tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81717071100985602112024-03-21T08:44:01.353-07:00tokyo candie shopUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171707110098560211.post-39977791821197692232013-07-29T02:06:00.001-07:002013-07-29T02:06:32.701-07:00Dude, do you even read?<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I am a terrible
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<span lang="EN-US">My last post was months ago…I know, I know…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">And yet, look at me now! Trying to get back
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<span lang="EN-US">To be honest, this is probably gonna be a
one-off again though, because in two weeks I am flying home to Canada for 3+
weeks, and my time til then will be mostly spent cuddling up to my boyfriend, who
is leaving for a year abroad while I’m gonna be away, and trying not to cry
about it…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Still! I’ve been meaning to do make this
post for a while! So finally, without further ado, here it is. A post about
books!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Books?!” I hear you say “Bleeeeergh…. Who likes
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<span lang="EN-US">Well, I do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">And all the cool kids, nowadays,
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<span lang="EN-US">Look at how popular YA has become!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Personally, I go back and forth between
Fantasy, YA, chick-lit, historical/mythical fiction, and some random
best-sellers here and there. Oh and I like to throw a classic in there too, every once in a while, since it makes me feel smart, and they're free on kindle. My true love will always remain Fantasy though. <3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’ve always liked reading. I’ve just never
been very diligent about it. I especially love big, thick, giant fantasy
thomes-of-a-book, and I would read them mostly on my way to/from school and
later, work. I hardly ever read at home. It was too boring for me. Nevermind that
I have the attention-span of a 5 y.o. and can never sit still reading a book for
more than 20-30 minutes. As a teenager and young adult, I read all the Harry
Potters, all the Lord of the Rings (even blundered through the Silmarillion, oh
lord…) as well as all the Anne Rice books. Then I got into the Wheel of Times…
As you can see, I was a big fan of series before it was even a “thing” :p<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">About 2 years ago, I discovered Goodreads
(<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/">www.goodreads.com</a>) , on a lonely summer holiday afternoon, when (as a JET) I was
forced to come into school and there was nothing there for me to do but sit at
my desk and try to find a way for the internet to entertain me for 8 hours a
day. I was amazed! What was this genius idea?! This was like a facebook for
people who liked books! I could find recommendations; there were groups and
message boards… I’d never have to read a book I didn’t like ever again!! (at
that point, I had joined a local book-club in an effort to better myself as a
reader, but I was disappointed because they kept picking all these shitty titles…
in the end the book club just kinda dissolved by itself…) but this! It was like
a book club online with people who had the same taste in books I did!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Anyways, long story short, I started
logging in the books I was reading, and getting more and more into it. I started
“forcing” myself to read more, not just on the train, but at home too, and to
try and give the books I read intelligent reviews. Now, I’m really into it, and
I went from reading a book in two months, to reading a book in two weeks or
less (bear in mind that I’m thinking about things that weigh 2kg and have like
700+ pages here… when I read a “normal” book of 300-ish pages it takes 3-5
days). I’m hooked! And I want to share this with you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">These are all the books I’ve read this year
so far!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now, I’m aware that this blog is not really
the appropriate space to go gushing on and on about books, which is why I made
a new blog page just for that. Please, if you like reading, it would make me
really happy if you went on to follow me there as well. And I won’t stop this
blog, and I will carry on talking about shoes. :p<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://kawaiizbooks.wordpress.com/">http://kawaiizbooks.wordpress.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Oh and if you want to add me on goodreads,
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5447767-vanessa">http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5447767-vanessa</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now some of you may say “wow, KC, that’s
amazing!” and yes, maybe, at first glance, that is a pretty hefty number, but I
