Symbol of Hope

Just a half finished piece of my painting of Paper Cranes, titled 'A Symbol of Hope'.

Recipe 28: Cinnamon drink with Special topping

Drink: 

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder -1 tablespoon

Sprinkle of Cinnamon

Milo- To adjust the sweetness

Hot water

Special Topping

Milk

Drizle of Honey

Steps: 

1 Mix everything together (drink ingredients only)

2. After it's blended and no more signs of powders, Get you shaker  and shake the Special topping ingredients. Shake it till it turns into froth.

3 Pour it on the drink and there you have it. Enjoy.

-Y

Perfume Review: Lily by Crabtree & Evelyn

I was given by an unknown Xmas given,
And I'm thankful for that.

When people are asked about floral perfumes, they would always think about the common rose, or jasmines, who knew they had lily?
Rate: 9/10
I use it everyday, it has a very gentle and different scent, nothing too overpowering if you dab it behind your ears and tap a bit on your wrists. This perfume reminds me of Spring, something we do not have in Malaysia. It gives a warm smell and it is just so great that I encourage you to buy this beautiful flower in a small glass bottle. I don't know the price as the gift was given by an unknown Santa, Santa Claus probably. :)

-A

Recipe 28: Potato Rounds the healthy way ;)

This is a cheat way of making the difficult and pain in the ass potato rounds dipped in eggwash and breadcrumbs and through all the frying steps. Don't we all know these fried are as fattening fried oreos? Hear out my method of making the potato rounds into something more less fattening and in the meantime, more delicious. 

Ingredients: 

Olive oil

2-4 pinches of dried Rosemary (chopped roughly, but make sure they have a texture that can't choke anyone)

Mashed Potato ( See my recipe here :D )

Wheat flour/ Tepung Gandum

Steps: 

wet your hands and roll the mashed potatoes. 

roll it in the rosemary

and then the flour

2 tablespoons of oil is needed,

turn up the heat to medium and start to fry them. turn them to make the potato crunchy. 

Enjoy

-Y

Hauler

A new topic to share:
Hauler- I'm sure most of us here enjoy the satisfaction of having an awesome outfit/makeup products, and at the same time, be super easy on the wallet. I get feedback and look through deep into the world of the internet, with the help of a secret weapon, and find the items for your satisfaction.

Losing 4 kg in a week! My quick and easy method :D

It may not be an easy way for many but if you can get the hang of it, that's good. 

In a Muslim country like Malaysia, especially in the Ramadan month, the Muslims will fast. It is when they don't eat or drink from 6 am until 7pm. 

My method to the non-Muslims is( for juniors and seniors) just before school, drink a big glass of water and eat wheat based food ( I'll give you some ideas later in the bottom). Then, drink water as much as you like throughout the whole day! You can not drink water if you like but I drink and it still works. When you return from school, you might feel hungry, make a sweet smoothie. make sure you don't add fruits with Milk, no dairy is needed in this plan plus it may give you cancer to blend acid and dairy together. 

It should keep you up till 6-7 pm where you can eat Moderately. Just before having dinner, drink a glass or two of water and wait for 15-20 minutes. Then you may start eating. Try to keep away from fried and oily food and stick to fibre based food like fruits and vegetables! Try this 'fasting' method for a week and you may see some difference. Well some of my family and friends noticed some difference in me. 

Breakfast ideas!!

Yogurt and fruits like peaches. In my house we make our own yogurt with bought lactobacillus bulgaricus( bacteria for yogurt) <I am confirmed a science student!>

Plain wheat oats that is moistened enough, you can add this to your Milo, hot chocolate. 2 tablespoons of chocolate powder and 2 tablespoons of oats. 

Banana

Fruit salad for an instant booooost of energy and freshness.

Chunky smoothies are great because without eating the whole day, your digestive muscles won't get used to not breaking and churning the food. 

Boiled eggs on whole wheat toast that is lightly buttered with mayo.

Peanut butter on toast! 

Ham with bread

Notes:

Try to avoid dry food!

During your afternoon hunger rage, drink chunky smoothie. 

