Lust – Swarovski Crystal

I went to Swarovski Crystal today for a SCS members “Exclusive Event” for a showcase of the Annual Edition 2009 Gorillas. The display of Gorilla figurines were not very attractive and very expensive. The figurine is made with Black Diamond crystal and the eyes are made with Jet Black crystal. I think it would look alot pretty if it was the other way around, where the gorilla will be made out of Jet Black crystal and the eyes to be Black Diamond crystal.

Annual Edition 2009 Gorillas set = $475!!! Gorilla Cub only = $180!!!

Just the small Gorilla cub itself cost too much. It just wasn’t my style. But something else caught my eyes for the rest of the evening.

Heritage Necklace = $190

Heritage Ring = $150

Look how pretty the Heritage Necklace and Heritage Ring are!  “Inspired by a flower in full blossom, this ring shows your affinity to all things natural. The rhodium-plated ring made of Satin, Amethyst, Light Amethyst and Silver Shade crystals in a prong setting captures the attention of on-lookers as it plays with light in magical ways.” — photo and quote credit to Swarovski Crystal

I love the irregular shape and size of the crystals and the way it balance each other out. I love that the necklace used darker and bolder colors crystals to balance it out. The necklace cord is made out of silver-coloured satin giving it a more refined and fresher appearance instead of using a regular silver chain in the pendant version. If the Light Amethyst on the ring were a darker purple giving  it a bolder look it would have been perfect but it still look pretty the way it is.

– credit to http://likkylikey.blogspot.com/

Myolie Wu (胡杏兒) wore this necklace in “War of In-Laws II” (野蠻奶奶大戰戈師奶). Cherry Blossom Necklace = $330!

This Cherry Blossom Necklace is no longer seen in the Swarovski Crystal boutique anymore because it was discontinued but if it ever get back in store I will definitely want one even though it is very expensive. It’s very simple and elegant with the cherry blossom chain with randomly placed clear crystals and silver shaped cherry blossoms on it. I can only hope the Cherry Blossom Collection will be brought back!

LMFAO Party Rock Tour

Today, I finally got the time to go buy concert tickets for LMFAO’s Party Rock Tour with special guests, Shwayze, Paradiso Girls, DJ Space Cowboy (and other unlisted guests) but most important of all (to me that is) FAR EAST MOVEMENT! They are the main reason I’m going. I used to dislike hip-hop but since Magnetic North I kept an open mind with hip-hop. My current favorite song by FM is Fetish.

credit to www.beatjerkeez.com

The concert is going to be held on December 4th (Friday). Perfect for people who work 5 days a week and get the weekend off. Not so great for me because I work Saturdays and the concert starts at 10:30pm. It’s going to be a longggg night but it will be worth it! I will be waiting on line at hopefully 7pm and get to stand at a good spot. Wish me luck!

LMFAO Party Rock Tour
Friday, December 4th 10:30pm
Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place
NEW YORK, NY 10003

Blink 182 & Fall Out Boy

I recent went to my first American Concert at MSG. It was to see Blink 182 and Fall Out Boy. It was very high in testosterone and excitment. lol. The best concert ever! Well at least the best concert I’ve been to as of now between American and Chinese concerts. The concert was 4 hrs. It started at 7pm and ended at 11pm including encores. The concert was alot of fun and full of curses, sex and fart jokes which made it hilarious.

I wish I brought a floor seat ticket but my seat weren’t bad. It was the first level above the ground. Though I was seating at the back of the first level, I was always standing near the front of the first level. The security guards didn’t care. The couple in front of me took this picture of me. I was all ready to rock ‘n’ roll!

It was a completely packed. The floor seats and standing area were FULL of people. People were talking and making lots of noise. I love the feeling and atmosphere. I was up and dancing half the time.

When I first saw the FOB sign, my first thought was not Fall Out Boy it was Fresh Out of the Boat, known to Asians as Asians who just came to the USA. lol. Fall Out Boy were really great. They had a big bright FOB sign with a large bulldog-like image on a curtain as background. I like the FOB sign.

They changed the stage set to 6 circles to display animated images and feed live images of the artists on stage. I like that they change the stage setting a few times throughout the concert instead of keeping the same stage setup the whole time. Whenever they do change the set it took a good 20 minute. I actually didn’t mind the amount of time they spend changing the set because it’s very refreshing to see something different on stage. (P.S. It also gives me a chance to use the restroom with the long lines.)

While they were singing, “I Miss You” the circles on the stage display the words, I Miss You and animated images.

