But it's still not too late to become my friend! LOL
So.... I celebrated my birthday this past Tuesday! Although not everything went the way I wanted it to (which I would go through in a sec), it was still a very happy day~
Last year, I didn't really get to celebrate my birthday... I had a very yummy crepe cake before I left JB, but on my exact birthday itself, it wasn't very fun.
I rmb specially dressing up a bit for uni and putting some extra effort in doing my make up... oh and I bought myself some Jaffa Cakes! Other than that, not much happened. My aunt gave me a present..... which I didn't really like.... which is actually still at her place.... LOL She also gave me two sweaters which are not really my taste but they're not too bad.
Anyways... I wanted to sleep in on my bday but I woke up before my alarm at 9am multiple times and I just couldnt go back to sleep. Plus, the weather is still warm these days so I actually felt like I was sweating under my duvet.
As I mentioned in my last post, I had to make 2 important calls that morning but failed to because one of them didn't pick up (it was my aunt's friend who I had to thank for a bday card and Jaffa Cakes she gave me) and the other call I had to make was to John Lewis but I was worried they weren't open yet so I didn't call. Then I spent a long time getting ready... as always...
My foundation is finally the correct shade for my skin~~~
I always take selfies next to my window so it washes out the colour of my skin so I always look really fair....kekeke I honestly am not THIS fair. I'm not born with fair skin!
I went a bit overboard with my eyeliner that day eeek but because I wear glasses, it doesn't show as too much.
We then went for our Econs lecture tgt which was slightly boring.... After that, Nia and I walked over to Phuong's place to blend some of the ingredients for the paste of the devil curry!
When we reached her place, she wasn't in! So we had to wait outside her place for her to come home. We didn't have to wait long. After around 15 minutes, we got to start prepping everything.
Nia had to leave early because she had a seminar to get back to.
And when Phuong took out her blender and attempted to start blending, the blender didn't really do a good job..... which was a problem because for devil curry, the curry paste needs to be like a puree....
So after trying to get it to work for 30 minutes, we decided that we had to find another way to do it because we didn't have much time left before we had to head over to Sue's place.
So... we decided to go over to my place and ask my flatmate to borrow us their blender which ended up being a really really embarrassing experience. Long story.....
The important thing is, we got our paste to be near-to-perfect and then we rushed back to uni because Phuong had some admin stuff to do. However, we got to the office too late and everyone there had gone home... So we headed to the lecture hall where Nia and Sue were having their Business Law lecture to get Sue's key to her place.
Before going to Sue's place, we had to go to the Sainsbury's opposite uni to get chicken and potatoes and some beer (I got a red berry cider which was wayyyy too sweet)~ because we were so thirsty from all that walking and hard work. We then managed to start a bit of cooking before Sue and Nia came back from their lecture~
While waiting for the curry to cook, it was time to open the champagne!
Here is a photo of me "trying" to open the bottle when I actually alr popped the cork!
LOL after i opened it, Sue said, "Why did you open it so quick? I need to take a photo!" So that's the story behind this photo. kekeke
And as you can see, I changed my clothes! I wore my black top at first but then when Nia and I dropped by my room before going to Phuong's that afternoon, she asked me to wear something colourful and just not black. But I like wearing black! I still changed anyway LOL
Mmmmmm~ the curry was finally done after almost an hour on the stove!
Phuong and Nia were so hungry that they kept tasting and trying the curry when it was still on the stove and they kept saying it was too spicy, even though they only took small bites of it! So i was really worried.... I didnt dare to try it because I was scared it really was too spicy and that I ruined it for everyone. But I followed the recipe correctly and I rmb my mum putting around the same amount of dry chilli as well. My mum normally puts in extra chilli boh as well.
When I tried it, it wasn't really THAT spicy. But we knew that Sue can't stand spiciness so the three of us were really worried...... The important thing is that it was yummy!
A nostalgic taste of home~
Seriously, the first bite I took of the curry just brought back memories of the warmth of home~ ;')
My mum always makes the best devil curry because she makes it extra extra spicy.
While Phuong and Nia were eating it, their faces turned red and Phuong's nose becoming runny hahahaha I told them that the level of spiciness my mum cooks is to the extent that you would immediately start to tear up and sweat like a cow. kekekeke
I think it's just because Vietnamese food are normally not that spicy so they aren't used to it. When I told them my mum never eats a meal without chili padi, they were so shocked.
My mum has the highest tolerance when it comes to spicy food.
Nia was so sweet to buy me flowers~ And she bought me more Jaffa Cakes as well kekeke
She also bought me Nutella & Go. She knows what makes me happy.
Sadly, Nia had to go home early because she had important stuff to deal with. We did ask her to come back after she finish dealing with it but by the time she was done with it, it was too late alr.
So Phuong, Sue and I just sat and enjoyed our curry and talked for a bit before we started cleaning up and getting ready to head home.
We didn't even get to take a decent group photo of the four of us :( I dont even have a single photo of Nia from that day boohoo
After that, we left Sue's place at around 9.30pm and by the time I got back to my room, I was exhausted and just couldn't bother to do much. Thankfully our lecture at 9am on Wednesday was cancelled. That was the only reason we got to celebrate my bday on Tuesday.
A photo of my chocolates is a must. I actually don't like Nutella & Go so much, not because it doesn't taste good (it's Nutella!), it's just not worth the price. I rather get a huge jar of it. And I recently found a cheaper substitute for Nutella! It's Sainsbury's own brand of hazelnut chocolate, it tastes exactly the same! Trust me, I'm very picky when it comes to chocolates. If you have a big outlet of Sainsbury's near you, be sure to see if you can find it!
