DIY Flower Decor

Hello people! Today is DIY day. Hope this topic can help you to reduce rubbish by recycling the materials to do some art works =)

Saw the egg carton that was prepared to be thrown away and thought i can do something with it for some mini projects.

So i cut out the egg carton into the shape of flowers.  And prepare some colours for the flower and some green papers or fabrics for the background. My plan was to use the toilet roll as the pot to accommodate the flowers.

Colouring can take some time as i need to make sure it is completely dried. I used orange and light blue to create the colour-block effect.

The green background should have enough volume to tuck into the toilet roll which has 1/4 portion being cut out to accommodate the flowers.

I used some wheat-flour modeling dough to decorate the centre of the flower. But you can also use something else, e.g. buttons, or any other creative materials.

Lastly, use blue tag or glue to secure the flower on the green materials in the toilet roll and here goes your DIY flower pot which can be hanged or stuck on the wall. You can also paint the toilet roll to make look more sophisticated.

I decide to put the flower pot on the wall decorating my mini art gallery. It makes the wall look more vibrant and lively. So i'm satisfied with this effect =)

Ps: Today the company i applied for called me! Hopefully i'll get an interview soon and start working asap =) Fingers crossed!

Cheese Lover's Meat Lover Pizza!

Ok, time for pizza baking!

So my bf came visit me as usual on Saturday. He very excited to go watch <Iron Men 3> with me so we went to Jusco to see if we can get the tickets. Unfortunately, the queue was like crazy and the available screening time was too late. So we ended up shopping and i found this pizza dough recipe which i wanted to try so we went to bought some ingredients for the pizza yey!

Anyway we brought back tomato paste, cheese, mushrooms, ham (for him) and bacons (for me). But the time was too late when we finally got back, we decided to do it on Sunday for brunch =)

Anyway, as usual i cut half the required ingredients as there is only 2 person eating. And this time,  i followed the recipe obediently haha. And i was in charge to measure the ingredients while he mixed them. Great collaboration as i won't need to mix until my arms fall apart to make the dough lol. 

Happy boy with the dough in his hand haha. We spread the dough on the baking paper. And put the ingredients on top. Unfortunately we forgot to put the mushrooms so only ham and bacon.

This is how it looks like before putting into the oven. I'm a cheese lover so for the cheese amount, the more the better haha.

After 10 minutes of baking, finally the pizza is ready! So pretty with all the melted cheese on top lol. I shall name this cheese lover's meat lover HAHA.

Next week, hopefully i will get the Half-baked nagasaki cake done so that i can introduce you guys =)

Resource: http://outonlifessea.blogspot.com/2012/08/st-louis-style-thin-crust-pizza_29.html

Just want to release some frustration or i'll go crazy

Well, i'm supposed to talk about the pizza i made during the weekend as promised in the <coming up next> post. But i just had a fight with my mum and would like to complain about it for a bit.

Well, my mum is an old-fashion v disciplined madam. She likes to view things as only RIGHT and WRONG. So yes, she judges everything she sees everyone she meets in her heart. We used to get into a lot of quarrels. By that i mean A LOT. We used to fight every single day when i was in high school, not so much in uni as i was away from home. And now when i came back from overseas, i seriously can't stand her. One of the reason is that i can't face the fact that she is getting older and act like a crazy old woman. She used to be a wise person, good manners, have good relationship with her colleagues. Now, she only mixes with 60+ year old people. She has no more friends at her age due to her attitude. I wanted to make her realizes that she can't make it a habit to correct everyone when people say something negative. It's like she wants to be this moral police and blow whistle when people say something that she doesn't agree with. She's like the politician who has hold the power for too long and getting terrified that people AKA me might overpower her. Well, that's how life goes on! When you're old, you admit it and pass over the decision maker position to other people. She just couldn't take it.

Anyway, what happen just now was i trying to reorganise my cupboard in the washroom, then i realize she has lots of unused rubbish (or maybe not) in the cupboard which makes it very messy and crowded. So i took out her stuffs and shift all to the small living area where she stored hundreds of hotel toiletries collected by my dad and her. She got angry and said i shouldn't throw away her stuff without asking her and nagged for 10 minutes (?). Well i didn't say anything as i wasn't prepared to quarrel. Silence is golden. Totally applicable to my situation. Then, she came into the bathroom. So i started to defend myself. I wasn't throwing her stuff, i was merely shifting them to another place and when i finish everything i'll ask her if she still want those stuff. Well, she definitely didn't agree with me as she starts rising her voice saying i should ask her to come pick up her stuff instead of shifting them by myself cos I'm being rude. Ok, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. This is my room, and somehow she storing her unused stuff in my room is perfectly ok and i CAN'T TOUCH THEM?! She said i wasn't using the room when i was in uni so she store everything in my room, and now as i'm back, I SHOULD INFORM HER I NEED TO USE THE SPACE IN MY ROOM then she'll arrange her stuff to other place. I'm totally lost. And then after a few more sentences by her, i get it. What she meant was: THAT WAS NOT MY ROOM, IT WAS HERS!

