Food or Shoes? I chose FOOD!

Last night the boys team had a friendly match with the Alfriston's under 19's team, who were last years champs. Our team got to play in their new uniform!! Unfortunately the girls team don't get them, because we aren't going to tournament this year. Hehe, but I still like the orange ones more. GO CARROTS!!

Today me and Chibi got to spend the day together to go and buy supplies for our up coming Duke Of Edinburgh Silver Expedition. We first went out for lunch at Kanda Sushi & Grill.

Later, Chibi asked me, what would I chose if I can only bring food or shoes to tramp? At the time I didn't know, but I just clicked and realized that food is obviously more important, because it is a need for survival. Unlike shoes, that are a want for comfort. So I chose FOOD!

We then re-stocked our Korean hard candy supply and I got myself my favourite rice seasoning and of course raman!! More FOOD!!

I bought my walking boots today for the expedition from Katmandu, where our school has a 63% off discount on Katmandu brand shoes. So these boots were originally $299.99 and I got them for $113.99. 

Hooray!! 

Me and Chibi also got outdoor thermal socks for a buy 2 get 1 free deal. Each pack has 2 pairs, so we had 3 pairs each for the 3 day, 2 nights journey. Perfect :) It was $44.98 for a pack of 2 pairs, which was too pricey for our liking, but we had to get them. However, surprising the store only charged us $33.28 for all 3 pairs O_O and then we realized that they included the 63% off discount for our socks too :)

Hooray again!!

Now it is my mission to break into these shoes before next Thursday.

OMG!!!!! I need to study T.T I am not motivated at all this holiday to do any work...

MUST STUDY!!!

I shouldn't be blogging right now XP hehe Good Night :3

Keeping Life Busy

When I was younger, my grandma got me into the habit to always plan ahead. This kept me organised and to always have something to do. I believe that it is important to always be productive,  because that way I know I am making the most out of my life. However I think at the moment my body can't keep up with my productivity....

Saturday was a big day, because me and the robotics teams had to meet up at school at 7:30 am... I am definitely not an early morning person. We got to school super early to participate in the 2013 Auckland VEX Robotics Scrimmage. Not everyone in the teams turned up on the day, so the five of us (David, Isaiah, Alvin, Felix and I) has to compete with our two robots.

It was a great opportunity to see our robots in action and meet other contestants from other schools around Auckland. Our team 2 robot was OP on the day XD

After a number of rounds in the qualifying rounds, our team 1 was ranked 4th and team 2 was ranked 1st on the leader board. Then we choose our alliances and competed in the quarter and semi finals. After winning all those rounds, our two teams went from teammates to rivals. Battling out for first and second place for the day.

The results from best out of three rounds, our team 2 gained victory with first place and our team 1 gained second place. Hooray!! Our two drivers Felix and Isaiah were amazing ^ ^

It was a really stressful day, because of our robots lack in battery life. A lot of running back and forth from our charging station was required. The last thing we wanted was for our robot to ran out of battery during the matches. However overall it was an awesome day, since both our teams were noobs at this competition and our results were not expected.

After we returned to school around 4:30 pm, I had to rush home and get ready for Anh's 17th birthday party. At the time I was very exhausted and hungry. Also there was a dress code (that not everyone followed) that we had to come in a dress. Which wasn't really what I am most comfortable with, but for Anh I didn't have much of a choice...

I didn't take much photos on the night, because we had enough photographers and I was to lazy. It was a good night with lots of food, laughs and photos taken.

Photos with the birthday girl :) and a photo that I liked teehee~

 I really wanted to try the Aloe range from The Body Shop. So I purchased a travel kit to try out some of their products and if I like them then I can go back and purchase the full size bottles. Here I have the Aloe Calming Facial Cleanser, Aloe Calming Toner and Aloe Soothing Day Cream. Which are recommended for sensitive skin. So I can't wait to try these out. :)

On Sunday me, Seryna and Anh planned to go swimming together. However Anh choose to stay home after a long day turning 17. So that just left me and Seryna going to the pools in New Market. I swam laps while Seryna was in the recreational lane tumbling with her brothers. At around 1.2km in 20 mins I got bored so me and Seryna got changed and went browsing through some shops.

We came across a newly opened Hello Kitty Cafe!! OMG it was so cute :3

I ordered a tropical mango smoothie and Seryna ordered a mocha and cupcake.

A great way to spend the evening.

