Poconos [DAY 2]

On the second day of our trip, we went to Camelback Ski Resort. Since I did not ski, I watched everyone's stuff. Sam, our bro and her dad went skiing while our moms went snow tubing.

 

Sam being aesthetic with a pack of m&ms. They are normal m&ms; it's just different packaging. 

Peep that man in the back. He kept staring at me OD

 

Our moms went snow tubing which was a few miles away from the ski area. However, the line was too long so they came back with glazed waffles! 

 

It was really good esp. delicious since I was super hungry.

I ended up waiting for like six hours. I brought my 3DS to play pokemon but then I ended up taking a nap. I caught two legendary pokemon though! Well, Sam managed to catch a Laquaza with just an ultra ball which is near impossible and I caught a Deoxys with a master ball.

Finally, everyone came back from skiing and we went to an Italian restaurant (I forgot the name) for dinner.

 

I ordered a penne alla vodka. It was delicious; I finished it in minutes.

 

I quickly got hungry again later that night :((

 

Sam ordered a pizza. I forgot what it was called since it had a long as name but it had spinach and bacon toppings. It was pretty good; I never tried pizza with spinach before.

 

What a strange looking fork lol! I wonder what food it is used for.

 

Back in the room! Sporting my bun again :3

 

ootd: top from Uniqlo; it's a gift from mom

jeans from H&M

 

 I had a terrible sleep that night. My mom is the LOUDEST snorer and Sam took most of the bed. The heater was loud and so was the bathroom. The people next door won't shut up. 

Like I was so frustrated. I woke up at 3am, then 5am...UGH. 

I can only sleep in complete silence and darkness. Like even the smallest of sounds such as a ticking of a clock can make me stay up the entire night.

Anyway, I woke up like a bitch in the morning since I barely slept and had a bad dream when I did. We went to the outlet again since our bros and Sam's dad didn't go there yet. I got a pair of Adidas and eight panties from Aerie (it was 8 for $26.50 plus 20% off and also I got a free tote that's worth $25! :D)

 

Adidas Samoa

After shopping, we stopped at a McDonald's and then headed back to NYC.

Poconos [DAY 1]

I went to the Poconos with my fam and Sam's fam for the weekend! 

I didn't really want to go because I would not be skiing this winter. Normally, I go skiing with Sam and our bros every winter but my sprained ankle just healed so I didn't want to re-injure it again :/ (also I just simply didn't feel like it lol I dislike the cold!)

When we got to Pennsylvania, we stopped by Friendly's for brunch!

 

Sam with her salad. It is an entree but it is pretty filling since it has chicken in it. It also has apples which was peculiar. I never seen a salad with apples in it lol

 

I ordered the Turkey Delight (I think that's what it's called). This is like the perfect Thanksgiving dinner. They even have cranberry sauce! If you haven't tried turkey with it, you're missing out :p

 

I actually finished the whole plate. It was delicious (y)

After our meal, we went to get our rooms at Days Inn. I thought we would be spending our weekend at a lodge but it's cool I guess :d

 The room was the standard two bed and a bathroom. I hate it when rooms have the sinks out side of the bathroom. It's gonna be so loud when people brush their teeth -_-

 

After checking in our rooms, my mom drove our bros and Sam's dad to go skiing at Camelback Ski Resort so we can head to the outlet afterwards. We did some camerawhoring while waiting lolol

Sam got a clip-on camera legs that is like a reverse magnifying glass. It zooms out the lens which is why we look so far away- p cool huh. My mom also gave her a tripod for an iPhone.

 

lol my face is so round!

 

I cannot smile for life

 KISS MY FLAT ASS! :D

 

Turns out the outlet we are going to was the outlet I went with Colin and his friends when we went camping in the summer.  We didn't really shop that time because we arrived when it was almost closing time. 

The place was a lot bigger than we expected to be. It had a Forever21 and a Pacsun! There were amazing sales in literally every store even the designer brand ones (like 70% off in Coach). Their sales are better than the ones on Black Friday lol!

I bought a pair of high-waist jeans and joggers from Pacsun! The store was buy one get one free. I also bought some aesthetic socks from Charlotte Rousee (20% off socks or something lol)

After shopping for like four hours, we went back to pick up the guys from skiing. We went to Barley Creek Brewing Company for dinner. They brew their own beer!

 

We had to wait 20 minutes for seating lol but time went by quickly!

 

Beer cheese soup! I saw that on the menu and just had to try it. It tastes like regular soup. They probably had that name to attract customers so they got me :/ It's still yummy tho

 

Buffalo wingssszz!!

 

I ordered mac and cheese. I rarely eat this (elementary school lunch ruined it for me) but this is baked with five different types of cheese. It looks and tastes good! 