lost the first 20lbs in about 2 months, and then about 5lbs over the next 4
months. That’s right, that’s about a pound a month, which is pretty depressing
considering how hard I’m working, and would make anyone else give up and run
for the donuts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Maybe you’ll say to me “well, maybe you’re
eating too much!” or “you’re not exercising enough!” and you would be wrong in
every preconception… believe me, I have tried many many things (within the
realm of healthy diets) and it’s like, past a certain point, my body refuses to
lose weight. I think this because, twice, in the past, I have dieted and
reached this weight, and twice in the past, I have hit a wall that has made me
fume, and eventually give up. I really hate it. Has anyone else ever
experienced this?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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up. It might be frustrating, but if I stick to it, it must go down, right? If I
lose a pound or two a month, then a year from now I might have lost another
20lbs, which would not be bad at all! It still sucks, especially when you hear
that the “healthy rate” is 1-2lbs a WEEK, but what can you do…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">First off, I am <b>“eating clean</b>”. Now what does that mean? Well, that means whole foods. “real” foods. Foods that don’t come from a package, and recipes that you make yourself. I eat lots of veggies and fruits, and I make stir-frys with meat or seafood. I eat nuts and avocadoes, and lots and lots of salad. I eat oatmeal in the morning and not much more carbs during the rest of the day. And I (try to) drink lots of water. I have a “cheat day” once a week, where I allow myself to eat whatever I want (cake!!!) but I don’t really go that crazy. I know cheat days tend to slow the process down a bit, but they keep me sane, so I keep them.</span></div>
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motivated is <b>tumblr</b>. There is this tumblr community that calls itself the “<b>fitblr</b>”
<b>community</b>, which is a bunch of girls (and a few dudes) who are either trying to
lose weight/get fit, or have already achieved that, and basically everyone
posts before/after pics, fitspiration pics of thin/fit girls, and messages of
motivation, as well as photos of delicious healthy foods. It might sound stupid
but I am 100% sure that this is the reason that I have not given up with my
diet this time around. 5 minutes of scrolling on tumblr and I am out of excuses
and ready to work out!! If you wanna check out my tumblr, it’s here: <a href="http://kawaiicandieishere.tumblr.com/">http://kawaiicandieishere.tumblr.com/</a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Next is <b>exercise</b>! Now, I am the laziest
person in the world. I hate sports, I hate moving my butt for any reason
(especially when I don’t have to) and I haaaaate cardio above anything else on
this godforsaken-Earth. But since January 1<sup>st</sup>, I have been working
out EVERY SINGLE DAY!! How’s that for dedication? First, I did Jillian Micheals’
“30 Day Shred” video (which I already owned and had done years ago) and I told
myself that I had to finish it all within January, and I did it! After that, I
lucked into a copy of Jillian’s “Body Revolution” series, and I started that,
and I am still doing that. Body Revolution is a 3-month workout program (a bit
like “Insanity”, if you’ve heard about it) that has a variety of different
workouts, with level increases every 2 weeks. It’s fucking hard. I’m actually
on my 4<sup>th</sup> month of doing it because from the second month up, I did
every circuit 3 weeks instead of 2. My body was just not ready for the
increases!!! Lol. Well anyways. When I’m done with that, I’m thinking of
starting Insanity. But actually, I’m sccared. :p<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I use <b>myfitnesspal</b> on my iphone. If you don’t
know, this is an app that counts calories for you. You log in what you eat and
you can search the online database of foods and it’ll give you the amount of
calories for a LOT of stuff (even japanesey stuff!) or you can create new foods
and enter them in the system. You can calculate calories in your homemade
recipes too. If you workout and log it in, it’ll take your exercise into
account and up your calories accordingly, which is pretty cool. But the reason
that I like it so much is that it’s so EASY and since it’s on my phone, I can
log stuff in as soon as I eat it. I tried journaling before and it was SUCH a
pain because I would do it at the end of the day and I would forget stuff or
not know how many calories was in something… but this is so convenient!!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’ve only been using it for about a month
though. Before that, I wasn’t counting calories and I was only “eating clean”
and I was eating no carbs whatsoever. Now I am eating a little less clean,
because, with the counting system, I can usually account for a few calories of