Set yourself a promise to try to do this for a week

Don't eat a lot for dinner as it won't make a difference you want. Dinner is supposed to be the lightest out of breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The fat in your body distributes.

Good Luck! 

Recipe 27: Ratatouille (remy rinspired)

I know I know, it's Gorgeoussssss! ;) surprisingly, very very easy as well. Read on to find out how to get this beauty! 

This is how you want your ratatouille to turn out.

Ingredients 

2 small zuchinni  

2 eggplant/aubergine 

1 carrot/ bell pepper/squash

Salt pepper

One small red onion 

4 cooked tomatoes peeled and blended with salt and pepper and basil and oregano. Add a cup of water to get a stew consistency

Parmesan cheese 

4 minced cloves of garlic

 

Preheat oven to 175 degrees celcius. 

Slice all veggies Thinly using a knife or using a auto slicer(I don't know what it's called) 

Turn on the heat of the stove and pour the tomato sauce in a pan. Add the minced garlic and let it infuse the aromas .

Pour 2/3 of the tomato purée on a round pan. Spread it out.

Get your design ready and start stacking them tightly until you get a beautiful, colourful plate of raw rainbow.

Pour the rest of the sauce over the veggies and add the roughly chopped red onion and let it rain on the veggies! Add a lot of salt and your desire amount of pepper and cheese and a sprinkle of sugar on the veggies. 

Bake for 35 minutes with the top covered with aluminum foil. 

After done, bake it for about 15 minutes and above until you get the cooked and colour on the veggies, (until brown) 

Bon appetite!

Follow me on Instagram :D 

-Y

Recipe 26: Fudge Brownies recipe

My brownie looks very thin because I couldn't find a smaller oven pan, trust me, don't be fooled by the looks and feel heaven for yourself. :) when have I doubted you?

Ingredients 

Bowl 1 : 1 cup of white/brown sugar and 1/4 cups of unsweetened cocoa powder

125g of salted butter 

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence 

2 cold eggs

Bowl 2: 1/2 cup of plain flour(make sure it is NOT corn flour) and 1 teaspoon of baking powder

Steps:

 preheat oven to 165 degrees Celsius 

(I learnt these next steps from a website)

Get a small pot to add water that is the length of your thumb. Insert your thumb in the water to measure. Make sure when you put your heat proof bowl on it, the bowl doesn't touch the water. 

When your water BOILS, turn the heat to low and put your bowl on it.

Grab a cloth to hold the bowl while you add the butter in the bowl. While waiting for the butter to melt completely, add the ingredients of bowl 1. Stirring to combine fully.

When everything is corporated, you may see the oil float on the mixture. You may add a bit more cocoa powder, well, I always do.

Turn off the heat and put let the bowl rest aside until you can easily hold firmly the sides of the bowl wilt feeling the bowl burning.( wait for the bowl to cool until you can hold the bowl without burning yourself) 

It may look disgusting but don't worry, it's part of the process. :P now, add the flour slowly, bit by bit. Mixing the mixture with a whisk.

Until you finish adding the flour, crack the eggs one by one, making sure to whisk vigorously after each one. Lastly, add the vanilla essence. Mix. 

Grab a pan that is wrapped with aluminum foil in the inside, leaving some wings outside of the pan to help you take out the cooked brownie once cooked. 

Bake the brownies for 30-40 minutes. 

You HAVE to make sure to let it cool at least 20 minutes before cutting it out to your desire shapes. This step is very important.  

Enjoy!

-Y

My wordpress account

Check it out :D Though I did try to add more colour..

http://devotedtoarcturus.wordpress.com

-Y

@ the fundraising for nashville.

IM GOING TO US

Hai guys ._.

I will be participating in FPS competition in US. :D and meet the Amish! So excited! Quote from my teacher, "They make jam that is out of this world!"

-Y

Outfit for a singing gig.

It's Sooooooo 90s. but Soooooooo cuutteeeee!! <3 nbsp="" p="">

-Y

Perfume Review: Fame by lady gaga

One word. Mature.
Rate:3.9/5

It smells like any mature perfume. However, I took it a big whiff. Deeply. For the first few seconds, it was okay, mature, normal, sweet but then WOOF. I felt like my nose got kicked. The kick was so slight yet mindblowing and unexpected. What more can surprise you besides the Black Liquid? Sadly, my hand didn't turn black after spraying this dark beauty.