 We went back to the inn after dinner. It was freezing outside! It's like I lost all my body heat the moment I stepped out of the pub goddamn lol

We got back to our rooms and Sam used to shower. There was a spider in the bath tub wtf! She ran our of the bathroom in her towel cus of that. I was like damn you done already so fast! But nah there's a spider :((

I showered afterwards. Good thing I didn't shower first or I'll totally trip lol! Sam let me use her face scrub and face wash. It instantly made my face soft since I have been combating dry skin since the cold season started. Afterwards I used her charcoal mask since it cleanses the pores.

 

Lolol I look so creepy but my skin is so soft (it still is). I need to get that scrub. It's called Angels on Bare Skin by LUSH. Sam says it's $20.

I washed the mask after 20 minutes, played some pokemon on my 3DS and went to sleep. I slept well that night.

Christmas with my love :)

I spent Christmas day with Colin!

 

Simple eye makeup but my brows weren't strong that day :/

 

My 'do

 

Dressed up for the occasion plus a booty pic ;)

Colin bought me this dress last year! The dress and the cardigan is from Forever21

Colin got me a watch for Christmas. I loved it; I finally have a watch! My present for him is nowhere as good as his (a sweater and a pair of socks lol) but he said he liked it so :/   

 

 

We watched The Interview on Youtube for $5.99. 

It was racist but so hilarious! Even Colin laughed and he rarely laughs at comedy movies. 

I can't believe this movie got a 9.0/10 rating on IMDb though (probably because of the controversy lmao).

Afterwards, we went to Dallas BBQ for dinner. It just opened at the junction like last month and we've been planning to try that place out for awhile. It's kinda weird how I've been in the area for like five years and so many things around me have changed (new bus stops, new stores, new restaurants, etc).  *cough* gentrification

  I thought it would be extremely crowded and we would have to wait like 30 minutes for seating but we got seated immediately.

We ordered pina coladas for drinks! Colin got mango flavored and I got peach. The server didn't ask us for ID since the drinks have champagne in it (phew lol)

My drink was good except it had more alcohol than Colin's lol. I couldn't really taste the peach :d

 

I gave him my cherries because I dislike and is allergic to them (well dark cherries though idk about red ones)

 

 Our meal! He got steak and shrimp. I got chicken with honey sauce and corn bread. The sauce was a bit too sweet but I managed to finish most of the meal (which I normally don't lolol)

 

peep that french fry on my plate lmao

 

Since it was Christmas, they gave us complementary pumpkin spice mini cupcakes! Idk why pumpkin spice = winter like almost all the food related to cold weather is pumpkin spice like chilll~~~

And that concludes our holiday! Merry Christmas ^_^

Christmas Eve

 

I watched The Nightmare Before Christmas for the first time. It was a good movie except for the fact that Netflix kept buffering and lagging halfway through the movie :/

 At 7:30pm, I had dinner w the fam at my fav Chinese restaurant. We got mad expensive dishes that we eat like once in a blue moon :3

 I love Peking Duck bruh

 

For dessert, we had sao bao and red bean soup. The bun looks like a butt lol

Anyway, we sat for like three hours in the restaurant. It didn't even seem like it! We waited for my aunt and my baby cousins to comeat 9pm so we ate appetizers before that but damn we sat as long as we would've sat on the way to Pennsylvania lmaoo. We left at like 10pm though.

After that, we had cake at my Aunt's house since it was also my grandpa's 80th birthday. Then we took a family photo with everyone in it. One person would set the camera on timer while we all gathered in the living room and the camera would take the pic. We used to do this every Christmas until my grandma died six years ago. This is the first time since then and it was nice to feel that close family vibe again :)

It was around 12am by that time- Christmas! I got my presents yo

I'm pretty satisfied with what I got since I didn't ask for much (or rather I didn't give anyone a wishlist lol)

 It was really nice spending time with all my relatives because there's always this fulling feeling of family since I never really experienced it with my own family. Anyway, it was a good day~

I'M BACK (For real this time)

My first semester of college is a lot tougher than I thought it would be.  I know I keep saying I'll post every day or every week but I don't have the time or energy to do so.

I come home too exhausted to blog or do anything. I haven't even been at the gym in awhile too. Gotta step my game up!

BUT I'M DONEEE!

I finished alllll my finals. I feel so free and relieved. I got some grades back too. I can't believe I got a 67 on my math final, I thought I did pretty well on it lol

I'm pretty cool with a 77 on my chem final though since the exam had a hundred questions. However, I'm worried for that class because I need at least a B in all my prerequisite classes in order to advance to the next chem course :/

I took my psychology final today, my last final oh lawdd. It was pretty light. Sixty percent of the exam was on the last two chapters and the rest was cumulative. Thank goodness because I only studied those two chapters and barely reviewed the rest.