junk here and there ^_- I’m not sure which is worse… actually, I switched
things up because I was really frustrated with the dragging of my weight-loss,
and a friend suggested that I might not be eating enough (I wasn’t) and that I should
eat more and that maybe then I would lose more weight. Well, it didn’t happen. Everything
is just staying the same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I have this theory that I’m losing weight
so slowly because of my sleep problems. Apparently, good sleep is a key element
in weightloss and health. And if that’s the case, well, there’s really not much
I can do. You see, on any given night, I will wake up anywhere from 3 to 10
times. So I never reach the “deep” sleep that is really restful… that’s why I always
have giant bags under my eyes. It really sucks actually, but until they invent
pills to make me comatose for 8 hours, it’s something I have to live with…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Aaaanyhow. Sorry about this long rant! It did
turn into a bit of a rant, didn’t it? I shall leave you with some before and
after photos, so we can all appreciate that even slow progress is still
progress!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">PS: the only downside to this whole thing
is that my boobs have SHRUNK!! Like, a lot! I have never been a C cup in my
life… *cries forever*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> </span>My boyfriend lives in the countryside, on
the very edge of the Tokyo borders. If you were to take the train to Shinjuku
from where he lives, it would take you about an hour. Since there is not much
to do there, we usually meet here in Koenji, or in other more central areas of Tokyo,
but every once in a while, I make the trek to Hachioji for a date, so that he
doesn’t have to bear the long ride back home in the grossly overpacked train
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<span lang="EN-US">I took one such trip last week. Bf had been
sick for a little while, and he was finally doing better so he decided to take
me to this soup curry shop he liked. Normally, I wouldn’t bother telling you about
a lunch date in Hachioji, but this shop was so interesting and cute, I thought
it was worth mentioning!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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called since the name was all in kanji, but upon having a look at the website, I
think it’s “Okushou”? I asked the bf after we left, but he said he didn’t know
either. What?!? :p<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The original restaurant is from Hokkaido,
and apparently, this is the only other one on the mainland. Ooooh… But… why you
had to choose Hajioji to open shop in???? :/<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The restaurant was really really tiny. It seats
about 12 people max, and bf said that it was always busy. Indeed, we went
there on a Friday at around 1pm, and we had to wait about 40 minutes before we
could sit down. They gave us menus and took our order while we were waiting
though, so we didn’t actually have to wait that much longer for our food. One
funny thing was that, upon taking a look at my pasty gaijin face, the cute
little waitress exclaimed in Japanese “we have English menus!” then ran inside
and came back out with a nicely typed English menu and proudly gave it to me,
asking to let her know if there were any mistakes in it. lol. Turns out I was
the very first person to try out their English menu, haha. Apparently, one of
their former staff who was studying English at university had made it just for
fun. Guess that tells you how often they’ve seen a foreigner in there… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When bf had told me we were going to a
curry place, I thought he meant Indian (since he loves it so much) or Japanese
(you know that gravy stuff…) but this place was neither. It was more of a “spicy
soup” thing than curry, if you ask me…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I ordered one that said “cabbage and bacon”
on the menu, while bf ordered the “vegetables” one. We only had to wait about
10-15 minutes or so before our food arrived. Two ginormous bowls full of
delicious and healthy-looking food! Look at this! Yum!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now if you don’t know, I am on a diet now,
so going to places like this is really awesome because everything in there is
healthy and diet-proof. You could even order “genmai” (brown rice) instead of
normal rice, which was pretty sweet! I feel no shame in saying that I ate the
whole entire thing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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charming with its old-fashioned décor, and even the inside of the toilet was
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<span lang="EN-US">One thing that was kinda annoying though, was that the booth
where we were sitting had these two low-slung couches, so you were sitting
really far away from the side of the table, which made it kinda awkward to eat.
