Our wedding DIY

After a full year, finally .... (Actually I did this post a long time ago, somehow I FORGOT to publish. I cannot believe it stayed in the draft for a little over a year. :P) Anyway, I want to dedicate this post just to talk about the things we (Evan and I) made for our wedding. For those who know me, I am a graphic designer and I like art and craft and making stuff, and hubby is a packaging designer, so what happened when two art people having a wedding together? They got to make a lot of stuff together and save a lot of money (or spend more because they want everything to be perfect? :/)

Our first try was those cute little hangers that has "Bride", "Mrs. Yang" or bridesmaid's name on it. It was actually pretty easy, after we got all the materials from Michael's, I finished the whole project within 2 hours. It's easy! If anyone are interested, feel free to let me know, so I might have a tutorial in the future.

Bridal Hanger

The next project will be our wedding invitation. We (especially I) want it to be unique, cute and lovely, I do not want to use those template invitation that everyone has. Since we bought our house in 2013, and getting married will be like starting a home/family together. I have this idea of building a new home from scratch. Well, making this pop up house is not hard; however, making 120 copies is really driving us crazy, LITERALLY crazy. We have to print, cut, fold, glue... every single task took us so much time. I kinda think it's a crazy idea to do a pop up wedding invitation, I have no idea how we could do it. :/ 

Very first prototype I made just to show Hub my idea (left); the actual invitation (Chin version) (right)

This is the project solely done by Evan. I was too overwhelming with work and wedding planning at that time, so hubby got to finish this himself. This is a very cute cake topper. Our cake was a strawberry short cake from Phoenix Bakery in downtown LA.  We shopped around for nearly two months, everything in town is either taste bad, or overly pricy. Most places we went to only offer normal wedding cake which has no icing or fondant or any kind of decoration. :( If we want something special, we will have to pay a fortune. Since Hub really like Phoenix's short cake (That's the first bakery we went to, and their cake was amazing and we got quite a few compliments on the cake, a few bride-to-be even asked us for their info.) We talked to Phoenix, and they will only provide simple cake design, so we decided to make a cake topper to make this simple wedding cake pops. Hub made two dolls out of paper and wood, standing under an arch. OMG!! This is just super cute!! With the cake and the fresh flowers. This  is just the best wedding cake ever!!! 

Hub will take order to custom made wedding cake topper, if you want to order your cake topper with us. :) We can custom made one that suit you. email me, I am his manager! :P

Happy 1st year anniversary, happy Easter!

(Oh, by the way, as you see, my blog is alive again. :) stay tuned for more.)

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day, mom! Thank you very much for everything you did to our family. You are the most amazing, beautiful person in the world, I hope you have a happy and wonderful life. Love you!! 

Iron man 3

this is just sooo cute... 

Hubby is a hardcore Iron man fan. I think he watched all three Iron mans plus the Avengers more than 10 times already, plus the numerous times when he was listening to the movie at work. He literally remembers all the scripts, senses and EVERYTHING. Give him an Iron man quiz, I'm sure he will  get 100% correct easily. (I just can't believe it, I mean who can do it? I bet Tony Stark can't! :/ ) 

When Iron man was about to come out, the release date in Asia was one week earlier than in United States. Hub got upset and frustrated, he was saying how unfair it is to have a different release date and US should get to release first, blah blah blah... I think if we have the time and $, he will want to fly to Taiwan/HK just to watch Iron man 3 a week earlier. HAHA... 

Anyway, we went to watch the movie in old town monrovia on a Friday morning. (Can't believe I need to get up early for a movie. -.-) I like old town monrovia so much, everything is so peaceful and relax in here, there's a coffee house named "Friends". Altho it does not look exactly like the one in Friends, it still has some similar elements.