And of course I have been regularly attending basketball training. However, today after training ended at around 6pm, me and some of the guys decided to join Alan and Wen at the cinemas to watch Iron Man 3. It was a late notice, so we all rushed home and got ready to catch the 7pm screening. We were not informed until we got there that it was in 3D and obviously we didn't go prepared, so we had to purchase new glasses... Anyways the movie was great and so sad that the story line ended T^T *tears*

OMG the holidays are almost over and I still haven't done any school work O_O I'm screwed.....

The Versatile Blogger Awards

Hmmm, I'm not to sure what the Versatile Blogger Award is? However I was nominated by Seryna : http://stopmotionwords.blogspot.co.nz/ and Moeka : http://breakingcities.blogspot.co.nz/ . So thank you very much   and now I shall do my share of this nomination :)

The Rules: 

1) Firstly you are to thank the person who nominated you.
2) On your post, include a link to their blog.
3) Select 15 blogs you've recently discovered or follow regularly
4) Nominate those Bloggers for the Versatile Award! leave a link on their page and comment on their latest post to let them know they've been nominated.
5) Tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself. 

My Nominations:

O dear... is it a problem that I can't think of 15 bloggers O_O

Seryna : http://stopmotionwords.blogspot.co.nz/

Moeka : http://breakingcities.blogspot.co.nz/

Ananya : http://styleandskulls.blogspot.co.nz/

Linda : http://lookitslinda.blogspot.co.nz/

Jenny : http://jennyandherdiary.blogspot.co.nz/

Emily : http://wishonadream.blogspot.co.nz

Abbie : http://haiabbieslifehai.blogspot.co.nz/

About me:

1) I can speak fluently in Mandarin, but I can't read or write in any form of Chinese. (disgraceful, I know...)

2) I enjoy munching on raw tomatoes, but other people find it really weird.

3) I am ridiculously afraid of insects, especially spiders.

4) I often rewrite my notes when I think the presentation is not perfect enough. (a really bad habit, because it wastes a lot of my time...)

5) I have a really weak sense of smell.

6) I am super obsessed with cute Asian products such as stationery, lifestyle, accessories, etc.

7) Other than my school uniform, it is very rare for me to wear any form of dresses or skirts.

Define The Word "Holiday"

(excuse the weird expression, I just wanted to show my eyes...)

Huge face palm moment today... I decided to purchase coloured contacts for the first time. So I bought some purple contacts when I went around the city today with Seryna. I was really looking forward to trying them on when I got home until I realised I purchased them with the wrong prescriptions to my eyes =_="

I was so confident that I was -2.75 in both eyes while I was in the shop, but when I got home to check my clear contacts that I get from my optometrist, I was so disappointed to see -3.75 on my packets... why am I SO STUPID!! That didn't stop me from try them on though and I really liked them. Which made me feel even more depressed, because I know I can't wear them out *cry*.

At the city I also got false lashes, lash glue, lash cases, eye lid glue (for Anh) and my favourite buy of the day,  black liquid eye liner from Dolly Wink. Just to be clear, here I got two sets of some things which are apart of Anh's birthday present :)

*Note to Anh: if you see this post, well.... act surprised on the day you get them kk.

And here are some random stuff that I needed...

 I bought small bottles and containers, so some of my skin care stuff can be travel size for when I go school, because I need to get into a habit of washing my face after basketball training. The only piece of clothing that I purchased today was a grey long sleeves top with a panda on it, from Valleygirl. (the top exists in the first photo on this post, however you can't really see it)

Sigh... My holiday just started this week and I have been sooooo busy...

Day 1:  Monday 

Fully cleaned my room! Hooray!!

Day 2: Tuesday

I had basketball training in the morning and after training, David, Felix and I went to Anna's place for lunch. It was a cooking date that Anna, Henry and I had delayed since last year. David and Felix tagged along to be the tasting judges and so we had our mini version of My Kitchen Rules.

(I forgot to take pictures...sorry)

Day 3: Wednesday

I spent the whole day at school in the dry lab to work on robotics. Our first scrimmage is this Saturday, so we had to get our robots working. David, Felix and I had a lunch break at Botany Junction, feasting on pies, burgers, chips, soft drinks, fraps and sweets. The weather was terrible to walk through though...