But other than that it was fine. Plus, every “booth” had different kinds of
seats, and there was a counter too. Oh! And I forgot, this is the type of
restaurants where you have to take your shoes off!! Which it would have been
nice to know before I decided to wear high-heeled booths to go in… but whatever…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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experience. I’d definitely go there again if it wasn’t so damn far! If you’re
ever in the area though, you should check it out!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171707110098560211.post-65771297218094069742013-03-10T08:30:00.000-07:002013-03-10T08:30:23.095-07:00My makeup routine<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">As you know, I love makeup. I own a lot of it, and I wear a
lot of it. This is just a basic look as what I put on my face on a day-to-day
basis. Of course, I might play with the colors, or the thickness of my eyeliner,
or add some false lashes to the mix, but usually, this is what I do every day. Yes,
even when I go to work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">4. </span><i style="font-size: 18px;">Tony Moly</i><span style="font-size: 18px;"> Silky Smooth Balm</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The little yellow bottle is from the Korean brand <i>It’s Skin</i>. If you don’t know yet, Korean cosmetics are absolutely AWESOME, and have
the added benefit of being super CHEAP! I bought this on a whim in Shin-Okubo
(korea-town) and I really like it. They have a whole line of these for various
things from whitening your skin, to wrinkles, to tightening your skin… there’s
like 12 different colors and they all do something different. This one is for
<b>brightening up your skin</b>, and you can really see it seconds after you apply it.
I’m not really sure as to “what” it is… a moisturizer? A moisturizing toner? Essence?
But whatever. It feels like a light moisturizer so that’s what I use it for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">After that, I use the little Biotherm eye stick. You might
have noticed that it’s from the men’s line. Yes. And who cares? Lol. I was
looking for something for the circles under my eyes (that never ever go away)
and the girl at the store when I went home recommended this to me. For some
reason, there isn’t an equivalent in the women’s line… why?? This thing does
something similar to the VC Effector, it has green tea and other ingredients
that activate the circulation of the blood under your skin, so it <b>brightens up
those dark areas under your eyes</b>. I also sometimes use it on my nose, where it’s
a bit red, and the redness goes away! It’s a really nice little product! (^^)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Now, as for the order of things, I’m not sure if you should put the primer on before or after the BB cream (since bb cream is also a moisturizer…) but I always put the bb cream on first since it has moisturizing propreties and i'm afraid the primer would prevent it from really soaking into my skin. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The BB cream I use is from another Korean brand, <i>Etude House</i>, and I really love it and it’s so cheap and awesome, especially in the summer cuz it’s very light. I used to buy MAC foundation before and I was paying through the roof (4,000yen) cuz it’s more expensive here than back home… stupid import laws… but I tried this one and I just loved it! And it’s only about 1,700yen. As you can see, that’s a huge price gap. I do not miss my MAC :p</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">After the BB cream, I follow up with the shinny little egg (no but seriously,
isn’t the packaging totally cute?!) from <i>Tony Moly</i>, which is another Korean brand.