The theatre opened at 9:45am and we were there at 9:30am *bummer* We waited a bit, got the tickets, we thought there will be a large crowds lining up, but we were wrong. (not many people get the privilege to watch movie on a Friday morning, we are the lucky one. =D) The movie was okay, I would not say it was great. It was so different than what I anticipated. WHAT? Tony Stark has panic attack, just like million of people does. He is so human in this movie, the director took away the superhero factor and made him human again. I come in the theater wanting to see how the Superhero Tony Stark suprises me with all his high-tech shit, how he can use his money to build more advanced robots and stuff, instead I got a human Tony Stark with anxity attact and will constantly freak out just like I did. I guess this is why I do not like this movie.  (I might be wrong) and I think it's Pepper who saved Tony at the end of the movie, isn't  it? Tony Stark seems so weak and useless in this movie. :( 

The Tony Stark I knew is the biggest playboy in the world, he is charming he is cute, he is the superhero and un-defeatable. Somehow in this movie, I do not see that. And the bio-weapon thingy, human body can turn into super high heat and melt away things? This reminds me of the Torch from Fantastic four. Remember at the very beginning of F4. Torch constantly burnt off his shirt when he was on fire. In IM3, why Pepper or the bad guys never burn off any of their clothing? This is just not making any sense to me.

movie: ✭✭✩✩✩

[Homemade] Taiwanese Style minced pork with eggs

OMG, it's May already!!! OMGGG...
Time flies faster than I thought. It's already MAY.

So, as a newlywed, trying out new recipe become one of my hobby,
and as I was posting this picture last night on Facebook,

Taiwanese Style minced pork with eggs

A friend of mine left a message on my wall asking for recipe.
Right, I haven't post any recipe for a REALLY long time, and this is a really really great blog post idea. :D

Minced pork with eggs is the most common dish in Taiwan, almost every taiwanese restaurant or street market has their own minced pork sauce. However, no one knows what is in the grounded meat, rumor said they will use meat that does not look fresh or is even expired, put it in the grinder and there you go, you got yourself some good o ground meat. That is why in my family never bought ground meat of the supermarket rack. I rather took a piece of whole, fresh meat and ask the butcher (or supermarket staff) to grind it in front of my own eyes.

I got some freshly grounded pork from the market, about 2 pounds. I got a thin slice of pork belly, about .5-1 pounds. Normally I do not like to used pork belly on any of my dish, I am just very frighten of the PORK OIL and CALORIE. (This is why I am not a fan of bacon.) BUT, if this is what it takes to get a good bowl of minced pork sauce, let's do it.

Most of the ingredients here.

We also need some mushrooms, dried shrimp, shallot, garlic, and eggs. I used dried mushrooms and shrimps, as they have more aroma than the fresh one. Wash well, and soak the dried one in drinking water for about 2 hours (or until soft). Cut them into small pieces and set aside. (Note: you can save the soaking water for future use, it is full of favor and can add more taste to the dish.)

1. First, cut the pork belly into a small pieces and put those in boiling water for about a minute. Give the pork belly in icy cold bath.

2. Boil another pot of water, add eggs. Cook for about 8-10 minutes.

3. Heat up a big wok, use 2 tbsp of vegetable oil, throw in all your shredded shallots, fried until it's golden brown and crispy. (Or you can skip this step and buy Crispy Shallot from any Chinese supermarket.)

4. Take out the shallots, put aside.

5. Use 1 tbsp of oil, add garlic, stir fry until golden brown (it will be less than 1 minute), add grounded pork, stir gently until the pork turns slightly brown.

6. Take the pork belly out from the ice water, and add into the ground pork. Fried with high heat. Add about a tbsp dark soy sauce to color the meat.

7. You can add all other ingredients: mushrooms, dried shrimps, stir fry well.

8. Add a cup of water (or the dried mushroom/ shrimp soak water.), a cup of taiwanese rice wine, soy sauce paste, rock sugar, chinese star anise & crispy shallots. You can also add hard-boiled eggs at this time. Bring to boil and simmer for about an hour.

TADA! You got yourself a pot of delicious minced pork rice that can feed at least 4 people. I usually make more, and store it in freezer so whenever I am craving for minced pork, I can just microwave it and throw it on top of rice or noodle :)

My lunch, yummm...

