Lunar New Year reunion dinner

It's the 10th day of Lunar New Year..did everyone have fun celebrating? I had great time with my grandparents and cousins, sitting together and do steamboat. Hot steamy food and laughter...I hope every year we will be the same..well maybe next year instead of steamboat we can eat kfc..hehe..steamboat really take alot of effort and $$..

 I stole abalone to eat while cousin slicing them..so nice to eat...(please don't say we look like the black and white generals with long tongue)

 These bear-face fish cake cute right? Can't bear to eat them..the crab meat were very tasty too..

 Quail eggs..looooove them.

My cousin and uncle bought and prepared all these just for the reunion dinner every year! All we do is eat and criticize what are not nice..haha...that's why next year we shall have kfc better! No need to spend time in preparing and washing the dishes..

While waiting for everyone to arrive, cousin and I sat in the room to take pictures..

Then we tied up our hair to enjoy the hot steamboat..hehe...no more lady like manners so no pictures..

After the long dinner, we rubbed our tummy, stayed in the room to drink some nice peach wine while other cousins played card games in the living room..my luck always not so good so I didn't play..

I guess most girls beautify themselves before lunar new year right? Cut, dye, perm hair, mani and pedicure, buy pretty clothes, shoes and bags..I still not so bad, at least I colored my nails for new year and Valentine's day too..

I bought 2 OPI lacquer from Tammy again at very affordable price! Again I must mention, she is very reliable and she sells genuine OPI lacquer, together with China Glaze and other lacquers..fast delivery and nicely wrapped.

 Golden shimmer for lunar new year! Huat ah! (nail color: Glitzerland)

I'm very lazy, I just did another layer of pale pink color that has love shape pieces on top of the golden shimmer for Valentine's day (nail color: Nothin' mousie 'bout it)

So did I celebrate Valentine's day? I had a great lunch with my sister on that day..but because it rained so heavily, I went home to watch 大太监...have you checked out the price of a bouquet of non-red roses?? It's almost $100?! Scary...

Anyway, people who like curry rice, stay tuned!

xoxo

New Year's eve - Matte about Shimmers

Sorry that I didn't wish everyone merry christmas previously, I was busy studying for my driving final theory test...age is really catching up on me and studying is not as easy as last time. My brain just does not register what I've read! Anyway I've passed!

I hope everyday had an enjoyable christmas last week, at least a good rest if you do not celebrate ya? I had a great christmas eve dinner with my darlings, especially when Ros (the host, she always so hospitable) cooked personally for us! Yummy! 

 You should see the way she made tempura..so PRO! She attended tempura cooking class and she made her teacher proud, the tempura turned out to be exactly like restaurant standard, no doubt about it. She also made a big bowl of salad (sprinkled with breadcrumbs somemore!), fried bee hoon and bought roasted chicken.

Shiok...and of course, we drank alot of apple cider, ice wine and moscato, together with Jovin's great fruit pie from Fruit Paradise (stupid me went there empty handed!)..my christmas dinner can never be better than this, seeing friends being healthy and being there for me. I wish them all healthy and happy always. Same goes to you :)

So, we have survived the doomsday last week, Christmas, and now it's New Year. Seems like human species still have a long way to go before the real doomsday arrives. What have you accomplished this year? Let's not talk about what we have lost or NOT accomplished, it will be very depressing. So any plans for the coming year? Tour, buy a car or flat, make babies, change new job?

My plans are normally quite spontaneous..like one day I saw Yamaha flute was on sale! I just bought it and started taking flute lesson at Elite music school...hahaha...or the boating lessons were on Groupon, I also bought it and forced myself to drive a boat over the weekends, totally soaked and exhausted..BUT I had fun and I finally able to read music notes, play Danny Boy, understand marine jargon and berth a boat! Too bad, a skipper should not be someone who get seasick easily...which is me.

This year, the only thing I can think of accomplishing is to get a driving lesson. Ya ya...I know most of you have it already, but it's quite a big deal to me because it's time to judge myself how good am I in learning at my 30s. I know I'm not bright, so I worked harder than other kids in class, but now, I need to work EXTRA hard because of my age..

Hmm..and then what? I also want to have better skin, better figure, smoother hair..hahaha...earn more money, go to more restaurants and places so that I can share with you, get a better point and shoot camera...all very materialistic right?

See! I've even colored my nails for christmas and new year, very vain right?! Forgot to share with you..(Guys can go and watch tv now) Anyway I'm NOT a pro in coloring my nails, I'm just those who save money in manicure but still want colored nails. I'm sure you can do better than me..

 

Christmas nail colors I put on was Juicy Cocktail gradation nail colors that I bought from Qoo10 (formerly GMarket), it comes in 3 colors, pale purple, purple and dark purple..what I like is the purple and dark purple are shimmery and they are cheap. I bought it at less than $10 but the delivery took about 3-4 weeks.

New Year nail color (now) I put on is OPI's Shorts Story and China Glaze's Matte Magic (top coat) that I bought from Tammy, she's super friendly and efficient. Most importantly, she's a trustable seller and the brands she carries are authentic and affordable too. If you get from normal manicure shop, they sell OPI at $21 or metro at $16. Tammy sells them at about $10 - $12, depending on the brand and color, and deliver to you within a week!

I know I'm too old for hot pink (but I still want to have it), so I mattify it with China Glaze's Matte Magic. It gives my nails a matte finish and dries the coatings faster than normal top coat.

Hope you can have the chance to play with matte top coat, it is indeed very unique and so far, it is not common yet. I know it is fashionable now to do pokka dots, but I'm too lazy to do it :p

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

xoxo