I finished in like thirty minutes but spent the next thirty checking my work. I really want to do well in this class! Imagine I fail though :(

I learned how to make a bun with my short hair! After looking through dozens of hair tutorials on Youtube, I found the one. It's super quick and easy! This will be my go-to hairstyle on special occasion and on days where my hair is not on point :)

Here is the tutorial:

Also, I'm posting older journal entries.  Some may be published between the entries I've already posted weeks before because I set the date on the posts so keep on scrolling~!

& thank you to those who still keep checking this blog! It means a lot <3

Rosewholesale Review

This company is the worst sponsorship I have ever worked with. 

A staff from Rosewholesale arranged an inquiry in which I post two of the photos from their site daily for 15 days. Bloggers who have also worked with this company should be familiar with this.

I would be paid $1-2 if I reach a certain amount of notes but since I did not have a debit card at the time, the lady arranged a $40 gift card for me.

I agreed and I began to order clothes using the gift card. Not gonna lie, they have really nice products and they are very cheap.

After the deal was agreed upon, the lady stopped replying my emails as quickly as before. When I needed help, she would take days to answer whereas she would answer the next day when we talked about the inquiry.

I placed the order September 30. I was told it will arrive 7-25 business days. I asked the lady and she said it will arrive on Oct 20.

On Oct. 20 it did not come.

I asked her again. She said they’re waiting for their stock to come (but on their website, it did not say it was out of stock??) She said it will come Oct. 29

Today is Oct.30. I understand that the company is based in China but don’t give me false hopes and lie that it will arrive in 7-25 business days. Also, there are many other online shops from other countries that ship way faster.

HIGHLY UNPROFESSIONAL. I even posted all the photos for 15 days as agreed upon and I get nothing in return??

I never ask for sponsors but when I do sponsorships:

1. I promote in the best of my ability.
2. Everything will in the best quality.
3. I do not bullshit reviews.
4. I am very cooperative.

My patience is running thin but I’m not going to bother messaging the staff anymore. Turns out I’m not the only one dealing with this. Several other customers have waited two months for their order to arrive.

EDIT: I received the package today on Nov. 3. The lady said it will arrive (the sweatpants though) but I received the whole package finally. I will do a review on the products soon.

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Here is a review of the items I ordered:

1) Alluring Style Openwork See-Through Gauze Crotch-Out Solid Color Crotchless Panties T-Back For Women ($5.57)

I am a huge panty hoarder and when I saw this, I just had to get it. I never had crotch-less panties before anyway ;)

The item did look like the one on the page but it was so TIGHT!

On the site, it says "One Size Fits All". I am fairly thin and the panty was kinda tight-fitting on me.

I understand that this store is based in China so their measurements are smaller than the ones in the US (A Large on that site would be like a S/M on a store in the US).

But when the site says "One Size Fits All", I expect it to fit EVERYONE.

2) Sexy Three-point Form Sexy Lace Lingeries ($5.07)

I was hesitant to get this one because it was so provocative lol! But I had to get cus I like to buy underwear haha~

It is called a "three-point" because there is a hole in the underwear, and each side of the bra.

I felt like the bra was for women with big boobs because the hole did not align with my nipple LOL #small boob problems

The panties were okay. The string was so thin so it always twists which I didn't like. 

3) Chiffon Scoop Neck 3/4 Sleeves Fairy Style Solid Color Dress For Women ($5.81)

This photo is from the site. I ordered it for my homegurl, Sam because she picked this one out.

In this photo, this piece of clothing looks like a black, opaque dress.

The item I received was short and sheer. When Sam wore it, the "dress" just fits near her crotch LOL

Also it was sheer, I could totally see through it especially at the back.

The material was cheap too. The way the fabric was cut looked like it was ripped. We thought it was damaged for a sec.

4) Fashion Style Lace-Up Design Slimming Hit Color Waist Personality Print Straight Leg Cotton Blend Shorts For Men ($6.36)

I got two pairs of sweat shorts for Colin since he says he needs some to go to the gym.

He normally wears a size small or medium but I got a size large because in China, their measurements are different than the ones in the US.

This is probably the only item that was satisfactory. Colin said the shorts fit really well and it makes his quads look big lolol

I'm glad it likes it because it was the most expensive out of the other items lmao

EDIT: Colin later said that the string from the pants fell out and turns out the material was pretty cheap. The shorts also looked like booty short when he wears it.

You get what you pay for I guess :/

In conclusion, I was not satisfied with the order. The products on the site looked so nice and their prices are ridiculously low. However, their service and quality of the items is below average.

There are other customers who also gave bad reviews because of the low quality of their products or that they have been scammed of their money.

It is a shame because I was hoping that would be my #1 online store to buy from :(