Wedding gown Shopping

After founding the best venue for our wedding, the next big thing to do is finding the best wedding gown.

In Hong Kong, most people rent their wedding gown (something borrow?), and it makes sense to me, what am I going to do with big wedding gown after the wedding? I can not wear it to my company Christmas party, can I? After visiting the gown shop on Las tunas, I just give up the idea of renting one. They do not have much option and it's expensive.

Somehow I found this little shop online - SimplyBridal.

I never buy clothes online because I believe I have to try it before buying any clothing. I believe all the clothes will look good on stick thin model but not on me. Good thing is, SimplyBridal has a showroom in downtown LA that will carry most of their wedding gowns sample and I immediately pick up the phone.

To be very honest, there was a moment I almost gave up on SimplyBridal. I tried to call their hotline many times for appointment BUT no one picking up the phone, or there was one time a girl picked up and told me they are fully-booked, and I will have to call back in 2 months to check if there's any opening. (For a moment I thought they are not legit / or they are those crappy internet selling company that offer crappy product/job.) Anyway, I called many times (I'm persist) and finally made an appointment.

I went there with hub. SimplyBridal showroom was amazing, it is located at a service apartment overlooking the whole downtown LA. The view was breathe-taking. The apartment has a modern and contemporary look, and it was very open, they had big windows that allows sunlight to go into. The whole feeling just gave me a perfect mood for trying out gowns. (at least better than DB)

Feel very modern and contemporary.

Wedding gowns..

Big size window overlooking downtown Los Angeles

After flipping though many bridal magazines, I had a few gowns in my mind. I focus on trying all their A-line or ball gown type dresses. To me, sheath or mermaid or empire just does not say "wedding" to me :/ I also had my eyes on all the sweetheart neckline gowns, it just flatter my big boobs more than the flat one.

A Maggie Sottero Wedding gown from David Bridal (1k+) (left) ; Simply Bridal (right) 

Simply Bridal wedding gowns; Skye gown (left) and xx gown (right)

I like the way they only serve one customer per appointment, so their staff can better help me to find the best dress possible. The showroom manager was very helpful and friendly. I tried on more than 10 dresses and she was still very patient and professional. (unlike the staff from DB, she got very impatient when I was trying my 4th gowns.) She even suggested me to buy one size smaller than my usual size, so the dress will fit me better. (I might be wrong, but I think they only carry sample sizes at their showroom.)

After trying many dresses, I finally decided on my gown. (YAY) Placing order was easy, and I was told they will ship out the dress in about 2 months, however, I got mine 2 weeks earlier, so this was nice!

The "Simply Bridal" package

Overall, the dress was well made. It was stuffed inside a plastic vacuumed bag. So, when I took the dress out, it was all winkled. The length was a bit too long but it was understandable, I took it to the tailor and get it altered to my length, steamed and pressed to perfection. I was really happy with the gown, I got many compliment at my wedding! =) Glad I got it from Simple Bridal.

We are married!

How am I going to start blogging about my wedding? I guess before I told you anything, I need to confess. E and I were married before we had started planning. From the moment we decided to spend the rest of our life together, to actually signing the legal documents, it only took us about a week. I got a friend (who is one of my bridesmaid in my grand wedding), she can help with all the legal process! The only thing we need is pick a day and place, and we did it at Peet's Coffee in Pasadena, California (my mom was like WHAT? a COFFEE HOUSE!?) Yes, because this is a very special place for us, this is where we first met and fall in love... So everything was a done deal before all the wedding planning madness began. At one point during my wedding planning, I was thinking actually it was a great (the BEST) idea. WHY? Because no matter how crazy, annoyed, paranoid I am, we can't back down, we can't just run away and pretend nothing happened. We have to learn to deal with each other. I guess this is how marriage works. HA!

Signing legal papers 

vows

I now pronounced you man and wife, you may kiss the groom.

