I miss my sister

My family portrait
Brother and Sister
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My dear sister has left for China. For 7 weeks. After a hectic last min packing, she brought 18 kg of luggage, 1 hand carry bag which weighs 5 kg to faraway Beijing which is -0 degree celsius now. As compared to her peeps, i think she has underpacked, but she was her usual bo chup self. Until we reached the airport, then the magtitude of her trip hit her. "I don't want to go liao" she muttered as she stepped out of the cab at the airport. Her friends at work and school came to send her and even wrote her a farewell gift and letter. My father couldn't stop nagging at her to wear more, look after her DS, Mac, Ipod Shuffle, Cameras (yes she brought 2) and $. My mum kept chatting with her roommate's mum while my bro and I just stood like sore thumb. I hugged my sister many times before she left. Even the stupid computer at home was tempermental and refused to start up until now. Then my sister cried. I was red eyed too.

The whole family is quite sad by her absence. Dad told my mum the 1st thing this morning: "I miss my daughter, how?" I had problem sleeping last night because the room was too quiet w/o the humming of the computer and the bed felt too empty. Bro showed me the sms she sent 1st thing this morning. At breakfast we could not stop talking about her.

Send us lots of emails, ah jun. We really miss you alot.

Sidetrack: Should I buy this?

The Fashion Icon

If only I can go back to the 1950s as a man, I would be in love with Audrey Hepburn.

I first saw her in Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sabrina and Roman Holiday - her film debut, and instantly fall in love with her wit, her big doe like eyes and her immeccable fashion sense.

Started out as a ballerina who went on to acting theatre and films, Audrey Hepburn was the IT girl during her hey-days. As she shares the same last name as another Hollywood star of that era - Katharine Hepburn - Audrey was mistaken as Katharine when she went for her fitting at Givenchy. But nonetheless the quirky girl manage to leave a lasting impression on Givenchy. She later on wore several of his pieces in Breakfast at Tiffany's and made famous the term 'little black dress' as she wore the black dress of the great Givenchy on the set.

If there's anything I want for Christmas, it will be the DVDs of Tiffany's, Sabrina, Roman Holiday, My Fair Lady, Charades, Funny Faces which are just some of Audrey's Hepburn's notable films. Or her Biography (read about her in Wikipedia, her life story seems to depicts the lives of those in Danielle Steel's books: survived the war, have several unsuccessful relationships, difficult childbirth, acting career, worked with UNICEF.) Or a huge drawing of her like the one below.

Everything (North East) Asian

Guess which are the cities below:

Shibuya

Dongdaemun

Ximending

I am really into the North Asia countries, primarily Japan, Korea and Taiwan (not country, err place. Sensitive). Notice how their main shopping areas are similar in the look and feel. Somehow I like this look and feel. (think that's because I'm more of a shopping mall girl than rural countryside person). I love their culture, TV dramas, fashion, food, music, almost everything. Think I'm badly influence by their shows.

But I also find Japanese, Koreans, Taiwanese extremely creative people in terms of technology, gadgets, fashions, etc. Wonder why. Was talking to Cass yesterday about staying in Japan for some time. It's my dream to travel to these places (1st before I branch off to other continents) and stay there for 6 mths to a year in each place, to experience the culture, lifestyle and language (I wanna learn japanese! next korean! and french and... language is my thing. science is so not)

But then again, notice how the roots of all these places were originally from China? Hmmm

Some things I like from each place:

Japan

Sushi! (and sashimi, tempura, teppanyaki, etc. etc. I used to work in Japanese restaurant so I end up loving the culture even more >.<)

Japanese dramas (my latest craze is Galileo. Masaharu Fukuyama is so hot! my eye candy)

Anime (especially Shoujo manga like Paradise Kiss, but the above is from Ah, My Goddess!)

Gundam (I know it's so not me, I blame it on my bro's influence. These robotic shows are damn thought provoking on issues like human rights and politics. and I dig the super cute anime characters and voiceovers)

Utada Hikaru. Like her since that song 'First Love'. Extremely talented but she seems to be missing from the music scene for a very long time :(

Ayumi Hamasaki (the Japanese equal of Ah Lian. Think Jolin always copy her looks loh. But nonetheless she is cute like a doll and her songs are very catchy!)