Well, i guess she still wants to be in control of every single tiny unimportant things in this freaking house. When she lost it she'll scream and shout and snatch everything back. I'm not sure if it's pathetic or crazy. And guess what, this incidents just show like 1/100 of her.

Thought i'll go crazy sooner or later. DAMN.


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Another fight goes on. I'm not a freaking thoughts detector or some psychic, so stop acting like you're disappointed when i didn't do stuff that you think i should do IN YOUR BRAIN. If you want me to do something, JUST SAY IT! Just face it, we are not a perfect family so stop fantasizing me and dad to be perfect daughter and perfect husband. We are normal humans not ACTORS.  And what? I can't even complain to myself when i'm frustrated? Fine, i'll find somewhere you can't hear to complain. The problem is, YOU ARE EVERYWHERE!

Now i have a headache because anger is over-filling my brain.

"Penny, I'm Really Glad I Know You."

It's Friday Friday gonna get down on Friday~

Found a link to watch <Seeking a Friend for The End of The World> few days ago and finally watched it yesterday! It was a movie that i wanted to watch last year when i saw it's poster, but didnt get the time to do so therefore slowly it slipped off my mind. I was excited when i saw the link and thought i should watch it and see if it's good to be recommended.

Anyway, it was a story about two neighbours who never know each other until the end of the world is around the corner. I find it to be a very touching movie. It's romantic. And it shows that everyone is so lonely that when their time is coming to an end, they freak out and are terrified to be alone. As everybody's clock is ticking, any unusual things and crazy actions are rationalized by themselves.

It's not the kind of blockbuster movie. It doesn't have great explosions or heroic actions. It purely says a story about an average man and a gipsy type of girl. A beautiful story. A comedy, romance, drama and family movie.

SPOILERS ALERT. (Used a dark font everytime for a spoiler is to prevent people from accidentally reading it when they don't want to. Thoughtful? )

Love the first appearance of the dog, Sorry. I mean, the dog's name is Sorry haha. Isn't that briliant? People has problem to apologize and admit their mistakes all the time, and this dog, if you want to call him you have to say SORRY. I find it sarcastic yet heart-warming.

Also love the moment when they fall in love with each other. The music is good. Kinda romantic, kinda brightening their life a little bit. The meeting of father and son was touching as well. The music makes everything better.

Can't believe Dodge send Penny to her family and went back to prepare dying by his own. I almost cried. "All I need is the air that to breathe and to love you..." sings the background music. 

Love all the music in the movie. Vinyl records are vintage and cool. The lyrics of the songs said it all.

Love the last 5 minutes of the movie. The dialogues are amazing.

"I wish I'd met you a long time ago. When we were kids."

"It couldn't have happened any other way. It had to happen now."

"But it isn't enough time."

"It never would have been."

"I though we'd somehow saved each other."

"We did."

Skinfood Black Bean Nose Pack

I always have a problem to deal with the blackheads and whiteheads on my nose as i have several experience of over-squeezing them which left scars on my nose for few days. That was embarrassing! Tried using scrubs too but they are too invasive and make my skin peeled off together with the dirts. And AGAIN, scars =.=

Then my bf introduces me Skinfood Black Bean Nose Pack. He said it is very effective for him so he gave me some to have a try. How thoughtful =) Anyway, at first i wasn't sure about using it cos i scare it will screw up my nose again. But then since i have it, i might as well just try. When i sticked it onto my nose, first thing i noticed is the black bean smell. It wasn't too bad to be honest, i kinda like that smell haha. Then i just left it on my nose for 10-15mins until it is dried and hardened. The peel off process was great. It is best to peel off at light speed cos it will pull out all the black and white heads. Surprisingly, my nose skin remained. I was about to shout YEY cos this is the first time my nose was not ruined.

This is how the pack looks like. One pack contains 5 pieces and i normally use one every 3-5 days depends on my nose's condition. It is not feasible to use it when you have a clean nose right? So ya, one pack can last for about 1 month for me.

The instructions are all clearly written on the package. Basically i use a cleanser to wash my face first to let the pores open. It will be better if you use warm water as heat can accelerate the opening of the pores. Then with the help of a few drops of water on your nose, stick the nose patch tightly. Be careful not to touch the nose pack surface with wet fingers as it will make it ineffective. It looks like they really pound the blackbean into powder mix with starch or something to make them stay as one piece lol. The point is, it looks fragile so please handle with care to make it effective. 

After 10-15 minutes, pull it out quickly. I usually check the nose patch to see which area has more black heads. Then i check my nose as some black heads tend to be very tough to be pulled out so i will just use my fingers and a tissue to remove them. If you are going to do it, make sure your nails are short so that you don't scratch your own skin. Also, you need find a certain angle to squeeze them out easily. If still doesn't work, stop trying. Your skin is more important than a small black head. After u pull out the nose patch, there will be some black residue on the nose, just rinse it with water. 

Last important step, use a toner to close up the pores as you don't want to accumulate dirts/oil in your recently cleaned pores right? This is important, if you do it, you'll get a shiny and clean nose =)

That's all for today. May you have a blackhead-free skin!