Just like every brides did, I browsed thu all the bridal magazines, websites. Every single one of them said we have to find THE VENUE first, it determined the tone of the actual wedding. Alrighty! The first place I visited was the Marriott in Cerritos, California. It was surrounded by many tall business buildings, there's nothing gardeny nor romantic. For those who knew me, I was born in a very romantic day, so i love everything romantic, dreamy, soft and/or pink. I immediately knew this is not the place for me. I mean I can still make it work, but then I will have to spend lot of money on decorations (which I am not planning to.) (BUT the good thing about this place is: the price is lovely, and the catering manager there is very friendly and talkative, which is always a plus! She even recommended a MC/DJ which I hired eventually.) E and I visited many others venues before settling at the InterContinental Los Angeles Century City by Beverly Hills.

The hotel is located in Avenue of the Stars (星光大道) in Century City, California. Minute away from Beverly Hills. Fox studio is next to the hotel. Location is perfect!

When we first arrived at the hotel, I immediately felt in love with their garden. The size of the garden is not big, but very cosy and has a romantic feeling. I always dream about a garden wedding, and this is just perfect for me. I can definitely see myself walking down here. Everything looked amazing in this hotel, HaHa... Elizabeth (catering manager) showed us one special feature of this hotel. On the day of wedding, bride and groom can take pictures at the helicopter rooftop (turned out it was a disaster, but it's another story, I will get to it later...) It overlooks the whole downtown Los Angeles and the very famous IM Pei building (I forgot the name.). The view was stunning, we loved it so much. We cancelled all other appointments and put down our deposit right away. =)

Beautiful helicopter rooftop (this picture was taken half year before our grand wedding)

So one task down, million more to go....

A little updates

Just downloaded this new blogger app from App Store. I guess I have no excuses not to update more often, unless no one want to know about my life anymore =( [Anyway, I'm currently using my iPhone, this app made blogging so easy, HA..]

So, a little sneak peek, I am going to talk about my wedding. OH yeah, I am officially Mrs. Yang now (actually it's been almost a month)! a girl from my work place kept asking me how I feel about this new life... so I am going to talk about it in my next blog post. Also, honeymoon... Also, baby-making... Also... many more... so stay tuned! =)

I DO

吃糖...

哈哈，我又來了！我最近在思考我這個蜘蛛網blog要怎辦，太久沒寫了，再加上，我這邊沒有香港的精彩，也真是沒什麼好寫。(再加上我又懶了<---main reason...)左想想右想想，決定寫寫姬的無聊生活--------

男人在維他命公司上班，在維他命公司的好處就是﹣我們常有些最新的東東可以試吃(名符其實的白老鼠...) 說起維他命，之前姬也有在吃一些像魚肝油(註: 超大顆，超可怕)，CoQ10(註: 可以抗氧化，延緩肌膚老化，令皮膚彈彈等等)，葉酸等等的維他命。可是，買有買，卻常常忘了吃。

某天，男人從公司帶回來一瓶鈣片(右圖)，嘩，做成軟糖哎，好好玩哦，男人說是公司的新產品，很多人不喜歡吞藥丸，他們便做成糖果狀。男人又說女人需要多點鈣，將來生小孩啊(!)什麼的也需要很多鈣質.... 姬馬上啪了兩顆，超好吃的，像吃糖一樣，超讚的!!!!! 自此，吃這個鈣質成了我的習慣，每天一定要吃，根本就是每天吃兩顆糖一樣，*開心*

前幾天，男人又帶來CoQ10的軟糖，YEAH，那等於我每天可以吃四顆糖哎，*開心*....
(他們公司什麼時候要做魚油軟糖(會不會很腥?) 可是，我每次吃那顆死藥丸都生不如死... )

GOOD NEWS!!! YEAH!!!