It stays for more than 5 hours, thats all I can tell you, even after a wash of hands under water.

-A

Perfume Review: Victoria Secret's Sexy Little Secrets

To me, it's mysterious, Deep very deep and mature. But sweet. You can feel it eating you slowly bit by bit and slowly dragging you to the void. That's how I felt.

-A

Perfume Review: Boss Jour by Gwyneth Paltrow

Rate: 3.9/5

It is different than others. I hope this is the right perfume I'm reviewing on. I put this on during my trip to Sephora. It has a LEMONY scent, I love lemons. I can't detect other scents as the lemon overpowers.
But after a few hours, lemon is gone and is somehow replaced by a regular mature scent. Love it. Or was it just me? It's pretty cool. It lasts a BIT longer than the 1D perfume.

Gwyneth Paltrow, sexy as ever, I love you and your perfume! <3 p="">
-A

Perfume review: our moment by one direction

It's very different from others as it has a bit of a spice. Girly and isn't my cup of tea, sadly. Costs rm150 for the smallest bottle at sephora.


Gotta say, the bottle is BEAUTIFUL.

Pink, girly, fun, modest and cool-looking. :P Don't hate on me yet, haters! It's sweet and THANK GOD no vanilla scent. It's light and not overpowering and sadly for me, the scent disappears in just short few hours unlike the others I tried on-Gwyneth Paltrow's, Taylor Swifts, Victoria Secrets'.

-Y

Make up tips by..the guy who did the make up of David Archie previously.

I met the guy who did David Archie's make up. He's from Malaysia like me, and damn he is one of the most extroadinary and interesting person I've ever met. So diva but so likable and funny.

Here are some tips.
Eyeliner: Don't drag the line too long, We want to enlarge the eyes not make it boring and dull. Try to make the line circular  and not straight.

Bronzer: Many of you might know this but, You do not draw lines with your bronzer brush. We want to make that path Non visible. So from your cheek, you draw a circle and drag it down to your hollow cheeks.
As for your jawline, you apply bronzer BELOW your jawline not on your jawline. We want to sharpen your jawline not...that.

Eye shadow does not change the way you look as in age, but EYEBROWS do.

Something to brag about...he helped me to apply makeup. As well as teaching me to apply slim gel liner from Kate in my upper waterline. and Gosh, it was hard at first. It's very ticklish, I must say. Anyways, I hope these tips helped you guys. :D GoTTA LOVE HIM.

-Y

Perfume Review: Taylor Swift Perfume

To die for, I'm loving this perfume as more seconds pass by. 

Rate: 4/5

It's almost as wanted as CK One Summer! It's mature but NOT overpowering at all. No Sweet stuff baby, all matured. But no no no, dear, this doesn't smell like your mama's perfume from Vior. It's still innocent but mature...if that makes sense. It's cool in every way except the bottle. Gosh, pearls with hippie colours. How cute. 

-A

Perfume Review: Enchanted Wonderstruck by Taylor Swift

Rate: 2/5

I'm not a fan of Sweet vanilla flavoured perfume. But this has taken up a level. It lasted from 5pm to 12pm the next day. Pretty impressive. But I have to say, this fragrance is very strong and it still doesn't change the fact that I don't like vanilla.


-A

Make Up Review: Daiso's Eye Liner pencil in black.

Personally I use it mostly on my eye brows. I admit I am terrible at doing a cat eye. Or any line.

Rate: 3/5

Bummer, it doesn't stay long. I don't think Primer worked making it stay for me. You have to have a dry face when applying or it can be easily wiped off. Whereas the colour, it is bold if you apply just enough pressure. You can test it on your hand.

-A

Trip to China-Yun Nan, LiJiang, Shange Lilar, Kun Min

 the traditional dress of the Xi Zang people.

 Ba Ba bread, made from mainly yogurt. So it's like yogurt bread. 

This dude scared me. The one coated in gold paint. 

Sadly, one of the villages I went burned to the ground few days ago. 