This is a make up primer/base and it’s AMAZING. I don’t use it everyday though,
cuz mostly I can’t be bothered, but if I have a special occasion or a big date,
I’ll definitely add the extra step. What it does is that it <b>makes your skin
suuuuuper smooth</b>, going over your wrinkles or imperfections, so that when you
apply your makeup afterwards, your skin is less “bumpy” and thus the makeup
goes on smoother.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">After that, I put concealer under my eyes. As I’ve mentioned before, the circles under my eyes are my worst “problem area”. They’re not circles, really, I just have these deep wedges under my eyes that no amount of sleep can make go away… *sigh* so I’ve tried a LOT of different types of concealers. I really like this<i> L’Oreal </i>one because it also <b>doubles as an anti-wrinkle cream</b>. Who knows how well that works, but the concealer at least works very well. It’s liquidy and goes on very smooth. There are only 2 shades though, so if you’re not pasty white, or pasty pink, you’re out of luck.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Finally, I apply a light coating of powder all over my face
to set things in place, and voila! Step 1 is done. (lol. We’re only getting
started) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Once my base makeup is done, I’ll apply some blush. These
days, I’m really liking this BYS bronzer that I got, and I wear it pretty much
all the time, even paired with another blush. Today I’m wearing it with a
bright pink blush from MAC. But I change pretty much every day. I have about 10
different shades of blush. What I do is I brush on some bronzer on my
cheekbones, then I go down towards my chin. Then I apply the pink color on the
apples of my cheeks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Now that was a lot of me talking, and no pictures for you. I’m
sorry. I actually took some photos of my face in between stages, but I was so
appalled by them that I decided not to show you. Haha. Patience though, there
are some coming!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Ok, this is the fun part. Look at that color palette. Look at
it!!! Actually, I have two of those cuz they were having a sale on the Coastal
Scents website when I bought it. My second one is called “Metal Mania” and has –
as the name says – more metallic tones. This is great if you are someone who
loves playing with colors when you do your makeup and wear something different
every day. If, however, you’re someone who tends to wear the same shades all
the time, I wouldn’t recommend this since the little plaquettes of eyeshadow
are so small, you’d run out of them really fast. Also, you need a primer for
this eyeshadow if you want it to stay on. But that’s only a minor setback. I
use a MAC primer. And though it’s expensive, I bought it last summer and use it
every single day and I’m not even halfway done yet, so it’s definitely worth
it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">So first, that’s what you wanna do. Apply the eyeshadow
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">After that, you’re gonna pick a light color and apply it
under your eyebrow. I suggest not using anything other than shades of white to
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Then, you’re gonna pick a dark color, and apply it in the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">After that, you take the fluffy brush and blend it all in.
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makeup, so I just line my lower lashes with the pencil, and smudge it a bit. Because
I’m blonde, it looks like I have no bottom lashes (or upper lashes for that
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The reason I use a lip liner brush for my eyeliner is that I like the length and
it works well for me. I also use MAC gel liner because it gives a really
strong, dark, black, and it <b>doesn’t “double up”</b> throughout the day. I’m not
sure what the professional term is for this, but with many types of eyeliner,
you’ll put it on and go through your day and then stop in the bathroom at 3pm
and realize that your eyeliner has printed a little copy of itself into your
eye crease, and it’s really not sexy at all (haha). Well MAC gel doesn’t do
that. So go buy it! Lol. Also, one little pot like that lasts a really long
time. More than 6 months. And I use it every day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my favorite mascara of all time is Hypnose by <i>Lancome</i>, but it’s about 4000yen a
tube here, and lasts about 3 months, and I am poor, so now I use <i>Maybelline</i>
Magnum Volume Express. It’s really not bad for a cheapie mascara. And look, I got
a hello kitty on this one! XD <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for 5 seconds!! Spend at least one or two minute on each eye! Do it over and
over again! Start from your lashline then zigzag up. Again and again. And then,
to reach the tip of the lashes and make them longer, you gotta look down and
push your brush up. Or I do this thing where I <b>keep my brush in place and just
blink on it.</b> It sounds really retarded said like this, but it makes a huge
difference.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and voila! Unfortunately, it seems that they’ve discontinued this particular
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I hope I didn’t bore you too much with the details, but I do
love blathering on about makeup. Please feel free to ask me if you have any