好久沒回來哦，大家還記得美姬嗎？
一回來就有好消息要宣佈，姬要嫁人了....... ＊拍拍手＊
(其實好多人都知道了.... )



倒數七個月...... *只有七個月，緊張緊張緊張*

盛女說

最近大家都在講盛女，能抽水的都己抽得乾乾淨淨。坦白，關於節目，關於盛女，我沒什麼要說，也沒有料要爆。可能因為姬也非常接近臨界點了，這種事情，還是少講為妙，講人終害己。

前幾天男人在浴室洗澡，姬站在門邊聊天，聊到這個節目。(我深信男人到現在還不明白為什麼我熱愛追看，哈! 男人那條臨界點在那麼後面，又怎可能了解女人仔的心情。) 我跟他說其中一位參加者是姬的好友，好久前己知道她要參加這種節目，本以為可能是在「山卡拉」電視台播出，沒想到竟在大台，沒想到會引來這麼多事。姬覺得她是個非常非常好的女孩子，對朋友無話可說，記得那時我與上任分手，她也陪了我良久。她好像非常容易喜歡人，更非常容易喜歡錯的人。

令我覺得她是絕頂好人的事發生在半年前，有天，她在網上POST了幾張醫院照片，說她身在醫院，那時我真害怕，好像要做手術，不會有什麼事吧？後來才聽說她跑去捐骨髓。天啊，不會吧。她這個舉動令姬非常內疚。記得當我還在大學時，性教育課要我們去捐血，當做EXTRA CREDIT，當時捐血護士問我要不要儲細胞樣品，以後當有人需要的的骨髓時，就會通知我。那時我心想，應該沒有這麼巧會找上我吧，所以我就點頭答應了。一年後，某醫院寄信給我，說有人跟我樣品吻合，叫我去醫院檢查清楚。當時我完全PANIC，後來姬當然是逃之夭夭，電話都不敢回。到現在我還記得，那個病人28歲，患了急性白血病...... 所以，當她真的去捐骨髓的時候，我真的覺得她是SAINT，好了不起的一個女子。(俾個叻你!) (娛記八掛不會報"好事"，就由姬來報吧!)

有人公開批評她，我覺得每個人都有自己的包袱，如果每每都做到那麼完美(=罐頭)，那麼跟誰談戀愛還重要嗎？每人的說話速度口吻語氣都一模一樣，那有什麼好玩呢？有時候我覺得談戀愛跟做壞事一樣，「善有善報，惡有惡報，若然未報，時辰未到！」友人是這麼好的女孩，時辰未到啫。



(由頭到尾都沒有提過友人是誰，可是不難猜...)

朱古力圖書館 Chocolate Library

超級舊文，不知怎麼沒有Post出來。　

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝
之前一聽到圓方(Element)新開了一間吃古力甜品的餐廳，叫“Chocolate Library Restaurant”。餐廳位於圓方Ritz-Carlton Hotel的103樓，餐廳是不設訂位的，所以要早點來等位。那天，美姬約了很久沒見的好友Van一起來試試。我們一點就來等位了(對不起 Van，其實是你在等位，我遲到了 /_\) 登記了名字，Van就在樓下圓方邊晃邊等我。然後到近兩點，我們才一起回到Ritz-Carlton。我覺得在Lobby有點混亂，有兩個外國人在守關卡，問我們的名字以及確定我們有沒有登記，檢查確認後就可以上樓去。坐在電梯上，電梯"咻"一聲就上到去。天丫，103樓真是高，在電楊裡耳朵都在痛(大鄉里姬)。

來到Chocolate Library的門口，映入眼簾的是一大片落地玻璃及無敵大海景，真的很漂亮!