-Y

A painting inspired by Frozen and Rapunzel

Bottom drew by my best friend, T. You can see that the Black shadow is Elsa, while the other is Rapunzel. Isn't it soooooo beautiful?!!!! With the words, 'The cold never bothered me anyway' and 'At last I see the light' <3 p="">

While the galaxy back drop above and inverted is by......me. That is a fake character I just made up with the words 'THE MOON, THE STARS, THE UNIVERSE.' Hey! don't laugh at me. But looking at my fictional character makes me think of some made up superhero. :P 

Well this is my blog, so it's somewhat my internet public diary. 

Enjoy my little candle lights. 

-Y

It's hereeeeeee

Well it came weeks ago  but I never got the time to post it. Yep, Zoella wore it :D

I got it for rm29 plus rm6 for transport.

That means it was about US$15 in total! 

Cakey Face? Tips on preventing a caked face.

Does your face looked caked up? Caked up as in Powdery Looking?
Well here are some tips to prevent that ;)

The reason of a caked face is the foundation you use. Do you use liquid or powder foundation?
You can use a fan brush to brush the excess powder off.
OR
You can use a brush to apply powdered foundation. As it grabs onto the powder looser than the pad that comes with the powder foundation and compact mirror. That's what I sometimes do. It works on me, so why won't it work on you guys?
OR
Use the Make Up finishing spray. Of course let it dry after.
BUT 
The best way I found out was to Pat your concealer and foundation WITH a make up sponge from Daiso. But for a better more 'non-makeup face,' tear that sponge in half. You'll see the rough insides of the sponge. You use that rough looking but soft as a feather sponge that is torn into half and PAT your face. like you blend your concealer and foundation together. This will make your makeup appear lighter looking and more natural.


Hope this helps!

-A

Make Up review: Maybelline's Baby Lips

Come on, you must have seen this before.
What? This childish looking chapstick?
Yesh, that colourful and adorable chapstick.

Rate: 7/10

This review is based on the translucent no.2 that you can see above. Sadly, I didn't get a matt.

Baby Lips feels very smooth and come on, it looks so CUTE! and it comes in different colours! Back to my review, the translucent one isn't very visible like I wanted it to be, however, when you wipe your lips with a tissue. OH there's all the colour! It's a pretty bold Pink, on the tissue. Well at least the colour I wanted is visible on the tissue but not my lips...

I know, most people would conceal their lips and do all that jazz, but I find using concealer on your lips, dries them up like a prune/raisin. It ain't a nice feeling.

-My concealers are liquid and are from Rimmel and Maybelline.-

More reviews on the matts are coming soon...as soon as I get my hands on those babies.

-A

Perfume Review: Yuna's 2 senses

Firstly, I don't think it's called Yuna's 2 senses. Seriously? I made that up.

Rate: 4/5

As curiousity killed the cat, these perfume caught my eye at Watsons. I was surprised at first as I never actually paid attention to the scents. The scent was nice. Probably everyone will like it (GIRLS) as it is NOT overpowering AT ALL. I couldn't detect the ingredients, but I didn't want to cheat and read the description. So I'm describing them in my own words.
'Good enough to make your boyfriend not leave you as he May or may not be relaxing at the smell of this perfume.'

As some of you don't know, Yuna is MY country's own star- Malaysia.

-A

Perfume Review: Paris Hilton's Sheer

I'm not a fan of pink, nor Paris Hilton. But I was curious and took a whiff.

Rate: 4.8/5
Trust me, my world stopped. I needed to get this perfume, Probably cus I just LOVED it so much. and i did get it, in the end. Thanks mom!

The scent: VERY light, but doesn't stay long. However, you spray more, it will obviously be too overpowering. That's the downer. Girly, fun, sweet(i mean, 40%), sexy, powerful(gives the powerful aura,IMO).

The packaging is pretty zebra inspired, if you ask me.

-A

Perfume Review: Calvin Klein's One Summer

ONE OF THE BEST STUFF I EVER SMELT.

Rate:4.9/5

So I followed my mum into one of the CK stores in the Outlet with more than 100 stores in New York State. I am a fan of perfume, and I like Summer and the colour blue. And coincidentally picked up my now, Ultimate favourite perfume. Sadly, it was too pricey, well it was CK.

