Shopping Night 14.03.13

'ON SPECIAL' SHOPPING @ PITT STREET MALL 

Clothing:

Yes I was stuck in the change room for quite a while deciding if I should settle on all the items during my impulse purchases... I did a 50/50. I originally contemplated getting a black/dark blue contrast collarless jacket, a red wine striped dress, romantic white peplum top with studs and romantic burgundy peplum top with studes... I couldn't choose between the two colours so I chose both of them as a solution! Any clues? and the best thing is it didn't break my budget... my purchases with a total  just $50.

• Romantic white peplum top $25
• Romantic burgundy peplum top $25

The moment...

Having a philosophical night, still up writing once again in my blog.

The moment...can be the time you realise that one event leads to another in such a 'coincidental' state, but maybe your mind had triggered that meeting with a long lost friend, that you bump into that person, that second, that very minute you pick up the call, like a channel of thoughts linked invisibly to each other...

The moment you realised... choices are meant to be made... and you should never stay stagnant. Learn, believe, become wiser and more knowledgeable.That life is a like a series of sliding doors...many different factors, actions lead you to meet the people you know today and let you experience what you have experienced.

The moment you realise you must follow your heart, have a great attitude (never give up, never give in), stand up tall (believe in yourself,... to find your happiness... be you...and be free, not a bird in a cage... or not accustomed to just what is expected. Grow. Read. Appreciate. Hope. Smile. Love. bit philosophical today... but I just want to share some of these thoughts...may have ignited primarily been reading 'You'll see it when you believe it" by Dr. Wayne Dwyer, recent events and of course the fantastic movie Sliding Doors.

Music MV - pick of the month. march

march.twentythirteen.

MARCH 2013

It's been a busy year so far!

Fashion Fix

• Heart shape is in! Burberry runways...featured tiled heart shapes
• Studs - yes studs on bags, studs on collars, shoulder pads and purses - too much too less you can be the judge ;)
• Floral jeans...coloured jeans... stand out be loud and bold with colour
• Belts - accentuate your waist and style - it helps to give dimension to a full LBD or work dress

Music Fix

*Korean Music*

• Clazziqua - Like A Diamond
• Super Junior - Break Down!
• Epik High - UP

*English Pop Music*

• Justin Timberlake - Mirrors
• Taylor Swift - Safe and sound
• The Wanted - Chasing the Sun

*Chinese Taiwan Music*

• Jolin - MUSE
• Jolin - Wandering Poet
• Jolin - Dr. Jolin

TVB Fix

• Friendly Fire - must watch, featuring cast including Tavia Yeung, Sharon Chow, Laughing Gor and a cast of great actors, you want love stories, action, law and order, smart humour and great theme songs ... you have to watch this series. It is an emotional and exciting series 8.5/10
• Inbound trouble - feauring artists - Ivana, cast including Wong Cho Lam, this is a good series if you are in for some laughs, a few tears, emotional tears and frustration about the character's judgement. With a hint of Glee... applying to their performances - the storry follows a dynamic family and the drama around the lives some young people aspiring to be singers. 7/10
• Highs and Lows - features Kate Tsui, Raymond Lam and more familiar cast - this series is captivating with action and a subliminal educational message within the story. 7.5/10
• Seasons of Love - loving the sereies (currently airing) follows the love life of a few unusual couples... who meet by chance - there is inspiration from Sliding doors for the third story, the mini dramas are all surprisingly moving or emotionally engaging given the sort space of time for the writer to build the characters and for the audience to connect and agree with the characters within the stories. Engaging. Recommended series - as it explores modern day love life and possibilities. 8.5/10

Movie Fix

• Wreck It Ralph - 9/10
• The Intouchables - 8.5/10
• Life of Pi - 8/10

Quick Fast Food Fix

• Matcha (Green Tea) flavoured fried icecream? yes please!
• Grill'd Burgers 'Hot Mama' Spicy beef burger? yes please...
• Chatime Grass Jelly Milk Tea - without a doubt
• Newyork Cheesecake - delicious
• Souffle Cake - splendid.