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The other day, the boyfriend and I were
looking for a place to kill time around Koenji, and we ended up going to this
little Café called “All C’s Café”. It’s on the second floor of a building and we’d passed by it loads
of times but he never wanted to go in cuz he said it was meant for kids. Lol.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">The inside was made up to be like a gingerbread house, and it was really cute!!! Well, actually, only one part of the café was cute… the part where we sat, by the windows, overlooking the street. It was like a little alcove of cuteness with cushions shaped like cookies and candies and really low ceilings. The middle part of the shop, however, left a bit to be desired… it was really barren with mismatched tables and chairs that look like they belong in your autie’s house or something. And it looked like the inside of someone’s apartment, which of course, it was. This space was obviously not meant to be a business, and someone renovated a large apartment into a quaint little café. I think with a bit more work, the whole thing could be really cute.</span></div>
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I could see the childlike “theme” all
around, the cookies and cushions and there were boxes of plushies and toys, but
it was definitely just a normal café… Bf’s fears were unfounded! Also, when we
went there, it was completely empty!! It was about 4pm on a Thursday or Friday
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<span lang="EN-US">But anyways, so we were basically there
just to kill time until the restaurant we wanted to go to actually opened, so I
just ordered a latte. Look how cute it was! It was severely overpriced though
(580yen), for the tininess of that cup… *sigh* but such is life, in Japan, I guess.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lol) is OBSESSED with this character called “kikilala”… all she does is draw
kikilala pictures all over the place and ask me to buy kikilala stickers… I figured
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<span lang="EN-US">Overall, it was a cute place but I’m not
sure I’d go back. I was kinda unimpressed with the prices, and there are sooooo
many other funky places in Koenji. But it’s definitely worth a look if you’re
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171707110098560211.post-42218924548132278742013-02-24T06:29:00.001-08:002013-02-24T06:29:18.641-08:00I don't like kimchi...<br />
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start this blog, and delaying and delaying the first post because I kept
wondering what I should start with… well… I guess I should just jump into it,
right? So here I go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Last Sunday, I met Simon and Martina!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If you don’t know them, let me tell you a
little bit about them. They are a Canadian couple who live in South Korea, and
now make a living as full time “vloggers”, commenting on k-pop music and
exploring Korea They are pretty “internet famous”, and I’m a really big fan of
theirs cuz they seem so relatable, and their videos are really funny. Check out
their website <a href="http://eatyourkimchi.com/">eatyourkimchi.com</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Anyways, they very suddenly announced that
they were coming to Japan, and I was really excited because I missed them the last
time they were here since it coincided with my trip back home in March. So when
they posted online that they were going to be in Harajuku on Sunday, I rallied
my friend Val to go and hunt them down!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Apparently I wasn't the only one who’d had
that idea because when we arrived at Takeshita Doori exit, we immediately
spotted this big group of foreigners who were waiting for them. lol. We made a
few laps around Takeshita Doori, and even went to check the Meiji Jingu area,
but our search remained fruitless. So we decided to go back to where the other
folks were waiting, and wait there too. About 30 minutes later, I heard some squeals and saw one girl run down a few steps, towards bright pink hair.
Soon, everybody else followed and Simon and Martina were just like “hey guys!”
as if we were long time friends and they’d seen us just the day before. So
chill, these two, so chill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Martina is really pretty!” I know that’s a bit stupid, and I’m not saying
that she’s not pretty on camera, but she was a lot prettier in person! I guess
that’s a good thing though, right? You don’t want it to be the other way
around. And she’s taller than I thought too. I always imagined her to be pretty
short, but that’s only cuz Simon is so much taller. And boy, is he tall!! Like,
really tall!! Lol. And he was super skinny too… and you know how I feel about
tall skinny guys….. haha!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Well anyways, everyone was very excited and
S&M suggested that we move out of the way cuz we were kinda blocking the
street. It was decided that we would go to Yoyogi park since it was nearby, but
since everybody wanted a piece of them, and a bunch of people kept leaving
halfway through, the process was very slow going. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We bought some takoyaki and Martina got
excited about getting two service balls (eheh…) before heading towards a sunlit
concrete patch where we could all sit down and keep our bums relative spotless.
