KONY 2012

This subject has been circulating and spread on the internet for two weeks now and I would like to present my thoughts about it. KONY 2012 is a movement by Invisible Children Organization. Below is the video about what they are trying to do. As for me I'm trying to spread the word too because after watching the video I felt bad about myself for not knowing what's going on in other places of the world. This video certainly touched my heart and it inspired me to work harder to achieve my goals. 

From what I see in the video the founder of Invisible Children is doing something noble, something that will make a change in the world. I feel that people like him deserve praise and a pat on the back telling him "Job well done". This world we need more people like him, people who are willing to go the extra mile in doing good for the world, not for himself. There are many negative things out there about Invisible Children and some even say that it's a con job. After reading an article in the link below, I too thought they were in it for something else and I was happy to find out it's not which leads to the second link. The second link is where Invisible Children released an article replying to the accusations that were presently by people who think that there are a scam. I like how this organization works with transparency on their financial status and how they are spending the donations.

Counterpoint to KONY 2012 movement

Counterpoint to the counterpoin of KONY 2012 movement

My thoughts on this movement is it's a job well done and I hope that people will support what they do. I know you might think when this is over what will they do, I'm sure they will lend a hand and help other parts of the world with the same vision in their hearts and mind. Even though I may not be able to donate but I will continue to spread the word about them and all the good things they have done. They have come a long way and it's the final stage where Kony needs to be stopped in making him famous. As people who have access to the internet we can continue to spread the word and create awareness. If you have the money to donate, you should donate and help out because these are children who are suffering and with your donation they have a better chance to survive in this world. What I learned from all this is that I'm just a tiny person in this world and I'm lucky enough to have electric, to have a computer, to have knowledge and to be able to live a simple life. There are many out there who are suffering and we who have a better chance in life should not complain too much about when you have the capability to do something about it.

MAC shop & MAC cook

This is the new MAC spring collection that was recently launched in my country and it started on 7th March. As I know it has been in the states for about a month already and yes it came here kinda slow but no matter because there will always be cosmetic lovers who are willing to wait. I heard and read about it last month and was waiting patiently for it to come soon. When I bought a magazine for the month of March it's advertised in it, which made me kinda excited because I know it's going to come soon. I further confirmed the date when I walked in a MAC store to ask about the launch. Naturally an event is held to mark the launch and market the collection. From the reviews available online, I kinda already decided what I wanted to try and what I wanted to purchase. I won't be reviewing this because I'm not an expert and you can find it in good beauty blogger websites. I can recommend a few bloggers that gave good swatches and reviews. 

• Temptalia's review and swatches
• Makeupbytiffanyd's swatches
• Xsparkage's review and swatches (browse through her website for other items of the collection)

Below are pictures of the collection launch event in Mid Valley Megamall Center court Ground floor last week. I did stop by and tested the collection which led to me purchasing too. The items that I bought are in pictures below and I will list the prices.

The brochure for MAC Shop

The back of the glossy card brochure with the items featured

The event in the mall

New Sport shoes

At this age, I start to feel the disadvantage of not exercising which leads to bad aches, stiff necks and many more. Therefore, I started to play badminton with my friends every Sunday. Sadly I did not fare well in those games as I can only hit the shuttlecock when it's heading my way and I couldn't go for those that are at the corners, near the net or way to the back.  So I thought about the problem besides my stamina, my shoes were the problem too as I was wearing my Adidas that is meant for casual wear. It's not a sport shoe and it's heavy. Last Sunday, after lunch my dad needed a new pair of jogging shoes and so I followed and looked for new sports shoe that can suite any type of sport possible. My dad told me training shoes would be good and I ended up with the shoe below as it had 40% discount. The shoe cost RM 199 and with 40% it was really worth it. After swapping to this new shoe, I could run better and move faster, so hopefully I can play better and exercise more.