剛坐下來，侍應拿來兩本像巧克力一樣的Menu。非常厚重，非常用質感。



送來了送來了。帥哥侍應拿來了一本像書一樣的東西，放在我們面前。待我們拍完照後，才把外面橙色的畫皮打開，露出一個中式的木架，上面有十款精緻可愛的甜品。帥哥侍應續一為我介紹。



(左) Cocoa Nib chocolate Bread, Duck Foie gras terrine (可可朱古力包拌鴨肝醬)
(中)
(右)

(左) Marble Cheesecake (雲石芝士蛋糕)

(中) White Chocolate berries Shot (白朱古力杯)

(右) Chocolate Framboise Tart (朱古力紅桑子撻)

(左) Chocolate Millie-feuille (朱古力拿破崙酥)

(中.右) 

(左) Brownie

(右) Chocolate Orange Confit Macaroon (橙香朱古力Macaroon)

2012 遊加州

哈囉，大家好，今天心情好好的，終於又"的"起心肝寫文了。
上半年發文指數直線下降，除了因為沒什麼新鮮事之外，還是沒什麼新鮮事。
美國有時真的很悶，哈!　(當然，還有另一個原因﹣姬弄丟了我的S95....哭)

這個春節，大小姐來美探親，美姬負責帶她四圍遊。
(由於出遊的照片太多，己經post在面書上，想看照片的人請到我的面書。)

第一天，去了離家極近的 Art Center College of Design，是全美最頂尖的藝術學校之一。我認識的很多朋友也都是這間學校畢業的，其中一個當然是E了。





小小的藝術學校，記得上次跟E來的時候有去過他們的Gallery，可是那天是E帶路，現在自己來的時候卻一直找不到那個Gallery....  (-.-)a 所以，我們只是走馬看花的看了看，也沒看到什麼，就決定去下一站﹣ The Gamble house (蓋柏宅邸)。

原來這個蓋柏宅邸曾是P&G老闆David B. Gamble的家，現在己成了美國國家歷史地標之一。電影Back to the Future(回到未來)中，那個瘋狂博士也是住這裡的。可是這個蓋柏宅邸的開放時間極短，只有星期四到日，每天三個小時。我們去到的時候剛好(((不開放)))...  /.\ 離開蓋柏宅邸，我們就向Old pasadena進發。這個算是Pasadena的心臟地區，四周圍有很多名店，也有很多有特色的小店及餐廳。我與大小姐決定去吃﹣Cheesecake factory。眼闊口窄的兩人，當天只點了Sun-dried tomato pasta及Chicken salad：





本想飯後來個cheesecake做甜品，可是主菜吃不到一半，我們己經抱著肚子動不了。(真是不能小看standard美國人的份量。) 結果，我們還是點了個Oreo cheesecake外帶.... 回家與小林生分享。

第二天早上，我們先去看Rancho Palo Verdes，那一帶是超富裕的高級住宅區，據說與Beverly Hills齊名。Rancho Palo Verdes最出名是可以飽覽Pacific ocean的無敵海景，風景真的是很漂亮，沿途有很多overlook可以停車拍照。





沿著公路一直往前開，就可以到達Wayfarers Chapel，那是結婚非常有名的地方，很多人也在那裡結婚。The OC最後那場結婚戲也是在這裡拍的。



離開了PV，下一站我們去Long Beach，一路上不知道可以吃什麼，隨便經過一家family diner，隨便點了個芝士漢堡來吃。

天哪，漢堡有夠大的，而且真的(((很好吃))) 其實，如果真的要吃美式食品，我會喜歡這種family own的diner，比MCD那種速食的餐廳好多了...... 現在心思思看什麼時候經過Long Beach，真要再去一次。

Closer look...... 啖啖肉....


薯條也做得很好，我最愛吃粗身的薯條，再灑上大量的bacon粉.....*大愛*



[待續]　

龍年來了，祝大家新年快樂，心想事成，龍年行大運。:)

再見我的2011年..