The musk is warm, and it makes you smile when you smell it. It doesn't itch your nose, make you gag, (no worries guys), as it is light and not TOO sweet OR overpowering. Perfect perfume for both genders, In my opinion, because, maybe I feel both genders will attract. It's fruity and sweet. Delicious.

I seriously recommend this awesome perfume!

Not Advertising, Just doing a Review.

-A

Perfume Review: Rue 21's Runaway 21

Sweet, but not overpowering.
Rate: 4.6/5

You see that skull guys, keep away from it. It's gonna make you attached to it! It has a bit of a lady-feel and sweet-feel. Mostly, sweet.

-A

Perfume Review : Playboy for men

:
Yes, it's for men. I'm a girl who is doing a review on men's perfume.

RATE: 4.8/5

I can't lie that this perfume is so sexy, masculine.... I would want a guy to wear this as it gives him a more mysterious and 'deeper' aura, in a good way. I admit I use it sometimes and well, imagine myself as a tomboy.

-A

How do I look?

Got this new curling contraption and used it on my hair. Is it a like or a No no? 

-Y, 

The Camwhore.

Game Review 2: Happy Wheels

Rate: 3.9/5

Everyone can play Happy Wheels for FREE, Online. If you didn't know.

Happy Wheel is difficult as you need practise and lots of skill. It's pretty addictive and violent as you can see blood spilling out most of the time. Such as when body parts start to fly everywhere, you can either have a good laugh or start to feel nauseous. I don't recommend young kids to play, just to make the world a less violent place. (another pageant line *facepalm)
Anyways, back to the good points, you die easily, and that makes you want to play even more. There are many levels to choose from and you can make your own maps which is pretty cool.

It's really fun to play with friends and NOT your dad and mom, preferably.

Game Review 1: Battlefield 4!

Besides the Better Graphics, what else is there to make this game more awesome?!

Rate 4/5

Adv.
1.Best Graphics Ever. Too realistic.
2. Riffles, Snipers are better than ever.
3. You can play with your friends (I know plenty of games have the same thing)
4. Doesn't seem to Lag that much, though my computer is just a plain old Acer Lap Top.

Want to play? Try Battlefield Online!

Movie Review 4: Catching Fire

I had to admit, I was waiting for Finnick Odair the whole time when watching CF.

Okay, I'm a Hunger Games lover. Crazed fan, in other words. I may give plenty of compliments but do not eat my words.

Every 25 years of the Hunger Games, The victors of the 25 years will participate into the Hunger Games. In the second book, it is the 75th Hunger Games, and the victors from 50th until 75th will be participating. Of course, they will be voted by 1 male and 1 female. Katniss, is the ONLY female victor in district 12 and well, she has to participate in the games again. Peeta takes Haymitch's place and joins as well.

They meet other victors and they were put in an arena where it is divided like a clock. Every hour will have something torturous waiting for them. They (Katniss, Peeta and Finnick and Mags) Met up with 3 more allies.

ALSO The shock of District 13's existence after they rebelled against the Capitol and were bombed. They survived underground this whole time in secret.

IMO, People who hasn't read the book or watch the first movie will not understand it very well, as in the full story. eg. why president snow spits out blood, district 13....

Rate by a person who has read the book and watched the 1st movie: 8/10

Movie Review 3: Frozen

It is an animated movie with a great story line. Rate: 7/10

It is famous for the catchy songs, written by the Person who wrote songs for Rapunzel. I don't think that it is THAT childish. Well from experience, my mother, aunt, uncles came and watched the movie with my cousins and I. Yes, they like cartoons even though they may have grown out of their cartoon circle-No problem with that. Back to the point, it's family friendly and perfect for both children and adults. 

Elsa, the blonde ice queen was the offspring of two parents with the same ice producing powers. Anna, the red haired and also Elsa's sister, however was the recessive and didn't have any powers. However, their parents died when they were really young and Elsa couldn't train herself. This movie is based on how Elsa kept her power as a secret for years but eventually, the secret was revealed. With twists in the story, at first thought to be a love story for a boy and girl, changed to.......

