The elusive happiness.
POSTED ON Friday, August 24, 2012 AT 3:07 AM \\
Short visit to New York City the week before, and X's university friend was kind enough to show me around. We didn't do touristy things (cuz I told her I wasn't the touristy type), so instead she chose a few off-the-beaten-track eateries and I must say I enjoyed all the good food she recommended. Sorry I didn't really take many pictures.
  



This coffee joint was really nice, and their chocolate chip cookie was awesome! It's bigger than my face, though you can't tell from the pictures. I couldn't even finish it - it was that huge.
Bought a little something for myself. Trying posietint for the first time, not bad since it isn't super pink. But needs more generous applications to get the flush if you get what I mean.

Met up with Crystal when I was back, short dinner at Thai Express. I had the black pepper crayfish with fried glass noodles.

Pretty yummy but at $14.90, it is considered one of the pricier dishes on their menu. We went about town to run some errands, and ended up at Accessorize! where we bought the same ring. Kinda overpriced but what the hell.

Bracelet from Korea. Am into accessories these days so I bought more after dinner with my family yesterday.



Kitten heels from Charles and Keith! Comes in electric blue as well but me being the practical me, I settled for the nude patent ones because they are easier to match. I am not adventurous with colors-_-''.

Had Sushi Tei with X, and we watched 'Magic Mike' as well. X was initially skeptical of the movie but as it turned out, he enjoyed the show more than he thought he would. TOLD YA! We ended the day with dinner at The Hand Burger. 

Favorite sashimi.

 My first time at The Hand Burger and I ordered the lamb burger since I don't take beef. It was surprisingly good. Will definitely go back again.

These past two weeks or so has been tough on me and therefore tough on X as well. We have been fighting a lot because I get into these dark moods whenever I feel neglected/lonely/angsty. I have no excuse for my behavior and I know it's not his fault when things don't go well but in a relationship, where else can I blame or vent my frustrations on if not him? You have to accept me for who I am, for better or worse and I'm glad X has stuck around despite all the difficulties.

I promise not to focus on anger, which is a pretty useless emotion.

This picture of my brother makes me laugh because of his pants. LOL. Capri pants! And FYI the man in yellow is my dad and yes he is TALL. Sadly I didn't take after his height or else I could have been a supermodel. LOL.
 
Other random snippets of my life - more arm candy, camwhoring, clothes, makeup items I can't live without.


My cabin bag and trusty flats. All I need to go around the world.
High waist floral denim shorts from Little red heels. Super love!
Going casual with my flip flops cuz I had a blister from another pair of shoes.

I know the Naked palette from Urban Decay is extremely popular, but I'm currently using this one from Stila which in my opinion, is also really nice. As you can see, this one has alot of earth tones which are very wearable. The darker shades also add depth to my eyes nicely and the color intensity is definitely there. Comes with an eyeliner as well! My only grouse is there are no applicators or brush within the box itself, so for people who don't apply their makeup with fingers (like myself), it is a tad troublesome. But anyway this was a gift from X, so no complaints!

To elaborate a little more on my makeup, I actually use two types of mascaras - the washable type for my upper lashes and waterproof for my lower lashes since they tend to smudge. I'm using the gel penciliner from Integrate (not available in SG) and it is really creamy smooth and easy to use. Another item I cannot live without is the Touche eclat concealer from YSL, I use it for my undereye and then top it off with the Bareminerals powder. 

Shall share more tips next time. Goodnight!

"Happiness is a journey not a destination; happiness is to be found along the way not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it's too late."