A lil update

So I got a job offer from a company, but the salary is a bit too low for a master graduate... I think I may negotiate on the compensation package once more, before I decide on taking the opportunity. I know in this state of economy, I should be grateful for getting an offer within less than two months after graduation.

But honestly I am still waiting for another, potentially greater, offer that's possibly coming my way in December. That would be a very nice christmas present from Sinterklaas if I could get that job before Xmas.

My friend said that I should be taking a risk in this case, so I may refuse the first offer...but being the most indecisive person that I am...I may change my mind. Who knows? The only good thing about the first offer is that I may travel back and forth to Berlin... is it good enough though?

Another thing, I also applied for a sort of freelance job in a non-profit organization. The job is just writing a feasibility report for a company, pretty much like writing a mini thesis - which I think I am good at... and I got an email of acceptance today. I am definitely gonna take that job, but I am still indecisive about the full-time one.

Well, enough about jobs...

I am so excited for my boyfriend who's gonna go to Japan in December 2nd or 3rd - I don't remember when exactly, but I gave him a shopping list...hihihi I hope he could find something that can only be found in Japan for me. I wish I could come with him.

Oh... talking about him I kinda miss him now, as the last time I talked to him was like last night...

Gosh.. we are kinda going back to the period of falling in love lately...well, not in a childish way anymore, actually more in a mature way. I kinda like the phase that we are in right now, as the relationship seems very peaceful - we have almost zero quarrels lately. So... I hope this is gonna last long...

anyway...what am I talking about???!!!

I think my hormone got me, particularly because I just got my period today.

*sigh*

Nail Polish Haul...

I bought 6 nail polishes from eBay, 4 of them are OPI, one is Essy and another one is China Glaze. Finally they came today. Here are the nail polishes plus some crappy swatches.

First up is my most favorite out of the bunch, 'Baguette me not' - a pink flamingo color.

I got the infamous China Glaze, 'For Audrey' - the cream version of Tiffany color.

Then, I got 'Merry Midnight' from the Christmas collection this year - dark purple with chunky glitters.

Then, OPI 'Give me the Moon' - palest lavender color with purple shimmer.

'Sag Harbor' by Essy - minty blue color.

Last one is 'Crepes Suzi-ette' - a muted dark red, almost like brick red color on the nail. Not like what I expected to be honest.

Because I only have 5 fingers I thought I was just gonna paint all my nails with this color, but then I screwed up and I had to re-paint my nails. Thus, I changed the color to 'Sag Harbor'.

Well..so that's it, as a wrap up...

From pinky to thumbs: Merry Midnight, For Audrey, Sag Harbor, Give me the moon, Baguette me not.

Neighbor's give away

My neighbor is giving away the most versatile palette, Sleek Palette. The requirements are simple,

1. follow her blog
2. leave a comment on her give-away post saying, 'I want it'
3. post the link to her give away on her blog *just like I do*
4. wait... hihihi and maybe pray!

So...what are you waiting for? Enter her contest by clicking on here!

2012 is forbidden...??

Reader discretion is advised.

This is only my opinion, you may have different opinions. Therefore, if you disagree with me or if you don't like my opinion - DO NOT CONTINUE READING!

Please no hater comments.

I just read an article (it's in Indonesian) about a moslem organization in East Java Indonesia that suggests moslem or Islamic followers to NOT watch 2012 the movie, because it is considered as being misleading and not really in line what they read in their Holy Koran.

In my humble opinion,

AGAIN...This maybe sensitive for some of us, please prepare yourself. I have warned you. I wrote this just to express my opinion and it's not with any intentions to harm other's feelings or beliefs.

Pardon me for saying this but that's a bit shallow, ain't it? After all it's just a movie. It may or may not be true. However, I agree with them that the doomsday is something that nobody can ever foresee, that the end of the day is God's only secret. But I still watched the movie.

I mean... if you have a faith and if you truly believe that doomsday can happen at whatever time because it's for God to decide then why do you have to be afraid of watching?

If you say that you are not supposed to watch it because you might get influenced by the movie, then it means that your faith is not yet strong enough. You don't entirely believe in whatever you're supposed to believe.

This is kinda similar to Da Vinci code a while back...Learn from that, peep!

Why not try to keep looking at the bright side? By showing them how scary the end of the world may look like, people are aware that this is the time to do some good deeds before it's too late. Hence, less criminal problems...right?

It's no use avoiding things... after all, the movie is already made, it's already up in the cinema worldwide...

But of course who am I to decide whether you should go watch it or not... you have the freedom to decide.

Shoes Whore

Jimmy Choo for H&M - Update II

Previous entry about Jimmy Choo for H&M read here.

I didn't get any pairs of shoes from the Jimmy Choo for H&M...I went there at 8:00 and I made it through the first 160 people who could shop in the designated area for like 15 minutes...

I tried on the pair I wanted, but even the smalles size is too big for me... so I don't know whether I should be sad or happy, especially since the price is a bit too expensive for my wallet at the moment.

But I fall in love with the bracelets, so I bought two of them... they are very expensive for bracelets though... 30 euro per piece, so now I am still thinking whether I should return one of them or maybe both?! If I have to choose I think I am gonna choose the silver one I think...what do you think?

Well...I just found out btw, in case some of you want to have these shoes but they are already sold out;

You can still get similar shoes, with the same model but different materials, FOR CHEAPER PRICE here (58$). I personally, after seeing the Jimmy Choo one this morning, I kinda prefer this faux leather ones below...They give me the form I am looking for. The Jimmy Choo ones are nice, but the suede materials are a little bit harder to work with and they aren't stiff.

Grr...married? Kids?