Kimono (so cute! I want to wear one this lifetime. In Japan)

Nana (whatelse is new. So nice! When and where is the new chapters of manga and new season of anime coming out?)

Korea

Korean Dramas

Princess Hours / Goong (beautiful wardrobe, beautiful cast, shoujo manga storyline and plot. One of my favourite Korean dramas)

Coffee Prince (How do I live without love stories? And this is a super happy light hearted Korean drama unlike those tear jerkers kind. Fall in love with Korean music because of this show)

Yoon Eue Hye, lead of Coffee Prince and Princess Hours. Pretty much says why I love her too.

Joo Ji Hoon (he is the only korean eye candy i bothered finding out the name of. Besides Gong Yoo from Coffee Prince. He is so cute, like manga character)

Hanbok, Korean traditional costume. How come their traditional costume all so pretty?

Taiwan

Variety shows (especially those by ASOS, just because they are so mean, shameless, entertaining, funny, sacarstic, hence they make good entertainment)

Taiwanese Idol Dramas (like It All Started With a Kiss, because they always steal story ideas by Japanese comic, but make a better version than the Japanese) Ariel Lin, the main lead of this show is also one my favourite TW actress, because she is talented, hardworking and daring, though not that mainstream.

Joe Cheng (Zheng Yuan Chang I think in Hanyu Pinyin. Just because he is an
androgynous looking eye candy. super metrosexual man but cute)

Rainie Yang (Queen of cuteness, though not as act cute as Cyndi Huang. She hosts, sings, dance, acts in dramas and movie, like that lesbian Spider Lilies. This girl has range!)

Dim Sum, not Taiwan food, but it's Chinese food too. Though more of cantonese cuisine. But I still like!

Xiaolongbao. Big in TW, but apparently from Shanghai. Then again it's yummy! (notice how the food i like is usually bite size.)

Things I want to try when I go Korea / Japan (since I've been to TW twice)

Skiing (must try at least once in my lifetime though it is super likely I will fall like nobody's business)

Hot Spring (I like being in warm element in cold climate. like under blanket when i turn my aircon to 17 degree celsius)

Snow. Just because I never see snow before :(

Sakura (because it is so pretty)

Louis Vuitton 'Speedy'

My favourite luxury brands are 1) Dior, 2) Gucci, 3) Louis Vuitton

When I was younger I swore not to fall in love with monogram bags of LV, Gucci. But now, after seeing the young pretty successful girls like Serine, Iris and Michelle carrying the Speedy LV bags, I think I'm in love with it too. The texture, the quality and the size is just so perfect!

And guess what? Louis Vuitton started out making luggage! That explains why their bags are so impeccable made and there're always fake versions of LV around. Irony is that the LV monogram was initially created to avoid counterfeits.

$1k for a bag like this. Apparently cheaper if you go Europe to buy, $600 - $700!

When I hit my 21%, I'm going to get one of these to reward myself by going France to buy it!

Cool stuff

My sister new Macbook is so cool, and ex! at $2.6k... I also want :(
Artistry new palettes are out! and I can't wait to try the colours :D. New addition to my makeup kit..

New ME!

nice new pink sweater from Sue-Ann


Going for the new look. Japanese soft perm here I come.

Oh this is not me (duh) but charlotte has such a sweet smile right? so cute!

Sinful desire

Anyone wanna buy me this for birthday?

I could use this for music, TV and video on the go...

Ooooo

After such a heavy topic yesterday, let's have a lighter topic today - SHOES!

OMG, Caren's new shop - CandyPlush's shoes are so nice. Especially the black ones with ribbons at the back (I'm a sucker for pointy heels and ribbony shoes) I like my shoes in black or white because they are easy to match. But if I want to make a statement, I will get red and hot pink shoes. Now if only i can afford the shoes.

I like Vanessa Hudgen's clothes in her MV "Come Back to me" because they're so suitable to go clubbing! I like!!! see http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=2446077&vid=109988 for the MV.

Vanessa Hudgens