Maybeline Baby Lips Lip Balm

I'm always on the look out for good lip balms as my lips crack easily and peel like mad everyday. I thought drinking lots of water would help but it doesn't and with this problem it's so hard to wear lipstick :(. This Maybeline Baby Lips lip balm was really rave about in the states. It did come to my country but in a different packaging and it's not a tinted lip balm like the states. I love eating cherries so I picked out this flavour from many of the available ones in Sasa. When I opened the item and turned out the lip balm I was sadden as it had a defect where the stick was damaged. Sadly in this country there s no exchange policy and given that this is a lip product, the chances to change it is even lower. I have no choice but to use it and see how to manoeuvre around that hole. It is a good lip balm which keeps my lips smooth, you'll have to reapply when you have eaten food or drank any water though. Other than reapplying, I think it's okay for the price of RM 10.90 plus it's better than Burt's Bee lip balms for me because those make my lips peel more and it's less moisturising.

Gashapon!

Gashapon is a capsule toy that is created by Bandai. The name itself describes the sounds that are made by turning the crank and when the capsule toy drops out. I personally like this very much because when you put in the tokens and slowly turn your toy out, the feeling of anticipation and the excitement of discovering what you get is just awesome. The capsule toys are usually from Japanese manga, video games, anime and etc which consists of characters or icons from those genres. Here in this country Gashapon can be seen placed in the premises of Toys 'R Us. When I visit the store I will definitely stop by the Gashapon vending machines and look at the sets available. Two days ago I had dinner near the store so I dropped by to take a look and it had okay selections, not all the time you'll see something you like but I assure there's always something for anime lovers or game lovers. I saw something I like and I couldn't resist purchasing two gashapons. Below are the pictures of the gashapon that I obtained randomly, it was definitely good luck that I got something I wanted from the designs available.

Android Robot Colors Mascot brochure found inside the capsule

Poor android trapped inside, look at the tear

Actually the tear is for the battery dying out soon

cute adapter at the back of the android

Sweet Usagi brochure

Help! I'm trapped inside and I can't breathe, poor bunny

A pink bunny with a leaf no top kinda like a japanese desert

Front view of the bunny

Side view of the bunny

When you look at what is advertised on the machine you kinda think wow they look good but unfortunately the sweet usagi cleaner isn't made as nice as the brochure. It's a bit deformed, the shape of the think is not oval and a bit weird instead. Even the android toy was not perfect, the head was not straight on the body but looking slightly to the thing's right side. Overall I enjoyed the feeling of turning the thing and opening it but I'm not so happy with the pink bunny, would have been happier with the white one instead. 

Japanese Word of the Day - 21 to 25

I think there should be more than 50+ Japanese words that I should had learned but I'm not. I feel kinda shameful that I did not follow through with my plan and honestly I have no excuse in this. When I set my mind to write this I didn't want it to be just plain Japanese words only but I wanted to share a story or an experience with every word to make it special. Sometimes it's hard because my memory just isn't as good as when I was in college where I could study and remember with photographic memory. I remembered those days where I can memorize slides that have been printed knowing at what placement it was on a page (I print 6 slides per page). Throughout the years I notice that my memory did not serve me well where I forget things that I wanted to say almost within 5 minutes. I can't even remember what I've ate last week. I think what I need is memory exercises if it exist. I used to play brain age on my DS to help and I totally stopped playing for a long time, maybe it's time to practice again. So in relation with what I've written I will again learn 5 words this time.

1. shameful - hazubeki , 恥ずべき
2. excuse - benkai , 弁解
3. college - daigaku , 大学
4. memory - kioku , 記憶
5. exercises - renshū, 練習

Japanese Word of the Day - 16 to 20

So when we reached SG on Friday night it was already quite late and everyone just went to bed after reaching my uncle's place. The next day, I woke up feeling hyped up and thinking what to do for the day already. I had my breakfast which I can't remember what. Later lunch which unfortunately I can't remember either, my memory has not been good like how I used to be when I was in college. I do remember what we did after that, we all went to Orchard Road for shopping. The streets were really crowded with people as I think most of them are aiming to do last minute CNY shopping.