And I would like to give a special shoutout to my favourite nail colour~
I just had to have it on for my bday!
More of the flowers bloomed the next day~
It's a nice combination of colours~ it's just that I should probably learn how to arrange flowers LOL
And time for the presents that Auntie Veronica got me~~~~
OMG~ I still can't believe she bought them for me~~~
I have been struggling with drugstore foundations for a few months now and I now finally have a nice foundation to use (that matches my skin tone!) I can never choose the right shade myself! I blame the lighting in drugstores!
But yeah... rmb the story about the Msian make-up artist from a blog post some time ago? He wrote down the products he used on my face that time and on Sunday, I brought that list with me to John Lewis and chose them out~ Because Auntie Veronica has staff discount, it was a quarter cheaper than retail price.
I have been using them these past few days and I have been loving them! But I must say that Estee Lauder's original Double Wear foundation would have been a better choice for me because it has a higher coverage compared to this 'Light' version which has a sheer to medium coverage which obviously doesn't cover up my pimples and scars.
But it's so light weighted that I really don't feel it on my face most of the time!
Hopefully next time, I'll be able to get myself the higher coverage foundation.
And along with this purchase, I got some free samples, like a really really nice plum coloured gloss and one of their mascaras. And the very nice sales assistant gave me another tube of lip gloss as well! I, like everyone else, love free stuff so I was such a happy girl that day.
And I never really used any lip glosses before, I only used those Soap and Glory gloss sticks. I thought I would not enjoy them coz they're sticky but I am loving them now. Can't wait to get more~
And because it was my birthday, I had a gift voucher from The Body Shop, so I went it to get this oil cleanser. I don't know if it's good coz I haven't started using it yet, but my Biore one is about to run out so this is my back up!
and OMGGG THISSSS
My mum asked me if I wanted my godma's grandson, Ben, to bring me anything over to London coz he has just started his first year in Queen Mary and the first thing I thought of was THIS. And I ended up asking for some curry paste as well LOL.
But about this, I actually didn't check the price of it before I asked my mum to buy it. I only know that you can only get it in particular beauty salons in a few Asian countries. So when I met with Ben the other day and got this from him, I was surprised by the size of this. I thought it would be at least 100ml but it's only 50ml. So I regretted not asking my mum to buy two of it. But then I went online to check their website and I think this is the only size available and it's USD40..... So I asked my mum how much she bought it for and she said it was RM120...... I honestly didn't rmb it being that expensive the last time I bought it.... Hopefully it'll show better results than the last time I used it. Because my skin was so bad last time, it only managed to help a bit, which is counted as effective for me because normally nothing works on my skin.
I'm about to finish using my current facial cleanser (which is a Biore one which is not good!) so I can't wait to start using this!!!! I opened the bottle to smell it and the scent brought back so many memories. I loveeeee the scent of this btw, it's smells heavenly.
And just to briefly mention that it was really nice seeing Ben here in London. I actually haven't seen him for years! And I actually am not sure how we are related (or if we even are related!). But I know he's part of the family so it was really nice getting to see a familiar face and nice to chat with him as well. I thought it was going to be awkward meeting up with him but it was really nice~
And I gave him some left over devil curry too~ kekekeke Hope he enjoys it~
Oh and one more thing, I got a new offer for a job at John Lewis!
It's another long story.... but in short, the first offer was somehow a mistake. They gave me 32 hours to work per week when I can only work 20 hours. And most of the times on the working rota were not suitable for me! So I had to call them up, which I spent almost an hour trying to do but the people at the call centres kept sending me back and forth between two call centres, making me so confused! I was so worried about the whole thing and especially since the first offer was just a Christmas temp job, which meant I would be unemployed again if I didnt find another job for the new year.
But some how, maybe God heard my prayers of angels were looking after me, whatever good karma I have, I received a call from John Lewis that afternoon saying that they so coincidentally have another role available for me at the branch which is a permanent role to work in the children's department! You cannot imagine the happiness I felt at that moment, it was like all the worries from that whole day just got lifted up my shoulders! And the contracted hours and the working rota fits perfectly with my current academic schedule so everything worked out in the end!
Can't wait to start working and earning again!!!!
September has been a crazzzy month.
It's another long story.... but in short, the first offer was somehow a mistake. They gave me 32 hours to work per week when I can only work 20 hours. And most of the times on the working rota were not suitable for me! So I had to call them up, which I spent almost an hour trying to do but the people at the call centres kept sending me back and forth between two call centres, making me so confused! I was so worried about the whole thing and especially since the first offer was just a Christmas temp job, which meant I would be unemployed again if I didnt find another job for the new year.
But some how, maybe God heard my prayers of angels were looking after me, whatever good karma I have, I received a call from John Lewis that afternoon saying that they so coincidentally have another role available for me at the branch which is a permanent role to work in the children's department! You cannot imagine the happiness I felt at that moment, it was like all the worries from that whole day just got lifted up my shoulders! And the contracted hours and the working rota fits perfectly with my current academic schedule so everything worked out in the end!
Can't wait to start working and earning again!!!!
September has been a crazzzy month.
Okay, my job here is done.
Tmr (technically, today) I'll be meeting up with HY~~~~~~
eeeeeek I'm so excited and can't wait!!!!! We'll have so much to talk about!
I should probably get some sleep now.... but i probably would still stay on my laptop for a while... or an hour..... kekekeke
Good night and sweet dreams.
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