Day 4: Thursday (Today)

I went shopping in the city with Seryna :D

(for more photos visit Seryna's blog, because I was to lazy to take any pictures)

http://unicornatemyhomework.blogspot.co.nz/2013/04/shopping-in-city-on-anzac-day.html

Hopefully I can post on Saturday, since it's an intense day for me. I need to compete in the robotics scrimmage during the day (GO OSC!!) and then attend Anh's 17th birthday party during the night.

Anh, your oldie XP

Some other parts of Anh's present :)

Not to mention all the homework that I need to do this holiday. *cry* This is not what you call a holiday...

LOL, deceiving myself to make my to homework look more enjoyable XP

The Bad Weather

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Earphones Immune Me From Salesmans

I was stalking a butterfly in the garden of swan plants today. I thought it was really pretty and started taking photos of it. Then it decided to fly at me, which made me scream... O right, I'm still deathly afraid of bugs.

Is it a wallet? No, it's a phone case :D

I decided to go to the Pakranga Night Market to pick up this cutie today. What made me get it was because, from the last time I went with Sabrina, she got one for her mum. I really liked it too and I thought it would be very convenient when I just need to bring my essentials for school, training and running errands.

In the phone case: Samsung Galaxy S3, ASB eftpos card, Student ID, Driver Licence and Cash

You know your parents have abandoned you when have to go buy your own toothpaste... T^T *cry*

I'm an awkward turtle around strangers and while I went around botany alone today, what I was most afraid of are the sales men and sales women in the shops. I always failed at trying to reject them on the spot when they recommend me stuff that I don't need. When that happens, it gets really awkward once they've gone through the effort to introduce something to me and I don't want to buy it... I feel really bad then, because I just wasted 5 minutes of their life.

However today was different, because I decided to wear my earphones the whole time while I was shopping and the magic happened O_O No one came up to me to offer help :) I feel so anti-social, but it works! I didn't even have music on half the time too. I guess it's kind of impolite to be ignoring people in public, but at less I saved 5 minutes of the sales peoples' lives.

I felt like spending today... Chibi almost told me off =.="

Falsies Volume Express Mascara. from Maybelline, my eyelashes don't exist, so I though I would treat myself to some good mascara.

Oil-free Eye Make-up Remover, from Neutrogena, because obviously you'll need that if you're going to use water proof mascara...

Aloe Soothing Moisture Lotion with SPF 15, from The Body Shop, I finished my Missha Aqua Hydrating Emulsion, so I decided to try another brand.

Dream Fresh BB, from Maybelline, this wasn't on my 'to get list', but I thought I'd give it a try.

It's getting chilly now and my old denim skinny jeans needed to retire.

I own a pair of the same skinny jeans, but in black. Which was a birthday present from my sister. She got them for $50 last year and these were originally $50 as well, but was on special today for $20.

Yes, size 10... but I'm a happy fatty :D

Preparation for hibernation!!

Yellow and orange are my favourite colours ^ ^

Soft Bed Socks, $3, Made In Korea

I can't seem to find my 2 old pairs...

 

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Kuroko and Tetsuya No.2, from Kuroko no basket

Kuroko is awesome >.< that's why my basketball uniform is number 11 too XD

Only one more week before term 1 school holidays :)

A Chance To Begin Again

Happy Easter!

Me and Chibi have been observing these swan plants every time we go for our afternoon walks together and it's so amazing to see the caterpillars finally go into their cocoon forms. When I was a kid, the common life cycle exemplar is the life cycle of a monarch butterfly. So I think it suits the title of my post today "a chance to begin again", which is based on this weekend being the Easter Holiday. From my understandings, Easter is the day to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus. Hmmm, I wonder how chocolate eggs got involved?

Other than a new beginning, I tried something new today. I've been hearing about macaroons so much that I had to try it. I bought two from the McCafe today, one mango and one raspberry flavoured. It did meet my expectations, hard on the outside, chewy on the inside and a creamy filling. Mmmmm, SO GOOD >.<

I liked the mango one the most <3

More than a week ago was David's sweet sixteen. Nawwwww~ big boy now :3

We didn't get to celebrate on the day, because the guys had just returned from their tramp expedition. They returned pretty much all disabled for the day, so we decided to celebrate the next week. We went to Kanda, Sushi and Grill, which is one of my top favorite places to eat and the best place for our birthday boy's never ending stomach capacity. We also went to watch Jack The Giant Slayer in 3D, because big scary giants just had to be more realistic =_=" the film was based on the fairy tale Jack And The Bean Stalk. I think it was awesome other than half the time I was covering my eyes and ears...