Now..I got really annoyed with my mom's comments..maybe this is like the first in my life ever! Because normally she wasn't like this...but lately, she kept telling me to go back to my home country, encouraged me to take over my dad's business and to start thinking of getting married, having kids, etc..etc...(I guess because her friends' kids have already got married and some of them even gave birth to kids)...taking over my dad's business is still reasonable, especially if I couldn't get a job here in NL...but getting married? having kids?

Seriously, I am still feeling like 17 inside even though I'm 24 now - so mentally I am so not ready for both marriage and kids...

financially...that's even worse!

I guess that she tries to make my life easier by offering a job in my dad's company and then getting married to my boyfriend (he definitely refuses the idea, especially because he hasn't finished studying just yet...).

She accused me of being westernized after so many years living thousands miles away from home.... but really this time I can't follow her idea, I can't satisfy what she wants just yet, because for me it's like climbing a mountain without having any basic skills...nobody said that you would definitely fall down, because there might be 2% chance of success, but most people would bet that you'll die...

I really don't know what to do...

Random Stuff...

Today I went to Rotterdam city centrum to accompany my bestie buying clothes and other stuff for her boyfriend's party this weekend. I am still on shopping-ban project, to be honest it's more because I am broke, so I didn't buy anything except two very small yet essential for day-to-day make up and skin care if that even makes sense.

They are sponge wedges for foundation, so it doesn't look cakey...whatever!! it's just 1.95 eur for like how many sponge wedges in there...

And.. face brush because my skin is breaking out I don't know why... in a sudden I got pimples and zits all over my face - screw them!!! So I bought this in Body Shop - since I suspect that my face is breaking out because I didn't clean my face thoroughly?! Whatever..this thing is 5 euro and I tried it for the first time today with my Avene cleansing foam for sensitive skins...

Cheaper alternative for this brush can be found in Etos for 2.95 - I found it after I bought this one in BodyShop... I am not sure if I could return this kind of product, so I keep it...I hope this do the job aka clearing up my face!!! Otherwise I am gonna sue Body Shop!!!! hihihi

Another thing is that I am still quite happy with my Konad nail stamping set, I even did another motive even though sometimes it's quite frustrating because the stamp didn't want to pick up the image from the plate perfectly... oh well...

The image here is pretty childish and tomorrow I'm going to a career fair... whatever..maybe they will look at my finger nails and go like this,'Where did you do your manicure?'

Another thing, I bought a new lipstick like a long time ago...like two or three weeks back - because of youtube guru mentioned it...oh my...

the color is really pretty and wearable but I don't know why I bought it apart from the youtube guru said so...oh man..I am such a loser... xD

Okay since this post is pretty random already, to wrap up this post, I am gonna tell you my fave snack at the moment... now that I mention it, I am thinking maybe this stuff is the cause of my pimples and zit... as I always finish a whole package pretty...quickly!

KONAD Nail Stamping...you are mine...

Quite some time ago, I bought 2 Konad nail stamping sets from this website, because I found a code, which I could get 30% off and also free shipping, so I only paid 30 EUR for bought two sets, one for myself and one for my friend's birthday gift. Since we always do our nails together, I assume that she will like this set, that's why I bough it for her.

This is my set, with 2 plates, three mini special konad's nail polishes in white, blue and red, Konad's scraper and stamper.

And this is how the other one looks like - the one that I bought for my friend's birthday. It has one Konad's special nail polish in white, one nail plate, a scraper and a stamper.

I tried it as soon as I ripped off the thing, it was quite difficult at the beginning, it's all messy and not like what I want or what I have in mind. After trying it twice, I find it very easy. These are the results:

If you want to know how I made these and how the konad things work, just watch the video I posted below.

One trick I learn: in case, your stamper somehow doesn't want to pick up the nail polish from the plate, you need to rub it gently with nail polish remover.

Note: If you are interested in buying these products, do some research first and try to find some discount codes in the Internet - there are many of them.

NET-A-PORTER & Healty-Eating Project

Shopping ban isn't limiting the ability of window-shopping, no?

Source: Net-a-porter.com

By the way, enough about fashion - Besides shopping-ban project, I am also starting another project, called the Healthy-Eating project. Well, some beauty bloggers can have project 10-pan (when you have to finish up 10 products first, before able to buy new products), but since I don't really have that much, I start a new project on myself.

So how is it? What are the rules?

• No eating after 19.30 (slowly it's gonna shift to 18:30) - except if I am going out eating with friends, because it's not fun anymore. Plus, it happens rarely nowadays.
• Eat at least one kind of vegetables.
• Eat at least one kind of fruits.
• No instant noodles!

That's it, it starts officially today, but since I did my grocery shopping yesterday already and I forgot to buy some fruits, I guess I have to skip eating fruits today. I also want to write down what I eat every day here, just as a reminder for myself.

What I ate / drank today:

• A cup of coffee with creamer and half tea-spoon sugar.
• Kanjers (bad..bad..) - it's wafels with caramel in between and chocolate dip.
• Rice with chicken and cucumber stir-fried
• Verkade mokka sticks like a hell lot of them
• A mug of coffee with milk, no sugar

That's that for today. Not bad... well, don't be surprised, I usually didn't have breakfast, because I prefer sleeping to eating and if I do most probably it's cereal with skim milk.

I only eat warm meal, usually, once per day, even when I am not on a diet...well, actually I have no intention of going on a diet, it's just... if I have to prepare the meal myself, I most of the time prefer not to eat. But if somebody prepares something, I can eat like Nico, my boyfriend. And you don't wanna know how much he eats...I think it's ridiculous...sometimes it's not even funny anymore.