My favorite animated images was when it was raining and the water raised slowly from the bottom 3 circle displays to the top 3 and then a submarine character comes swimming it. It was majorly cute.

Travis Barker, the drummer showing his drumming power shirtless the whole time. I hope he doesn’t catches a cold.

One very surprising thing happen during the concert, it was when Blink-182’s bassist Mark Hoppus shaved Fall Out Boy’s bassist Pete Wentz’s head. I was not close enough to get a good shot of it but I saw it. Unbelievable. Can’t believe he did that.

After the concert it was late and I wasn’t sure what restaurants were still open so I decided to go to Woorijip for Korean food. It’s open 24 hrs and serve a variety of Korean food for a very reasonable and cheap price. It has a variety of porridge, rice, noodle, soup stew, tofu, kimchi, side dishes, rice roll, pancake, rice cake, snack and lunch box.

I only wanted a light dinner so I got spicy squid kimbap for $4.5o. It was a very simple delicious dinner.

Woorjip - They don’t a official website but they do have alot of reviews.
12 W 32nd St (between 5th Ave and Broadway)
New York, NY 10001
(212) 244-1115

Lunch – Hot Pot Leftovers

I had hot pot with Wendy, Alina and my sister on Halloween at my house. We brought King of Mushrooms, button mushroom (also known as table mushroom), golden needle mushroom (金針菇), cuttlefish ball, fried fish ball, iceberg lettuce,  romaine lettuce, chinese lettuce, 牛白葉, pork wonton, pork and shrimp wonton, egg, bean threads and fatty beef. I know it’s a long list of food but we try to buy a small amount of everything, but we still end up having alot of food left. We had two soup base, one half of the pot was satay and the other half korean kimchi. Our favorite (except for my sister’s) was the Korean kimchi base because we love spicy stuff. (As always, I forgot to take pictures before eating. So, no photos.)

Since we had alot of food left, I decide to have some of it for lunch. Instead of doing another hot pot with my sister today I made this:

It was rice vermicelli with pork and shrimp wonton, fried fish balls, iceberg lettuce and king of mushroom. The rice vermicelli with the leftover foods were very delicious, fulfilling and LARGE lunch. Yum.

Nail Color – Mango Madness

I just changed my nail colors for the holiday. Mango Madness is perfect for Halloween! It’s a nice orange-pink sparkled color. It is also part of the WetnWild Crystalic Collection. Pretty?

I’m planning to spend Halloween with my sister, Wendy and Alina at my house for hot pot. I know we going to get alot of vegetables and gum go (straw mushroom?). What else should I get?

Grandma’s Birthday Dinner

Sunday was my grandma’s lunar year birthday. My cousin-in-law (Ah Feng aka Steven) drove my cousin (Amy), Baby Samuel, Aunt, Uncle, and sister (Alice) into Philly to celebrate her birthday with a huge family dinner. It was a very good day. It rained cats and dogs the day before and now it’s all sunny and autumn-liked.

Look at how good the weather is! All those pretty colorful trees. Red, orange, yellow and green leaves. I didn’t really do much the whole time I was there just regular daily day things.

Dinner was extremely early at 6ish because we need time to drive back home later. We had two table of food to feed a total of 19 people. Look at that huge pile of crabs. We also had roasted pork, lettuce, pig tongue, chicken, cauliflower with fish balls, green bean with mix vegetable, lotus root, bean threads with dried shrimp and oriental mustard with mushroom (Not in image. It was still being prepared.) It was the same food on both tables. It was a very delicious and fulfilling home cooked meal!

After the delicious meal, we all sang a Happy Birthday song and we had a very beautiful Black Forest Sponge Cake with Chestnut filling. I’m not a huge fan of chestnut filling, prefer mix fruit instead but it was still very delicious. Love the fruits on top of it.

Look how happy she is! She’s happy that everyone can come be with her for her birthday.

Almost everyone who was there that day was in the picture. The only exception was Steven and I. We were both taking pictures. It was a very fulfilling dinner. Happy Birthday Grandma!

Picnic Garden – Korean BBQ

I had Korean BBQ @ Picnic Garden (烤烤樂園) with my co-workers last Friday and it was delicious! Known as “Wang Kai Bi” to Koreans. It is a long walk from the Main Street subway but I was lucky to get picked up by my co-workers. It took us a good 10 minute to find a parking spot in the rain. The restaurant do have a parking lot but it’s extremely narrow and single-line.

