Easter Show: ELLE Show Bag

Had you ever wondered around and was overwhelmed with which show bag to get? There was a few that I had wanted, but it was all basically the same concept - a few magazines, travel and sample size products, vouchers and whatnot. I ended up with the Elle Show Bag since I found the tote quite cute. The Women's Weekly was quite nice also but the products in both show bags were too similar, so I felt like it was not worth the money if I had purchased both.

The Elle Show Bag comes in an open black tote bag with white stripes. The base of the tote is also white - It's ok, I felt the same way when I found out too.. Another downside would have to be how it is an open tote, I was hoping for it to have a zipper - just incase I drop something when I go out! 

Lets have a look on what is inside the bag. If you had bought these kind of show bags before, where the show bag is being put together on the spot - then you would know that you may get a few things missing or if you lucky, extra! 

Shall we start off with the food?

- Lindt Extra Creamy Chocolate 

- Fantastic Delite Curls

- Nerada Tea Bags 

- L'OR Espresso Capsule 

- Balance Cleanse Water 

- Lipton Sparkling Tea (drank it on the day, sorry!)

Beauty products shall be next!! Honestly, I can not wait to try these out!

- SIDS Baby Wipes 

- White Glo Toothpaste (travel size) 

- Palmer's Cocoa Butter Natural Bronze Body Lotion (travel size)

- Vasaline Ultimate Anti-ageing lotion (travel size) 

- Garnier Ultra Lift Firming Cream (sample size) 

- Dermeze Body wash/Facial cleanser (sample size) 

- Joico Colour Shampoo, Conditioner & Finish Spray (travel pack) 

- Designer Brands Black Kohl Eye Pencil

Lucky last category.. I shall name this miscellaneous!

- Ok! Magazine 

- Shop Till You Drop Magazine 

- Harper's Bazaar magazine 

- Elle Magazine
- Sunglasses (they gave me two, but same style) 

- Starshots Photography voucher $520 worth 

- Taronga Zoo Vouchers (Shop, Annual Pass etc.) 

- $10 ThreadandStyle voucher 

- A chance to win survey 

If you went to the Easter show this year, which show bags did you end up purchasing? :)

Easter Show: Food Adventure #6

How can you go to the Easter Show and not buy anything to eat?! Since my boyfriend and I went on my last day of fastening, I was still on my pescetarian diet for the day. I have to admit, the hot dogs and meat pie smelt soo good that day! Hibson knew I was pretty tempted, so he decided to go 'meat' free with me also! But with one exception since he wanted to try it which I didn't mind. :)

So lets begin the food shots!

Large Choc Dipped Strawberry - I remember this was expensive .. 

Chips on Sticks with Special Mix!

Left: Lemonade Middle: Hot Dog on a Stick Right: Cheese on a Stick - $5 each

Tempura Barramundi Burger with Salad & Asian Colesaw - $10

OYSTERS!!!! At Woolworths Fresh Food Dome

Top to bottom: Hubba Bubba, Cookies & Cream, Choc mint - $7

Coffee Espresso, Green Tea and Stracciatella (which was at the bottom)  - $7

Out of all the food we consumed that day, the chips on sticks, oysters and ice cream (or was it gelato?) had to be our favourite! The strawberries were a lot more sour then we anticipated it to be, and my sour face sure brought a big smile on Hibson's face.. For the price I honestly do not think it was worth it.

The Cheese on Stick was ok in my opinion, the first bite was amazing but after that.. I felt a little sick. And as for the burger, it was not that bad to be honest. But for $10, I am pretty sure they could of added sauce  - the only sauce we got was from the colesaw - thank goodness the colesaw was there or it would of been completely plain!

What was your favourite food at the Easter show? And was there one that you regret trying?

Easter Show 2014

Easter is not complete without going to the Easter Show. Believe it or not, this is only my second year attending this event and I cannot wait to go back! Despite my age, you would of thought my attendance is a lot higher, right?

What was awesome about this year though was that the purchase of Easter Show tickets were a lot more accessible as you were able to get purchase them at Woolworths! And it was a bonus how I got $4 off my ticket by purchasing it there also - scoreeee!

We started off the day with a walk down Olympic Boulevard towards the Kid's Carnival area and there we saw a cute little minion in the black and white maiden outfit! Although we tried to score that plushie, we ended up with a red hand on a stick toy instead. We were disappointed at first but the hand sure came in handle as we started to lightly hit each other with it!