Life Fix

• "If something is causing you pain, there is a reason....make a change"
• Gratitude - be grateful for what you have, doesn't mean you dont' stop striving, but you also start appreciating and making life even better.
• Tomatoes are good for helping with a flat tummy! So is cucumber and carrot (basically food that encourages liquid circulation rather than bloating)
• Body language and walking posture is key.
• Witnessed one proposal live! 2 weddings coming up, one engagement party attended so far, and 2 proposals so far of friends!
• Never stop believing.~

The year that was...2012

Top 2012 highlights:

• Learning bike riding...and exploring new parkland in Olympic Park...beautiful scenery and in touch with the wind and nature...cruising under a blue sky is a peaceful and fulfilling feeling.

• Music - going to Raymond Lam's Light up my life 2012 Tour concert, Ballet, Cirque De Soleil - OVO - brilliant performance, Korea - The Moon performance at Town Hall, Chillout music - revisited... the most beautiful music for the soul to revitalise and remember memories. Meeting Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Kerr, Luke Jacobs and Ronan Keating. Long hours of Singstar, and playing Just Dance laughing silly with young cousins... yes we were dancing to some funky and cheesy songs along with the good ones.
• Sketching to create a few new artworks - after finding inspiration again - sketches
• Cousin getting engaged after eight years - very happy for her and her fiance!
• Badminton - meeting a wonderful group of badminton friends - who are friendly, encouraging and catching up for dinners, karaoke and house warmings - over a good game of Pictureka!
• Restaurants - food coma @ Glass Hilton, Long Grain, Red Lantern, Sokyo, Quay @ friend's wedding and Momofuku, ARIA food tasting and event
• Going to Cockatoo Island for Art Fest - as part of Biennale and seeing new exhibitions of the new MCA
• Expanding my collections - exclusive Tokidoki collectibles, expanding my Moomin collectibles
• My birthday celebrations and catching up with good friends over Christmas break - loving the polaroid with my dear friends xx
• 2012 - was a year full of tears and laughter...there were obstacles to face head on ...but with persistence, determination, passion and undefeated belief and encouragement - hardships can be overcome, fear can be overcome and in the darkness, there is light at the end of the tunnel for those who are willing to hold onto hope and belief with patience, life is full of opportunity and your wishes can be heard. Every cloud has a silver lining and the best things come when least expected.

Hoping you had a fruitful, colourful 2012, and may 2013 be another colourful year...even more enriching, rewarding and kind. 

Hope to blog more regularly, stay tuned for some new year resolutions *hint food has to do with it*, what are your new year resolutions for 2013?

Lizzie xx~

DJ please play my song: September 2012

DJ please play my song: September 2012

It's been a busy year...and time has certainly flown by. Hope you enjoy some of the recommendations from my selected playlist.

 Looking back so far...what have you achieved this year? what lessons have you learnt? and what valuable and memorable experiences have you made?~
 

Currently on my repeat music playlist are the following recommendations:

1. PSY - Gangnam Style
2. 2NE1 -I love You
3. Chi Chi - Love is energy
4. Big Bang - Blue
5. Cold Play feat. Rihanna - Princess Of China
6. Birdy - People help the People
7. Birdy - Skinny Love
8. Enrique - Finally  found you
9. Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive
10. Rihanna- Fly
11. Florence The Machine - Cosmic Love
12. Beast - Midnight 

Lana Del Rey- Dark Paradise

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Another emotional love song from Lana : Dark Paradise ( this is owned by Lana Del Rey)


LYRICS:

All my friends tell me I should move on I'm lying in the ocean singing your song
That's how you sing it Loving you forever can't be wrong
Even though you're not here, wont move on
That's how we played it And theres no remedy for memory
Your face is like a melody It won't leave my head
Your soul is haunting me and telling that everything is fine
But I wish i was dead
Every time I close my eyes It's like a dark paradise
 No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
 All my friends ask me why I stay strong
Tell em when you find true love it lives on
Thats why I stay here And theres no remedy for memory
Your face is like a melody It won't leave my head
 Your soul is haunting me and telling that everything is fine But I wish i was dead
 Every time I close my eyes It's like a dark paradise
 No one compares to you I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
 Every time I close my eyes It's like a dark paradise No one compares to you
But there's no you except in my dreams tonight I don't wanna wake up from this tonight I don't wanna wake up from this tonight
 There's no relief, I see you in my sleep
And everybody's rushing but i can feel you touching me
 There's no release, I feel you in my dreams
Telling me I'm fine
 Every time I close my eyes It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
Every time I close my eyes It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
But there's no you except in my dreams tonight
 I don't wanna wake up from this tonight
 I don't wanna wake up from this tonight

DJ please play my song: Feb 2012

Hope everyone's been having a great 2012 so far!

