5 beauty crimes

Kaye tagged me, so here are my 5 beauty crimes.

1. I sometimes do dark eyes and dark lips. I don't really see it as a crime either but apparently everyone says so...

2. I curl my lashes before and after I apply mascara. Yes yes, I know. It's not good for my lashes, they can break off etc. But I just can't help it.

3. I don't apply body lotion after I shower. I don't like having all that goop in my palms and having to smear it all over my body. I know I should since there's a lot of calcium in the tap water here in Denmark and it's not good for either skin or hair. I'm just too lazy! I think I apply body lotion to my legs once every two months or something.

4. This doesn't count anymore really... but I used to bite my nails. I was the worst nail biter. The bitter stuff you apply to your nails to prevent further biting? Well, I just kept biting through that. Luckily I just stopped by myself, half a decade ago.

5. I can mix and match all sorts, and I mean ALL sorts of colors on my lids. I don't really see this as a beauty crime either but according to some magazines, certain colors just don't match. I disagree, I think that those limits and that kind of mindset should be pushed. There shouldn't be any rules when it comes to make-up. Just to have fun with it.

Now, let me see...I tag:

Arashi
Nic nic
Viannee
Liz
Aradani

Sorry if you've already been tagged. If that's the case, please look away from this :)

Here is a Swedish song that have been playing on repeat in my head the last couple of days. It is so sweet and gets me all relaxed and happy almost instantly. I love this song!

Lisa Ekdal, singing: Vem Vet (who knows)

Japanese...

Apparently this is how you do when you eat sushi in Japan.




Better pay attention to etiquette!! LOL

And look! We've all been fooled by those Japanese, dang! They sure had me for a while...



Hope you enjoyed!

What happened today...

Well, after I took the bus to go to the Japanese embassy yesterday, in vain, since my contact wrote: Tuesday, March 26th and I'd rather be safe than sorry I of course went again today.

Turns out the other applicants were from Copenhagen university so they're more specialized in the language, whereas since I was from Copenhagen business school hadn't read Japanese poems, classical literature or went in-depth with the grammar. I was nervous that the others might have an advantage when it came to the language but when we went out for lunch it turned out that the test had been equally hard for them as well. And trust me, it was DIFFICULT with a capital D! For a couple of the questions I could narrow it down from 4 to 2 since it was multiple choice but then I had to go with either my gut feeling or go with the tried and tested "eenie meenie minie mo!" Yes, don't worry I didn't count out loud, that would probably have given the others a good laugh!

After lunch we had the interview. I was expecting it to be in Japanese so when 1 of the 3 interviewers said that I should introduce myself in English it threw me off but hey, I thought that the preliminary rounds of the interview might be in English and then we would switch to Japanese. I was so thrown off that I forgot some words...in English! Gahd and I'm supposed to be more fluent in English than I am in Japanese. Well, after a while of talking, he broke it off, thanked me and told me that I would be hearing from them in the next week. My jaw kinda dropped on the spot. Well, if I had known it was in English then I, of course would have been so much more swift. Dang! Well...

No need to worry more about that, just keeping my fingers crossed and waiting for next week to come...

Happy Easter everyone!

Hi lovelies,

Just wanted to wish you all a happy easter. I will be... working -_- and preparing for a test and interview at the Japanese embassy on Tuesday. You see, I applied for a scholarship called: Monbukagakusho and they will provide tuition and living for an entire year. Very nice deal. Only thing is they only give out 1 of those each year in the entire kingdom of Denmark. The competition will be fierce and I'm not sure how I will do on the test. I'm more nervous about the interview really. What if they ask me something I can't answer and I'll sit there with my jaw dropped, looking stupid??

Argh! Well, wish me luck! (I'll certainly need it!)

Weather...

Two days ago I wake up to a sun that's shining only to be replaced by, and I kid you not people, awhole day and evening of blizzard! What's going on? I mean we ARE in the middle of March, right?

Yesterday it only snowed for an hour or so in the evening but the bad thing is that due to this sudden change of weather my skin has become dry. I notice it on my body, my hands especially but there are some dry patches on my face as well. A few patches on my forehead and cheek. Also that annoying area above your upper lip, under and around your nose. That area is flaking like I've never seen before! I had to go out today so I put on serum, moisturizer and added concealer and foundation. I just think that the concealer made the flakiness even more evident.

Anyone else experience this? I'm going to exfoliate and do a moisture mask tonight but if it doesn't help, then I'm out of ideas. Anyone have any ideas? I'd take a picture and show you but as my camera seems to be hiding from me at the moment I guess there will be none of that. -_-

Danish musicvideos

So, I was thinking about introducing you guys to the language danish and what better way to do it than music? I present to you, two danish rap music videos. You might not get the content but it's fun to listen to.
L.O.C and the song: Få din flask' på. Get your bottle on...or something like that. I dunno how to translate it.



L.O.C, Jokeren and Niarn. The song is called Gravøl which can be translated as Wake




LOC and Jokeren are two of the "better" rappers that Denmark can boast about. Enjoy!

Timeline part II

This is my 11th birthday if I remember correctly. We're having birthday cake and my sister is next to me. I felt like continuing with a preteen picture before moving on to the teen years.

This is a picture of my maternal grandparents taken about 20 years ago. My grandfather is the coolest, most patient, wise and understanding person I know. It's funny seeing this picture and remembering how "young" they looked as opposed to today. We were taking a walk in a park and my aunt snapped this picture. They're so adorable!

Ah yes... a teenager with short hair. I started gaining weight as a teenager. Mostly because of insecurities and teasing. I was slim as a kid but it changed when I was 12-13 years old. There weren't a lot of asians at my school at that time and I didn't feel like I could relate to anyone with Danish backgrounds.

Oh boy... a full figure shot. You can see here that I was a big girl. LOL Anyone remember those hats that were, oh so modern back then?? Well, to continue on. There weren't any rolemodels of color or anyone on billboards, ads and commercials. Cosmetics sold were aimed towards girls with blonde hair and blue eyes. I felt that was the standard of beauty and therefore felt that I wasn't good enough. I didn't feel pretty or slim and that resulted in more bingeing. Not good!

Ah! This is a self-shot of my grandfather and me in our garden. I'm nearsighted and had to wear glasses. Yup, glasses, overweight kid all these factors did not help with the teasing. I always felt comfortable at home and especially around my grandfather. He is so kind and always knew what to say to make me feel better.

This is another shot of me in our garden. It was taken in May I think, the flowers were blooming and the weather was nice. I was in high school back then so I think I must've been around 16 years old on this pic.

I think I'm around 18 here. You can see on the roundness of my face that my weight was still up there. This is also around the time I started trying to look good and wearing more make-up. This was also the time where I let my hair grow out so it became loong and like any normal teenager I wanted to be pretty. Gahd, my brows where really overplucked here!

If you look closely, you can see a scar over my right eyebrow on my forehead. This happened when I was 2 and was balancing on the edge of the sandbox at my kindergarten. I fell and got this scar.

This picture was taken just a few years ago, in the beginning of my twenties when I visited my sister who is studying in Beijing. It was in the month of May, it was HOT (you may have guessed by looking at my sweatdrenched face) and we had gone to the Beijing Zoo where we were looking at pandas. I had become more aware of my weight issues here and started eating more healthily.

This is me just months ago.
I've started working out and eating more healthy here. I didn't realize how important exercise and a healthy diet was until a few years ago. Well, you know what they say, better late than never. Wish me luck with my diet! I'll post pictures once I've lost enough for me to be satisfied. Say... 4 months from now? It's good to have a goal and to pressure one self. I'll update with pictures of my new self when June comes. =D