Mental Murmurs

Polish haul

admin June 22nd, 2010

Oh! The excitement that came with seeing these babies:

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Well, after I opening the intial packaging!

Nail polishes!!!

Well, to my dismay, they’re not all mine (11 of 24 are though!)… But yay to more nail polishes!

Before this order, I made a smaller order after loving my Russian Navy suede so much!

So now my OPI polishes has grown to this much:

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I really can’t wait to try them all!! :hearts:

Not in any order:

OPI Suzi skis in the pyrenees
OPI Absolutely Alice (backup bottle *hearts*) (pics here)
OPI La Paz-itively Hot Matte (pics here)
OPI Lourve me lourve me not
OPI Jade is the new black (pics here)
OPI Suzi says feng shui
OPI I’m not really a waitress (pics here)
OPI Catch me on your net (pics here)
OPI Purple with a purpose
OPI Yoga-ta get this blue
Zoya Dovima (pics here)

And I really hope my bad eye doesn’t spot any other ones I want! >_<

Karate kid + Ribs & Rumps

admin June 22nd, 2010

Saw Karate kid with Mr Murmurs and my little bro. It was sweet; a nice distraction.

And then had food at Ribs and Rumps and pigged out!

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Mine: Free spirit (pineapple, mango, hint of coconut)

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Bro: Oreo cookie decadent thickshake (”tastes better than it looks”)

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Bro’s: Sirloin steak + chips

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Me & Mr Murmurs’: Mixed grill

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Me & Mr Murmurs’: Portugese steak roll

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Double date at Time to Vino

admin May 22nd, 2010

Mr Murmurs and I had a double date with Ms LC and Mr hydrochloric acid.

We went to Time to Vino at Darlinghurst.

Not many entrees and even less mains (Me and Mr Murmurs ended up ordering the same 2 dishes as the other two). A ton of wine though (Duh, Murmurs!)!

Entrees:

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Mains (x2 each):

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Chilled at some bar afterwards, catching up

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Lebanon and beyond

admin May 16th, 2010

We decided to try something different as we walked past Lebanon and Beyond, Randwick.

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Freshly squeezed lemonade

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Beyond special: Lebanese style salad with tomato, onion, cucumber and avocado in a traditional dressing

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Shawarma: Thin strips of lamb, marinated and chargrilled with onion and tomato, topped with tahini sauce, parsley

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Waratenib: Vine leaves rolls, filled with rice, mince meat and spices, cooked in a special lemon based sauce.

In general, lovely looking dishes. Unfortunately, it wasn’t my taste; most of them were too sour for my buds.

Medusa, and then DZ’s party

admin May 15th, 2010

Had dinner with Mr Murmurs at Medusa Greek Taverna at the City before heading to celebrate DZs birthday at Darling Harbour!

The restaurant was loud but nice atmosphere, too cold to sit out so we opt in, great service

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Entree: Tzatziki. Yoghurt, cucumber and garlic (dips served with warm pita bread)

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Entree: Loukaniko. Country style spicy grilled sausage served on chard leaf salad

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Main (special): Pork belly with pomegranate sauce.

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Main: Arni souvlaki. Traditional lamb souvlaki served with tzatziki, spicy salad and chips

Yum

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Pre-grad meetup

admin May 2nd, 2010

After the mani+pedi, I met up with Antigen buddy and Virus friend! It’s been a while since I’ve seen them!!

Had a hell of a time catching up, uncensored! That was excellent!

We had Japanese at a place I forgot to look up =_= Poor effort.

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After staying past our time of welcome, we decided to stay at a games place to our hearts’ content… Rule was, we had to order a drink each and then rent games from them. We had a ton of fun playing jenga, and whacking losers

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Pre-graduation mani+pedi

admin May 2nd, 2010

One day till my graduation! So excited!

Went to the City for a French manicure and pedicure before meeting up my Antigen buddy and Viral friend!

Anyway. The French manicure was straight forward. They asked what I wanted for my pedicure.

“Meet me on the star ferry by OPI” I stated.

They didn’t understand. So I repeated a few times, and they just brought me a whole lot of purple polishes (since my top is purple) for me to choose. I chose Lourve me lourve me not, topped with an OPI name that escapes me.

One lady working on my hands (let’s call her Ms-Mani), another on my toe nails (Ms-Pedi). Seems nice enough.

Until I heard the Ms-Pedi tell the Ms-Mani in Vietnamese: “It’s so hard to remove her toe nail polish”.

I don’t understand heaps of Vietnamese, but I get the gist of a fewthings. And it was then I started to worry… A little.

And then Ms-Pedi asked me what I had on my toe nails, to which I replied “Absolutely Alice”. They’ve not heard of it before, and no amount of polish remover can get it off! I didn’t recall having that much of a hard time removing it. Sure it was difficult, but it still came off!

So by then, I started to freak out a little and was tempted to ask her to stop… but that seemed rude… So i just sat still, watching Ms-Mani do my French tips.

Ms-Mani said to Ms-Pedi in Vietnamese again: “her nails are really nice”, but Ms_Pedi wasn’t paying attention cos she was having such a hard time.

Then I felt something weird. I looked down. Ms-Pedi had a nail filer, and was filing away at my toe nail. ARGH!

By then, I started to have a mini panic attack.

But I kept calm, since it’s only technically supposed to remove my polish, and I can still see the polish so it’s not going anywhere yet.

She used polish remover, then filed, then polish remover etc etc… I don’t know how many times, and then started to paint my toe nails when most of the old polish was off.

So I just sat there…

In the end, it turned out alright actually. My toe cuticles hurt a little, and my French tips looks nice.

Although it is my second pedi, and as pretty as it was, I don’t think I’ll get another one again.

Save my money for more colours <3

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But! With this Frenchie, I’m ready for tomorrow! :hearts:

Heartsy

admin April 11th, 2010

Since getting the two polishes off ebay and yet to try the Sapphire in the Snow, I decided to do something with them.

Heartys!

Initially, I wanted to do a Sapphire in the Snow + red hearts… but I don’t have any tools and such, and drawing hearts freehand was kind of a challenge to me, so I decided to draw less hearts and stick with the Sapphire. If you see closely, you can see some of the red poking out in the thumb nail.

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Absolutely gorgeous!

admin April 2nd, 2010

I love blue. I love nail polish. I like an elegant sparkle.

And when I saw a swatch of this fantastic colour, my mouth gaped, eyed wide, engaged.

Gorgeous!!!

I’m talking none other than “Absolutely Alice” from OPI’s Alice in Wonderland collection.

When my order came, I had to swatch it straight away! I loved in even more in real life!

I mentally kicked myself for not getting a backup bottle, as this collection is a limited edition one. I also missed out on getting Mad as a Hatter as it was sold out!