Currently on my sound track are the following top recommendations:

1. Emma Louise- Jungle
2. Tablo- Bad
3. Raymond Lam- Chok Chok
4. Raymond Lam- How Deep
5. Cold Play- Paradise
6. The Beta Band- Squares
7. G.N.A- Top Girl
8. U-Kiss- Neverland
9. Chicane Feat Tom Jones- Stoned in Love
10. Rihanna- Cheers
11. Wonder Girls- G.N.O
12. Girls Generation ( SNSD) - The Boys

DJ please play my song: Jan 2012

Recommendations: KPOP, Cold Play, Christina Perri - Top 18 songs on my playlist

• Beast- Fiction
• Nickelback- If Everyone Cared
• Coldplay- Princess of China
• Coldplay- Paradise
• Tensi Love- We Can Save Us
• Yamashita Kousuke- Kokou
• T-ARA- Cry Cry
• Super Junior- Memories
• Super Junior- Andante
• Super Junior- Feels Good
• Super Junior- Be My Girl
• TVXQ- Superstar
• Alden- Baby Now
• Park Jung Min- Not Alone
• Christina Perri- A Thousand years
• U-Kiss- Someday
• Kaskade  (feat. Mindy)- Eyes
• MBLAQ- Mona Lisa

Happy New Year 2012!

Happy New Year 2012!

May this year be full of happiness and good luck. In the Chinese calendar it is the year of the Dragon which makes it THAT more special- it is to be an auspicious year.If you have just passed this blog while blog walking happy new yr!

Recap of New Years Eve 2011 in Sydney

Dinner at Chinta Ria- delicious dishes including roti, Mee Hoon with light spices and the Red Chinta Chicken dish it was undoubtedly a delicious new year meal!

Darling Harbour fireworks at 9pm
The Rocks fireworks for midnight New Years fireworks- truly spectacular when the countdown came on and the fireworks lit up the sky in rainbow colours. The finale was beautiful as the night sky glowed a beautiful golden colour that was so bright the sky was looking almost like daylight! Matched with live fireworks soundtrack including songs like Sweet Disposition it was a fireworks display to remember :).

Wishing all readers a very happy year ahead!

First day of the year 

Yumcha- with faves including custard egg tarts, prawn toasts, mango puddings, mango pancakes, chicken in rice and more!

Pool party ... Mexican theme where we were dipping our feet under the lovely sunshine... beautiful weather. Having cactus water races, Calpis water, guitar strumming to songs including Bic Runga's Sway, Cold Play songs, Oasis Wonder Wall, Taylor Swift Love Story, Avril Lavigne Complicated, Jay Sean- Down and many more hits! There was fried chicken, drumsticks, honey macadamia icecream and lots of good company as everyone enjoyed the lazy Sunday afternoon on new year's day 2012!

BBQ afternoon- sizzling food and prepping the food- chicken wings, satay sticks and so much more- good catchup with cousins. Not to mention the sparkles to write '2012!'.

How did you celebrate your New Year? What is your New Year's resolution?

Best Wishes again for a great new year!

K-POP Festival in Sydney 2011

2011 K-POP Musical Festival in Sydney was surreal! Got into the mood the day before, replaying the MVs on Youtube, playing their various albums and pre-empting what songs they would play on the night in preparation of the fantastic concert! I had to wear my Girls Generation '7' tshirt from SPAO direct from Korea to celebrate along with my B2ST wrist band!

A cloudy day turned into a fine, breezy day by 7pm, the sun was still out...reaching sunset, a beautiful picturesque scenic sky as the concert kicked off.

