life now. And it's driving me crazy. I know I'm blessed abudantly, but I can't get this shitty feeling off my chest.<br />
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I can get distracted from it, but at the end of the day, it's still there.<br />
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I'm hoping there's some kind of rainbow light unicorn shit at the end of this dark, long, unnecessary emo-ish crap tunnel.<br />
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Aaaarghhh. I wanna say I feel like I hit rock-bottom, but life-sufficiency wise, it's not like I don't have food or anything like that. It's just that, life-quality wise, it's severely lacking.<br />
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Like days just went by just like that. I haven't had a meaningful day for more than A YEAR. It's just been day after day after day with nothing to really remember of anything significant. It's like for the past year or so I've just been dragging my ass and living like a zombie, just going through the motion.<br />
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Is this some sort of early midlife crisis or what? quarter-life crisis?<br />
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It's not helping that I've been getting headache these past few days. And my eyes freaking hurt if I stare at the monitor for too long.<br />
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Gosh, I feel like I can't function properly.<br />
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I'm hoping that someday I'll look back to this draft and be like "what the hell is this gibberish shit I typed back then? I'm completely happy and content and live a meaningful, full live."Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-1949354784270208772017-05-24T18:32:00.000+07:002017-05-29T19:32:53.590+07:00BIODERMA Promotion!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This baby probably doesn't need any introduction, I'm sure y'all know Bioderma. It was hyped to death by beauty gurus across the countries years ago when the micellar water trend started. it's THE OG of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/micellarwater/">#MicellarWater</a>.<br />
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Actually, it wasn't even a trend. It was just Bioderma doing its own thing and fast forward a couple years later, tons of other brands are competing to come up with their own micellar water.<br />
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Still, out of the micellar water that I've tried, Bioderma is the one the that I trust the most when it comes to cleansing my skin without washing/rinsing afterward (totally not recommended by the way -to not wash your face after removing your make-up-, but you know, sometimes laziness wins. Fine, a lot of times).<br />
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Throughout the years I've used up at least 7 bottles of 'em (two 250ml sensibio, two 100ml sensibio, two hugeass 500ml sensibio, and one hugeass 500ml blue cap one. LOL I still remember which and how many bottles I've used up). Yup, it's that reliable.<br />
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Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-65413400773825360032017-04-01T05:35:00.001+07:002017-04-01T06:14:40.962+07:00FIERCE Look - International Woman's Day<center>
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This is my entry for NIVEA's International Woman's Day competition ^_^</center>
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Lily Zhenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202002450410757882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912863992549142137.post-88929359960207664172017-02-27T19:37:00.003+07:002017-03-29T11:49:12.181+07:00JAPAN Summer Trip DAY 3 Pt.3 | Kaiseki Dinner & SHIOK Onsen + Takeshima Hotel<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
This is the last part of Day 3! Yay, almost halfway through this travel log. Previous logs: </div>
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<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2015/11/japan-summer-trip-day-1-shinsaibashi.html">DAY 1 | Shinsaibashi & Sinsekai</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2016/12/japan-summer-trip-day-2-universal.html">DAY 2 Pt.1 | Universal Studios Japan Osaka</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2016/12/JapanSummerTrip15D2P2.html">DAY 2 Pt.2 | Dotonbori & Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2017/02/JapanSummerTrip15D3P1.html">DAY 3 Pt.1 | Natto, Shinkansen, & Kiyomizu-dera</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.lilyzhen.com/2017/02/JapanSummerTrip15D3P2.html" target="_blank">DAY 3 Pt.2 | Bamboo Groove & Tenryū-ji Temple</a></li>
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From Tenryū-ji temple, we went to Aichi perfecture to stay at a Ryokan and have dinner there.<br />
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The ryokan we're staying at.</div>
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We were having a traditional Japanese course dinner (kaiseki ryori) that night and it was one of the highlight from this tour's menu, other than the crab course we had in Tokyo later on.<br />
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All the dishes. I believe there is an order in which one you eat first, but we didn't know. One of the tour member even fried the sashimi on the hot stone because he doesn't take raw food lol such a waste of a perfectly good and fresh seafood</div>
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The only thing that left an impression was the umeshu (plum sake), which was incredibly delicious. Even my little brother who's not a fan of alcohol loves it. He even gulped down another member's umeshu and got tipsy after. His alcohol tolerance is a joke wtf 😂</div>
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My mom's birthday celebration part 2.</div>
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We went to our room afterward and the rooms are ryokan-style!! Loves it! You guys should definitely try Ryokan at least once when you go to Japan.</div>
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Really giving me Doraemon tea right here. Sleeping on the futon was sooo sooo comfortable too. If I could get futon here in Indonesia, I would.</div>
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The bathroom. Spacious for Japan's hotel standard</div>
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It even has separate room for the bathtub.</div>
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And another separate room for the awesomesauce japanese toilet.</div>
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Each room is equipped with yukata for us to wear around the vicinity.</div>
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They even provided little baggie to put our stuff in for when we go to onsen! Wearing yukata is awesome btw, so lightweight and airy.</div>
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Went to try onsen after the photo sess. You're not supposed to take photo inside onsen (for obvious reason lol tits and butts everywhere you turn 😳), but there was no one when I was there, so here's a sneak peek of the onsen in this ryokan.</div>
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Bins to put your belonging. Honestly, had it not been in Japan, I probably wouldn't feel safe leaving my stuffs without key like this. Although I believe they do warn us about putting our valuables there.</div>
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Vanity area. They provided some amenities like comb, q-tips, body lotion, face cream, even exfoliating stuff. Awesome.</div>
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Hallway leading to the hot spring.</div>
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We're supposed to clean ourselves before dipping into the onsen.</div>
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Again, they provide everything you need: shampoo, conditioner, body wash, even face wash. I've tried three different onsen places and all of them provide top-notch amenities. Being a tacky gaijin, this amazes me to no end.</div>
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Indoor onsen. There is an outdoor part too, but there were some people there, so I didn't take a pic.</div>
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The whole onsen experience felt SO SHIOK and relaxing! Another DIE DIE MUST TRY when you go to Japan. I slept like a baby that night. </div>
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On second thought, why does it called "sleeping like a baby" when you have a good night sleep? Babies wake up sporadically throughout the night, crying here and there. Weird phrase. </div>
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Family photo outside the hotel after.</div>
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Oh, they also gave us welcome snack on the table in our room.</div>
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Sponge cake with dried fruit inside. Meh, but much appreciated.</div>
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Okay, finishing off this post with a pic of my mom posing all zen and having tea like a lady. See you on the next post!</div>
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