 We arrived at the cinemas more than an hour early and since no stores were open on Good Friday, we sat down and veined for a bit. I like this photo so much T^T *tears of joy*

During the week the boy's team had a friendly game against Pak and I was able to go film the game :D

It wasn't really friendly though...

I did make a short highlights clip, but it's not on my computer and I can't be bothered to transfer it right now from my iPad... blablabla... So if you wanted to watch it, you can hate me till I'm bothered to post it :)

Life Is Sweet

I have been wanting to blog for weeks! Ever since school started, life has been keeping me busy. Finally a YOLO moment has hit me. I'm suppose to be doing my design brief analysis and visual brainstorm for my industrial design class right now, but I am more inspired to blog at the moment than work... So if this becomes my last post in my life time. The reason may be that I never lived to tell the tale after tomorrow's industrial class.

Life

Hmmm.. so update on life. Well a few weeks ago it was me and Chibi's 6 months. -YAY-

It was on a school day though, so we couldn't really do anything special. I also had really bad timing, because I had to attend a dinner with my dad at this formal business dinner thingy that night...

Not only did I have other plans on our anniversary, but also Chibi got me presents and I didn't =_=" yes, i know... worst girlfriend of the year...

On the left is a white tiger poster! Which I have had my eyes on for soooooo long and every time when I visit Botany Town Center, I would go stare at the poster to satisfy myself. And of course, every time I'm at botany Chibi was there too, so he noticed -^ ^- Also, the funny thing was that when he gave it to me in it's rolled up packaging. I actually thought for a sec that he gave me wrapping paper... so it was an awkward moment in my head, when I thought he bought me wrapping paper for me to wrap his own present in. Yes, I have my retarded moments and plenty of them too.

The cutie on the right, we've decided to call him Baby Po. Doesn't he look exactly like Po from Kungfu Panda 2 when he was a baby!! I love him so much 8(>.<)8 just look at his eyes!! LOOK AT THEM!!! And of course, nerds candy for a nerd like me :)

School

The beginning of each new school year is when school life is at it's most least stressful point. 

This year, my courses are: Mathematics with Calculus, Chemistry, English, Industrial Design and Physics.

Unfortunately economics clashed with my calculus class, so I had to make a life changing decision. I can still pick up economics next year though, but I'll have to work my butt off to catch up...

This is probably the best pick up line I have ever come across! I am such a maths freak...

I've recently joined my school's robotics team. Not surprisingly, I'm the only girl... ( Xiaofan, you're not a woman in my books!! ) I am 100% noob at this though, so I'm sorry guys for being useless!

Chemistry is one of my favourite subjects at the moment *gasp* and yesterday I just heard about my results. This was my first Chemistry assessment and my paper was a perfect mark!! It was a breath taking moment, because my observation was different to the smart people in my class and I was gonna cry =_=

Sports

During one training I didn't feel so well so I decided to sit aside and watch. Knowing me, obviously I would take some photos. Sadly, the boys were moving to fast!! So they turned out blurry and I had to use very very strong effects on them to hide that...

 

Hmmmmm I attempted to make this look like a drawing thing... ATTEMPTED

* SWOOSH*

Food

Some of my tummies favourites:

Green Tea Frappachino from Starbucks

Yoghurt For Men -Mango and Coconut Flakes- (DON'T JUDGE ME!! it's really good)

Deep Fried Ice Cream

(I was too full at the time to finish it... *sigh* regrets...)

Skincare

It's nice to take care of your body, because it simple makes you happy and refreshed.
 Drinks Up Hydrating Mask from Origins

Cotton Facial Masks (I've only tried the grape seed extract one at the moment -purple packet- LOVE) 

Don't you hate it when you're trying to go to bed, but you get that spark of inspiration and you're like, "WHY!!" That's pretty much what forced me to make this D.I.Y Lip Scrub... in the middle of the night! I got this cute lip sorbet, lip balm -vanilla- from Seryna in my little Christmas gift box. Thank you Seryna X3 However I had to many that I needed to use up before I can open this one... Also, because of this adorable packaging I decided t change it into a lip scrub. Which turned out great :)

Just because I like this photo, but I don't want on vain on Facebook. so I'm gonna vain here instead :)

My life is full of so many sweet things and people -^ ^- I'm very grateful, thank you.