It was a fine day but my cousin was sick so we rushed home when we had planned to have some ice cream :(. Totally took a nap before heading out for dinner. Dinner was messy as the place was flooded with people, the food was average nothing amazing. After dinner, my grandparents went back first, where else my family and I went grocery shopping with my aunt at Nex's fair price. I was shocked to see the place as it was so so crowded until trolleys was banging other trolleys, it was so hard to walk and look at every aisle. For a person as skinny as me, I already had difficulties moving around. It was crazy because I know people are stocking up for the holiday. So in conclusion it was an okay day where I feel it was not spent to the fullest. I suppose a holiday is a time where you rest and relax which I totally agreed.

So the words that I want to learn from this experience are the following below:

• Home -  katei, 家庭
• Crowded -  kondeiru, 混んでいる 
• Shopping - kaimono, 買い物
• Nap - hirune, 昼寝
• Sick - Byōki no, 病気の 

Overbite

Meena Harper has a new life now where she has a new job since her previous employers was turned into vampires and then killed by The Palatine Guard. A new home because the Dracul had ransacked her house and destroyed most of the furniture there. Things totally changed where now Meena will be the physic for The Palatine Guard to predict her new  colleague's death so that they can better grasp what demon might come next.

Meena kept having the same bad dream lately about her previous boyfriend David who dumped her for another woman (Brianna). She had a bad feeling for him and all she could sense was darkness for him. So to warn him she had no choice but to meet up with him. The moment she got into his car, she could smell that he reeked alcohol. She didn't know how to break the news to him because his future seemed so bright where he was already married to Brianna and they now have a baby. She was regretting now because he acted peculiar.

David said that she was the one for him and he was questioning himself why he had let her go because she was magical. Suddenly David was making advances at her, where he kissed her and also his hands slipped down her neckline. David wanted her but Meena thinks that since he was so drunk, now it's not the time to tell him about his bad news. So Meena took his keys to make him take a cab home. When she opened the door to get out of the car, David took hold of her wrist tightly and opened his mouth wide revealing a set of pointed fangs. 

She could not believe that David was turned into a vampire and he attacked her. Suddenly the driver seat door was flung open and then David disappeared. He was on top of her and then he was gone, things happened so quickly. She was still in shock and looked around and then suddenly a body slammed onto the hood of the car. Meena screamed and when someone tapped at her side of the window she screamed again for not recognizing it was Lucien Antonescu.

Overbite  by  Meg Cabot is the sequel to Insatiable where the story continues with Meena's new life as an employee of The Palatine Guard. I totally love this book and I wished it never ended. The plot of the story has the main characters who are the same in terms of personality and also with a few new characters. The new characters made this story totally interesting and mysterious. When it comes to the main characters they are just how they were in the previous book but still wonderful to me because as the plot thickens, a different side of there characters were shown and I really enjoyed it.

This book no doubt is thrilling, romantic and definitely funny. It's not a romantic comedy kind of book but there is plenty of humor from a specific character that I will not reveal here. This book really got me hooked as it's not predictable at all so you just keep reading to reveal more plot. It's certainly refreshing for me because I have not read anything similar to this book before. I really love this story as during my reading process I read some chapters over again but not because I don't understand or anything. I just wanted to picture those lines over and over again. 

If you have read Insatiable, this is not to be missed because the first book made me want more of Meena Harper, her brother Jon, The Palatine Guards and not to forget Alaric Wulf. Hopefully Meg Cabot will have future stories for these characters as I feel there can always be more to tell on the demons and more depth to a characters' development in a story. It definitely won't bore me and if this was a longer series like Princess Diaries.This is not like Buffy or anything near Angel, because it's not packed completely with demon hunting and killing only.  It's my most favourite series from Meg Cabot overtaking Queen of Babbles series.