It was really crowded when we arrived at around 8. Lucky for us, the wait for the table was only 2 minutes. One of our co-workers, Sandy arrived an hour later. It took her half an hour to find a parking spot in the area.

This is their price menu and serving time. I will definitely come back here for dinner on a “weekday” (Monday to Thursday) for the cheaper price of $22.99.

As you can see from the price and setting it’s all-you-can eat buffet style! The front section is cooked food and the back section is raw marinated food. They marinated it just right. It was not to salty or bland. The only problem is the meats and foods are not label. We don’t know what meat we grabbed.

Yummy! We had alot of meat, some vegetable (romaine lettuce, mushroom) and octopus. You have to ask them for the romaine lettuce. We ate alot of oranges for dessert. They don’t offer anything else for dessert. The waitress were very attentive, coming by to cut the meat and change the grills. We actually told her to not come by to cut the meat for us. Our co-worker, Nicky did most of the cutting and grilling. I basically just ate and ate and talked. lol.

Though the food is great, the restaurant surrounding is so so. There is no ventilation system so the restaurant is a bit smoky and foggy. There is one men and one women’s restroom. It was very unsanitized and dirty. I would avoid going to the bathroom if you could. (I have a not so good bladder so I can’t avoid it.)

If you a meat lover then you would love this place. Seouldiva, I know you’re a meat lover so you will love the food. I also suggest you to wear something you won’t mind getting a BBQ smell on because everything you bring with you will smell of it. Enjoy!

P.S. We were there till 11pm. 3 hrs!

Picnic Garden
14742 Northern Blvd
Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 358-5959

Nail Color – It’s Genius

For the past few months I’ve been obsess with the color, purple. I used to hate purple. Now, I love it. Everything I brought was purple. Nail polish was no exception.

What do you guys/gals think of the color?

It’s a dark metallic purple called It’s Genius by Essie. Essie’s have a nice large selection of colors in every possible shade. A great brand. It’ll going to match perfectly with the outfit I’m going to wear tomorrow. Purple dress with black belt and purple flats. ^.^ Maybe purple tights too.

Where did I brought this fabulous color? At a nail supply store that I just found. Technically, my co-worker was the one who found it. She told me about this place a few months ago but I never got the chance to go found/visit it. They sell a variety of nail polish brands and supplies such as nail polish removers, manicure and pedicare products. It’s a very good deal. Essie nail polish for $3! Opi nail polish for $4! For these two brands if you go to any Rite Aid or CVS pharmacy, it will cost you $8 to $9. If you live in the Brooklyn area go check it out!

D&D Nail Supply Inc.
5824 Fort Hamilton Parkway
Brooklyn, NY
(718) 633-2936

Nail Color – Femme Fatale

I haven’t been going to Sakura Nail Spa for a month. Why? Because I been spending too much money over the past yr and realize I really need to stop spending so much and save up. So instead of going to Sakura Spa to get my nails done or get Calgel, I’ve been painting them myself. I went to my collection of nail polish and realize there were colors that I brought and never used. This was one of them.

It is from WetnWild Crystalic Collection, Femme Fatale. A rich, hot and bright pink color. At the moment, it’s my favorite.

What do u guys think of the color?

Ippudo NYC Again!

I liked the ramen at Ippudo so much that I went back for more.

This time I sat at the open kitchen counter area.

This time I finally get to order the Hirata Pork Buns ($8 for 2pcs). It is a pita-like bun stuffed with fresh lettuce, some sort of tangy sauce, and glazed pork.

The pork was very juicy and tender. The juice from the pork and sauce was absorb into the bun making the bun softer and delicious. The flavor of it was just right, not too light or too salty. It was perfect! I felt like my mouth was in heaven. This dish gets a rating of 10 out of 10! We have Heather Park’s blog to thank for the recommendation.

This time I order the Akamaru Modern Ramen. This contain ‘the original tonkotsu’ soup with ippudo’s special sauce, miso paste and fragrant garlic oil, slices of simmered berkshire pork, cabbage, onions, kikurage & scallions and a poached egg ($2) for a total of $15. This cost the same amount as the Shoyo Ramen I order last time but I like this noodle soup more. It contain a more creamier taste with the right amount of flavor. Just like the Hirata Pork Buns, not too salty, just perfect. The ramen was plump, juicy, and just divine. Everyone should try Ippudo NYC! You will not regret it! ^,^

Ippudo NYC
65 Fourth Ave (btwn 9th and 10th St)
New York, NY
212-388-0088