Sitting comfortably in our chairs awaiting the artists or should I say international stars, it was a surreal feeling as it kicked off with the 3:00 minute countdown! MCs included Girls Generation superstars... in beautiful maxi dresses. I loved how they presented in both fluent English and Korean, to acknowledge some speakers were not Korean but could enjoy the concert just as much.

Pre-event entertainment was quite impressive- tents set up by Hyundia included pop-up racing gaming with usb key prizes, a queue to take a picture of life size cut-outs of the star studded concert and more. Should I mention Nong Shim stand gave out cup noodles but the highlight was the Nong-Shim mascot! I've had many Nong-shim cup noodles before, have a Nong-shim mini cup pen but a photo with the mascot too awesome :)! There was also the LG stand, Korea Tourism stand and more...not to forget many dedicated fans with all the banners. SBS PopAsia hosted the stage with DJs presenting and songs to guess- if you ask me why I liked this stand so much was because of its outdoor photobooth (quite daunting given the fact prior to this I've only been in curtain ones for weddings and parties)- but the hamster from SBS? too cute!

Back to the concert- the highlights included B2ST performing their song 'Fiction', my favourite! It was just sinking in...as not long ago I was admiring the song from afar to their mv clip over and over again. The pencil scribble sound effect in the start got me so hyped up about the song! SNSD's performance of The Boys was great, and they looked so pretty just like on tv + photos. Wish they sang more songs though. Kara looked very stunning as well with their matching outfits performing STEP, Miss A and their dancing was great and CNBlue did a great live performance. The fireworks were great during the night during some of the songs. Sistar sang well too, but I wasn't a big fan of their choice of pink sequins- but they were pretty! MBLAQ really rocked, looking cooler than ever with their dance moves and their live performance of the much anticipated Mona- Lisa! 2AM and Shinee was undoubtly charismatic and sweet. 4 minute were awesome and to top it all off, the hot TVXQ performing Keep Your head down to finish the show was superb!

I love how they also did some special performances just for this Sydney - including Beyonce's 'Halo' and Kylie Minogue's 'I just can't get you out of my head'... great effort and it was impressive with the dance moves, very catchy!

After 3 hours of absolute entertainment, a start studded cast, great MC, fireworks and lazer lighting the concert concluded at 10pm... really wish it just went on forever, in that atmosphere and breezy night!
Couldn't complain though, stumbled across the celebrities in the tinted buses coming out of the carpark, now that was a big surprise! So there I was waving with the other fans, just 2 metres away from the bus?! some stars waved back and I saw TVXQ on the mobile, so close very surreal and trust me its still sinking in. It's not often such a big star studded cast comes to Australia from Korea for such an exclusive collaboration. Great show, and I could argue one of the very best I've seen! If you were there too, would love to hear what you thought of it and do hope you enjoyed it as much as I did too! xx

Cute-ness overload: Angry Bird + Alien + Pacman

Cute kawaii entry for Angry Bird's October competition- cuteness overload just look at their expressions!

Wind-up Pacman...awesome :)

The brilliance of Pixar's Toy Story will always amaze me... 'THE CLAW'

Pacman: Chomp! I love the stress-ball...vintage is the go! Great buy from Hart & Heim

Fashion Items- highlights of 2011 Part 2

 

Another shopping adventure...another scarf and dress...

Rare Dress Top Shop collection - Rare Heart Print Chiffon Dress.

*Love its chiffon light texture, red lining, gold sequins, ditzy heart design and how it's fit for Spring!

Cobra Starship: You make me Feel feat. Sabi MV Video Clip - loving this song right now!

VOGUE FASHION'S NIGHT OUT SYDNEY !

Yes! it's on again...fashion lovers...this night will be a treat. Last year was really enjoyable and I'm sure this year it's just got bigger and better. September IS the month for fashion, don't miss out on this night fashionistas xx

Live music, popup stalls, I even read there is a Coach Exhibition!, a MasterChef cook-off, DJs and there is a load of special offers in Westfield, QVB and other indepedent fashion stores...the challenge is how to pack it all in one night after the night commences at 5:30 pm at PSM~


Lizzie xx