Followed after, we stumbled upon The Barn. Last year, we did not enter this area because we thought it was not part of the event. But this year after we read the map, we realised that this was where all the animals were! Last year, I was really excited to see the animals but did not get to see any beside one. Let me show you the animals that we saw that day!

Sheep

Goat

Chicken

Goose

Little chickens!!

The prettiest cows I had ever seen. They look like eeyore! 

ALPACA!!

Aren't they gorgeous! I felt bad for them as they were locked up, but if there were to run free, I know it would be a chaotic.. We also saw a lot of beautiful horses but I was unable to take a photos of them because I was not able to get close enough to them.. (I think they were preparing for a show).

Another excitement we had was for the rides! We went on The Taipan, The Pirate water one which I do not know the name of and a few other as well! The one I was most excited was The Hangover - why? Because Hibson does not like to go on scary rides and when he said "that looks kind of fun.." I literally took that chance to get him onto the ride! I had not laughed that hard in awhile!!
"OMG BABE, I'M SCAREDD!"
"ARGHHHHH"
"NOT THIS AGAIN!" (Referring to the ride when it went 360)
"I HATEEEEEEE THISSSSS"

I am done. I have to take him on another scary ride next time we go. Thank you hunny for the lovely awesome day at the Easter Show this year! I can not wait for the future Easter Show to come! Hope you all had an amazing Easter as I did and Happy Easter everyone!

Our Favourite Vegan Restaurant!

Hey guys, following on with the topic of my 'no meat' diet from my last post, I would like to share with you (and also Hibson's) favourite vegan restaurant! 

During my past lents, we had went to the same vegetarian restaurant over and over again. Don't get me wrong, their dishes were delicious but this year, we had decided to explore other vegetarians restaurant in the area. Did we find our favourite one? Yes we did! I believe we had went to all the vegan/vegetarian restaurants in Cabramatta - well beside one.. But I have to say, Duy Linh had won our taste buds! 

Duy Linh is a vegan restaurant associated on Hill St, Cabramatta. Upon our visit, Hibson ordered the traditional Phở Bò (beef noodle soup), the man recommended us their Phở Gà Da Giòn (beef noodle soup with crispy chicken) instead which was not on the menu. I was a little skeptical at first - because I don't like the combination of phở and chicken. I had only ate Phở Ga once and never tried it again afterwards - but he insisted and gave it a try. And the result? He loved it!! Visits after visits, I had lost count of how many times we had ordered this!

Phở Gà Da Giòn - $10

Another favourite of ours would have to be one of their entrée! From the photo below, it is the bottom plate! I forgot what it was called, but it was something along the lines off.. Soy squid..? Don't worry, if you are keen to try it, there is a photo of it on the menu!  

Top: Fried Soy Bacon Bottom: Soy Squid? - $4 something each

Beside from our top two favourite dishes, I would also recommend trying their: Bún cà ri (curry noodles), bánh canh cua and one of their hủ tiếu! I forgot which one I tried but it was really good! 

To come and think of it, all the dishes we had tried were delicious! Most of my recommendation were basically all the mains that we had tried so far! You would not be disappointed with their food as well as their extra friendly service! Good food plus friendly staff - what more can you ask for? Duy Linh would definitely be our go to restaurant from now on, especially on those "what do you want to eat" moments!

What is your favourite restaurant and which dishes would you recommend? :)

Pescetarian diet (Lent)

Hello everybody! Easter long weekend had begun and you know what that means!! Lent had just came to a close - bet you thought I was going to say something along the lines of Easter Show, aye?

The season of Lent is a Christian festival where we (not all of us) fast in preparation for Easter. The fastening goes on for 40 days excluding Sunday (46 days in total as it ends on Holy Saturday). Because my religion is of Western Christianity (Roman Catholic), my lent starts on Ash Wednesday whereas Eastern Churches starts on Clean Monday.

Why do I fast?
Four or five years ago, I had a conversation with my Dad some time before Ash Wednesday (or maybe on the day) as to what Ash Wednesday really was. He then mentioned how people gave up meat for 40 days during this time because Jesus struggled in the wilderness for that long without food. And from that conversation, I wanted to prove to him I could give up meat for that period of time also. And that was how it all started.. And boy, was my first lent a struggle!

Another reason why I fast is because I don't usually eat much meat anyways and saw this as an opportunity to challenge myself and also use this time to cook my own food since I am the only one who fast for the whole period in my family.