Well, you have to watch to find out. :)

A/N

When I think of Frozen, I can't help but compare it to Rapunzel. I find myself liking Rapunzel more than Frozen as I feel I got more laughs during Rapunzel. But, I may be wrong. Both songs from the movies are great and beautifully written. All is adorable and....Elsa rocks! 

-Y

Book Review 13: Undead and Uneasy.

Rate: 3/10

Powerful vampire queen is about to get married to vampire king. But one day, her fiance is missing and slowly her friends. she is alone.
Comments: Slow paced, not my type of macaron. I don't really Likey the story line but you guys can go and judge the book yourself. I find it boring but I forced myself to read it. I have to give credits to Mary, the author as who knew Vampire Kings who lived for years could be so dumb. Why I called him dumb? Find it out yourself?  I really don't want to spoil anything......She finds him and Happily Ever After.

-Y

200th POST!

What to post? What to post?  OH DUH A PEWDS VIDEO! Are you a true fan? 3:( #PEWDSDOESEVERYTHING

He is truly one of a kind, and amazing. Enjoy my little candle lights.

The Easiest Way to Download A song.

Go to google search.
Type the song. Eg. Make You Feel My Love Mp3
See the link that contains mp3skull?
(It is free, illegal and fast. Just the way we want it. xD)
After going into the website, you'll see a lot of decisions you can choose from.
FIRSTLY, check the length of the song that is displayed on the left side, beside the song name.
then, right click the download.
Choose Save Link as.
Save it in your folder.
You're done.

Something to make you leaugh, like it made me xD

Favourite Thing

What do you like? What do you do to make you smile? Do you see something? Do you eat something? Smell? Hear? Taste? Or touch?

Maybe the Smell of Books, the sight of books make you sigh as if you are in heaven. The feel of hugs and warmth in an open fire...(As i wrote open fire, I started to sing along in that christmas song :P) OR the taste of melting chocolaty goodyness between your lips? The sounds of waves crashing... or the Birds chirping.. or nature's calling?


I'm starting to grow on candles, with fire flickering softly. (Being kinda dramatic here.)

Okay, I'm stahping. Feeling kinda romantic.

Bye bye my little candle lights.
Be as gentle as ever.
Okay. Im stopping.
-Y

I read this comment on a video.

'Don't Lose Weight, Start building Muscle.'

This was found under AndreasChoice "New Years Make Up video." OH! It's nothing wrong about Andrea, she is beautiful and awesome. It's just a smart way of thinking. I mean, I never thought about that before. When trying to lose weight, AKA working out, I never try to build Muscle but my main thought was JUST TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT.

Maybe this Phrase can help people. People are trying to lose weight these days by starving, not eating, going on crazy diets and of course exercise but JUST to LOSE WEIGHT. I guess majority never thought of building Muscle instead.

It's nothing personal and I wish to spread the word! (I feel like a Pageant girl)  :3
....................Let's make this damn world a better place! AKA People.

-A

Book Review 12: The Fault In Our Stars

Who knew this famous writer is a Vlogger on youtube?

RATE: 4.7 Cus Peter is a douche. That character makes me sad, for some weird reason.

*Intro Music

Who also knew this book made me into a fit of Tears? My friend actually told me about this book. Yes, I'm slow. Heads Up. The last quarter of the book is going to make you CRY, unless you're used to reading HEART WRENCHING BOOKS! :'(

Summary:
Hazel meets Augustus Waters <3 a="" after="" all="" and="" apparently="" at="" beautifully="" book.="" book="" bring="" can="" cannot="" catchy.="" church.="" come="" even="" feel="" find="" first="" for="" group="" happens="" i="" in="" is="" like="" liking="" literature="" mean="" more="" myself="" name="" nbsp="" needs="" on="" out.="" p="" read="" reading="" s="" say.="" smarter="" spoil="" support="" that="" the="" this="" thousand="" time="" times="" to="" what="" written="" you="">
A comment? The Fault in Our Stars will make you experience many many emotions in just a few hours. Happy, Giddy, Angry, Sad, Depressed, Mournful, Laughing your butt off, Heaven, Hell, Heartbreaking.

I promise you total interest in this book.

-A