新一年了，2012年來了。記得在我21歲生日那年，好友Doris在生日卡上寫著：過了21歲後，時間會"咻"一聲，不知不覺的流走。真的，我的2omething快過去了 :(

2011年發生了很多事，又好像沒發生什麼似的：
1. 　上半年，幾乎都是被Social Media包圍，去過很多SM活動，也辦了很多飯局。
2. 　下半年，又搬回美國，新的生活新的開始，簡單平淡。
3. 　回到老爸公司上班。
4. 　上了幾堂Pole Dance，又再開始重新學Spanish。
5. 　分了一次手，然後又在某一天遇到另一個很特別的人。　
6. 　做了一次(咳.應該是兩次..)自畢業後也沒有試話的活動﹣見家長。
7. 　重新開始第102333123次的減肥計劃。

真的很快，2011己經是往事了，人們說2012年是世界末日，既然是這樣，我更應該把今年當作是末日一樣的過...2012年小小的期望：

1. 　第102333123次減肥成功。　

2. 　與E可以一直好好的走下去。

3. 　工作方面要有好成績。

4. 　Spanish可以有小成。

5. 　還有一個小心願，這裡就不說了 :P

如果　禍與福都躲不過　就每天當沒明天　捉緊愛人過　將生活還給我

玩味＋奪目＝JM Make up

之前有幸受到好友陳尤金的邀請，去了JM Makeup的發佈會。(天哪，那是幾百年前的事了吧.. 陳先生啊，美姬現在才出文，真是SorrySorry...可是這段時間我也真有認真的試，好好感受一下JM的厲害!）

先來說說，一聽JM Makeup，我真以為是黎生的傑作，或者關Janice Man事，後來才知道原來JM Makeup是奧思集團(Water Oasis Group)研發出來的最新人氣妝物品牌。由意大利著名彩妝製造商Intercos及奧思合力研製，並於Intercos設置國內廠房直接生產包裝，質料優質可靠。而奧思已是很有保證的護膚品牌，他們家的皇牌8杯水應該無人不識了吧。所以，JM Makeup質地極緻水潤、幼滑、貼薄，原色幻彩妝容易上易見，化妝肌膚輕鬆零負擔。

(PS: 由於本姬的舊相機((((不見了啦)))))，之前去發佈會的照片全數沒有啦!!! 所以我沒有什麼照片能秀你們。哭x10000~ )
現在姬偷拿老弟的相機，又再拍.... 

這是陳尤金送我的四件小妝物，謝啦~


JM Make up 代表年青色彩，開心愛美，熱衷時尚，大膽創新。所以妝物都是非常色彩繽紛，超配合夏日的感覺! JM Makeup更邀得中港台頂尖巨星御用化妝大師Arris Law作為品牌總監(Brand Director)。可能你不太認識這位美女，這位美女曾為容祖兒，何韻詩，蕭亞軒，莫文蔚，古巨基等大牌化妝的星級化妝師哦。

JM Eye Shadow Dual(290) - HKD$108
我收到的是浪漫的粉紅/粉紫套裝，顏色很漂亮，非常易上色，而且更不會出現在盒子是一個色，在臉上又是另一個色的問題。

JM Lip Stick - HKD$90
美姬可是有在認真試用哦，一般懶人姬也很少會搽Lip Stick (吃東西不方便嘛)，可是這個Lip Stick明顯我有在用，因為他的顏色真的很漂亮，而且質地水潤，不易出現唇紋。

JM lip Gloss - HKD$60
他們加進入唇部護理配方，質地水潤，有效淡化唇紋，營造豬唇。這支堅大愛，他日用完應該會入手。 (何況只要$60，去那裡找這麼好的東西？)

JM liquid foundation - HKD$148
真可惜Foundation不是我的顏色，不能用在面上 (我晒得太黑了啦 /_\) 可是這Foundation質地好輕好簿，非常易推開，一看就知是高水份，而且非常貼服，相信如果用在臉上，效果應該很好。


中港台頂尖巨星御用化妝大師Arris Law為大家示範彩妝.... （啪啪啪~~~~）

總括來說：很喜歡JM Makeup以色彩鮮艷多樣化，而且清爽水潤保濕，味道淡淡地，價錢也大眾化，絕對是平平地買得過之選。 ;)



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Taylor Swift Speak Now World Tour II