Martina had this shawl-cape thingie that she spread on the floor and told
people to go sit on it. So sweet! Then she said it was the cape they use for
Mordney Presents skits!! :p so everyone
sat down in a big circle and we all started chatting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There were about 20 people there… and one
dude. Poor guy. Lol. It was a bit weird in the circle because there were two
conversations going on; one around Martina, and one around Simon. I actually
chatted with Simon most of the time, cuz I only had to fight 2 other people to
get my comments in, vs 16 hyper girls who were all vying for Martina’s
attention, haha. I would try to listen in on the Martina convo at times and it
seemed to always revolve around girly stuff. I only butted-in when they started
talking about nails though. XD <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Simon was talking about a lot of various
things, from managing the website, to differences between Japan and Korea, and
teaching. He told us lots of stuff (which I’m not sure I should be repeating on
here…) about his “bad” school and why he quit… but it was interesting for me as
a teacher to compare POVs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Hmm… I guess the only funny part I remember
well was Martina (followed by everyone else) starting to sing the “TAE-MAAAAAN!”
song… and then telling us that Simon originally thought it was lame and they
almost didn't put it in! no!!! that skit was so funny!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So anyways, I won’t bore you, but it was
really nice and fun, and we were lucky that the weather was so nice, cuz bear
in mind it’s still February, and we stayed sitting there outside for like 2
hours. After a while everybody was freezing proper, and they had to go to
upload a video so they couldn't stay much longer. And then, instead of just
taking big lame group shots (you know the ones where YOU always end up looking
stupid or with your eyes closed…) they let every person take a pic alone with
them which I thought was really sweet! And they were doing all these different
funny poses. By the end of it they were having us shouting animal names at
them. lol. Pretty funny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Oh, oh, and look! I’m actually in one of
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171707110098560211.post-10384690947446206642013-02-24T06:15:00.002-08:002013-02-24T06:15:26.758-08:00Take 2Hello again! wow, has it really been almost one year since I "tried" to start this blog??? Hahaha...<br />
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Well, a lot of things happened, and I got lazy... but now, I'm gonna try to be a little bit less lazy!<br />
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I wanna give a big thanks to <a href="http://blindedbypassion.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lou</a>, who made this awesome super-cute layout for me, and without further ado, I'm gonna start blogging!<br />
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Peace!<br />
KCUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171707110098560211.post-4455902763524055432012-05-27T04:15:00.001-07:002012-05-27T04:15:17.390-07:00hello world<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Well, it has indeed been a long time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For those of
you who don't already know me. I used to have a little blog, where I
ranted and raved about the silly things my students used to say to me on a
daily basis, but alas, I am not an ALT anymore, and thus the ample amounts of
free time I used to have during the work day are gone, gone, gone… and so
that blog is now well and truly dead. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Not only am I not
an ALT anymore, but there have been a lot of changes in my life over the recent
months. New place, new job, new… I
FUCKING LIVE IN TOKYO!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">*hum* sorry about that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Now I know I told some of you I would be starting this blog a
loooong time ago… well, I have been internet-less, and a real pauper for the
last two months, hence the delay. I have also had to deal with adapting to my
new environment, new job and all that, so please – again – forgive me. And finally,
I am shit at remembering to take pictures, at any given time, so the whole
concept of this blog might be a bit of a bigger challenge then I thought. Eheh…
but I shall try.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">That’s right, you heard me, pictures!! KC is gonna post pictures
on her blog! Alert the press!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Well now, you might not know but, for a long time, I have envied
those people whose blogs I read, who have “lifestyle blogs” and basically just
blog about their lives and the things they like. I was always pigeon-holed in
my little category before so I felt it wouldn’t really be appropriate to stray,
but now, what I wanna do with this space is – well – just blather on about my
life, really. :p and I think that this
big move to Tokyo is actually gonna help me having something to talk about.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">So please be patient with me, I’m still not sure how all this is
gonna work out, but hopefully, within a not-to-long little while, I’ll be
transforming this drab little page into a proper blog. And if only my friends
read it, well, that’ll be good enough for me ^_-<o:p></o:p></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0