What is interesting though, is that as a Vietnamese-Catholic, giving up meat is actually the pescetarian diet, not vegetarian. I am not too sure if this goes to the other Christianity as well though, but that came to me as a big surprise. And what is this pescetarian diet, you may ask? It is very similar to the vegetarian diet, but the main difference in the two is that pescetarians still consume seafood. Whereas vegetarian do not consume any meat from land or sea.

If you know why we follow the pescetarian diet instead of the vegetarian, let me know! And for those who also fast, what did you guys give up?

#BloggersDoItBetter: Spring

Spring is such a beautiful time of the year. And yes I know, it is autumn over here in Australia, and I should really be showing you my favourite nail shades for this season instead! But I shall save that for an upcoming post and show you guys my go to spring nail colours since it is the first topic of this challenge! So when it comes to spring, there is nothing like pastels. Colourful enough for a pop of colour - but not too bright that it would scream anything summer.

Sally Hansen: Get Juiced (1 coat, no top coat)

Get Juiced is a lovely watermelon or maybe salmon kind of pink. The brush on the Sally Hansen nail polishes are by far my favourite out of all the nail polish brands I own. It is definitely big enough for three strokes per nail, but not too big where it will make your application a mess! Oh, did I mention that this was one coat?

Essie: Bond With Whomever 

(2 coats, no top coat)

If you had read my other post and was curious on what was in the wrapped packaging, this was one of the goodies inside the miscellaneous pack! I would never imagine myself wearing this shade but after trying it on, I am amazed! The colour is absolutely gorgeous and is definitely my favourite nail polish at the moment!

Essie: Mint Candy Apple (1 white base coat & 1 coat, no top coat)

I originally watched clothesencounter's march favourites and she mentioned an Essie nail polish in the shade Find Me An Oasis. Due to excitement I rushed over to my nearest Priceline to find that they do not have it on the shelf. So I picked this shade instead thinking it would be similar. Once I got home, I discovered that Australia does not carry the shade at all! GRR!!

After applying two coats, I found it too dark to my liking, so instead I applied a coat of China Glaze White On White as a first coat, and Mint Candy Apple as the second. I love the shade that the nail polish gives when it is apply with one coat! But then again, it could be the autumn weather that is making me dislike the two coat of this polish, hmm..

Revlon Parfumerie: Pink Pineapple (3 coats & 1 top coat) 

With all the time that your feet had help you move forward, I am sure they need a bit of loving too! I love how this shade makes my feet look fresh and clean and it just goes well with any outfit! And the smell? It smells exactly like pineapples. Out of the four parfumerie bottles that I bought, Pink Pineapple has the strongest scent but you can tone this down with a top coat! Don't worry, you will still be able to smell it if you lean close enough.. yes .. I tried .. 

Funny story, I was at my boyfriends house a few nights ago and we sat on the couch and I smelt something around me. I didn't know what it was and he just looked at me like 'why on earth is she sniffing around herself?' Guess what it was? My toes! I had socks on, so it was shock to still be able to smell it. And typical of me... I shoved my foot against his face to prove to him that you can still smell it since he said "You can't smell it, you have socks on!" (This was before I added the top coat on) 

Ok, maybe the story was not that funny but I shall end it here, I hope you all enjoy this post - until next time! 

100 Happy Days Part #1

Can you be happy 100 days in a row?

About a week or two ago, my friend Van Anh messaged me about the '100 Happy Days Challenge' that she had found from another blogger. The challenge is pretty simple, submit a photo everyday for 100 days. But not just any photo, a photo that made you happy during that 24 hour! All you got to do is sign up and choose the date you would like to start and also the platform you want to use to submit your photos.

I am currently on my 11th day of this challenge and had been submitting mine on twitter. But I will also be posting up the photos here as well in bundles of 10! (because Van Anh wants me to since she does not want to make a twitter, tuh!!!) You can check out Van Anh's blog here! (although she's doing it on instagram..  hehe)

Lets begin the photos!!


Day 1: My birthday dinner with my friends!

Day 2: Finally got to swatch and read each and every presents from last night!

Day 3: Spending the day with my mannnn 

Day 4: Eating at our favourite Vegan resturant, Duy Linh at Cabramatta! 

Day 5: Got home from work to my delicious mushroom pasta!

Day 6: Finally got a new tutorial up on my channel!

Day 7: Woke up this morning to find these in the basket!! 

Day 8: Had been wanting to make this since yesterday, lol

Day 9: Appreciating how mum takes the time out to cook me dinner since I am on the pescetarian diet for lent :)

Day 10: Finally got to watch this with my baby!!

To be continue... bwahahah