前提：人家的point&shoot好像到重要時候就失常，所以這次的照片也是有點失望啊....
好想要有個厲害一點的機器啊，那就可以拍些好點的照片。

Taylor Swift Speak Now World Tour 
舞台真的很漂亮，主要佈景只有中間華麗的皇宮樓梯，後面的牆其實是個大電視，可以配合歌曲改變成不一樣的感覺。


一開場Taylor穿著一身金光戰衣，唱了"Ｍine" 及"Spark Fly"。把現場氣氛炒得熱熱的，一聽到Taylor出場，所有人都站起來了，現場氣氛超HIGH的。

"Better than Revenge" - "Fing"頭髮應該是Taylor的絕活吧，整個演唱會不知Fing了多少次，特別是在橋上三位美女一起Fing，非常震撼感，非常性感。<3 我還發現Taylor真是個天生的tease精，她眼神不知怎麼總是帶點挑逗的味道。(這點我們要好好學一下，如何用眼神去殺人... )



Youtube找來的，大概也是這樣子，可是沒法子，現場看感染力比看Clip高N倍。



唱完快歌，吊下吊橋與鋼琴，Taylor穿著湖水籃的裙子，自彈自唱"Back to December"。之前Taylor跟Taylor Lautner(Twilight那位狼人)拍拖，傳聞這首道歉歌就是作給Taylor Lautner的。唱到最後，Taylor小改歌詞，唱了: "and this is for the boy from Michigan"，現場簡直又熱翻了.... (後來查查Wiki: Taylor Lautner真的在Michigan長大，好Sweet....) (原來昨晚有Taylor Lautenr也有到現場，難怪握手時Taylor抱著一個男子，然後大家都在起哄，原來那就是Taylor Lautner，姬非常後知後覺.... :|)
按下面聽聽，昨晚錄的，可是畫質沒有很清，大家隨便聽聽好了：


唱完慢歌，Taylor小換衣服，配合"Speak Now"，演一場教堂搶老公的戲碼。說真的，Taylor一定有接受過戲劇訓練，要不然她的肢體動作怎會這麼有舞台感&戲劇張力。看她的演唱會，不止來聽她的唱功，根本像在看一個個華麗的故事，非常賞心悅目。

唱完快歌，Taylor唱"Dear John"，人家說這首歌詞是在說John Mayer。看到Taylor現場演唱，真感覺她恨不得把John吃進肚子裡。(當然，主要也是因為Taylor那種有點點誇張的表演方式。)

握手位，原來我坐得很近。(最反光那位就是Taylor。)　她根本就是繞場一周，然後到達場館最尾的地方，Taylor拿著她的結他，安安靜靜的坐在樹下唱歌。這樣真是非常貼心，完全不怕買了最後一排票的觀眾。而且樹一直是緩慢的轉，包你坐那個位置都可以看到Taylor。






唱了三，四首歌，Taylor之回到舞台上，Nicki Minaj就出來與Taylor一起唱Super Bass。很可愛!
前幾天有Justin Beiber做嘉賓呢！昨天還有Ellen DeGeneres，拿了搖鼓為Taylor伴唱，很搞笑。







最後一首歌，Taylor穿了宮庭裝出場，表演最為人熟悉的"Love Story"。現場更有造成小Balcony狀的"纜車"。站上去後，Taylor又繞場一周....


看樣子也真驚險，車根本就是在頭頂飛過!! :P


然後回來就出現迪士尼式的Ending，大放煙花，亮紙片，還有光效音效等等。只有一個字能形容：好美哦... (咦.. 明明是三個字。)

"Spark Fly"的MV幾乎Sum up了整個Concert的精華。

不過如果有有機會，你們也一定要去看現場，感受那個氣氛，包你馬上「年輕10年」比什麼Cream什麼精華素還好用..... 

Taylor唱了整整三個小時才結束。

好聽的音樂，公主般的歌詞，年青貌美活潑，非常有感染力的舞台表演，還有華麗的舞台，我過了一個非常開心年輕快樂的晚上。

謝謝您!